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HR Lessons from the Canucks: What Businesses Can Learn From the Firing of Dave Nonis
The firing of Vancouver Canucks General Manager, Dave Nonis, has catapulted the Canucks and its owners into the glaring light of public scrutiny. The media activity and the public response across the city has highlighted some critical lessons for all companies on how to effectively manage employees. For small businesses, in particular, these lessons can be particularly helpful as they compete for talent in this tight labour market.

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Ten More Important “Lessons Learned” For Leaders, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Building upon another article I wrote on important lessons learned for leaders, I thought about additional important “lessons learned” for leaders that could be shared. The potential reward and return on efforts related to the strategic action to identify the “lessons learned” from our experiences merits additional thought. I found another great quote to share to confirm the value and importance of the “lessons learned” approach. The following is a quote from John Keats. “Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid. Here are 10 more important "lessons learned" for leaders.
HR Lessons from the Canucks: What Businesses Can Learn From the Firing of Dave Nonis
The firing of Vancouver Canucks General Manager, Dave Nonis, has catapulted the Canucks and its owners into the glaring light of public scrutiny. The media activity and the public response across the city has highlighted some critical lessons for all companies on how to effectively manage employees. For small businesses, in particular, these lessons can be particularly helpful as they compete for talent in this tight labour market.

Getting Along with Critical People
We can all be critical. Every day, we literally critique everything that goes on around us consciously and unconsciously. Unfortunately, some people tend to verbalize the thoughts many of us have learned to keep to ourselves. When things don't go our way or we're in a bad mood it is easy to become critical. It's true, miserable people prefer miserable company. Critical people actually feel better around others who share the same negative attitudes. Before we spend time learning how to cope with other people's critical traits let's make sure we have our own well under control. It can be quite challenging to get along with a critic, especially when we live, work or attend church with them. Here are 10 tips to help you get along better with critical people.
Lessons from the Gym that Can Help Your Business
It's been a difficult journey toward becoming fit, but it reminded me of a few lessons that apply equally to building a business. The following are a few of the lessons I have learned from the gym.
Location is Not Everything
Guerrillas are constantly on the lookout for important lessons from their peers. A good source of lessons is to analyze the sixty-second infomercials delivered at networking events.
Memories, Meanings and Lessons For Life
A family emergency takes Eileen on the road the memories and lessons learned. Join her as she reminisces about her childhood, the role reversal that occurs when an elderly relative needs full-time care, and the lessons we can all learn from our past and from our present.
Leadership Lessons Heard
Leadership lessons are abundant in both literature and life! The prevailing wisdom is to maximize the lessons that come from life experiences by turning them into a never-ending learning process. However, too often it is the lessons heard that serve as the practical learning model, thereby minimizing what gets practiced in successful organizations.
Be a Better Leader Now
Here are leadership lessons that anybody can apply, either for leadership of self, or leading an organization large or small. As you read this be prepared to ask yourself and act on how you can apply these lessons to be a high performance leader.

Competitiveness, Sense of Humor, Passion and Appreciation
Life's (Sales) Lessons from the Links of Ireland. Our team of merry golfers from North America reaffirmed in me the importance of Competitiveness, Sense of Humor, Passion, and Appreciation in both golf as well as business. There are lessons all around us as to what we need to grow.
Five Leadership Lessons Learned In A Canoe
A leadership expert shares five life and leadership lessons she learned during her fourth trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Consider and apply these lessons to your own leadership role.
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