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Category Archives: Wisdom Wednesday

Wisdom Wednesday – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Saving The Planet?

In one of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books, there’s a scene where a planet is doomed — so they divide society into three groups to evacuate: #1: the best and brightest#2: management consultants and marketing execs#3: builders and doers The planet sends off Ship 2… pic.twitter.com/mIuy1B1WwL — Christian Keil (@pronounced_kyle) March 31, 2024 […]

Posted 27 November 2024 § Humour § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Glass Balls vs. Plastic Balls

A co-worker who said she was worried about me and the impact of the various stresses in my life right now related the glass balls and plastic balls theory. I’d heard it before but always good to have a reminder about what’s truly important in life. @theultimatemomchallenge Replying to @Dr Almas I think the main […]

Posted 20 November 2024 § Family § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

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 § List § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – “Have You Considered Our EFAP Program?”

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 06 November 2024 § Family § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Sad § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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 § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Why Your Performance Review Doesn’t Matter

@jimchuong ? original sound – The Lazy Canadian Investor

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

Wisdom Wednesday – Trust Is More Important Than Performance

“We have a million metrics to measure performance but little to none to measure trustworthiness.” @simonsinek Promote the trustworthy, not just the high-performing. Is your team built on trust? ? #NavySEALs #LeadershipLessons ? original sound – Simon Sinek

Posted 09 October 2024 § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – A Deep Insight Into GenX Thinking

@jasonkpargin The new book is out in a month: I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom ? Quirky Suspenseful Indie-Comedy(1115050) – Kenji Ueda

Posted 02 October 2024 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ 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 § List § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – How To Start Every Work Meeting…

@adamfrith_ Amen ? #animation #funny #foryou #fyp ? original sound – Dustin Nickerson

Posted 18 September 2024 § Humour § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: