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Being technically proficient and detail oriented can get you noticed early on, but staying “in the trenches” will hold you back if you want to be a manager. Here are...

“Large organizations can provide careers. Agencies of our size can provide only provide jobs.” This sentiment, heard in various flavours, from non-profit leaders highlights a critical myth that holds organizations...

As a manager, you know you need to think about your team members’ careers and help them develop professionally. But are you challenging yourself to go beyond the standard resources...

Today I turn 38 years old. Well into my late-30s and with a stronger sense of myself, I find myself reflecting daily about how I show up as a parent,...

Many executive directors have concerns about setting goals and having career conversations with staff. Some worry they won't be able to offer good suggestions to challenging situations. Others misinterpret career...

Not only do we have a mass exodus of senior leaders coming fast, our next generation of leaders may not exist. Too many staff are indicating a lack of interest...

A new report from the Center for Talent Innovation, a think tank focused on research about leadership and diversity issues, offers a reminder of just how rare it is for...

Design thinking – an approach to innovation that uses empathy, logic and imagination to understand users’ problems and develop solutions – can have great benefits. But there are many different...

Here’s the perspective that I needed to embrace: Becoming a manager is not a promotion, it is a career change. Viewing it this way, change is normalized....

Many of us buy in to the myth that the millennial generation is entitled, demanding, and unprepared to deliver on real workforce challenges. In reality, millennials do not live up...