“Truck Stop Christmas” – Grace Askew
A way to change your frame – “kindness isn’t about individuals, it’s about the wider workplace culture.” Ask yourself – is your organization led by people who are kind or not? Is this a common trait that is exhibited by all managers? If one manager leaves, do a huge majority of staff lament the loss […]
I posted this song in August 2012 after hearing it on Community Radio one morning. Who knew that twelve years later, it would be so relevant to my life with elderly parents including one with dementia… “Basket” – Dan Mangan (I don’t think I’ve ever done this before but here are the song lyrics in […]
Even with her dementia, my mom’s personality is still there – humourous, profane, caring and kind. I like nothing more than making her laugh and as much as the dementia has taken from her (and us), the disease has also made me love her more than I ever have. (Here’s her reaction to my “Robots […]
Not going to wait for Music Monday to post this – so good and timely.
“My Bonnie” – John McDermott (Fun Fact – we don’t get many celebrity sightings in Regina but I saw John McDermott in the lobby of the Hotel Sask in Regina one year around Christmas when he was in town for a concert!)
My first boss had very personal reasons for being strongly anti-union. But he was quite insightful when he said “I still think Unions are necessary because they protect employees from bad bosses. And the biggest problem is that bad bosses don’t know they’re bad bosses.” I heard something semi-related when talking to some union colleagues […]
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.)
Wow – what a great way to pay tribute to arguably the professional athlete who died closest to the peak of his career… The Blue Jackets came out to take the opening draw with no left winger in honor of Johnny Gaudreau#CBJ pic.twitter.com/spGFHKIkq0 — Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) October 15, […]
