By: Bharat Anand Reviewed By: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: The Content Trap: A Strategist’s Guide to Digital Change is written by Harvard Business School Professor of Strategy Bharat Anand. I’ve had the pleasure of sitting in one of Bharat Anand’s lectures, and as I was preparing for the case study on Schibsted, a media company owning …
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Written by: Christopher McDougall Reviewed by: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes and the Greatest Race the World has Never Seen has been on my reading hit list for a while. As an avid runner myself, I was told time and time again to read this by my ‘more avid …
Roundtable Mentor, Trevor Lewington, Chief Executive Officer for Economic Development Lethbridge, shared his perspective on how to establish work boundaries while on vacation, without compromising your career. “The implied (or sometimes explicitly mandated) need to check email or answer inquiries while on vacation is a symptom of the broader boundaries issue.” READ MORE
Roundtable Mentor, Michael Sadler, Director of Planning & Decision Support at Meridian Credit Union, shared his perspective on how to establish work boundaries while on vacation, without compromising your career. “Going on holiday without the expectation of accessibility isn’t something you can initiate a few weeks before your departure. It depends on building trust between …
Written by: Paul Kalanithi Reviewed by: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: Dr. Paul Kalanithi, a brilliant neurosurgeon, finds out he is terminally ill with an aggressive lung cancer. Only in his thirties, and with much of his life left to live, Kalanithi takes you through his journey pre and post-diagnosis. Commencing as a medical student, Kalanithi recalls …
Roundtable Mentor, Jaspreet Sandhu, Director of Loyalty and Engagement at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), shared her perspective on how to keep a team motivated following layoffs and cost-cutting. “Without a moment to reflect, and connect with a place of your own authentic motivation, you run the risk of being disingenuous in your approach.” …
Roundtable Mentor, Jennifer Campbell, Marketing Strategy Leader at United Way Greater Toronto, shared her perspective on how to keep a team motivated following layoffs and cost-cutting. “… consider if you have the messages and information you need to effectively represent the organization’s vision and plans to move forward.” READ MORE
Written by: Andrea Owen Reviewed by: Sarah Fentum The Premise: The second book by nationally sought-after life coach and author, Andrea Owen, How to Stop Feeling Like Shit examines ‘how life knocks you down, but habits keep you down.’ Each chapter examines behavioural patterns that many women fall into, and Owen doesn’t hold back when she calls …
Written by: Michael A. Singer Reviewed by: Shelby Gobbo The Premise: Author Michael A. Singer takes you on a spiritual awakening through a self-reflective lens. Beginning the book with the familiar ‘voice inside your head’, you embark on a journey of self exploration that touches on transcendence, freedom and love. The Untethered Soul: The Journey …
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Roundtable Mentor Kate Salmon, Communications Consultant, shared her perspective with our team on how to get off on the right foot when you are promoted among your peers. “It’s going to be awkward. There’s no way around that. If you face the awkwardness head-on, you can work through it and arrive at a place of …
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