In the News (media coverage)
The following news features have either included quotes/interviews with Eileen Chadnick — or have been authored by her. Enjoy and check back again soon for more!
Charity Village: 7 Important tips if you’ve never worked from home (Covid 19)
Globe and Mail: How to handle an emotional employee
CPA Magazine: Sharpen your communications with these 3 tips
CPA Magazine: Are we seeing the end of etiquette at work
CPA Magazine: Putting the team into team-building; 6 ideas that work
Globe and Mail: A mid-career pivot can be good for you
Globe and Mail: Are you addicted to saying ‘yes’
CPA Magazine: How to say no at work and be respected for it
CPA Magazine: Bringing Your Pet to Work? Good, Bad, Nitty Gritty
Globe and Mail: Advice for a mid-career Pivot
CBC Radio: Spring Cleaning for Your Career — 3 min interview
Globe and Mail: Leadership Conversations – Building or Breaking Trust?
Charity Village: Workplace Celebrations – Beyond Food + Breaking Bread
Air Canada Altitude Magazine: Overwhelmed? Tips from Canada’s Top Coaching Pros
Globe and Mail: To Become a Better Leader, Reflect on These 12 Questions
Globe and Mail: “Other People Matter” – a Mantra (and more) for Healthy Workplaces
Charity Village: Breaking Upwards – a guide for Millennials and Gen Z for upward mobility.
Globe and Mail: How to stay connected on vacay without losing your mind
Huff Post (SA): 7 Career-Limiting Mistakes You Want to Avoid
Mother.ly: Want a Good Employee? Hire a Mom
EQ Bank: Willing to move: Should you relocate for your job?
Charity Village: How to survive (thrive) in your first 90 days of your new non-profit job
Workopolis: What to do When Your Boss Gets Fired
Workopolis: Four Hobbies That Look Great on a Resume
Yahoo: How to Make Sure Networking Events Aren’t a Waste of Time
Toronto Sun/Post Media (December 2016): Loyalty not part of today’s career paradigm
Post Media (October 2016): Get Set for An Innovation Economy
Globe and Mail (August 2016): Are You Ready for the Innovation Economy
Yahoo Finance (June 2016) Ditch or keep career if you didn’t have to work?
Financial Pipeline: (spring 2016): What to Consider in Mid-life Career Change
Yahoo Finance (May 2016) Happiness at Work? Know When to Quit
Yahoo Finance (May 2016): Canadians Need to Get Better at Boasting Workplace Wins
Globe and Mail (April 2016): Conflict Training in Demand
Expert Leadership Series at John Mattone (February 2016): The Mindset of Leadership
Small Business Central (December 2015): From Founder to CEO – Tips on how to grow yourself while growing your biz
Globe and Mail Leadership Lab (December 2015): 12 Questions to Complete the Year and Start Anew
Globe and Mail (October 2015): Tune in and Do a Listening Tour as a New Leader
Investment Executive (October 2015): Networking Tips for Shy People
Globe and Mail ‘Nine to Five’ column (September 2015): A readers struggles with coping with some difficult program changes causing havoc in her work.
RSRS (September): How do doctors redefine themselves after retirement. A life-planning checklist of questions
(Huffington Post (June 2015): How Writing it Down Helps Get it Done
Globe and Mail (June 2015): A Reader Asks if References Matter. My Response…
Globe and Mail (Feb 2015): Why You Might Want to Zig Zag to Career Success.
Toronto Star (Jan 2015): Young Grads Hiring Career Coaches
Globe and Mail – Readers Ask (2015): How to find my dream job; and other Qs
Globe and Mail (Nov 2014): Test Drive Your Retirement Career Before Diving in
Flare.com (Nov 2014): Tips to Transition from Team Player to Team Lead
National Post (Oct 2014): Recognize Employee Potential to Improve Workplace Culture
Saskatchewan Pension Plan: Book Review of Ease
Brighterlife (August 20): Ease Your Way into September/Brighter Life Interviews Eileen about Ease
Huffington Post(August): Six Tips to Beat the Back to September Blues
CJAD – Radio (Montreal) — Barry Morgan Show (June 30): Sitting host, Anne Dowson, talks to Eileen about Ease .
Eileen and her book Ease are profiled in the Montreal Gazette (June 16, 2014)
How to Plan a Retirement Career – 8 Questions for Thought (May 27, 2014)
7 Questions to Spring Work and Life Forward (May 14, 2014)
The Huge Advantage of TINY Goals – Huffington Post (Spring 2014)
“I took a government job and now the private sector won’t hire me” – read my advice (Globe and Mail, April 25, 2014)
Haven’t updated the resume in a while – see here for tips (Globe and Mail, March 20, 2014)
CJAD Radio – Tommy Shnurmacher show interviews Eileen about her book Ease (February 26, 2014)
“Ditch the Multitasking and Focus Instead” (Ease book excerpt in the Globe and Mail, December 18, 2013)
10 Brain Must Knows to Live and Work with More Ease (Huffington Post, February 2014)
The Globe and Mail’s Harvey Schachter interviews Eileen about Ease: Read the article here.
