All Things McNak

Your Career as a Pyramid on Nov 5, 2009 in Your Pipeline career empowering Management personal brand Pyramids are the talk of my house right now for my 6.5 year old so when I happened upon the Pyramid concept in a recent Fast Company article it easily caught my eye. Pyramid style thinking in relation to a career progression is a current way to look...

Oops! 13 Management Mistakes on Oct 29, 2009 in Employee Engagement Leadership and Team Building Management Excellence engagement Human behaviour. Fascinating. And with it comes challenges. In our day to day travels with our client companies as well as with our applicants we get a constant theme about people challenges. Some of these management mistakes were obvious ‘no n...

The fun theory on Oct 21, 2009 in Uncategorized laughter fun corporate culture video happiness You’ve all probably seen this video by now, as it has been making the rounds for the past few weeks.  At McNak, we just can’t help ourselves, but to share this…as FUN is one of our metrics.  It is one of our core values. Enjoy. T...

The 8th Habit on Oct 16, 2009 in Employee Engagement Leadership and Team Building corporate culture employee retention engagement Leadership I had the privilege to see Stephen Covey speak on the topic of Effectiveness to Greatness and how it can apply to the relationship between employee and employer. While a remarkable speaker and author, some of the things he spoke of  were not new so...

Make it personal on Oct 9, 2009 in Uncategorized community corporate culture facebook McNak social media twitter Social networking is great.  There, I’ve said it. Connecting with like minded people on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook can be valuable. It simply depends on how you make it work for you. Social media defines McNak’s culture. Yesterday I...

Orchestra to office harmony on Oct 7, 2009 in Employee Engagement Human Resources Leadership and Team Building With my years of ballet training and participating as a board director for the Vancouver Opera I have a natural appreciation for the orchestra and for the magic of the conductor .  Earlier this year I posted the Benjamin Zander’s TED.com talk...

Discover Your Leadership Blind Spots on Sep 30, 2009 in Leadership and Team Building empowering engagement human capital Leadership Management An interesting and visually ‘easy on the eyes’ post from Business Week Magazine: We all have blind spots—even the best and greatest of leaders. And too often those unproductive behaviors that are invisible to us but are glaring to every...