Perspectives
More on meetings (Not moron meetings)
A Software Engineer, a Hardware Engineer and a Branch Manager were on their way to a meeting. They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash...
Are you spending your life in meetings?
I keep running into people who complain that they are in meetings all day and they don't manage to get anything done. Even if you want to, you won’t be able to eliminate all meetings and you’ll even have a hard time reducing them. They will fill up your calendar...
Employee Engagement
Are you really engaged in your job? Chances are good that you aren't. Well, Towers Watson just released Their 2012 Global Workforce Study. According to the study, 65% of you are not highly engaged at work. That would make employee engagement one of the biggest...
Email Disasters
As some point in your career, you’ve probably done something really stupid with email like: Replying to All with a snarky comment. Including an embarrassing long chain of confidential info when replying to someone. Sending something highly personal to the wrong...
Are You Managing Email or is it Managing You?
Oh, oh. This turned out to be a bit longer post than I wanted so please excuse the length. Since we're on the topic of email this week, I thought it would be useful to explain how to managing email instead of letting it manage you. We all do this differently but this...
Who can we blame for inventing Email?
I bet you know who invented the telephone. How about the light bulb? If you're Canadian, you know who invented insulin because that may be the last time something that useful was invented here. (I'm sure I'll get hate mail for that comment.) How about Email? Do you...
Back to School Means Back to Email
No, you're probably not going back to school but for many, the day after Labour Day means the start to a new year. Despite the fact that the year doesn't actually start for another four months, this is as good as a time as any to start afresh and improve the way you...
An Entrepreneur’s Journey
Do you ever wonder why some entrepreneurs manage to stay at the helm of their creations while others are relegated to supporting roles. Why were Bill Gates, Michael Dell, and Mark Zuckerberg able to stay as CEOs while other founders of companies such as Linked and...
Habitat for Humanity – A Personal Vision
You have probably heard of or perhaps even volunteered for Habitat for Humanity. Its history is one of a personal vision that became a worldwide reality. The concept began in 1942, when a farmer and scholar by the name of Clarence Jordan, founded a small community...