The powers that be have established the third Monday of February as “Family Day” in Ontario. This holiday lets workers take a break from their hectic working lives to spend some quality time with their families. It also breaks up a long stretch of the calendar that previously lacked any public holidays. Canadians have always…

After being squeezed through a global recession, many Canadians have watched their workloads rise. Hours are longer, responsibilities are greater, and anyone who values their job will accept it. If this sounds like you, try listening to Nigel Marsh’s Ted Talk on work-life balance. He warns us that we have to be responsible for setting…

The book “Switch – How To Change Things When Change Is Hard” by Chip and Dan Heath offers excellent advice on how to create change both in your personal and professional life. The authors begin with a counter-intuitive proposal. When we consider change, most of us look at what is going wrong in our lives…