Stay Positive At Work. It really makes a difference (Globe and Mail, October 25, 2013)
Three Ways to Boost Your Career Mojo (Globe and Mail, September 10, 2013)
Six Ways to Tame Your Stressed Out Brain (Globe and Mail, August 8, 2013)
A Job Seeker’s Dilemma: She networks, volunteers and still cant’ get a job. Read my advice (Globe and Mail, April 25, 2013)
A Woman Asks: I have survived breast cancer and am ready to go back to work. Do I have to tell prospective employers about my past health issue? Read my advice (Globe and Mail, April 16, 2013)
Video Series for Job Interviews (seven videos– Globe and Mail February 2013)
Do More Than Cross Your Fingers to Get the Job (Globe and Mail, February 12, 2013)
12 Questions to Get a Jump on the New Year (Globe and Mail, December 21, 2012)
The Grey Tsunami – number of people living over 100 rising sharply (Investment Executive, November 2012)
A young teacher is dealing with job insecurity and wonders if she should quit and change careers (Globe and Mail, October 17, 2012)
How to Move Out of Public Sector and Into a Private Sector Role (Globe and Mail, September 28, 2012)
Can a Recruiter Be a Ticket to Your Dream Job (Brighterlife.ca, September 2012)
My Job Bores Me – But I Don’t Know How to Pursue My True Passions (Globe and Mail, August 2012)
Get Your Schedule Under Control (Investment Executive, July 27. 2012)
How to Find A Career Coach That’s Right for You (Globe and Mail, July 4, 2012)
Don’t Squelch Your Daughter’s Career by Pushing Advice (Globe and Mail, May 31, 2012)
Five Ways to Say ‘No’ Without Jeopardizing Your Reputation at Work (Globe and Mail, April 27, 2012)
How to Develop That ‘Dream’ Career Without Losing Focus on the Day Job (Globe and Mail, April 18, 2012)
7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Retire (Brightlifer.ca March 2012)
Tame Those Overwhelm Gremlins (Globe and Mail, March 21, 2012)
Learn to Say No: Part I and Part II (Investment Executive, March 2012)
Six Ways to Focus Your Career in 2012 (Globe and Mail, December 29, 2011)
Get Organized in the New Year (Investment Executive, December 2011)
Get Ruthless with the Season of Rush (Tips column in Globe and Mail on dealing with heavy demands during Decemmber, December 11, 2011)
Dealing with a Career Gap and Lack of References (Globe and Mail Careers, November 23, 2011)
Retiring Retirement – and how boomers can stay engaged with work and life (Investment Executive, November 2011)
Retirement Can Get Old Very Fast – if you don’t do the ‘life planning’ part of it (National Post, November 5, 2011
Post-work Planning – how boomers can plan for life after full time work (Investment Executive, November 2011)
How to Answer the Salary Expectation Question (Globe and Mail Careers, September 15, 2011))
Help – My Job is Going Nowhere! (Globe and Mail Careers, September 6, 2011)
How Can I Manage People Better? (Globe and Mail Careers, August 31, 2011))
Making the Most of a Lost Opportunity
(Globe and Mail, Mentor Minute, April 16, 2011)
Step out of Judging Mindset to Give Most Effective Feedback
(Globe and Mail, Mentor Minute, February 11, 2011)
Setting the Stage for Career Action
(Globe and Mail/CTV article, January 24, 2010)
Giving Feedback that Fuels Success
(Canadian HR Reporter article, September 6, 2010)
Ramp up the ‘people’ part of your leadership
(Globe and Mail Mentor Minute advice on developing people , August 20, 2010)
(Globe and Mail Mentor Minute advice for the Unretiree. June 16, 2010)
Planning Key For Unretired Life
(Dow Jones newswire/Wall Street Journal: article on Unretired Life planning. March 22, 2010)
(Globe and Mail Careers article. Do you have to go for the top job or a promotion to succeed at work? March 12, 2010)
Bye, Bye Procrastination, Hello Productivity
(Globe and Mail Careers, Mentor Minute column by Eileen Chadnick, August 12, 2009). Note: if no longer available online, see the PDF here.
Bring Thanks to a Thankless Work Culture
(Globe and Mail Careers. Mentor Minute column by Eileen Chadnick – July 22 09)
PROFIT: Growth Planner Series. Audio interview on “Hiring a Coach”:
(aired May 29, 2009)
Job Trends: Coaching Corporations…Tough times call for…fresh perspective (Metro News profiles Eileen Chadnick and her work as a coach to leaders and up-and-comers – February 3 2009)
Ear to the ground, eye on a bigger job (Globe and Mail Mentor Minute: quick career advice from Eileen Chadnick — November 2008 )
That time of year: performance report cards (PDF from the site)
(Globe and Mail Mentor Minute: quick career advice from Eileen Chadnick — September 2008 )
Making Social Committees Work (Canadian HR Reporter – January 2008 )
It’s may be holiday time – but it’s not vacation from stress (tips to manage year-end stress) (Globe and Mail/Workopolis — December 19, 2007)
To give, or not at the office (Globe and Mail/Workopolis — December 12, 2007
Emotional Intelligence at Work: Don’t leave home without it
(By Eileen Chadnick, Canadian HR Reporter – May 2007)
Coaches don’t always demand more push-ups (feature on Big Cheese Coaching and Tribute Communities Prism Award) (Globe and Mail/Workopolis – May 5, 2007)
Thank G-d It’s Monday (Globe and Mail / Workopolis – March 23/07)
Executive Mom – Returning to Work After Maternity Leave (By Eileen Chadnick, Canadian HR Reporter – July 2006)
Too Many Balls in the Air Limit Time to Follow Through (Investment Executive – February 2007)
The Secret to Using Motivational Tools (Investment Executive March 2007)
Young Workers Sing First Time Blues (Globe and Mail/Workopolis, November 2006)
Is HR Prepared to Keep the Keepers? (By Eileen Chadnick, Canadian HR Reporter – January 2007)
How to Become an Irreplaceable Part of Your Team (Metro News – GTA – November 8, 2006)