10 Signs you might be restructured

Even in Canada where the economy doesn’t seem to be in as grave a crisis as the US, I have seen over 100 people of my personal acquaintance being restructured in the last 6 months. I myself have been restructured several times in my 15 year career. Both my...

Anatomy of a productive meeting

I happened to be a participant in a rather unproductive meeting for the past two days.  Forgive me—I feel very prepared to write this e-zine to warn all those well meaning, unsuspecting souls who are running, planning or just participating in such meetings. Here are...

“The Terrified Networker”

I used to be a terrified networker–afraid of those milling crowds and round table breakfasts.  How could a self confident professional speaker extravert like me be afraid? Here’s my story… My first networking experience scarred me for years. As a brand new...

“Can’t we all just get along?”

This week, I had to re-evaluate my stance on compassionate leadership. It wasn’t a proud moment. I’m sure you’ve run into “him” before. The difficult-to-get-along-with-guy or girl you’re sometimes forced to work with.  I’ve run into this same person in every job, just...

So you've got clients, now what?

I write this on a concrete bird stained bench in the alleyway outside the Nassau Airport, into the third hour of waiting for my flight home. Don’t feel too bad for me, the glorious sun is shining, it’s at least 35C and I’m still wearing a t-shirt while it’s snowing in...