Cathy Salit chats about performance in our continuing Leadership Voices series. Enjoy this unique perspective.
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Leadership Voices – Cathy Salit, Performance
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COUNTDOWN, less than one week to American Society of Training and Development Global Conference
The Refinery is going to be attending the largest training and development-oriented conference in the world this year. The ASTD Global Conference will be held in Dallas, Texas. Along with Terry Dillon, VP of Practice, and Isabelle Eaton, Manager of Practice Development, I will be hanging out with fellow T&D industry folks for a few days in downtown Dallas.
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It’s better to PLAY together ….by Mark Frein, CEO
What often happens at large, international conferences where thousands of people come together for the purposes of sharing knowledge, making connections, and enjoying time together en masse?
People, somewhat surprisingly, end up feeling alone, isolated, and starved for real connection. With everyone going to a professional conference with the purpose and intent on “networking”, one of the things that often gets left behind is legitimate human interaction … the sort of connection that is not aimed at any specific transactional goal, but simply curious, engaged, and playful.
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Leadership Voices – George Roter, The future of social change
Our video up this week is the last in George Roter’s Leadership Voices series about making a difference in this world. Please join us in conversation.
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Leadership Voices – George Roter, Annual Failure Report
George Roter’s second Leadership Voices video – Annual Failure Report is up! Enjoy!
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The Refinery honoured as 1 of Top 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned Companies in North America!
Huge congratulations to our President, Barbara Ross-Denroche for ranking one of the top fifty thriving women entrepreneurs in North America! We are thrilled to be honoured by the The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) as one of the 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned companies in its annual program sponsored by American Express OPEN.
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Leadership Voices – George Roter, Change the World
George Roter, CEO and Co-Founder, Engineers Without Borders Canada has participated in our Leadership Voices series with some very provocative discussion on changing the world…..join us!
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Leadership Voices – Kieran Egan, How to enjoy learning.
The final video in Kieran Egan’s series on education is up! Please have a read and let us know your thoughts.
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Leadership Voices – Kieran Egan, How to foster imagination in your organization.
The second video in Kieran’s series is up for your enjoyment! How do you foster imagination in your organization? Find out how.
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Leadership Voices – Kieran Egan, Why most education efforts are mediocre at best.
Our newest addition to the Leadership Voices series, presents Kieran Egan, Professor of Education at SFU. He talks about the state of education today. Please enjoy.
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