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Belinda Alzner

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How to Exercise During The Workday If You Have An In-The-Office Job

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I exercise every day. I think itâs one of the best time investments I make. Exercise energizes me, and makes me happier with the world. Life often seems more doable after a run than it does before. I find that exercise...

The 5 Big Causes of Burn-Out

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Over the past 30 years, I've watched plenty of friends, colleagues and clients get burned out at work, and I've experienced my own share of it. I've recently come to the conclusion that there are different reasons for...

What advice would you give to someone going into a leadership position?

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Well, you really have to enjoy it. It is such an honor to serve and being asked to lead.  The most important thing that I have found is, you really never know what the job really is until you start doing it so it's...

What advice do you have for women starting out their careers?

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I would say the number one piece of advice I would give anyone starting out their career, but women in particular, is to trust the process. There is no short-cut to success; sometimes the road is crooked, sometimes you...

Why is it important for leaders to be compassionate?

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So it's really interesting when we started the journey and we started hearing from leaders about how important compassion was. At first we thought, 'oh no, we can't talk about that because everybody's going to see us as...

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs

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Gillian Riley, President & CEO of Tangerine, is on a mission to help strengthen the opportunities and support available to women-led businesses in Canada. While these enterprises represent over $117 billion in economic...

The View from the Top (of the Hamster Wheel)

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Imagine this scenario. Youâve done all the right things. Youâve found the fastest, most expedient way to the top. You fought and hustled and strived and leaned in to the idea of success that you were told youâd want,...

Working Smart: Defined by a Study of Over 5,000 Managers and Employees

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The phrase âœwork smarter, not harderâ has been thrown around so much that it has become a cliché. I mean, who wants to âœwork dumbâ? Unfortunately, from time to time, many people, including myself, do just that. Itâs not...

The Brain Rewards You, Even When You Are Wrong. This Is Bad for Innovation (and Life)

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In a previous article, I wrote about why âœwow this is a great ideaâ can lead to higher failure rates of your innovation efforts. This results in wasted time, money, and effort that could be invested in more valuable...

Dell EMC's Kevin Connolly On How Trust and Culture Can Make or Break Small Businesses

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In his notes to prepare for this interview, Kevin Connolly says he has the word âœpeopleâ written everywhere. The President of Dell EMC Canada Commercial believes that building a culture around people and trust leads to...

The Dirty Secret of Overachievers: How to Push Past Imposter Syndrome

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I was recently in Chicago for a keynote. By random chance, the annual conference for my fellow organizational psychology nerds was taking place at a hotel just three blocks away. Heeding the message from the universe, I...

Happiness is a Daily Choice

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My fascination with happiness began at a four-way stop in Toronto. I was on my way to work, ruminating on how unhappy I was at my job. As I pulled up to the intersection, I noticed the faces of the other drivers and...

Timeless Leadership Wisdom We All Need to Forget

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A sales leader asked us last week if we had found anything in our research that contradicts long-held wisdom about leadership? Yes, we said, there have been ahas in our work that should change the way we all think about...

The 3-Step Dance Behind The Honest Company's Showstopper Growth Performance

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Itâs not just the strategy â nor even the execution â that produces business growth.  It is also the choreographyâor in other words plotting a series of powerful and unusual growth strategies â and then executing them...

Where Do Great Ideas Come From? Examining The Design Thinking Behind Fitbit

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No company or client wants to produce products for yesterday, or even today. They want âœWayne Gretzkyâ outcomesâproducts that fulfill where the demand is going. Great product ideas often exhibit an uncanny prescience...

Why Human Connection Matters At Work

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I opened the package when it arrived in the mail. There it was â a beautiful, glossy copy of my book. My first book. Along with pride and joy, I also felt a massive knot of nerves in my stomach. My book would be out...

Leadership is a Thing

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We spend vast sums of money, in the corporate world, on training and developing our leadersâin the United States alone, a jaw-dropping $14 billion every year. The usual leadership course goes something like this:...

Malala Inspires Leadership At Any Age

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Malala Yousafzai is many things. The survivor of a Taliban assassination attempt. An activist for female rights and education. She is a fighter and a crusader for justice. But Malala is also a leader, despite her young...

Why Smart Audio Is Important For Your Business Right Now

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Smart audio is not something to focus on just because it was the big deal at CES this past January. The story is much bigger than that. Weâre starting to see data, insights and usage that reminds me of another magical...