- 31Aug2022
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Insurance against stress; it might be too costly
- By Ian Bradley
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I’ll just run this by my boss” was a phrase that I heard all too frequently from my client who came to see me about work-related stress. Laura, a young woman in her first major corporate job, worked for a boss who micro-managed. The boss, who did not like surprises, insisted upon being appraised about
- 11Aug2022
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Job Promotions; a cautionary tale
- By Ian Bradley
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The call came out of the blue from the secretary of a psychiatric director of a large and prestigious teaching hospital. The director wanted to see if I would be interested in applying for the recently vacated position of Chief Psychologist. Until then, I had been working in a small CBT unit of what once
- 22Jun2022
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Rewards at work: a cautionary tale
- By Ian Bradley
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I had the recent privilege of consulting to a company that specializes in employee recognition- the tangible kind of recognition where good performance is rewarded with personalized mugs, trophies or any number of concrete goodies from their expansive inventory. Their business is going well. Both as a believer in the value of employee recognition, and
- 29Aug2021
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Psychological Aspects of Persuasion
- By Ian Bradley
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So many of our actions involve persuasion, be it bargaining for new house, convincing a voter, or more frequently, in my game, getting someone to change. Persuasion is simply a ubiquitous part of human nature. “All governments –indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act – is founded on compromise.
- 24Feb2021
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Procrastination: why it doesn’t work.
- By Ian Bradley
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People who come to my office to complain about procrastination invariably get it wrong. The problem is not the 11th hour mad dash to pull an all-nighter to finish the report, nor is it the lost opportunity cost that would have accrued if adequate time and resources had been devoted to the task. It’s not
- 29Jan2021
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Ten Tips to Conquer Workplace Problems
- By Ian Bradley
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Problems in business are the norm; however, accepted ways to solving those problems might be less obvious. I have assembled a 10-tip guide that follows a timeline from conceptualization of the problem to the ultimate presentation of a possible solution. I hope that you find the material helpful. Tip 1 Characterizing the Problem: Starting
- 17Apr2019
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Rewards at work: a cautionary tale
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I had the recent privilege of consulting to a company that specializes in employee recognition- the tangible kind of recognition where good performance is rewarded with personalized mugs, plaques or any number of concrete goodies from their expansive inventory. Their business is going well partially because many companies don’t take the time to properly evaluate
- 13Jan2019
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Family Business Succession: the dance
- By Ian Bradley
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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 encouragement of honest but non-adversarial conversation, my hope is for both the founder and successors
- 01Jan2019
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Family Business Succession: my experience
- By Ian Bradley
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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 tax succession considerations but what is even more daunting to family members are the
- 22Jun2017
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The Longest Word
- By Ian Bradley
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I thought that my childhood was relatively normal as a semi-serious student with interests in a variety of school sports with an appropriate dose of ‘leisure” activities that my parents thought worrisome such as spending far too many hours in pool halls. Perhaps it was a Toronto-thing but I also remember a rather strange competition