What is Talent Management?

A colleague of mine asked me recently, “what does talent management mean”? Talent management is a pretty common term these days.  If you go on to Workopolis or LinkedIn you can find jobs with titles such as Coordinator, Manager, Director or even Global VP of Talent...

Listening – It’s Quite an Art

In a different lifetime I was involved in collective bargaining with the union local representing the workers in our manufacturing facility. If you’ve been involved, you know it’s usually a very adversarial process. We were fortunate enough to have a very experienced...

A Challenge for the Market Maker

One taste of maple syrup immediately launches some of my best memories. I’ve always enjoyed it – whether it’s sitting down to a big plate of pancakes dripping with it or hiking through late winter forest snow with my grandfather and drinking the sweet sap directly...