- 19Oct2011
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Psychology and investment
- By Ian Bradley
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I was recently interviewed by one of Montreal’s leading investment analyst, Mr John Archer. Read the story here
- 06Oct2011
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Never at Home!
- By Ian Bradley
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This title refers to the silent motto of many of my executive coaching clients who refuse to talk at home about work, especially work problems. Oft cited reasons include: I don’t want to burden my wife He’d never understand anyway. I’d be seen as whining It’s too complicated to explain. Of course, there is a
- 15Sep2011
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Nature of work
- By Ian Bradley
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I was recently interviewed about the nature of work on a local Montreal radio station. In the interview, emphasized the important transformation of raw materials to a higher sense of completion that is the essence of work. Whether, as an accountant who takes numbers to produce a final budget or a craftsman taking raw timber
- 25Aug2011
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Working at the Beach
- By Ian Bradley
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A senior telecom VP who came to my office for help starting a new career related the following: I was at the beach with my family and found myself doing something that for all my career I swore never to do – work. Not only did I work, but I actually enjoyed doing it without
- 20Jul2011
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Coping with the Hot-Seat: lessons from Rebekah Brooks
- By Ian Bradley
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In my practice as an executive coach, clients often come to see me in a crisis. Frequently, that crisis stems from a superior’s criticism of that client’s on the job performance. Whether it was a failure to meet specified sales targets or a budgetary over-run, defending oneself successfully is something of an art. Today’s televised
- 22Mar2011
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Psychological Challenges related to the Business Cycle
- By Ian Bradley
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A business goes through developmental stages very much like the cycles of human development. Each business phase, from initial conceptualization to start-up, progressing through growth and culminating in an established ongoing enterprise, brings its own unique psychological challenges. As an occupational psychologist addressing workplace challenges, I recently saw a business owner struggling with the transition
- 10Nov2010
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Procedural Justice
- By Ian Bradley
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As a reader of various scholarly journals in Occupational Psychology, I have often been struck by the seemingly amorphous nature of some of our concepts. One clear example is the term organizational climate- a concept for which we all have an innate feel for, but a concept that academicians apply multiple definitions. The term has
- 26Oct2010
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Problem-solving not Diagnosis: Part II Medical Leave
- By Ian Bradley
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In my prior post, I described the events leading up to a medical leave obtained for psychological reason. In my experience, something strange happens when a medical leave is granted. I would argue from this time forward, the initial workplace issues fade into obscurity. These causative issues are replaced by a quasi-medical-legal examination about whether the
- 21Oct2010
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Problem-solving not diagnosis: Part I Medical Leave
- By Ian Bradley
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When people first experience work place problems, they say something like: My boss is impossible, he never recognizes my efforts. or I can’t see how I’m ever going to finish everything that I have to do. Whether the problem involves poor communication, lack of employee recognition or some perceived injustice, the issue is clear. However,
- 27Sep2010
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Does Working Too Hard Lead to Burnout
- By Ian Bradley
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The question of excessive work leading to burnout was cited in a recent case conference that I attended. A young, but very competent, presenter described how months of working long hours led to her client’s eventual burnout. The concept -excessive work leads to burnout- was dutifully accepted by everyone around the table. No wonder, this