Dr. Tomas is the chief talent scientist at Manpower Group, co-founder of Deeper Signals and Metaprofiling, and a professor of business psychology at University College London and Columbia University. He is an international authority in psychological profiling, talent management, leadership development, and people analytics, and the author of nine books and more than 140 scientific papers — making him one of the most prolific social scientists of his generation. In his timely and provocative new book, Dr. Tomas asks two powerful questions: Why is it so easy for incompetent men to become leaders? And why is it so hard for competent people — especially competent women — to advance?
Financial Times recently spoke with Dr. Tomas about his new book, diving into some of his core research on the true traits of a great leader. Below is segment from the article, read the whole piece here. Read More Here
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Known as the “teamwork doctor” Liane Davey is an expert on building effective teams, improving communication, and increasing leadership effectiveness. A bestselling author, Liane takes on team conflict in her recently published book The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track. In this book, Liane aims to rebuild conflict’s reputation within the workplace. Traditionally viewed as antithetical to teamwork, employee engagement, and a positive company culture, Liane argues that conflict is actually the ally of a productive workplace. Using real-world examples, Liane shares practical tools to help teams handle even the most contentious conflicts in a productive and cooperative manner.
Read More Here We’re lucky to have the opportunity to work with and learn from the inspiring women we represent on our roster. All leaders in their fields, their voices, expertise, and stories are paving the way for future generations to follow in their footsteps and continue making a difference in the world around them. We rounded up some of our most popular blogs from this past year featuring some of our amazing female speakers — covering a range of topics from mental health to disruption, climate change to entrepreneurship — so you too can benefit from their stories, and learn from some of the best!
Read More Here Mark Tewksbury first burst on to the scene as a record-breaking Olympic swimmer. His 16-year athletic career included 21 national titles; 7 world records; Olympic gold, silver, and bronze medals; numerous awards; and a cover appearance on TIME magazine. While sporting achievements contributed to his early success, it’s Mark’s post-Olympics life that has truly defined him. Mark came out as Canada’s first openly gay sports star almost 20 years ago, and has been a leader and mentor in the global LGBT human rights movement ever since. He is currently the Chair of Special Olympics Canada and is a director for the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Read More Here. We asked some of our leading female entrepreneurs to share advice on what it takes to reach their level of success for a four-part blog series! With experiences ranging from the tech sector to recruitment firms to social enterprises, they each share lessons learned from their unique entrepreneurial journeys that brought them to the top of their game. Today, we asked our leaders: What do you wish you’d known before starting your entrepreneurial journey? Here’s what they said.
Read More Here. The Ottawa Citizen recently sat down with Harley Finkelstein, the Chief Operating Officer at Shopify, to ask what wisdom he’d share with his 19-year-old self if he could travel back in time to that age, as they call it, of “potential, idealism, and, oh yes, insecurity. Named “Newsmaker of the Year” in 2013 and made a “Dragon” for CBC’s Next Gen Den in 2015, here’s Harley’s advice to his younger self, read the original article here.
When I was 19, I was earning my economics degree at McGill and running a T-shirt business, but I was struggling. Read More Here. Do you feel like you’re drowning in a sea of distraction? North Americans ingest on average 34 GB of information daily — the equivalent of reading 175 newspapers! At work, we check our email 200 times a day and find ourselves being tugged between tasks up to 37 times per hour, a level of multitasking known to be unconscionably inefficient. Plus, we view more advertisements in a single afternoon than our grandparents saw in their entire lifetimes The result of this cognitive overload is that instead of advancing primary objectives, hours — if not days and weeks — are wasted. We are constantly racing after digital distractions, responding to loud noises and/or bright lights, leaving us feeling constantly busy and over exhausted.
Read More Here. The most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history, it’s no surprise that Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were named CBC Sports Canadian Athletes of the Year. They danced their way into the hearts of people around the world when they won two gold medals at the 2018 Winter Games in PeongChang, South Korea — the most watched event of the entire winter games! Watch Scott Russell and Heather Hiscox from CBC News discuss this year’s award:
Called a landmark performance in Canadian sport, CBC Sports recapped the moment that led to Tessa and Scott winning this year’s award. Read More Here. Annually, brand-building expert Denise Lee Yohn compiles a list of brands to watch in 2019 for Forbes. Denise is a leading authority on building and positioning exceptional brands having worked more than 25 years with big names such as Sony and Frito-Lay. In 2019, she estimates that many brands will undergo significant changes from category disruption to stiff competition and navigating an economy that will likely slow down at the end of the year.
Read More Here. All Indigenous nations are connected that way, if you look at it, all children are taken from their language, their culture, their families, put into schools to be assimilated and from there you can see the social ills kind of falling forward,” Tanya says.
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