Category: communication

Modern Technology – Friend or Foe?

This week, I travelled to a rural community to provide a full day of training on enhanced customer service.  The organizer gave me the address of where to attend and, as is my usual practice, I ensured that I printed …

Society’s Pendulum has shifted

I attended a fascinating seminar last night with speaker Michael Drew. Mike was talking about societal norms and how to market to a new generation. He started out by relating his talk to a book written by William Struass called …

How Not to Lose Your Head on the Limbo Bar of Life

‘If you can’t see the bright side of life, polish the dull side’

We negotiate every day with our family, friends, colleagues or clients. Where shall we go for diner? What movie will we go and see? …

The Power of Asking for Help

As many of you may be aware, I am frantically working to create awareness around a disease my sister has been suffering with as well as ask for donations so that she may receive an experimental medical treatment which could …

Learn How to Influence with Integrity

date 15 Apr 2009 | category communication

As some of you may know, I have been working like a busy little bee pulling together some great new training opportunities.  We are getting closer to launching our home video training for Influencing with Integrity and we are preparing …

Insights I Gained from the Power Within Conference

date 04 Mar 2009 | category communication

Yesterday I attended the Power Within Conference in Calgary.  It has been at least 5 years since I last attended.  After taking note of the crowds accumulating in the room, …

Using Old Mindsets to Inspire Us Anew!

There has been a lot of media attention lately relating to small businesses and the recession.  I, myself have even been writing articles …

Unleash the Power of Persuasion: Profiling for Professionals

date 23 Feb 2009 | category communication

We have all watched the television shows which demonstrate the fine art of profiling. In the real world, the FBI and …

Seasoned Workers vs. the New Kid on the Block

date 14 Feb 2009 | category communication, leadership

So I know I have not blogged for awhile. Let me explain.

Our new little puppy, Bentley, …

You can learn a lot about Human Behaviour from your dog!

We are the proud owners of a German shepherd. We rescued him as a puppy when he was thrown out of the back of a moving pick-up truck onto …