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…