http://www.rminnovations.ca// RMI Specializes in Human Resource Management and Organizational Development Solutions en-ca http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/08/22/building-courage-a-recipe/ http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/08/22/building-courage-a-recipe/ Visitors to the blog or those who know or maybe had the misfortune to grow up with me know that I have a predisposition to process and mechanics. The how & why of what makes stuff work. Growing up I know I caused my dad no end of grief as many of my Christmas morning toys were in parts by... http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/08/14/wwafd-what-would-aretha-franklin-do/ http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/08/14/wwafd-what-would-aretha-franklin-do/ R.E.S.P.E.C.T. –verb (used with object) To hold in esteem or honor: (I cannot respect a cheat). To show regard or consideration for: (To respect someone's rights). To refrain from intruding upon or interfering with: (To respect a person's privacy). To relate or... http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/08/07/lets-give-peace-a-chance-its-not-my-default-setting/ http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/08/07/lets-give-peace-a-chance-its-not-my-default-setting/ I think the practice of ‘reducing resistance to change’ has always been an uphill battle for folks who hold leadership responsibilities. Whatever the mental image that springs to mind when we speak of leadership … please know that I am not referring exclusively to the suits who... http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/08/07/when-less-is-more-rick-s-recipe-for-de-stress/ http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/08/07/when-less-is-more-rick-s-recipe-for-de-stress/ I haven’t been able to bring myself to watch a whole episode, but I have to admit that the current reality series of programming on Hoarding has captured my attention. Not from a voyeuristic perspective … maybe more of a life lesson point of view. You know the central theme &hellip... http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/08/07/leading-from-your-strengths-john-trent-rodney-cox-and-eric-tooker-broadman-holman-publishers/ http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/08/07/leading-from-your-strengths-john-trent-rodney-cox-and-eric-tooker-broadman-holman-publishers/ It isn’t very often that an author or a publisher will work so closely with you, that they encourage your participation in ‘getting the word out’. For those who know me or are familiar with the blog, you will also know that as a rule I will not venture out onto the slippery slope... http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/07/17/befriend-silence-part-i/ http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/07/17/befriend-silence-part-i/ Yeah. So … how is that consistent with ‘Listen to The Music’? I thought I would volunteer that before you asked it. It’s a fair question. Yeah. There’s a fair answer. Toss this around for a bit. There is a measure of noise and clutter in the world that at times... http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/07/17/one-of-my-all-time-most-important-reads/ http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/07/17/one-of-my-all-time-most-important-reads/ Well just about any encounter you have or may have had with RMI typically centers on Vision. That being … ‘where am I going’? The blessing for me in this business (that is never lost) is that I have the profound privilege of working with individuals and organizations in defining... http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/07/10/listen-to-the-sea-trials-what/ http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/07/10/listen-to-the-sea-trials-what/ "A ship in harbour is safe, but that's not what ships were made for".               (A quote from one of my favorite West Wing episodes) More frequent visitors to the blog may remember that my initial training on... http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/07/04/listen-to-the-music-part-ii/ http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/07/04/listen-to-the-music-part-ii/ Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Henry David Thoreau I’m not for a moment suggesting that Thoreau’s quote is at all gender specific. In my pastoral-counseling days I met with more folks than not, who as adults had lived... http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/07/03/welcome-to-book-bytes-an-introduction/ http://www.rminnovations.ca/blog/2010/07/03/welcome-to-book-bytes-an-introduction/ Hi, and thanks for your continued interest in all things RMI. Welcome to Book Bytes. A whole new category where we’ll take a look at some of the texts I use in the classroom, in my consulting practice … and those that remain dust free on my bookshelves and beside my chair in the...