This holiday season, think about offering the gift of mentorship. Over the last several years, I have found myself taking calls, responding to emails and meeting up with people of all ages to help them navigate their educational journeys and school-to-work or work-to-work transitions. Whether it’s giving feedback on résumés, […]
career thinking
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Sometimes, despite our best intentions, we don’t give people a chance to share how they are thinking; instead we tend to give them the ‘right answer’ and share our own opinions. This can cause them to lose interest and confidence, and potentially prevent them from learning. I recently had the […]
When I go swimming at our neighbourhood YMCA, I sometimes get an entire lane to myself! On these days, when I’m ‘Alone in the Lane’, I seem to solve all the world’s problems – or at least, I’m able to solve some of my own! Having nothing and no-one else to focus […]