One of the things I discuss in my book Road to Respect is how bad behavior is often tolerated within workplaces. Excuses are made. “Oh that is just (whomever). That is just how she/he is”. When nothing is done to deal with workplace disrespect, everyone soon accepts it as “just the way it is around [...]

I was a panelist asked to choose the worst bosses from a list complied by eBossWatch. This site (www.ebosswatch.com) was launched by Asher Adelman in 2007 to help people avoid toxic workplaces. eBossWatch enables people to anonymously rate their current or former bosses using a respectable and focused evaluation form so that job-seekers can better [...]

Kristen Tillquist is a woman after my own heart. The former Vancouver litigator, now working as Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Riverside, California, believes that the key to business success in today’s marketplace is kindness. Her 2008 book is entitled Capitalized on Kindness: Why 21st Century Professionals Need to Be Nice. The idea [...]

On Friday March 13 I attended the 22nd Annual Equality Breakfast in celebration of International Women’s Day 2009. The breakfast is hosted by West Coast LEAF –Legal Education and Action Fund. This organization was founded in 1985, when Canada adopted section 15, the Equality section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The mandate [...]