This year, my topic for the CLEBC full-day conference was “How to Be a Good Litigation Junior”. As I prepared for my presentation, I couldn’t help but think about what I might say if I was invited to a similar...
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Dealing With Toxic Law Partners
Many organizations deal with toxic situations and people. Law firms and partners are no different. One thing that I have noticed in my industry is that there is a tendency to not deal with the toxic situation and avoid it. The...
Permission <---> Forgiveness
I was engaged in conversation with a new manager who was frustrated with his team. “I don’t get it. I give them all the room in the world to innovate their roles, to complete their assignments. Yet they come back to me with...
Killing your culture (with kindness)
Culture is that thing growing in your petri dish, aka your organization, whether or not you are investing in it. We measure culture at the organization level, looking at the top leaders to shape and drive the values that are...
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Craving relief from stress and burnout
Cravings. We’ve all had them. Whether it’s a busy stressful day and we’re craving a sweet afternoon treat, or we’re going through a rough patch and nothing quite takes the blues away like ice cream. And then there are those salty...
Take the dairy and gluten-free challenge
You’ll likely have noticed more dairy- and gluten-free labels on many packaged goods and on...
Confessions of a vegetable avoider
It’s true. Please don’t think less of me. I struggle with eating enough vegetables. I just can’t...
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Think Again – Managing Unhelpful Thinking
Have you ever felt anxiety and worry about some action or behaviour you took that actually did not materialize into any of your anticipated consequences? For example, an offhand comment you thought might’ve been...
