When I googled this question, I found 3,230,000 results… so the answer seems to be yes. It’s certainly something people are talking about. These numbers got me thinking. I’d like to address why this is, and how we can continue to promote a mentally healthy workplace....

Like anything – it’s not an issue if you don’t have a problem with it. Most absenteeism is really “sick leave”.  It’s that which I am addressing here. Some organizations have such high engagement and happy employees that absence management is not something they even...

Innovative Procurement is a popular topic these days in the procurement sector of all industries. One of the first questions I’m asked when the topic comes up is whether it’s Procurement Innovation i.e. how procurement staff do their work or, Procuring Innovation i.e....

Back in March, I was asked: “so what do you think of roll-up strategies?” The asker was contemplating such a strategy and shared that he now has access to a sizeable pot of private equity cash. It got me thinking about my own experience of having been part of the very...

Most organizations are “allergic” to change. It is time-consuming, challenging and provokes stress among staff, Board, volunteers, and clients. Yet change is a way of life in today’s contemporary organizational life. The question is not “Whether to change?” but rather...

Part 1 – Rigoletto I was sitting at the opera last night thinking about what I was seeing and how it provides evidence of what good leadership – or, more commonly, its opposite – looks like. So, I plan to write occasionally about the management lessons found in the...