Finding Balance…What’s Tipping Your Scale?
Most companies today promote work/life balance as one of their priorities when trying to recruit new employees. But what does that really mean? Should we really be depending on corporate Canada to define what work/life balance is for each of us? Or should we be making our own path to the balance that we seek? For the most part, we are aware of what our work priorities are on a daily basis. What we don’t know, we are told or we determine as the day progresses. Some days may be light in terms of our … Read More
Lifestyle
Following your Passion
There is a beautiful line in one of my favourite books, “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho that reads “When you go on the quest for your personal legend, the Universe conspires to bring you to your goals.” This is one of my favourite passages in the book (which is full of so much wisdom). I [...]
Lead The Way With a Credible Image: What is Your Image Communicating About You
In the competitive corporate culture of fortune 500 companies credibility is everything. It is a known fact that we only have a brief moment (7 seconds) to make a positive, first impression before we are judged not only on our physical appearance, but also the type of employee we may or may not be. As [...]
Community
Let’s Move Forward
One summer day, my brother-in-law, Vince, said: “That’s why I would never hire a black lawyer. I know that you like to support black people, Angela. See what happened, though? I’m telling you: … [Read More...]
Hope is in the air for Haïti
Last month I went to Haïti to lend whatever help I could as the country continues to rebuild after the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010. BIM asked me to contribute a piece summarizing my … [Read More...]
Business
Moving on…
Have you decided that its time for a change? Are you that person that feels a sense of dread every morning as you approach your place of employment? Do you conjure up a million reasons to call in … [Read More...]
The Effective Use of Public Relations
The recent PR fumble between Facebook, Google and top-five PR firm, Burson-Marstellar (BM), has caused quite a bit of uproar in tech and PR communities, but it has also caused a stir and raised … [Read More...]
