Episode 74: Can We Turn the Great Resignation into the Great Retention?

Is there a way to turn the Great Resignation into the Great Retention? For the past year we have heard a lot about the  Great Resignation, the rush of people who are quitting jobs because they are not happy where they are, often for reasons that have nothing to do with compensation. That is leading […]

Episode 71: Is Leadership Training Going to the Wrong People?

Is leadership training going to the wrong people? Typically organizations give leadership training it either to very senior people or those who they have identified by conventional metrics as future senior people, but maybe that is not the best way to do things. On this episode Linda Nazareth is joined by Navio Kwok Vice President […]

Episode 67: Why are Negotiation Skills so Important at Work?

  When you hear the word ‘negotiation’ you probably think of a high stakes deal being made, but the reality is that  we all have to negotiate in our work lives as well, whether that is for a raise or a promotion, or with workers that we manage. Many people however, have never really had […]

Episode 62: How Do You Create an Effective Hybrid Culture?

How do you not just accommodate hybrid work but actually create an effective hybrid culture? To talk about the effective strategies for doing that, we are joined on this episode by Carolyn Byer, HR Lead for Microsoft Canada who shares her experience of leading a hybrid team during the pandemic and discusses the best strategies […]

Episode 57: How Do You Meld Corporate Cultures into a Single Brand

How do you bring together workers from different organization with different corporate cultures?  Combining organizations  may make sense from a business point of view, but when you do it you are often bringing together many disparate parts. Doing it effectively means crafting a communications strategy to get everyone communicating with each other, and then putting […]

Episode 56: What Can Business Leaders Learn from Olympic Athletes?

If you watch any kind of high level sports, you have to marvel at how much training it takes to get to an elite level as well as the training it takes to perform on game day. Doing things under pressure is not the same as doing them day to day in practice, and that […]

Episode 53: What Makes an Effective Digital Workplace?

Even in a post-pandemic world, it seems unlikely that we will ever go back to an old-style workplace where everyone comes into the office on a daily basis. Work from home arrangements and hybrid workplaces will be the norm, which means we will lean on technology more heavily than ever.  The digital workplace will be […]

Episode 49: How Can You Create a Corporate Culture Where Workers Have a Voice?

How do you create a corporate culture where workers have a voice, and if you are a worker how do you decide to speak up? Employees are the ones on the front lines, the ones who know what is going on in a organization and who could point out burgeoning problems before they become real […]

Episode 29: Coming Back Stronger Part II: How Can Workers Build Resilience?

This is episode 2  of a special  4-part special series of Work and the Future called Coming Back Stronger sponsored by Microsoft. In Episode 1 we talked about what organizations should do to come back ready for the post-pandemic world, but what about individuals?  Their first task is to get through this next phase of […]

Episode 27: How Can Companies Build a Culture Around the Gig Economy?

The gig economy’ sometimes gets a bad rap – people hear it and they think of ride-share drivers who really want to be full time.   In fact though the gig economy is a much more nuanced place, one that encompasses different kinds of gig workers, including those who are highly skilled and who very much […]