FEATURED TOPICS OF A MONTREAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Common themes of the workplace
Read more about some of the themes and services of my work in the Montreal psychology workplace
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Latest from the blog
- 20Jan2019
Family Business Succession: conclusion
Start Early
As discussed in the previous post, most psychologists specializing in the area recommend thinking about succession as a long-term process rather than as a defined event, or worse, an anointment. Some even recommend that the process begin years…
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- 13Jan2019
Family Business Succession: the dance
Typically when I consult with family businesses thinking about succession, I first meet with the founder, then the aspiring members of the second generation – but very quickly I try to gather everyone in the same room. With the…
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- 01Jan2019
Family Business Succession: my experience
In my work with family businesses, I find that succession planning is like taxes- it’s painful to do but the consequences of a failure to act are worse.
The pain is related to the myriad complexity of financial, legal and…
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FEATURED READINGS FROM DR. B
As part of my coaching, I make it a habit to loan books from my collection to address specific issues in the workplace. Here’s what on my shelf right now.
Get the Truth
I don’t work for the CIA but… Following a client’s recommendation, I acquired, read and rather uneasily digested Houston and company’s recent bestseller on interview interrogation techniques -Get the Truth. The authors, ex-CIA agents specialized in integration-the verbal, not the water board kind-have written a highly readable and comprehensive “how-to-do-it” book to get the
Good Boss: Bad Boss by Robert Sutton
At a recent California psychology conference, I found myself in a long line of post-talk attendees hoping to speak to the renowned speaker, and former professor of mine, Dr Don Meichenbaum. Some forty years ago, I was lucky enough to be in a small group of doctoral students in Clinical Psychology at the
