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Tag Archives: Organizational Change
Last Blog Post ……..for now
Over the past eight plus years I have written 335 blog posts, this being my 336th. It did not start easily, nor frequently, but in the last few years it has been weekly. Some came quickly, some not so quick. … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Career professional, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Human resources, Internet, Leadership, Life coaching, Lifestyle, Listening, Managing stress, Marketing, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Relationships, Retirement, self-employment, Team development, Training, Volunteering
Tagged Assessments, Blog, Board Development, Business, Career transition, Change Management, Communication, community, Employees, Employment, Human Resources, Journey, Last Blog, Leadership, Life coach, MBTI, MBTI step II, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Nanaimo, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Personality type, Preferences, Recruitment and Retention, Retirement, Soft skills, team building, Vancouver Island, Writing
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The Empty Position
Interesting walking around town and the malls seeing the help wanted signs in the windows. It started as the summer season approached and now is becoming more prevalent as the businesses start the ascent to the Christmas season. The economy … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Employees, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Human resources, Learning styles, Managing stress
Tagged Affordable Housing, Business, Businesses, Communities, Construction Industry, Economy, Employees, Help Wanted, Housing, Human Resources, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Professionals, Recruitment and Retention, Short-staffed, Small Business, Trades, Tradespeople, Working Homeless
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Progress?
We live more and more in a technology driven world, supposedly to make our lives easier and more productive. We enjoy the benefits of this in our entertainment giving us 300 channels of questionable content on our television, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Clients, Communication, Customers, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Internet, Lifestyle, Sales, self-employment
Tagged Basic Skills, Business, Change, Change Management, Customers, Employees, Innovation, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Stress, Technology, Wikipedia
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The Politics of Business
In my role as an Employment Counsellor I got to hear many stories of why people found themselves unemployed. For some it was simply that the business wasn’t doing well and there was not enough cash flow for them to … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Coaching, Communication, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Human resources, Leadership, Listening, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Team development
Tagged Assessments, Business, CEO, Change, Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Culture, Employee retention, Employees, Employment, Human Resources, Leadership, Manager, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Organization, Organizational Change, Owner, Politics, Recruitment and Retention, relationships, Resignation, Staff Training, team building, Workshops
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Worker Shortage
While the majority of employers chose to ignore David Foote’s book, ‘Boom, Bust, and Echo’, many are regretting their lack of planning as they scramble to fill the empty positions in their organizations. It is now a regular occurrence to … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Coaching, Communication, Diversity, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, organizational change, Team development
Tagged Ability, Business, Change, Change Management, Employee retention, Employees, Employment, Help Wanted, Human Resources, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Persons with a Disability, Recruitment and Retention, Skill Shortage, team building, Unemployment, Vancouver Island, Worker Shortage, Workers
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The Reason to Change
Doing self-employment training and support, I often hear, “I only want to be small”, or “I don’t use technology in the business, so it won’t impact my business”, or “I don’t need to put in training money because I’m experienced”. … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Communication, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Entrepreneurs, Marketing, self-employment
Tagged Business, Change, Change Management, Competition, Marketing, Organizational Change, Self Employment, Technology
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Meant for Each Other
I see advertisements and articles online that try to educate those who have taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® as to which type is your best partner. I know that curiosity plays a part in people wanting to know if their … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Coaching, Communication, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Empowering people, Learning styles, Life coaching, Lifestyle, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Relationships, Team development
Tagged Assessments, Board Development, Boards, Business, Coaching, Communication, Management Team, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Organizational Change, Organizational training, Personality, Personality type, Preferences, relationships, Soft skills, Staff Training, team building, Workshops
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Opportunity
Waiting for the light to change at an intersection I was entertained by a murder of crows. One had what I presume to be food and the others were engaged in wanting what it had. At one point the crow … Continue reading
Whadaya Mean I’m too Old!
There is a perception, mostly with the millennials, that after a certain age you are not functioning at a level that is suitable for business. It is felt that you will be absent more and in general be a drain … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Career professional, Coaching, Communication, Diversity, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Leadership, Learning styles, Life coaching, Lifestyle, Older Worker, Relationships, Team development
Tagged Baby Boomers, Business, Career transition, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, Companies, Employee retention, Employees, Employment, Expertise, Mentors, Millennials, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Organizational training, Recruitment and Retention, team building
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Today’s Reality
Flipping through the pages of the latest issue of BC Business I realize how crucial it is for businesses, all businesses, to keep current on what is happening and what may affect their place in the market. In 1973 I … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Coaching, Communication, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Marketing, Networking, organizational change, Sales, self-employment
Tagged BC Business Magazine, BC Companies, Business, Change, Change Management, Competition, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Technology, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VIEA
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