About the author: Erica Pinsky, B.A., M.Sc, CHRP, is an engaging and inspirational speaker, author and consultant working with organizations to build respectful and inclusive workplace cultures that attract and retain quality employees. Erica’s book, Road to Respect, Path to Profit gives companies a road map to success in today’s challenging business climate.
Have you given much thought to the notion of behavioural accountability in your workplace? One thing I discovered when I conducted my interviews with Employers of Choice for Road to Respect was a commonality with respect to an expectation of [...]
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Like most of us, I assumed that the ability to be innovative was somewhat innate, like creativity. If we’re left brain we’re creative and innovative, if we’re right brain we’re not. It seems I was wrong, affirming that old expression [...]
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I’ve been a regular contributor for Respectfulworkplace.com since 2009. While I have never personally met either Melanie Sklarz or Paul Meshanko, I consider them colleagues and friends. I see us as “respect collaborators,” sharing a core belief in the “transformational” [...]
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Last night I had dinner with a friend who had just started a week long summer holiday. When I asked how she had spent her first vacation day, she told me she had been working. I, of course, reminded her [...]
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On April 26th I spoke at the BC Human Resources convention in Vancouver. During my presentation I talked about the fact that in spite of my overwhelming interest in supporting my clients to be proactive and preventative, the main focus [...]
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As I frequently tell my audiences, one of the most encouraging findings with respect to workplace bullying is the evidence that establishes the effectiveness of coaching in shifting the behaviour of individuals who routinely engage in disrespectful, power based behaviours. [...]
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In Road to Respect, I talk about the fact that it is not the absence of disrespect in and of itself that creates superior business results. Rather it is the releasing of individual potential that a respectful workplace fosters that [...]
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At a recent networking event I was standing near a couple of younger women who were deep in a conversation about challenges they were facing at work. After introducing ourselves I learned that they both work in large organizations, each [...]
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