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My first instinct was to reject the idea: What do I need it for? How many things will I have to manage on an ongoing basis? It just seems like...

What do you think of when you hear the term thought leadership? It’s a phrase that gets tossed around a lot these days and the misconceptions around it are holding...

If the term community of practice is relatively recent and relatively academic, the basic idea behind it – people working together toward a common goal – certainly is not. At...

Nurturing team relationships remained a top priority as the University of Alberta Career Centre navigated a rapidly changing work context during lockdown...

COVID-19 has rocked the world in ways no one could have imagined and has significantly changed the way in which we act and interact with one another and our communities....

Leaders and HR professionals are sometimes at a loss for how to support employees’ career goals, especially in smaller businesses and organizations. They avoid talking to employees about their career...

How do you build and lead a team of professionals who excel in their tasks and exceed your department’s targets? Some of the ways managers can achieve this have been...

According to the United Nations (2011), women are underrepresented not only as voters and as elected officials, but also in leadership roles in the private sector, civil service and in...

We are all leaders in some capacity. Some people have very clearly defined leadership titles in their work (i.e. manager, director, VP, C-suite roles, etc.), while others’ titles don’t reflect...

Let’s turn an idea on its head. Leadership isn’t positional. Leaders exist without titles, a corner office, a gold nameplate and a TED Talk. Why then, do we continue to...