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The last two years has illuminated the fragile mental health of executives and their teams.  In December last year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released their First insights from the National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020-21 report. Some of the findings were:  15% of Australians (and more women) experienced high or very

Storytelling, arguably, is one of the top skills leaders need to employ. It’s far beyond creative thinking and writing. It is a strategy and a tool to recruit and retain top talent, build empathetic leaders, build internal thought leaders and ambassadors and engage all constituencies.  When storytelling is woven throughout the entire organization, it becomes

In the midst of an increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, Canada has a unique opportunity to foster energy security abroad while leading the energy transition at home. These priorities are not mutually exclusive. Rather, Canadian stakeholders can — and should — focus on decarbonization while also working to solve today’s urgent global oil and gas demand

Workplace bullying has been more talked about recently than in prior years, and leadership teams have been doing a better, more effective job of preventing and eliminating it in the workplace. Workplace bullying can take place virtually anywhere, but if a zero-tolerance approach is embedded into a company’s culture starting at the top, it tends

It’s no secret that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 was designed to protect employees over the age of 40 from discrimination. However, there is a contemporary form of discrimination that is currently affecting the workplace today, serving as one of the catalysts of the Great Resignation. This form of discrimination is called reverse ageism. According to a report in The

Aside from the gargantuan success and creativity, there is one thing that all business leaders and CEOs possess. And that is following a set of the same atomic habits every day. Almost all the successful people in the world have a similar pattern of lifestyle which they follow religiously. Why? Cause it helps them to keep

The military characteristically operates in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environments where detailed planning and flexible execution are critical to mission success. Time is typically short, details often sketchy, and opportunities very often fleeting. Sound familiar? Communication—up, down, and laterally across the team—is vital to any organization’s ability to seize and maintain the initiative.

Most business decisions are made using an organization’s structured data, such as sales numbers, revenue, and growth in specific areas. However, this data doesn’t tell you what makes customers tick and how to retain, attract and please customers. The truth is that many organizations own a treasure trove of data in customer service, which could

[embedded content] When it comes to the workplace and work, one thing is a certainty: whatever happens next will have technology at its core. That much is self evident in the wake of the Covid-fueled productivity revolution we’re only now beginning to understand. But what will that mean, practically, pragmatically? How will tech reshape behavior

A large part of getting organized in your business and your life is being willing to embrace different ways of communicating with your clients, your suppliers, even your family. If COVID has taught us anything in business it’s that the ability to continue to work virtually was not only possible, but a number of our

The rise of young entrepreneurs is not a case of the recent past. It has been quite a while since the younger population is taking up risks to establish and manage businesses. We have many examples before us, about people who started very young and are now highly successful entrepreneurs. But, do you think that

The Great Resignation, or the Great Realignment as it is now being called, which was triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, is one of the most important challenges companies are facing in 2022. According to Labor Department data, more than 5 million people left their jobs voluntarily in January, a record high in nearly two decades

End-to-end encryption is more than a buzzword floating about. It has serious effects on user privacy in a world where messaging platforms are a standard part of everyday life. Encryption prevents conversations from being surveilled by the messaging platform, sold to third- parties for monetary gain, or from being exposed in the event of a

If you’re like most executives across the country, you may be reconstituting teams right now, hiring and promoting to fill critical leadership positions. More than ever, you’re competing for people who can be adaptive and agile. Everybody needs people who can grow in response to the rapidly changing business environment. And you probably want people

The future of work – of hybrid and fully-remote workers – will require upskilling of employees for organizations that wish to succeed in the post-COVID world. Leaders who want to seize a competitive advantage in that future will need to benchmark their training initiatives to best practices on managing hybrid and remote workers. In this

An Ernst & Young survey from late 2021 found a disconnect between employees’ desires for flexible work environments and companies offering such arrangements. It found “79% of companies intend to make moderate to extensive hybrid work changes, but only 40% have communicated their plans to workforce.” The study also noted “90% of employees want flexibility,

Satya Narayana Nadella became Microsoft’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 2014. At that time, the corporation’s market capitalization was around $311 billion. Microsoft is now worth more than $2.26 trillion. Microsoft was among the first companies to exceed a $1 trillion valuation when it hit that milestone in April 2019. Another noteworthy aspect is that at

Over the last two decades, the concept of servant leadership has received significant attention in the popular press. It has also been the focus of prominent organizational leadership scholars who have discussed the positive effects of serving others on profits and employee job satisfaction. Experts like Max Depree, Stephen Covey, Peter Block, and Margaret Wheatley

Only 30% of corporations have seen improved performance stemming from their digital transformations. Because these transformations represent an evolving series of changes, success requires a multifaceted approach. Here’s how companies can get started on a smoother, more rewarding digital transformation. Companies around the world seem to be flocking toward digital transformations. Yet even leaders who embrace

Hybrid work is all the rage lately – initially out of necessity, but now out of flexibility and preference. When businesses moved to remote work in 2020, it was a stressful period of time when they needed to figure out how best to continue on with work while not in person. Since then, all businesses