• diverse people waving flags

    Stitching ourselves back together

    https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/column/Stitching-ourselves-back-together-574582471.html

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    The oft-overlooked key to workplace success

    What sets you apart? In a rapidly evolving workforce, this question is key. But for young people, whose skill sets are generally homogenous as they navigate similar high school courses and come out with the same high school diplomas, what sets them apart from their peers are often their soft...

  • How decision-making can help you manage your stress bucket

    The Better Business Bureau Foundation (BBBF) has formulated a program that aims to do just that. LIFT helps students and adults learn the skills to navigate through decision-making processes in a way that helps them and those around them.

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    Creating a better workplace with LIFT

    That person who annoys you, the unreasonable task that’s always left on your plate, and the competitiveness that drives away teamwork — these are all things we thought we’d outgrow when we graduated high school. Yet these issues often surround us in the workplace, forcing us to decide how to...

  • Changing the connotations of ‘business’

    Theirs is a cold, corporate world where money is king and little else matters. That’s the often-unfair reputation many businesses get, not because of their specific mandates or actions, but because of the unfortunate larger associations that come with “business” and “corporate.” There are many businesses in your community who...

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    LIFT helps teens develop their ‘brands’

    In the teenage world, many don’t stop to think about how the decisions they make affect the person they are — or the person they want to be. Too many things are more important — earning social honours, being the captain of the volleyball team, getting an A on an...

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    What is “ethical’ in this day and age?

    It’s unethical. How many times have you been told this? Or the reverse — “act ethically.” These terms are thrown around to condemn or justify certain behaviours but what do they actually mean? And are they being used correctly? Calling slavery unethical is accurate, and many know this because society...