Reconciliation Canada was launched in 2012 with a mission to engage Canadians in dialogue toward building stronger, resilient relationships between Indigenous peoples and all Canadians. It was inspired by a dream of Chief Dr. Robert Joseph to see tens of...
Make that five...and counting. For the fifth year, Toronto charity lawyer Mark Blumberg of Blumberg Segal LLP and author of the blog Globalphilanthropy.ca — has published the Blumberg’s Snapshot of the Canadian Charity Sector as of 2014. According to their...
After the strong response to the article about the cult of busyness and the piece we did on the importance of finding flexibility within the 9 - 5 grind, we recognized that there was much more to the story of why...
You may have seen a not-so-funny meme floating around on social media that says, “I don’t have a 9 to 5. I have a ‘when I open my eyes to when I close my eyes.’” It's true that in today's...
Interested in learning more on this topic? We partnered with the author for a free webinar on June 9, 2016. Watch the recording here. Before we dig into the reasons why introverts can be excellent nonprofit leaders, let's first make...
You know the right answer, don’t you? It used to be that when someone asked “how are you?” people would say “fine” but somewhere over the last few years the usual and expected answer has become “crazy-busy”. It has become...
Ask Willy Fournier whether his organization’s revitalization is a “renaissance” and he’ll tell you “No. Not yet.” But it’s something perhaps far more important: a symbol of resilience - and even some defiance - in the wake of years of...
“I am sharing the results of my self-assessment with my leadership team,” my overachiever coaching client told me on our last call. Let’s call her Diane. “Each of us have completed the self–assessment and we are now going to share...
Editor's Note: Do you struggle with workplace conflict? We partnered with Eileen Chadnick for a free webinar on April 14, 2016. Click here to watch the full recording. When setting professional goals people rarely put ‘managing conflict’ at the top of...
We’ve all had times where we itched to give our opinion, knowing that what we had to say was in the other person’s best interest, but were afraid to do so because we knew what we had to say might...
