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 happiness, too. We think that speed…
Five Ways to Achieve Focus Through Listening
I’m on a journey to become a better listener. This journey will make me a better leader, dad and partner/friend. For the most part, my listening skills are fine; this said, I am an enthusiastic talker who loves to fill…
How Investing in Public Transit Enhances Workplace Potential
This week folks in the Lower Mainland are voting on whether or not to support a 0.5 per cent congestion improvement tax and The Potentiality strongly encourages readers to vote ‘Yes’ in the plebiscite. Better public transit will get us…
Three Tips for Surviving Slow Summer Work Days
Summer is a popular time to go on vacation (though it isn’t always the best time to disappear). For those of us stuck in the office, it can seem like you’re working in a ghost town, particularly when you’re trying…
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…
7 Tips for Working in the Information Economy
Ages ago the world of work was a much simpler place. For the vast majority of people working within the industrialized and industrializing nations, the work day was divided into eight hour chunks to maintain constant progress and enable consistent…
Vacations and Canada’s Work Ethic
I love the rumour/fact that the French are in possession of the most productive economy on the planet. The argument that the French get the most done while spending the least amount of time at work was recently put forward by Business Insider’s John Carney and Vincent Fernando. The Wall Street Journal and MSNBC, however, counter with some solid arguments about American productivity – not only do Americans spend more time at work, but they also produce more wealth-per-person than anywhere else.
Swear you’re not sick? Employer trust is the real question
The Alberta government has recently announced that all Alberta government employees who have been absent due to sickness for more than three consecutive days will now be required to swear an oath declaring they were sick in front of a…