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How Civility can Inspire Your Leadership
Cell phone rudeness, chronic lateness, bullying, unprofessional dress, poor customer service… the statistics on incivility are alarming and endless. We are painfully aware of the gross lack of civility. We are either subjected to it or witness acts of rudeness...
How Is Your Family Having a #NoPhoneFamilyDay?
Do you know the origins of Family Day? Well, it all started in Alberta in 1990, to be exact. This comes as no surprise right, fellow Albertans? We have the reputation of being Mavericks and I like that about our wonderful Province. Anyway, Premier Don Getty decided...
What an Ancient Egyptian can Teach Us about Manners
Who do you think was the earliest person to write about good manners? Emily Post? You’d be wrong!! The earliest recorded manners manual came from an Egyptian vizier (First Minister) during the 5th Dynasty of the reign of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi. His name is...
Getting Smart about Afternoon Tea
Did you know that January has been affectionately dedicated to drinking Hot Tea? Definitely makes sense in our northern hemisphere. Nothing is more rejuvenating or heart-warming than a warm pot of tea shared between friends. History of Tea Many urban legends abound...
10 Pleasant Ways to be Civil in 2017
I have a confession to make. I’m terrible at making resolutions. They’re usually broken by January 4th. However, when it comes to civility, that’s a different matter entirely. While I love to teach this important topic, I work at “walking the talk”, too. I gave some...
Foolproof Tips to Hosting a Dinner Party
The Holidays are here and perhaps by luck of the draw, it’s your turn to host Christmas dinner. Oh great…such a busy time of year and now this is added to your plate, pardon the pun. Fear not, have a plan to make everything run smoothly and you’ll be more relaxed...
How to Rock your Christmas Corporate Event
The Christmas office party or any corporate event is not the time to let your “hair” down. The reason businesses host get-togethers is to show appreciation to employees for their hard work throughout the year. These parties are a great way to solidify team building...
4 Smart Strategies to Survive Election 2016
This will go down in the history books as the strangest election campaign ever. Before and now after the election, emotions are still very raw. Moving forward, there are some specific ways to help our children (and ourselves) to make sense of a difficult political...
Follow these Tips when Interacting with Introverts
Communication is so vital to very human relationship there is. And it’s definitely no different in the business world. Did you know that this is often impacted by one’s temperament? The best managers fully understand this and acknowledge the differences of temperament...
5 Surefire Ways to Teach Respect to Children
There is a lot of chatting going on nowadays about respectful behavior or showing respect. Celebrities and politicians could use a good dose of respectful behavior too, for that matter. Our children hear the word spoken in school and view posters of the word in their...
