by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Jun 12, 2021 | blog, Career Advice, Workplace Culture
Most of us have heard a story where someone displayed astonishingly selfish and entitled behaviour. These people seem so self-absorbed and narcissistic – and they clearly believe that they deserve preferential treatment, just because! But sometimes we mistake...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | May 29, 2021 | blog, Career Advice, Workplace Culture
So much has changed during the pandemic; it’s not surprising that huge numbers of employees are “re-evaluating” their careers and their experiences with work. Some level of organizational churn and turnover is expected but it seems that the trend of leaving for...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Apr 3, 2021 | blog, Career Advice, Mature Professionals , Recent Graduates
In this blog post, we pick up where we left off in our discussion of The Portfolio Career (Part One). Clearly, the world of work is changing. This is even truer during (and probably after) the pandemic. The “gig economy” that rose in the post-financial-crisis job...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Mar 20, 2021 | blog, Career Advice
I often talk about building resilient careers, in fact, it’s part of my tagline “Building Resilient Careers and Organizations.™” It’s only in retrospect that I noticed that I’ve also been building a portfolio career. The portfolio career involves having several income...
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Feb 20, 2021 | blog, Career Advice, Mental Health, Workplace Culture
In 2019, less than 10 percent of Canada’s workforce had the option to work a day or two per week from home. By March 2020, as pandemic restrictions were put in place, over 40 percent of Canada’s workers were suddenly working from home full time. Employers who were...
