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By Ken Keis. Deliberate Leadership is about being self-aware enough that you can be purposefully wise, diplomatic, and intentional with competence. It is about embracing the values (and behaviours) of accountability, reliability, and responsibility. Admittedly, there are hundreds of other definitions of leadership; they all vary somewhat in orientation, but most imply that the leadership process contains the element of influence, which is situational, in constant flux, and could be directed towards individuals, teams or organizations – all with the intent of achieving success. Deliberate Leaders lead by personally modelling the…
By Ken Keis. Health care is quickly becoming the number one concern in the Western world. People are now looking at the quality of their life as equal to, or more important, than the length of their life. How are you treating your body? Today our life expectancy is higher than ever; the average lifespan for men and women exceeds 70 years. As the baby boomers reach retirement age, they are expecting an active lifestyle — not the past stereo-typical “doing nothing” view of retirement. In fact, most want the option of…
Despite the rhetoric that today’s young people have been pampered, the reality is that they are confronted with more challenges than previous generations as they make the school-to-work transition. Lengthy stints in training institutions. Student debt that takes years to pay off. An enigmatic labour market. Having to put marriage and family on hold. Endless sorting through an overwhelming number of options to find a viable career fit. Further complicating the process is the expectation that young people’s careers should follow a linear, predictable route from high school to post-secondary…
Every year, one in five Canadians experience issues related to mental health or addiction. May 4-10, 2015 – Mental Health Week CMHA’s Mental Health Week is an annual national event that takes place during the first week in May to encourage people from all walks of life to learn, talk, reflect and engage with others on all issues relating to mental health. Host your own Mental Health Fundraiser. Use this toolkit of materials to help promote CMHA’s 64th annual Mental Health Week. There are also four different factsheets that highlight this…
“We are stardust, we are golden and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” ― Joni Mitchell – Legendary Canadian singer and songwriter. Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Amy Bjerknes Andy Senko Chris Magos Eugene Lam Eva Rapala Jennifer Gill Nicole Graham Osawa Kiniw Ihkwe Kayseas Paulette Pommells Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Adrienne Tom Carole Marinier Charmaine Johnson Elizabeth Piergeti Kevin Schafer Lori Rubinger Lotte Struwing Mary Saith Nicola Edwards Pat Harper Philipa Hardy Ramona Garrett Saima Zuberi Zahra Hirji Congratulations to our newly CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL Members:…
By Shannon Mack. CPC Mastermind, Shannon Mack discusses the effect of ebbs and flows with the economy on employers, employees, and job seekers. Economies ebb and flow. When the economy is flowing, life is good. It seems that things will always be this way. Job opportunities and money are abundant and no one gives much thought to “wants” versus “needs.” For some reason, ebbs in the economy take us by surprise. Most of us have lived through downturns before and we should know that eventually all good things come to an end. But, for…