Dale’s Blog
Investing In Staff Retention
August 1, 2019
I recently attended a Manufacturing Summit where the theme was “Fuelling Your Business with Talent”, and the focus was on recruitment, engagement and retention. At the summit...
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It’s Still a People-First World
January 15, 2019
Many of the larger training and assessment providers have pulled together year end data, and published their predictions for 2019. It may surprise you how many predict “soft skills”...
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Invest in your business. Invest in people.
March 8, 2017
Earlier today - International Women's Day - I was reminiscing about an entrepreneurial women’s conference that I attended a few weeks ago. Though all of us had owned and operated...
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It’s time to deal with procrastination.
June 28, 2016
Recently, I’ve received several requests for training in Time Management. In exploring the situations, each client has talked about the fact their people just have too much to do.
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Innovation is the doorway to the future.
February 18, 2016
In a recent issue of the Globe and Mail, I read an article that should make all business leaders and educators stop, think, and take action.
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Training and development by any other name...
May 2015
Is it time for the Canadian Society for Training and Development to consider a name change? Back in the 1980’s, I remember telling a Vice President that WATMEC provided training to...
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