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Wisdom Wednesday – What Is Compassionate Leadership?

@upeace_centre Leading with empathy builds trust and connection! ?? Let’s inspire and uplift each other! Link in Bio #motivation #leadershiptips #trendingvideo ? original sound – UPEACE Centre – UPEACE Centre I know farewell messages are like eulogies and tend to be overly kind to the dearly departed. But if we’re being honest, “compassionate leadership” can […]

Posted 13 November 2024 § Jobs § Saskatchewan § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – 10 Commandments Classroom Tips

This. Is. Fantastic! pic.twitter.com/wa65OxaSJe — Joe G (@EastEndJoe) June 23, 2024  

Posted 06 October 2024 § Humour § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Counter Intuitive Leadership Principles

A long time ago, a senior leader at RPL told me “I know you like tech companies but libraries aren’t like those companies.  We do things differently.” I wasn’t advocating for trampolines in the hallways and personal chefs in the lunch room but I did wonder “Why” that person ruled out trying some different innovative […]

Posted 25 September 2024 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – What Could Possibly Be The Cause of So Much ***GUN*** Violence In The United States?

Lack of morality?  Toxic masculinity?  Violent video games?  Mental health issues?  Dark state mind control programs?  Taking “Christ” out of Christmas?  Incels?  Income inequality?  Pro wrestling?  Chemtrails?  Porn addiction? Racism?  Sexism?  Socialism?  Satanism?  Bagism? What, oh what, could it be that causes so much gun violence in the United States  compared to anywhere else in […]

Posted 08 September 2024 § News § Politics § Sad § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Back From Camping…

…and lots of amazing moments and memories: * Great visit with Shea’s cousin and family who are back from New Zealand for a month * About ten books on my “To Read During Camping” list.  (One book, not even on my list, is all I get read – thought I do work through a 377 […]

Posted 23 July 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Bible Emergency Numbers

Posted 12 May 2024 § Humour § Infographic § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Top 50 Worst Corporate Jargon Phrases (Top Five)

NGL, I lose a tiny bit of respect for people when I hear them use these phrases.  (Of course, I also lose a tiny bit of respect for 50-year old English majors who use emoji speak abbreviations like “NGL”!) 😉 @courageousleadership Replying to @Keith Overbay here you go! Top 5 worst corporate jargon phrases ? […]

Posted 01 May 2024 § Humour § Jobs § Meme § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Three Things You Should Never Do With Your Loved One With Dementia

Posted 06 February 2024 § Family § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Standing In The Light (and a list of ways I’m the tightest man alive) (Dec 2011)

Looking for an old picture to feature for this week’s Throwback Thursday, I came across one of me standing in my in-laws’ kitchen in December 2011.  What jumped out wasn’t that I didn’t have a terrible 90s-style goatee (which is my current look but also a Throwback Thursday in a way). Instead, it was that […]

Posted 11 January 2024 § Humour § Internet § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

First Lines of My First Blog Post of Every Month of 2023

January – Probably still goes to Heaven? February – Why is Covid denial so dangerous? March – The resort we were just at was almost all the way to Tulum (which is two hours south of Cancun.) April – A different form of sun dog in a photo my son sent while walking our dog […]

Posted 30 December 2023 § Blog § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °