Engage and Retain Millennials (Employees)
Having just come off Small business week, I’ve heard from many employers that their biggest struggle is finding skilled people, motivated people and people who want to stick around. In the human resources industry, Millennials In The Workplace has been the common theme of training and education to engage and retain them … as they’re now the largest population in the workforce this year. Click […]
The Human Side of Business
We get so caught up in the chase for profit that we often forget why we got into business in the first place. Hopefully we entered into business as an entrepreneur or employee, because we wanted to help solve a problem for our customer. Yet many have lost track of the customer and instead focus […]
Success is Posture – Posture is Success
Our posture is critical to success. I’m not talking about shoulders back, chin up so much as posturing ourselves as confident, influential people who stand up for what they really believe. In my part-time direct sales business, the word ‘posture’ is used referring to how we present ourselves and our offering in a very confident […]
Fishing Close To Bottom
Like the lakebed, the workplace environment is rich with obstacles to get snagged on but it’s much more lucrative in these zones rather than the easy ones. It just takes more patience, communication and teamwork to play at that depth.
Attract Rich Relationships
I think everyone wants to be more attractive—in other words, to attract more of what we want.
Be Disciplined and Be Rich
People yearn to possess better discipline because of it’s power in personal leadership and self-development.
Discipline
It was an emotional day as I said farewell to my 17 year-old Japanese student who’s come to Canada for an English educational experience. She inspired this topic of discipline. Coming from Asia where education is the highest priority for school aged youth, she demonstrated consistency and effort every single day with her routine of […]
When Sweet Relationships Go Sour
It even happens to me. The sweetest, most delicate and important relationships can go sour, just like that. This can be emotionally crushing. From my experience, here’s my top 3 ideas on what you can do about it. Take the High Road – Act in your highest possible way; a way that you won’t regret […]
Get More Now
How would you like to get more now. More money? More time, more attention, a better job, a raise? Getting Is Very Easy… G.I.V.E. just give. When we give, we feel better about ourselves. We receive the currency of giving. Money is one currency and there are many more. Like self-worth, confidence, security, relationships, respect, […]
Improve Workplace Relationships with Love
“Love in the workplace” is not a phrase you hear often, but in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I’d like to talk about it. We have relationships with everyone in our workplace. Some may be closer than others; some may be kind and courteous; and others may be challenging, disconnected or downright nasty! You can […]