by Dominique Dennery | Jan 8, 2021 | Coaching, Compassion, Leadership
Traditionally, the third Monday in January – known as Blue Monday – is said to be the saddest day of the year. The highs of the holiday season, spent with family and friends in a normal year, are gone. The days are short, dark, and cold. Credit card statements, often...
by Dominique Dennery | Dec 3, 2020 | Career Development, Genuine Conversation, Leadership
As we near the end of 2020, a milestone that couldn’t come fast enough for most of us, it seems that 2021 will bring more of the same trends we spent this unprecedented year getting used to; including continued working from home. As managers and leaders who are used...
by Dominique Dennery | Nov 4, 2020 | Career Development, Coaching, Leadership, Personal Development
If there’s one thing that’s certain about COVID-19, it’s that it has completely thrown a wrench into what ‘work’ looks like for almost all of us. With the exception of a rare few, almost everyone, whether employee, leader, or president, has had to make adjustments to...
by Dominique Dennery | Jun 22, 2020 | Change, Compassion, Leadership, Personal Development, Relationship Development, Transition
We know getting back into the office after the shutdown is going to be challenging. But there are things we can do to ease this transition for ourselves and our coworkers or employees—and this is a prime opportunity to rethink what kind of work culture we are creating...
by Dominique Dennery | May 13, 2020 | Change, Compassion, Genuine Conversation, Leadership, Transformation
This is the third in an ongoing series of posts exploring what might change over the course of this pandemic—not in terms of the virus, but in terms of our personal, professional, and cultural responses. In Canada and all over the world, this pandemic is showing a...
by Dominique Dennery | May 4, 2020 | Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Perseverance
My schedule is jam packed right now. What happened to the slower pace of working from home? Once the stunned first few weeks passed, things have picked up, but in a weird, time-warped way. Suddenly there is too much to do in too little time in the middle of a...