Workplace Culture

Insights, Perspectives, and Thought Leadership

Workplace Culture

Insights, Perspectives, and Thought Leadership

Workplace Wellbeing and Business Performance Concept

Do your employees love your workplace?

As the winter calendar flips to February, love is in the air. From valentine balloons, aisles of red cards and those extra special chocolate boxes, we are reminded about a very basic human need – the need to belong. Belonging doesn’t have to be madly in love, it also shows up as friendship, trust, acceptance,…

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Is Your Workplace Culture Cooling Off or Heating Up?

Winter is in full swing and the temperatures are downright frigid! We’ve got below average wind chills, record snowfalls, freezing rain, and black ice. While all of this cold is going on around us, what’s the temperature like in your workplace? Are your employees fired up and bouncing into work with enthusiastic anticipation of the…

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Measure Corporate Culture Trends 2019

5 Culture Trends to Know About for 2019

In today’s disruptive business world, it’s an ongoing necessity for leaders to ensure they stay current and relevant. This includes staying on top of changes in customer attitudes, employee engagement and technology. With that in mind, I’ve compiled 5 key trends to know about for 2019 when it comes to organizational culture. As you read…

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Happy Successful People at Company Office

3 Fun Company Culture Ideas for World Values Day

Have you embarked on a journey to shift your culture only to find that it’s run out of steam? October 18, 2018 is World Values Day–an opportunity to reflect on our personal values! A time to take note about how well our current situation is aligned with the things that are most important to us!! However,…

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How Adobe and Cathay Pacific Customers are Driving Organizational Culture Change

Organizations have been focused on the customer for hundreds of years. So not surprisingly, we have developed a lot of data, processes, and functions to help us manage this key area of our business. More recently, a trend is developing where leaders are transporting their customer service skills to the employee arena. At your next…

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Businessman looking to the future for new business opportunity

Who Moved Our Future and Where Has It Gone?

In this era of disruption, volatility and an increasing shortage of talent, the future is becoming more and more challenging to predict. Trying to discern where your organization will be in 10 years is complex and at times overwhelming. It’s easy to get stuck. Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change…

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How this CEO Plans to Turn Around a Floundering, Iconic, Canadian Organization

What will the first permanent female leader of an organization facing harassment suits, claims of negligence, and desperately in need of modernization tackle first? This was the question I had when I went to hear a presentation by recently appointed RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki. In her insightful remarks she talked about leadership, courage and culture….

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Business Books to Read This Summer

Capitalism, Power and Biographies or Mystery, Romance and Comedy?

When I was growing up I spent my summers either at the cottage or at camp. It was a time before internet and wireless technologies. It was the time that I discovered my love of reading. I was a voracious reader.  I often perused the latest novel with a flashlight under the blankets. I naively…

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Stop trying to get the right people on the bus, get the right bus first!

“Leaders of companies that go from good to great start not with “where” but with “who.” They start by getting the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats.” Jim Collins, author of Good to Great – Why some companies make the leap and…

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Do Robots Require a Different Workplace Culture?

I’m not a big fan of science fiction, but I did enjoy the Jetson’s cartoon series when I was growing up. Self-driving vehicles, a robotic maid and automated appliances seemed like a dream way to live. And, who couldn’t use a little of Iron Man’s assistant J.A.R.V.I.S to help them get through the day? When…

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