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Corporate "team-building" can be so bad —how bad can it be? I once had to talk to a parrot puppet about my feelings! StevenArmstrong.ca - Leadership Expert, Coach, Consultant, Speaker, Educator Reader, Most corporate "team-building" is an absolute joke. We've all sat through the agonizing charade: awkward trust falls, forced bowling outings, or expensive steak dinners that change precisely nothing the moment everyone crawls back into their cubicles. It's corporate theater designed to make HR...
Dear Friends and Colleagues, As November approaches and our communities prepare to pause for Remembrance Day, our thoughts naturally turn to those who serve and the ultimate sacrifices they and their families make. In the wake of recent tragedies such as those at CFB Wainwright, the human cost of military service is brought into sharp, painful focus. Beyond the headlines and public memorials lies a profoundly difficult and often invisible ritual: the execution of casualty notifications, and...
Warning: May contain traces of corporate ghouls, phantom blockers, and things that go bump in the quarterly review! Reader, Hi everyone, Let's be honest—we all love a good Halloween costume. For one night a year, it's harmless fun to throw on a mask, adopt a persona, and pretend to be someone entirely different. The problem? For too many executives, Halloween isn't a single evening in October. It's a 365-day operating model. If your boardroom has been feeling a little fang-tastic lately, or...