One of the toughest challenges for a leader today is finding sobriety in a world of workaholics. Hard charging executive leaders focus all of their energies on work. Ambitious corporate ladder climbers feel pressured to mimic the day-and-night work habits of their bosses. The instantaneous nature of today’s organizational communications, the ubiquity of company provided [...]
The Beatles wrote that you can’t buy love. But when will government learn you can’t buy change either? Government has a lot of tools at its disposal to effect change. It can use law, policy and influence. But most of the time it uses money. Cold hard cash to buy change. Over and over again, [...]
A lot of organizations agonize over sick time. Counting the number of days that employees are absent because they are sick has become one of the most enduring performance metrics in modern organizations. And there’s good reason for it. When an employee is sick you often have to find a replacement worker or suffer lost [...]
For several years now, Canada has lagged behind other countries, notably the United States, when it comes to worker productivity. The Globe & Mail recently reported that “Canadian businesses squeezed more out of their workers last year than in any year since 2005, but they remained less competitive than their U.S. counterparts as Canada’s strong [...]
Does your employer offer a daycare for your kids? A health clinic? A fitness centre? On-site drycleaning? Chances are they don’t offer all those things – and they may offer some. But we’ve all heard the stories, right? Google and other high tech leaders provide what appear to be amazing perks for their staff. Sometimes [...]
Your job can kill you. If you let it. Sure, there are lots of dangerous jobs out there. What I’m talking about is the risk to your health from working at a desk. I blogged a few weeks ago about a new study that concluded that working long hours doubles your risk of heart disease [...]