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12 Reflection Questions to Wrap Up Your Year and Get Ready for 2025
An annual tradition, please see below my 2024/2025 12 Questions. A version of this is also published in my column at the Globe and Mail. Wow, 2025! That has a real ring to it, doesn't it. Well before we ring in the new year, it's time to take stock of the year past...
Expressing Thanks at Work: It’s Good for You and For Others
This article kicks off a short series on expressing gratitude and appreciation at work. The ideas shared are relevant for leaders, aspiring leaders, and anyone interested in generosity and humanity at work. See links to other articles in the series at the end of...
Remember The Pause
My "Word" (mantra/focus) for 2021 is "Remember The Pause". I'm sharing a personal story that helped inspire my mantra for 2021. A couple of years ago, I wrote a post at the beginning of the year, called: "Who Will Be Your Teachers in the Year Ahead? The gist of that...
Before Kicking 2020 to the Curb, Reflect on These 12 Questions and Get Ready for 2021
Ready to say goodbye to 2020? Before you kick it to the curb (ohh so tempting to kick it hard, really hard) -- take some time to reflect on this year's guided questions (9th year edition of my 12 year-end Questions).... Well that was a bust. Didn't see it coming....
Managing Virtually in Times of a Pandemic – 10 Good Ideas
Managing virtual teams isn't a new topic. But managing teams that have been thrown into a virtual working context during a pandemic - well, that's a little different. Recently, I had an opportunity to design and facilitate a workshop (delivered virtually of course) on...
A “Spring” Take on Resilience
Often at this time of the year, I write about a spring-related theme that connects to our personal and professional lives. In past years I shared some 'spring forward' ideas. This year, in Toronto, spring weather was very late to come. We had snow in mid May!! But...
Six+ Good (and Bad) Habits for Stress & Anxiety in Times of Coronavirus
Here we are well into the Covid 19 Pandemic. It’s been about two months (at the time of writing this) since the pandemic put a hard stop to what used to be our ‘normal’ ways of life. Since then we’ve nearly all experienced an unprecedented level of change,...
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