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…
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…
Six Strategies for Better Feedback
We fear feedback because we expect criticism. Yet we know it is good for us. How do we reconcile these…
There is a Risk in not Collaborating
Collaboration does not just happen - you have to cultivate it. When you don't deliberately work at it, you run…
Lion up for Accountability – There is no Wizard
What is Accountability? At one time or another we have all heard it – that accusation around missing accountability: “No…
Embrace your Enemies and Collaborate
Dave Savage is a mass of contradictions – hippy from the Kootenays (me too), businessman, capitalist, activist. In short, he…
Collaborating doesn’t always work for me ….
The other day I was sitting in my dentist’s chair with a sore mouth. I have been back a few…
Hunkering Down and Cutting Back – Where is the Fairness?
Here in Alberta we are confronting a new possible normal…in 2 to 3 years back to oil at $45/barrel? We…
Protected: Conflict & Healthy Organizations
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