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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – HR Lunch (January 2012)

Though it was a path I never expected, in hindsight, I was incredibly lucky to start my career in the HR Unit as I learned so much about management, leadership, organizational culture and development, change management, employee motivation and so much more. Plus we had an amazing group of people including a great HR Manager […]

¶ Posted 31 October 2024 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Wisdom Wednesday – How To Identify Poor Leaders

@bringleadershiptolife Identifying a bad leader in your workplace.. #workplace #leadershiptiktok #leadershiptraining ? original sound – Greg Zimbulis – Greg Zimbulis

¶ Posted 30 October 2024 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Random 2024 Saskatchewan Provincial Election Thoughts

The night the writ dropped a planned constituency association meeting was turned into a door knocking/sign planting evening. In my experience, when a house has two competing signs, it’s usually meant that a husband and wife support different candidates but I learned from my sign planting colleague that in her culture, this can also be […]

¶ Posted 29 October 2024 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Music Monday – “It’s been too hard livin’/But I’m afraid to die?/Cause I don’t know what’s up there/Beyond the sky

It’s election season and though I’m posting this on Wednesday night instead of Monday like I’d hoped (kinda busy day!) so I know the results of the provincial election, the NDP’s changing fortunes have been on my mind (not to mention various other elections in other provinces, municipally and of course the massive US election […]

¶ Posted 28 October 2024 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – Why Churches Don’t Pay Taxes

¶ Posted 27 October 2024 § Meme § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, education, history

Saturday Snap – 53rd Anniversary Supper

¶ Posted 26 October 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Friday Fun Link – So You’ve Gotten A Cavalier King Charles…

@animallovershubb Cavalier King Charles #cavalierkingcharles #cavalierkingcharlesspaniel #cavaliersoftiktok ? Jackass – TV Theme Players

¶ Posted 25 October 2024 § Charlie Echo § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy 53rd Anniversary M&D

Here’s the video I made for your 50th…

¶ Posted 24 October 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Wisdom Wednesday – Why Your Performance Review Doesn’t Matter

@jimchuong ? original sound – The Lazy Canadian Investor

¶ Posted 23 October 2024 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

There Is A Constant Battle Within Public Libraries Between Our Core Values of Belief In Freedom of Expression and Belief in Diversity/Inclusion

Posted without further comment. (Er, other than to say you can fast forward to the end to see the conflict of those values in action…) (h/t to concerned community member who sent this to me. It’s actually senior RPL managers speaking off-camera at the end, not RPL security guards.)