Climate Change and the Workplace: an HR Priority

by | Jul 18, 2022

You might ask yourself: What is the role of HR in tackling climate change? And I would say: A very important one! Alarm bells are going off for many organizations. Floods, wildfires, heat domes and rising land/ocean temperatures have become topics of conversation at...

Compassionate Leadership – a Business Imperative

by | Dec 27, 2018

I first heard of compassionate leadership when I came across a talk by Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I had heard the term years ago but at that time dismissed it as not relevant to business. How could you possibly practice...

Top 10 Signs you are making the World a better Place

by | Jul 24, 2018

2018 is the Year Nelson Mandela would have turned 100 years old. Although he died in 2013, his remarkable life leaves a long lasting legacy to people all over the world – it stands as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. But all of us are called to be...

Leadership and Poetry

by | Apr 11, 2018

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? This celebration of poetry started in the US in 1996 and in Canada, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of acknowledging poetry and its vital place in our culture. Even if you are someone who’s not really into...

Employee Engagement – An Inside Job

by | Nov 17, 2017

There is little doubt that employee engagement is an important issue for those in Human Resource Management and leadership roles, and it is a topic of conversation in many organizations today. In a nutshell, employee engagement means: The employees’ willingness to go...