“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
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
Decision Making in a Disrupted World
We all make hundreds of decisions every day. Small decisions based on what we know from experience works. Our bigger decisions are made in a similar way. This pattern of making decisions works well with routine decisions in a predictable
Achieving Balance in Disruption
In the days following the 2001 terrorist attack on the US, my parents watched the news all day every day. They were teenagers during World War II and adults during the Korean War. The events of 9-11 were incredibly stressful
Are You Prepared for the Possibility of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Please note: The Government of Canada still (at February 26/2020) considers the public health risk associated with Covid-19 to be low. See https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html for updates. Pandemics are: the worldwide spread of a new disease, unpredictable but recurring events that
Unpaid Caregiving and Employer Challenges
Every day, along with their day jobs, about 25% (5 million employees) of Canada’s workforce are also providing unpaid physical, cognitive and/or mental health care for family members. On average those people are adding the equivalent of a half time