“Show me the Money!” (Jerry Maguire) As organizations enter budget season, governments announce large inflation rate increases and the great resignation is underway, we are still managing our way through COVID-19. The pressure on people hasn’t let up by much,
The Grey Tsunami
About 6 weeks ago I wrote about the impact of the aging Boomer generation on workplaces. This blog expands on that topic. The baby boom, which began shortly after the end of the second world war lasted 18 years in
Never Retiring
Canada’s Baby Boomers, otherwise known as “The Grey Tsunami” will all be 65 and older in 8 years. The Gen Xers and Gen Yers may well be thinking: GREAT, it’s about time people with different, new, and better ways of
Leaders and Resilience
“Those who have a why to live, can bear with almost any how.” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search For Meaning There are 114 million Google results for “resilience articles”. That’s a lot of scholarly papers, articles, commentaries, essays, theories
The Pandemic and Supportive Leaders
Leaders are also people living their own unique experience. Providing the leadership that employees need demands that leaders focus on the basics of leadership; set the example you want others to follow, trust yourself and others, be honest and act
The Pandemic and Working from Home
Early on, among the major concerns organizational leaders had about employees working remotely were productivity and workforce control. Nine months in, what has happened is that productivity has increased, and most employees are responsibly doing their jobs. It turns out
Pandemic Fatigue
I don’t think I’ve gone through a single day in the last month without having someone say, “I’m so done with this”. That pandemic fatigue, according to the World Health Organization, is “an expected and natural response to a prolonged
A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance
I recently read a friend’s poem about grieving the death of a loved family member. It was deeply moving and laid bare my sadness about the state of our world. The coronavirus pandemic has put physical barriers between family, friends,
Zoomed Out?
You are in good company. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve heard lots of people saying they are overwhelmed with the number of Zoom sessions they have. Business meetings, information webinars, chats with friends and family, classrooms, networking
The Winds of Change
A year ago today the Globe and Mail’s headline in the Report on Business read “Surging job growth adds to the improved economic picture”. The national unemployment rate was 5.7%. Today’s Globe headline should probably say something like “Surging job