Three Career Lessons from Justin Trudeau’s Election Win
Justin Trudeau is Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister and not a lot of people picked him to win the election let alone crush the Conservatives with a convincing victory. The campaign and its outcomes are chock full of powerful professional lessons….
How to Cultivate Resilience Through Hiking
I’m on a journey to become a more resilient leader. This journey is an important one because I work for an organization that is in the midst of a massive transformation. As it turns out, my generation might not be…
Four Professional Lessons from Northern Italy
Italy is hot, beautiful and the home of some of the best food in the world. While renowned for its gastronomical delights, Italy also has plenty to teach us about our professional selves. After traveling there this summer, here are…
Three Workplace Lessons from Canada Day Celebrations
All across the country, people are celebrating our nation’s birth today. Eclectic parades are rolling down streets from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Sidney, British Columbia. Folks are firing up their barbecues and grilling premium Alberta beef. Kids are screaming around…
Top 5 Things Cooking Can Teach You About Career Development
Cooking has long been a passion of mine. As an amateur cook (and armchair career advisor) feel there’s a lot of cross over between both these pastimes. Here are John and my top five tips that anyone can follow to…
Spring Cleaning Your Career
It’s Spring and many of us are getting our house in order with cleaning and organizing. Not a bad idea, but while you’re at it consider organizing your professional life by spring cleaning your career. Your future self will thank…
Four Tips for Getting Out of a Funk
It’s that time again. Dark, wet and increasingly cold, November can be a time when many of us are feeling what has come to be called seasonal affectiveness disorder (SAD). For many people this means you may feel like you’re…
Three Strategies for Relaxing on Vacation
This article will explore three strategies for relaxing on vacation. Professional abilities like leadership, grit, collaboration, and communication are absolutely invaluable when it comes to building a successful career. But they’ll only get you so far if you aren’t willing…
Six Strategies for Coping with Work/Life Stress
Stress at Work and in Life Being stressed out affects everything from mental health to productivity. This article will focus on six tips for coping with stress at work and in life. Stress can lead to a wide range of negative…
How to Get the Most out of Your Summer Job
For those of you students out there who started their summer job search in October or November or who are enrolled in university co-op programs, congratulations! You may be one of the lucky few students to lock down a position…