Journey Through Shame
I recently attended a conference on Restorative Practices and wanted to share some of my learnings. Something that really stood…
Fostering Circle at Work
I’ve just completed an on-line training session in The Circle Way, a method of safely sharing thoughts and ideas and…
Justice in the Workplace – A Positive Way Forward
The #metoo movement and the provincial and federal government’s new bills addressing harassment and psychological health and safety has created…
A Vision for 2018 Workplaces
Here at Workplace Fairness we are seeing what we hope is the beginning of a shift. Maybe it’s the perfect…
Can Consciousness Resolve Conflict?
Perhaps like me, your background or formal training in university or college had a technical focus with little or no…
How can Curiosity Change our Conversations?
Everything is never as it seems – these are the lyrics of a song I heard on the radio a…
Listen up – to your own critic
You need to pay attention when you hear a message more than once. This week, a theme has been popping…
An Inclusive Leader Builds Meaning
A colleague loaned me a book recently – Appreciative Leadership by Kiana Whitney, Amanda Trosten-Bloom and Kae Rader. I was…
It takes a team to keep your workforce healthy, engaged and productive
Michelle and I had the great pleasure recently to speak to a diverse group of occupational health nurses at their…
Better choices will help us out of the destructive cycle
Many large organizations are trapped in a cycle of reactive, formalized conflict management. It’s time to break the cycle. Here…