I’m sitting in the waiting room at the car dealership while my vehicle is being serviced. It’s going to be a few hours and since I live outside their catchment area for a courtesy drop off /pick up, I’m held captive. As I sit here I can’t help think of…
Humour
Last Sunday was Holy Humour Sunday in many Christian denominations. The tradition of designating the first Sunday after Easter as Holy Humour Sunday goes back to the Greeks in the early years of the church. For centuries Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant countries celebrated what was known as “Bright Sunday”…
Patience
It has been almost 20 months since I made the decision to start out on my own as a Leadership and Personal Development coach. It began with a change in my employment status, as the organization I had worked with for over 19 years decided to make a change. I…
Trust – is it a Soft Skill or …?
As I completed my series on Soft Skills, a commenter asked me about the place of Trust, since I had not listed it as a specific Soft Skill. I’m not sure about this. The question of Trust seems to be relevant or applicable in a number of different areas, and…
Soft Skills – Conclusion
Over the past twenty three weeks I have written a series of posts on Soft Skills: their development, the competencies they represent and the importance soft skills have in the workplace (or life in general, for that matter). I still like the following definition of Soft Skills because it is…