12 Ways to Bring More Joy to the Workplace
Workplaces are not synonymous with joy. According to Gallup and everyone else who measures this stuff, 85% of the global workforce is not engaged or actively disengaged. This is concerning enough on its own, but Gallup has also found that great workplaces literally...
Pete “Maverick” Mitchell’s Career Advice is Dangerous
Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is dangerous. He blows up relationships like he blows up planes. My theory is that his career advice is dangerous, too (not unlike another action hero I've written about before). Here is some evidence from the original Top Gun film that...
The 10 Qualities of Respected Rebels
Years ago, one of my mentors, Brian, told me about a powerful professional persona called “The Respected Rebel”. A respected rebel thrives as a benevolent disruptor and innovator while honouring the chain of command. To be one means pioneering bold, yet simple,...
Five Tips for Managing Multiple Problems
Most of us struggle from time to time to “hold it together” when surrounded by multiple issues, worries and problems. In these circumstances it’s not unusual to feel overwhelmed and helpless. There’s no easy solution to these feelings and each situation is different....
Four Tips for Beating Winter Blues
If you live on the West Coast like I do then you might be struggling with the damp greyness of our weather. Or maybe you’re having a hard time sustaining your new year’s resolutions. According to Cliff Arnell, a professor at Cardiff University in Wales and the...
Six Professional Lessons from The Starters
The Starters is one of my favourite podcasts (it’s a show on NBA TV and YouTube, too). Last week the six-person team – Tas Melas, J.E. Skeets, Leigh Ellis, Trey Kerby, Jason Doyle, and Matt Osten – celebrated their 10th Anniversary with an oral history of the show....
Four Ways to Feed Your Career
As we press through the first few weeks of the new year it is an opportunity to reflect on how we can feed ourselves in a healthy, pragmatic and cost-effective way. A good, balanced diet (where you don’t forget to eat a meal) is one of the most basic things you can do...
How to Get Things Done Faster by Slowing Down
Big, complicated and expensive projects often cause physical and emotional stress in people. Looming deadlines demand us to work faster. Balancing employees’ professional development with producing results requires us to multi-task,which hampers productivity and...
How We Will Realize Our Potential in 2016
With a new year upon us, it’s time for Michael, Kurt and I to engage in a The Potentiality New Year’s tradition and make public commitments about how we will realize our potential in 2016. By aligning goals with our natural talents, being aware of barriers to our...
Seven Professional Lessons from Star Wars
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is playing in theatres across the galaxy. It’s all that people can talk about and, if you’re like me, then you might even be more excited to see Star Wars than for Christmas! With seven films that span five decades and yield dozens of...
Seven Reasons That Millennials are Your Community’s Greatest Asset
The Internet is chock full of articles about what’s holding back Millennials (or Gen Y) in the workplace. Authors like Inc’s JT O’Donnell insist on using the pronoun “they” to describe us (born in 1981 I’m a stalwart ambassador of this generation). Two things about...
Four Holiday Gift Ideas From The Potentiality
‘Tis the season of generosity! The holidays - Hannukah is upon us and Christmas is right around the corner - present a wonderful opportunity to let our friends, family and colleagues know how much we appreciate them. Whether you like to cook, write, travel, or...
How Wuchild is Winning the Sharing Economy
The collaborative – or “sharing” – economy is impacting communities in a variety of ways. Our team at The Potentiality is exploring this fascinating and important trend with stories of people winning within this fast-evolving space. From our perspective, “winning”...