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Seeking Relevance in an Ever Evolving Workplace
What does relevance mean to you? Recently, I was privileged to work with an older gentleman as his coach. After surviving cancer, he had returned to his role as Senior Vice President. 6 months in, he was questioning what he was doing and why he was doing it. He had...
6 Ways to Increase the Value of References
What is the value of references? A reference can defined as, “the action of mentioning or alluding to something, the use of a source of information in order to ascertain something.” When it comes to hiring someone, we talk about “taking up references,” meaning that we...
Unexpected feedback is often a gift
When giving feedback, we are always encouraged not to surprise the person to whom we are giving feedback. At the best of times, to be on the receiving end of feedback, whether positive or negative, can produce a defensive reaction. This reaction can be stronger if the...
Three Reasons to Invest in Emotional Intelligence
I love when people remind me that it is not always the things we do that matter, but the way we do them. So much of our lives are consumed with what we have to get done that we get little time to reflect on how we are doing it. Yet it is the manner in which we do...
