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Why Networking is Critical in the Latest Oil and Gas Downturn
The Calgary Stampede two-stepped into town again to try to whoop up an oil industry city that is crying into its beer.
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Why Listening is Such a Key Leadership Skill
Did you get everything done yesterday that you wanted to? How about the day before that? Would you like more time in your day to do everything? Work, texting the...
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Leadership Development in a Challenging Workplace Needs a New Approach
Every day news stories, images and videos squawk like vultures over politics, catastrophes and hardship. Global leaders struggle with terrorism, poverty and hunger, infectious diseases, cyber-crime and the confusing global economy.
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Why We Have a Global Leadership Crisis, and What We Can Do About It
We need to look no further than our television showing the US presidential election process to see with the alarmingly different characters of leading candidates.
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What Kind of Leader Does the World Need Now?
Our world has seen dramatic changes over historic time, mostly influenced or led by memorable men and women.
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How to Lead After Layoffs - 13 No-Cost Leadership Strategies
In a Financial Post article from just before the holidays, Tim McMillan, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, says Canada’s oil and gas sector...
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The Real Cost of Layoffs in the Latest Oil Downturn
Will you be Reeling or Roaring out the Other Side? Are layoffs really the answer to this downturn.
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LeaderSharp Group presents at Interprovincial Pipeline Logistics Symposium
Thank you to the organizing committee of the IPLS for inviting us to speak at your symposium this year.
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The Escalating Loss of Knowledge in the Oil Industry, and 4 Steps to Prevent It
In the early 2000s, Boeing, faced with a slump in business, offered early retirement to 9,000 senior employees.
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Boost Employee Engagement and Employee Productivity with these 3 Key Steps (Part 2)
While the dramatic drop in oil prices has rocked the oil and gas industry, the ripples are being felt far beyond Calgary’s office towers.
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Boost Employee Engagement and Employee Productivity with these 2 Key Steps (Part 1)
With shocking speed, we’ve fallen into a major downturn in the oil patch. Capital projects have been cancelled and jobs and budgets have been drastically cut.
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6 Practices to Create a Coaching Culture in Your Organization
It’s no secret that the face of the global workforce is changing and that the approaches taken by leaders and managers must evolve with it.
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Leading through the Recession - 5 Strategies for Success
If the skilled labour shortage in the oil patch isn’t enough of a leadership challenge, we’ve now been blindsided by $40 oil that no one seemed to predict.
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Improve Employee Retention in the Workplace with these 4 Strategies
There are 8.1 million boomers in the Canadian workforce today. They started retiring about three years ago and are exiting the workforce in vast numbers.
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The Oil Industry's Inevitable Worker Shortage - and Six Steps to Prepare your Business
The Canadian energy sector is facing the largest talent shortage in history, yet many organizations are either unaware of it, ill prepared, unsure how to tackle it or are too...