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Tag Archives: leadership
Core Values
Over the past few months, I have been thinking about some of my core beliefs in life, and whether they remain valid. Its good, in my mind, to never assume something to be always valid in the form that it … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, adult, behaviour, blind-spot, challenge, conscience, discipline, emotional maturity, excellence, fatherhood, goals, grow, growth, leadership, life-long learning, openness, personal plan, perspective, testing, truth, values, wisdom
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Redundancy Thoughts: The How
This post kind of takes the last two redundancy-related posts, and regardless of jurisdiction and statutory requirements, offers some thoughts and ideas around what would make such a devastating process a bit more bearable, by offering the affected employees some … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged communication, disclosure, distrust, empathy, honesty, information, integrity, kindness, leadership, trust
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Values and Behaviour – a reflection on the Volkswagen tragedy.
As an HR practitioner, I have watched with interest not so much the media frenzy surrounding the Volkswagen debacle (although that has itself been instructive) but rather the company itself. It’s behaviour as an organization at this time is a … Continue reading
Posted in Work
Tagged actions, behaviour, Board of Directors, CEO, corporate values, culture, goals, hypocrisy, leadership, profit, values
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The Dragon called “Me”…
I have written this series using the allegory of a sailor sailing rough seas, and encountering Dragons, as depicted on those old nautical maps where the untraveled cartographer needed an excuse for his cluelessness; and I have offered thoughts about … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged Bill Gates, challenge, character, culture, grace, guardian, honesty, HR, HR Practitioner, humility, influence, integrity, leadership, learning, reflection, selfless, vision, wisdom
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Here be dragons, and here be (hopefully) how to slay them
As HR Leaders, our portfolio includes many things but significantly, change management, cultural development and/or guardianship, and leadership development. We are often called out of the safety of managing processes and procedures (let’s be honest, that’s not really what drives … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged change, character, circular reference, conflict, creativity, culture, diversity, human resources, integrity, leadership, problem solving
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Being Unpopular
My little ones don’t like going to sleep. Going to bed? Fine. Happy as Larry. But the sleep part? Not so popular… We can often have 2 kids egging each other on, and refusing to get some shut-eye, 2 hours … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Work
Tagged children, family, leadership, manager, parenting, popular, unpopular
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Notes From the Road 