08 Mar I haven’t interviewed in years!
This week saw half a dozen conversations and coaching sessions with people looking for tips on how to navigate employment or promotional interviews because they haven't interviewed in years!...
21 Feb Some Thoughts on Shoes and Hair-do’s
it's usually been the women who are more attuned to the message's hair and wardrobe convey....
14 Feb Be More Engaging Virtually
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It's been two plus years and still I hear from many people that they aren't happy with how they look and sound on their on-camera platforms. This is a problem because virtual meetings and online working relationships are here to stay. It's a bit like...
07 Feb A RADICALLY DIFFERENT KIND OF PREP
Working with a young woman recently, in preparation for a grueling series of set-piece interviews. The challenge is not around "knowing her stuff", as the process doesn't expect her to know very much, but rather is a test of how she thinks on her feet...
31 Jan Lessons from Africa
The Samburu tribe of northern Kenya have a wealth of stories and proverbs which have been passed down through oral tradition for generation to generation. ...
17 Jan HOT NEW DIET FOR 2023!
It’s so easy to start and finish your day consuming social media, and to spend a chunk in the middle of the day producing it. ...
27 Dec Driving Into the Future
Did you attempt to travel over the holidays? Perhaps you're still hashtag#stranded? Like any major undertaking, travel requires both hashtag#strategy and hashtag#tactics....
13 Dec The Dog Ate My Homework
Are we finally getting back to being okay with being human? Vulnerability, self-awareness, and a dose of frank talk might be just the thing that breaks through the wall of other noise....
30 Nov Post Pandemic Pay it Forward
Did you give away your time and expertise for free during COVID? I know lots of people who did, as a way of ensuring friends, colleagues and clients could focus on business continuity and we could fill in the blanks. We shouldn't lose that desire...
16 Nov You Are a Godsend
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Do you ever wish you could get in-depth feedback on the delivery of your message?...
01 Nov Rejection Sucks. Avoid it Next Time.
Because we're so busy taking it personally, we might miss the lessons that come from failing....
19 Oct Kathryn Garforth of Garforth Education – Joanna Piros Take 2 🎬 Interview
Thanks to a private school with a focus on dyslexia, and incredibly hard work and tenacity, she pursued a Ph.D. and now works to support teaching, and learning, with special emphasis on those kids who struggle, often invisibly....
19 Oct I Should Be So Lucky
My dad called me the other day, which is somewhat unusual as it's generally mom who is the social convenor and keeper of communication channels. He was calling, incensed, because he tried to find information on the storm damage in the Canadian Maritimes, and all...
21 Sep Seeking Lasting Romantic Relationship
Are you swiping right left and up and down, hoping to connect with that absolute right person to spend your life with? Most new relationships stories I've heard in recent times all begin online, often as the result of connections made using any one of...
08 Sep OPUS: Happiness In A Can
When Christos Kalaitzis lost his full time job thanks to Covid he had no idea it would free him up to pursue a dream. That dream is hand-crafted, delicious, cocktails in a can in both alcohol and alcohol free versions. Please meet Opus and its...
06 Sep A Small Tweak that Packs Power
There's something about a workforce crisis that seems to bring out the job interviews, and the promotional internal processes, at least that's what I infer from the number of people who have reached out recently for help in prepping for interviews. Most of them are...
23 Aug Smells Like Yesterday
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What is it about the smell of fresh cut grass that brings us to our knees? And how does the rare scent of Brut or Hai Karate slam me back to high school PE as if I were actually time travelling?...
08 Aug Anxiety World
Are you finding yourself more anxious or even depressed about the state of the world and our shared future? Have you found ways to cope with it?...
26 Jul Retirement is the Mother of Re-Invention
Yes, it's graduation and yes, it was the 70s. In the intervening years there have been grad reunions, life changes, death, marriage, divorce, remarriage and all the things that can happen over 50 years....
08 Jul Show Your Work, Give Reasons
Do you remember elementary school Math? Arithmetic? There were always a few brighter than normal kids who could do those long division questions in their heads and scribble down the correct answer. If your schooling resembled mine, chances are the teacher would pull these kids...
27 Jun Stephanie Ruhle & the Right to Bare Arms
Stephanie Ruhle's bare arms would never have passed muster in the time I was anchoring in television news. Hell, in those days there were many employers who insisted that female employees who chose to wear a skirt or dress were obligated to pair with hose....
16 Jun It Doesn’t Take Long for Chaos to Become the Norm
We’ve all got one of these at home or in the office: the junk drawer that is at once indispensable and completely disorganized. Some people even work in that same environment and it’s amazing how quickly total chaos can become business as usual....
02 Jun Teen Boys Every Mother Can Love
Some of my favourite clients are 16- and 17-year-olds. No, really. And this is their time to shine. Yes, it’s high-school graduation, or commencement, time but my guys are somewhat distracted by a grueling event that’s coming up next week: it’s the NHL Scouting Combine,...
18 May TOO MANY CRICKETS IN YOUR ONLINE BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS?
A question from a reader: Because I do a lot of Zoom ‘brainstorming’ sessions, do you have any tips for the best ways to facilitate discussions as opposed to presenting? The distinction in my mind is that as a presenter you are guiding the experience, and...
03 May Miracle Cure! Get Yours Now!
You may have noticed one of COVID’s by-products has been an inflammation of your joints, or an enduring brain fog. There are so many lingering effects being reported and researched. In my case, COVID fallout essentially turned me into a 90-year-old overnight....