Trina Alexson
The Management Maze
The Value of a Good Trade
Why trading your best is good for the boss…
Vincent Guyaux
Serial CEO
Born Lucky: Closing in Rough Times
You can read “Born Lucky” on a t-shirt that Pamela gave me. I thought of it last week when we closed a bridge round at Metafoam. Not easy. It took 7 months to find the justification for it and I had to answer a simple question from investors: “Why do you ask for more money when most companies are reducing expenses and preparing for the storm.” My answer was simple: it is exactly because of the financial situation that we need to spend more right now…
Robert Hebert
The Talent Jungle
Looking for an industry that’s growing, stable and secure?
This past week I visited our nation’s capital. Amidst the bad news on Nortel, a start-up community hanging on for its very life, and a softening aerospace/defense sector, were a series of upbeat headlines on the city’s true economic cluster, government…
David Wexler
The Business of HR
Predicting Stock Market Futures Based On Leadership S.O.P.
As economic uncertainty drags on, and newspaper headlines scream out financial stories of doom on a constant basis, it’s re-assuring to know that we are going to get through this distressing situation in fine shape, thanks to leaders everywhere, doing what they do best. After all, S.O.P. or standard operating practice in most organizations is to under-commit, and to over-deliver. Below are some observations on what has been happening around senior leadership tables over the past several months, and why this bodes well for the future state of the markets; perhaps sooner than even the pundits are calling for.
David Wexler
The Business of HR
And Now For Something A Little Different…What Future Leaders Say About Greatness
Amongst other undertakings, I currently teach a post-graduate course on Organizational Effectiveness to 52 students who are seeking their professional HR designation (CHRP in Canada); and who have at least an undergraduate University degree, and in most cases, between 2 and 10 years’ work experience. As one of the course requirements, I recently asked students to select a well-known (Canadian where possible) publicly traded Company, and to assess it from an organizational effecitveness perspective, looking at such things as business success; corporate social responsibility initiatives; social perception; leadership; and ethics. The students’ insights are revealing. Want to know what future leaders think makes for a great Company…the kind that they aspire to work for? Read on.
Pierre Robitaille
2.0 Leaders
Gen Y Point System
If you can think of easy ways to convert the performance you need from your young employees into a point system, then maybe you should consider it…
David Wexler
The Business of HR
Stress Levels Are Up. Got Any Destructive Conflict In Your Organization? What To Do?
Leaders’ handling of, or failure to handle destructive conflict in their organizations is one of the greatest sources of lost productivity, and potentially, loss of talent, around. In these difficult times, maintaining and enhancing productivity is a key requirement of all leaders. How do you do this when stress levels are extremely high, and when levers for addressing some sources of destructive conflict, e.g., compensation which is not reflective of performance; lack of recognition; lack of growth & development opportunities are scarce or non-existent? It may not be as hard to deal with as you might think, so if you’ve got destructive conflict in your organization, here are a few thoughts on what to do.
Guest Blog
Guest Blog
Reflections of a CEO - David Stein
With this post, I begin a new series related to the insights and strategies that I have gained moving from a start-up to a mature enterprise.
David Wexler
The Business of HR
It’s Not Supposed To Be About Healthcare, But About Health. Get Ahead Of The Pack.
I grew up in HR believing that benefits were about creating a safety net for employees, for when employees got into trouble. So much of conventional Benefits thinking has promulgated this. We have retirement plans to help prepare people financially for when they are no longer working and we have healthcare plans to care for people when they need a dentist, doctor, hospitalization, and the like. Now I am not going to suggest that there is not still a place for supportive programmes. But what about prevention? What about creating conditions for having healthy (and therefore a present, energetic, and productive workforce)? Some thoughts follow.
Ian Ferguson
CEO Rants and Raves
CEO Perspective: Bad Times - Again it is all about you !
Even if you are not facing catastropic times, you need to make sure you are not adding to the problem.