Reading Time: 4 minutes Why do we always blame the manager for failed performance management? Doesn’t some of the accountability rest with the employee?
Month: February 2019
Taking responsibility for past wrongs and lifting a veil of secrecy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Acknowledging that wrong has been done makes it easier to forgive and forgiveness is a powerful step in the long walk to healing
Goals, interests key to achieving success and happiness
Reading Time: 3 minutes Developing interests and setting goals is the first step to leading a more fulfilling and rewarding life
How banks can help Canada’s SMEs
Reading Time: 4 minutes They could start by formalizing the treatment of intangibles so (some of them) can be collateralized for banking purposes
Kraft Heinz mess puts spotlight on shifting food industry
Reading Time: 4 minutes The giant company failed to adapt its products and hacked its marketing budget. Now it’s paying dearly
‘Disorganized’ youth sports offer lessons on democracy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pickup games help kids learn to think for themselves and develop problem-solving, leadership and teamwork skills
Feds should stop trying to fix Canadian housing markets
Reading Time: 3 minutes That’s a job better left to municipal and provincial governments, which can actually have an impact on supply and demand
Jody Wilson-Raybould and the relativism of “truth”
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jody Wilson-Raybould controls the narrative over the SNC-Lavalin controversy. But how do we know what’s really true?
The rise and fall of a legendary Hollywood duo
Reading Time: 4 minutes Comedy masters Laurel and Hardy are the subject of a new biopic that tells a story of triumph and despair
Why government meddling can increase air pollution
Reading Time: 3 minutes We need a more modest, but more efficient, set of environmental policies that involve doing less, not more