Category Archives: Leadership

Women’s rights and freedom of responsible choice

In the week that has followed International Women’s Day, I have read with interest some very impressive statistics on the progress women have made over the years. Earning the right to vote, ascension to leadership in Fortune 500 companies, success in male-dominated professions and legislation protecting safety, pay scales and employment access were in theContinue reading “Women’s rights and freedom of responsible choice”

Yesterday I won…and so did everybody else!

Think win-win is one of Steven Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I remember reading Covey’s book several years ago and feeling challenged and overwhelmed as I thought of how I could possibly practice this habit in the ego-centric competitive corporate culture of the company where I worked at that time. But a strangeContinue reading “Yesterday I won…and so did everybody else!”

I don’t believe in work/life balance

Although I tried it for many years, I no longer believe in work/life balance, and here’s why – The term work/life balance implies that there is work and then there are other things in life.  According to this way of thinking, finding the balance means that there has to be a trade-off.  In the end,Continue reading “I don’t believe in work/life balance”

Creating a happy, healthy workplace: A holistic approach to employee benefits plan design and implementation

This article was published in Your Workplace magazine, Volume 16 Issue 4 Click here to subscribe to Your Workplace Canadian employers are facing increasingly complex human resource issues and challenges, which adversely impact employee health and productivity and jeopardize business success.   By providing employee benefit plans, employers expect to achieve high standards of organizational health andContinue reading “Creating a happy, healthy workplace: A holistic approach to employee benefits plan design and implementation”