Introducing Leadership 2020

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Cassie Taylor Leave a comment

Life Strategies is excited to see our very own, Herky Cutler, CMPP Instructor, has launched his own interactive LIVE show – details below. Leadership 2020 Hosted by Herky Cutler Join Herky Cutler for this interactive LIVE show on Facebook and YouTube, every Tuesday at 10:00 AM, MDT. Each week, Herky will feature a new aspect […]... Read More

21 Tools to Coach Future Leaders

Posted on June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 by Cassie Taylor Leave a comment

Article submitted by Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D., International Leadership Guru “A true Master is not the one with the most students, but one who creates the most Masters. A true leader is not the one with the most followers, but one who creates the most leaders.” —Neale Donald Walsch The findings of Kelly Global Workforce Index […]... Read More

Who Are “We,” Really? Specialist, Generalist, or Both?

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Deirdre Pickerell, PhD Leave a comment

In July 2015, Life Strategies was again named as one of Business in Vancouver’s Top Sales and Management Training Firms in BC. We are often on this list and it is always a privilege to receive this recognition. However, it also causes us to pause to consider our corporate identity. Many on our team would […]... Read More

Building a Workplace Culture That Embraces Diversity

Posted on August 2, 2013August 20, 2014 by Deirdre Pickerell, PhD 1 Comment

I’ve spoken and written about the benefits of diversity for years and on six continents. However, as the adage goes, “we teach what we need to learn” and I’m definitely still learning. This year I’ve had the privilege of co-leading a research team to learn from internationally-trained professionals themselves about the challenges in the foreign […]... Read More

Step Beyond Your Comfort Zone

Posted on February 6, 2012August 28, 2014 by Deirdre Pickerell, PhD Leave a comment

In recent research for our Look Before You Leap suite of resources, we discovered something simple but surprising nonetheless. We were trying to identify factors contributing to self-employment conversations (i.e., why do some career counsellors/coaches put self-employment on the table as a possibility for all clients to consider while others never bring the topic up […]... Read More

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Leadership During BC’s Business Transformation

Posted on October 28, 2011August 28, 2014 by Deirdre Pickerell, PhD Leave a comment

BC’s career development sector is working its way through one of the biggest transformations in its history. A fundamental shift in service delivery and funding structure will see over 400 employment service agencies replaced with 73 (read more at http://bit.ly/vjaJ5p, starting on page 20). As one might imagine, there is great debate about whether this […]... Read More

Appreciation in the Workplace

Posted on September 28, 2011August 28, 2014 by Deirdre Pickerell, PhD Leave a comment

It’s almost Thanksgiving, so we conducted a brief survey about appreciation in the workplace. We appreciate all the thoughtful responses we got – clearly appreciation is alive and well which was encouraging to hear! The good news was that a third of our respondents had been appreciated within the past 24 hours and an additional […]... Read More

Supervisory Skills: One Key to Workplace Success

Posted on September 13, 2011August 28, 2014 by Deirdre Pickerell, PhD Leave a comment

We’ve just completed work on a supervisory skills framework and training guide for the Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table. We’ve previously supported many organizations to develop their managers and leaders, and supervisors have a crucial liaison role to play – communicating management expectations to front-line employees and also communicating worker needs and concerns to the […]... Read More

Dancing with Digital Natives – Book Review

Posted on August 5, 2011August 28, 2014 by Deirdre Pickerell, PhD Leave a comment

Dancing with Digital Natives is a new, and interesting, book edited by Michelle Manafy and Heidi Gautschi. It is a must-read for anyone interested in generations in the workplace, especially Gen Y, and how this generation, and their exposure to technology, is changing the way business does business. That being said, the editors are clear […]... Read More

Workplace Conflict

Posted on February 9, 2011August 28, 2014 by Deirdre Pickerell, PhD Leave a comment

Conflict can be distressing in the workplace. A quick Google search for “workplace conflict 2011” revealed almost 59 million hits, including recent research from the UK, courses in Canada and Australia, blogs, headlines about workplace violence, and articles targeted to diverse industries and organizational structures. Workplace conflict is a hot topic! In many cases the […]... Read More

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