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It started off as a dream. As a child, I often imagined what I would do for a living. There were two professions that particularly intrigued me; becoming a teacher and a writer. I got my first full-time job as a salesperson at Future Shop selling TV’s, VCR’s (remember those?) and Camcorders. I moved my […]
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When my son was in kindergarten, he came home one day with a homework assignment. He had to match human expressions to the feelings they represented. He was excited to tell me that the smile on a face represented “Happiness.” It was so simple then to define what happiness was. As we grow older, it
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Throughout the years, I have had dozens upon dozens of difficult conversations. From laying people off, to discussing attendance issues, to conversations on performance. None of these conversations were easy. There were conversations that ended up going smoothly and those that left me feeling like I missed the ball. The best ones were those where
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Being a leader is not an easy task. To truly excel, one must adopt a mindset similar to that of a polymath, continuously learning and expanding across various fields to inspire and motivate others. This relentless pursuit of knowledge can be as frustrating as it is rewarding. Every now and then, even leaders need an
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My day last Thursday started off by finding out that the company I worked for cut 10% of its head office employees, including 3 of my colleagues who lost their jobs. After the shock, came a variety of emotions. There was a feeling of loss for my colleagues who throughout the years had become my
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When you look back at the past year, are you happy with the type of leader you were? Is there an area where you feel that if you were able to improve on, it would drastically improve your leadership effectiveness? The first step in improving any skill is to know where you are before you
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I wanted to share a message that was sent out last Friday morning at work. I would have shared earlier but my website was hacked and locked out. Our Vice President sent out an email to all District Managers and Directors of Operations. The Title was, “A Challenge from me to You”. I must admit
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You work hard to inspire your team. You create development plans in partnership with your team members to ensure they continue to enhance their competencies. Sales are going well, you’re happy and your team is happy. You recognize, celebrate and think that all is going exactly as planned. Then it doesn’t. That is when the
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Think back to as far as you can remember. How many changes have you had to face? Probably too many to count. Chances are there will be much more to come. Change comes in all areas of our lives, financial change, change of jobs, change in relationships, change of environment and a lot more. Depending
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Have you ever given your word to do something, only not to follow through? You may not even have remembered giving your word. It might have been a slight of the tongue. One of those, “I’ll call you this week and we’ll go for coffee” but you never do, kind of thing. I recently had
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Why is employee engagement such a popular topic? The cost of having a disengaged team can be disastrous to the success of your company. What can we learn from the TOP Companies about employee engagement? The keyword, “best companies to work for” has an average of 33,000 monthly searches according to a recent search on
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One of your many leadership responsibilities is to motivate and inspire your team. If you keep this as one of your focuses, you’ll soon realize you will get an incredible return on your investment. If inspiring and supporting your team is one of your true priorities, you will find that you in turn will be
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Employee engagement has become an important issue in today’s society. We are hearing more and more about the impact and cost of disengaged employees. What strategies can you implement to keep your team motivated? As a leader, or entrepreneur, you spend countless hours in creating a great vision of the direction you want your company
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Have you ever been part of a brainstorming session? If so, you know that it tends not to involve an equal input from each participant. In fact, depending on the size of the group, in my experience, only 40-50% of the participants in a group brainstorming session are actively participating. Does this mean that those
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Throughout my career, I have been put in several different challenging leadership positions. In my first leadership role, I was the only female store manager out of over 90 stores. I was one female in an environment at that time dominated by men. I was also Director of a HBC store, leading a team of
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