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It’s Official
Happy Fall and belated Thanksgiving Greetings! One of the things I learned when I moved to Canada is that Thanksgiving in October−not Labour Day at the beginning of September or even the solstice on September 21st−is actually the last day of summer. We Canadians have...
What’s New for 2022?
Happy New Year! In case you missed it over the holidays, Ontario has enacted some new legislation for 2022: New laws and changes coming to Ontario in 2022 | CTV News. Some of these changes directly impact work relationships, so whether you are an employer, an employee...
Denial, Exclusion and Inequity
I spent a few hours over the weekend researching the provenance of a Facebook post a lovely elderly member of my church sent to me about a purported Toronto Sun article based on a letter received from a “Jim Bissell.” In the letter, this person represents himself as a septuagenarian who “grew up surrounded by 4 reserves and a large …
My Epic Fail: Adventures in Gardening
This photo depicts the sum total of my vegetable gardening efforts for this year. A solitary tomato (there were a few others, but the squirrels beat me to them) and an unruly bunch of Brillo-tough parsley–that’s it. Sigh. Every spring, I have such grand plans for the...
The 3 Career Management Skills You Need Right Now
To say that these are tumultuous times is an understatement. Since March of 2020, we’ve been sent home to work, locked down/opened up/locked down again, furloughed and recalled, let go, rehired and more. We’ve seen the Great Retirement of Boomers, the Great...
What you can learn from Tom Brady about managing your career
Another Super Bowl, another ring for Tom Brady, undeniably the GOAT. Brady haters gonna hate, but for those of us who have been fans of the Brady Bunch through good times (lots) and bad (that heartbreaking almost-perfect 2007 season), yesterday’s Super Bowl victory...
Why I Became a Coach
Like many people, I did not “choose” my career path, so my bio doesn’t help answer the question of why coaching. In fact, a bio doesn’t really answer the question of “why” anyone chooses any profession; it can only show the “how.” The one notable aspect of my career...
Latest Posts
It’s Official
Happy Fall and belated Thanksgiving Greetings! One of the things I learned when I moved to Canada is that Thanksgiving in October−not Labour Day at the beginning of September or even the solstice on September 21st−is actually the last day of...
What’s New for 2022?
Happy New Year! In case you missed it over the holidays, Ontario has enacted some new legislation for 2022: New laws and changes coming to Ontario in 2022 | CTV News. Some of these changes directly impact work relationships, so whether you are an employer, an employee...
Denial, Exclusion and Inequity
I spent a few hours over the weekend researching the provenance of a Facebook post a lovely elderly member of my church sent to me about a purported Toronto Sun article based on a letter received from a “Jim Bissell.” In the letter, this person represents himself as a septuagenarian who “grew up surrounded by 4 reserves and a large …
My Epic Fail: Adventures in Gardening
This photo depicts the sum total of my vegetable gardening efforts for this year. A solitary tomato (there were a few others, but the squirrels beat me to them) and an unruly bunch of Brillo-tough parsley–that’s it. Sigh. Every spring, I have such grand plans for the...
The 3 Career Management Skills You Need Right Now
To say that these are tumultuous times is an understatement. Since March of 2020, we’ve been sent home to work, locked down/opened up/locked down again, furloughed and recalled, let go, rehired and more. We’ve seen the Great Retirement of Boomers, the Great...
What you can learn from Tom Brady about managing your career
Another Super Bowl, another ring for Tom Brady, undeniably the GOAT. Brady haters gonna hate, but for those of us who have been fans of the Brady Bunch through good times (lots) and bad (that heartbreaking almost-perfect 2007 season), yesterday’s Super Bowl victory...
Why I Became a Coach
Like many people, I did not “choose” my career path, so my bio doesn’t help answer the question of why coaching. In fact, a bio doesn’t really answer the question of “why” anyone chooses any profession; it can only show the “how.” The one notable aspect of my career...