5 critical attributes of tomorrow’s...
Just the other day, we were taking a dip stick on how many people were still sticking to their New Year resolutions a month into the year. We asked around and, as expected, we found that some were already struggling to hold on to them, while many had already given their resolutions a quiet burial. Listening to us admit our failures, a young colleague smilingly [...]
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2 Feb
Management mantras from the road
I love taking road trips into the hills. It’s a great way to clear the head in the vast landscape. On a long weekend recently, I decided to drive out to the hills with some friends. We made sure we had the right vehicle and detailed directions to get to our destination. En route, we kept tabs on the weather and kept at a trot to avoid the showers heading our way!
It was a
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19 Jan
Let’s rediscover the power of...
As we call curtains on a tumultuous 2011, we have certainly learned one lesson: Solving the problems encountered this year was no child’s play. Or was it? I invite you to view a short video clip of ‘World Peace and Other Fourth Grade Achievements,’ my favourite game in the world. In it, John Hunter, a Virginia based school teacher who created this political simulation
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29 Dec
Spirited weekend, or a weakened spirit?
In an impulsive Facebook post last Friday, I wrote about a friend’s routine practice to spell ‘weekend’ as ‘weakened’ to describe his state after a work week and wondered if it was because he was yet to fall in love with his work. Going by the number of ‘likes’ the post received, it appeared to have struck a chord with many people. Several people responded [...]
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23 Dec