Make the next few months boring (on purpose)
Make the next few months boring (on purpose)
January 21, 2026 – Thousands of GoC employees and leaders are now receiving workforce adjustment notice letters. That’s a lot of anxiety landing all at once…
“You can’t get happy at getting good at something you don’t love.”
October 24, 2025 – You can’t work hard at something without passion. It’s not sustainable. A character on an old episode of Fargo reminded me of this recently…
“They’re lucky they have a job.”
August 1, 2025 – The worst, laziest leadership I saw during the 2012 workforce reduction period? It’s a colleague that said “They’re lucky they have a job”…
Every team will feel the cuts. So now what?
July 16, 2025 – In his July 7 message to public servants, the Clerk shared three key words – Focus, Simplify, Accountability. The message is clear – change is coming…
Budget Cuts – “I’ve never done this before.”
July 9, 2025 – “I’ve never done this before.” I’ve heard this from many EXs and managers over the last year or two…
Sometimes you just don’t connect with your boss.
June 17, 2025 – Sometimes, two good people just don’t fit together easily. They struggle to communicate, trust each other, get clarity or find a good rhythm…