Resources

Leadership

Featured image for “Personal Retreats Revisited”

Personal Retreats Revisited

I was recently asked by some friends to outline my personal retreat.  I have completed my 16th annual retreat and…
Learn More
Featured image for “To RRSP or Not to RRSP, That Is The Question”

To RRSP or Not to RRSP, That Is The Question

It’s RRSP season.  Many of us invest in our RRSPs annually almost out of habit. Let’s toy with some numbers.…
Learn More
Featured image for “A Few Proverbs”

A Few Proverbs

My father once told me, “Smart people learn from their experiences.  Really smart people learn from the experiences of others.”…
Learn More
Featured image for “Open for Business”

Open for Business

A short while ago our partner group went on a retreat.  We rented a big house and spent a few…
Learn More
Featured image for “Nicholas Winton”

Nicholas Winton

I discovered Nicholas Winton this week.  I had never heard of him before.  In 1939 he saved 669 Czechoslovakian children…
Learn More
Featured image for “I Don’t Know”

I Don’t Know

The wise man knows he doesn’t know. The fool doesn’t know he doesn’t know. – Lao Tzu, author of Tao…
Learn More
Featured image for “Playing at Work”

Playing at Work

At Lazer Grant, we don’t just work.  We play.  We play games to win.  And when we win we get…
Learn More
Featured image for “Keeping a Confidence”

Keeping a Confidence

I recall reading in The Ethicist, a column in The New York Times Magazine, about a doctor who had agreed…
Learn More
Featured image for “Being Creative”

Being Creative

I have always admired those who can create. The process of starting from nothing and ending up with something is…
Learn More
Featured image for “Too Much of a Good Thing”

Too Much of a Good Thing

How would you like your workplace to be?  Would you like to have independence there?  Would you like it to…
Learn More
Featured image for “Robots”

Robots

We have a robot.  We call him Sheldon.  His cousins have been on The Big Bang Theory, NCIS: Los Angeles…
Learn More
Featured image for “Personal Retreats – Thanks, Walt”

Personal Retreats – Thanks, Walt

It’s been a long time since I wrote about personal retreats. Click the links to read my previous articles:  A…
Learn More