No talking shop today! Come join us for a fun lightening Q&A - bestie edition! We promise, this is a "sip and tell" that you won't want to miss :)

Choice of Alcohol: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky & Pink Whitney Vodka

Are you contributing to a growing sense of entitlement in your employees? Let's explore how as leaders, we can avoid, curb or identify entitlement issues that creep into our workforce. What are the impacts of entitlement and how do we pull back after-the-fact?

Wine Time: Whispering Angel

Straight to you from your fave "poddies" - BURNOUT IS REAL! Whether in work or life, it aint that sexy and you need to find a way to identify and address the core issues that are contributing to the situation. 

Wine Time - Wayne Gretzky - Pinot Grigio

Ever go from being someone's colleague to their boss? Tip: don't be "that asshole" but also, don't underestimate the impact of this power shift and how it will change your relationship with your former work bestie.

Wine time: Konzelmann 2019 - Pinot Blanc 

Whether in life or in work, never underestimate the value of having a strong role model to help "show you the way". Mentorship helps not only the student but the teacher grow as well, while also creating an infinite cycle of great leadership. 

Wine Time: Bogle Vineyards Chardonnay

Whether it's people, finances, or structural, you need to dig in and get rid of the things that aren't bringing value. It's not emotional, it's about making factual based decisions. 

Wine of the week: Chateau Miraval

Books mentioned: Thinking , Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman

Ever wonder why A players only want to work with A players? Let's dig into why these folks stand apart from the crowd and how to harness a growth mindset to increase your impact.

More People More Problems with Brit and Chelsy @morepeople.moreproblems

The truth behind culture. It's not the fancy slides or culture values written on a wall, it's the sum of the actual behaviours and beliefs of your people.

Anti-fragility - Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure. Yet in spite of the ubiquity of the phenomenon, there is no word for the exact opposite of fragile. Let us call it anti-fragile. Anti-fragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antif-ragile gets better.

— Nassim Taleb

What is Cargo Cult!

Making networking work for you and how to get the most out of elevator rides ;)

Setting boundaries and differentiating between the "should, need and want".. and learning from the crash landings.