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How to Take Control When You’re Interrupted In Meetings
In today’s climate of overheated public discourse, how we communicate reveals a great deal about how we both perceive and value our relationships with others. It’s worth paying attention to everyday...
Jump and the lake will appear…
Welcome to summer. I hope that yours has had a glorious start. I recently hit the road with my family, left my computer behind and headed north, waaaaay out of the city, to a lakeside cottage for a...
“Soft” skills and the gender gap.
This week, in celebration of IWD, I attended a couple of great events at the Rotman School of Business. One focused on the challenges for women working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math...
How To Shut Down Micro-aggressions While Keeping Your Cool
It's safe to say that the story of 2018 is the continuing momentum of the #metoo movement, and the remarkable cultural moment that seems to be taking place. The term 'micro-aggressions' may not be...
How to network without being phony
You arrive late and sidle into the room. Avoid eye contact with the people standing around in groups of twos and threes, and pretend to look for someone by gazing pensively into the middle distance....
Checking out will make you stronger.
Aaah, summer. A time to slow down. To step away from it all. Get off the grid. If only. Every year I anticipate escaping the city to our family cottage on the shore of Lake Winnipeg. But this...
Bouncing back
I was invited to speak at a conference in Toronto last month on the subject of workplace stress and developing resilience. For me, the event felt timely. My stress meter has been tipping to the high...
How to keep your chill under pressure
It’s 10 am and you’re already running fifteen minutes behind. Someone cut you off in traffic on the way to work, and the elevator was out of service when you got there. You’ve been rushing from...