When I started regularly working out at the gym, I was given the introductory “tour” by one of the trainers. For those who haven’t experienced this particular form of initiation ritual, it was a pretty demeaning form of high-pressure sales tactic to get me to sign up for what would amount to several thousands of…
This week, I spoke at the Schulich Executive Education Centre about 21st-Century Hiring—essentially, why the practices that worked so effectively for hiring staff through the last century don’t work all that well now. (Did you know that nearly half of all new hires fail within the first 18 months? If you’re at a managerial level…
I’m working on a talk that I’m giving next Monday morning, November 19 at the Schulich Executive Education Centre at the TD Centre. The talk is about 21st-century hiring, and how it differs from how we’ve been thinking about, and acting on, hiring over the past 50 years or so. I talk about how the…
Every week at Salsaholics Anonymous, we welcome dancers who are new to Salsaholics, most of whom are new to salsa dancing. The challenge of our Foundation class is to both accommodate new dancers learning the basics of salsa and enable more experienced dancers to polish up their foundational moves with a strong focus on great…
This week was the municipal election throughout the province. As with most municipal elections, incumbents have a massive advantage: It’s very rare that an incumbent mayor or councillor loses their seat on city council. This time was both very different and very much the same: The resulting council will be comprised – as per usual…
Recently, I was at an event that was organized by people who are not partner dancers. In other words, they enjoy dance, but mostly in a solo, freestyle, do-what-expresses-you style. Nothing wrong with that, of course—in fact, there’s a lot right with anyone expressing their feelings about, and interpretation of, great music (or even not-so-great…
In my coaching work with clients, we eventually get to the point of beginning a trajectory towards the type of change the client wants to see in their career. (And yes, “eventually” does indeed suggest that there’s usually a lot of stuff that needs to be cleared away before getting to that point!). We always…
This week is Yom Kippur for the Jewish people. It is the day on which they ask forgiveness for sins committed against G-d, and more importantly, ask forgiveness from one another for sins committed against another person. It’s a day of reflection and resolving to do better during the year ahead. In the spirit of…
I was once social dancing with a person who was a relatively newer dancer who was not only self-conscious about her dancing, but also self-conscious that she was somewhat bigger than me (not that I’m exactly a giant!). She said, “I feel so heavy when I dance.” And it was an apt observation—she was indeed…
It is ironic, I think, that we consider the season in which nature seems to be shutting down for the impending winter as a season of new beginnings. According to a well-known office supplies company, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year,” as children begin school anew, eager and fresh-faced for the next chapter…