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Jul 31
4 min

A Lesson in Situational Leadership at 4800 Meters

I’m delighted to bring you an alpine leadership lesson that due to space constraints didn’t make into my upcoming book Humanity at Work. ...

pierrebattah

Jul 22
4 min

Unleash Your Creative Depths: Write a Business Book Part II: The Question Is “How?”

In case you missed Part I of this two-part blog, my first book Humanity at Work is to be published on September 8. In Part I, I shared so...

pierrebattah

Jul 13
4 min

Unleash Your Creative Depths: Write a Business Book Part I: The Question Is “Why?”

My first book Humanity at Work is to be published on September 8. It is a great feeling, although I never received the kind of editorial ...

Pierre Battah

Jun 23
2 min

Your Summer Reading 2020

While business books may not be everyone’s antidote to the ongoing pandemic, I’ve prepared my annual summer reading list with our new wor...

pierrebattah

Jun 4
5 min

Leading Through Uncertainty

As I sat down to write this blog post, I was visited by the ghost of Charles Dickens. Well, not the spectre, but certainly the words that...

by Pierre Battah

Apr 15
3 min

Leading from Home during a Pandemic

Part Two: Leading at a Distance In the first part of this “working from home” blog, we looked at what it means to work from home and prov...

By Pierre Battah

Mar 24
3 min

Working from Home during a Pandemic

Part One Canadians are working from home in unprecedented numbers. For a small number of employers and employees, this is business as usu...

By Pierre Battah

Mar 10
3 min

What Employers Can Learn About Onboarding from a Classy High School Goalie

It was just another day at the office as T.J. Sullivan strapped on his goalie pads in the dressing room. His teammates were going through...

By Pierre Battah

Apr 5, 2019
3 min

Workplace Problem Solving: 7 Steps To Follow

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” - Albert Einstein A January 2018 survey of business l...

By Pierre Battah

Mar 11, 2019
3 min

To Share or Not to Share Emotions @ Work

“There’s no crying in baseball”, that famous quote from the late Penny Marshall’s movie A League of Their Own may apply to a baseball mov...

By Pierre Battah

Jan 30, 2019
2 min

Asking for Help @ Work...and anywhere else too!

The Gramercy Tavern is a famous New York city landmark, but it is also known as a special ops site for the culinary world. It is not unus...

By Pierre Battah

Dec 20, 2018
3 min

The 9 Must-Read Books From 2018

Like most years, my compelling business books of 2018 contain accomplished authors from a wide variety of backgrounds. Co-CEO’s of a succ...

By Pierre Battah

Jun 27, 2018
3 min

My 2018 Summer Reading List

It's one of my favorite times of the year when I get to share my picks for summer reading. No romance or mystery novels just an impressi...

By Pierre Battah

Apr 16, 2018
3 min

Workplace Superstitions, Rituals and Habits

Albie’s annual visit to the tax accountant is usually enjoyable enough but this year, discovering how superstitious accountants can be, m...

By Pierre Battah

Mar 19, 2018
3 min

Balancing Relationships and Results at Work

Ari and Sydney are both struggling in their jobs. Everyone who knows and works with Ari marvels at Ari’s effortless social skills, demons...

By Pierre Battah

Jan 23, 2018
3 min

Should You Be Asking More and Better Questions? Five Key Takeaways

Kathleen’s (not her real name) first performance review as a new team leader in a national not for profit organization didn’t go as she h...

By Pierre Battah

Dec 18, 2017
4 min

Pierre Battah’s 2017 Holiday Book List

For the very first time, this year’s list is thick with revised and updated bestsellers. In two cases they’re from the recent past, and i...

By Pierre Battah

Dec 12, 2017
3 min

Training that Sticks - 5 Secrets for Successful Workplace Training!

It’s happened to most of us. We attend a great presentation or training seminar, return to our workplace with the best of intentions to p...

By Pierre Battah

Nov 27, 2017
3 min

Would you rather your feedback formal and infrequent or frequent and informal?

Charline’s story is unfortunately a common one. She is left wondering how well she’s doing in her job. She delivers, has positive relatio...

By Pierre Battah

Nov 13, 2017
3 min

The Wisdom, Power and Fun of Workplace Celebrations

After the 2017 Houston Astros won game 7 and Baseball’s World Series, the cameras turned to a group of exuberant athletes and their bosse...

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