by Staff | Aug 11, 2020 | Management, Workplace
We all know that diversity of thought in teams is important. The problem is, most of the discussion around diversity and inclusion happens at a high level. People talk about changing an organization’s culture as if it is an easy task. In fact, it is as simple as...
by Manpreet Dhillon | Mar 26, 2020 | Business, Community, Diversity, Leadership, Management
In these uncertain times, my thoughts have been with the populations that I have been working to support for the last few years – those from the underrepresented groups. Usually I am focused on the equality of pay for people of color, however we spend a lot of...
by Manpreet Dhillon | Mar 26, 2020 | Business, Leadership, Management, Workplace
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by Manpreet Dhillon | Jul 31, 2019 | Coaching, Leadership, Management, Self-care, Self-love
Time management is one of those things that we, as women, often struggle with. Some of us end up taking things on to please others that bump our priorities. Others have all these goals in mind and we want to do the best thing possible, but end up scattering our...
by Staff | Jul 5, 2019 | Business, Culture, Diversity, Entrepreneur, Equality, Leadership, Management, Money, Women, Workplace
Millennials are stereotyped as being less competitive, entitled, avocado toast loving, technology addicted workers. Sure, many millennials are glued to their smartphones and social media, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have important things to contribute to your...
by Staff | Jun 20, 2019 | Business, Diversity, Management, Workplace
A diverse workforce produces better services, higher quality product, and higher profit margins. You, as the leader of your organization, need to manage your diverse workforce to achieve your organizational goals efficiently. To begin with, you’ll need to come up with...
by Manpreet Dhillon | Jun 17, 2019 | Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Management
We are surrounded by individuals who we don’t agree with. We live in a world where we have different backgrounds, different cultures influencing us, different upbringing and different experiences that impact us in each moment. We are not going to agree on everything...
by Manpreet Dhillon | May 16, 2019 | Business, Community, Conflict, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Management, Passion, Self-care, Self-Worth, Training, Women, Workplace
In life, we are faced with so many different factors and choices. Living in the age of technology, we are constantly fed information. Sometimes it is tough to filter through all that noise to hear our own thoughts, especially the positive ones. When we have been...
by Staff | Apr 15, 2019 | Equality, Management, Money, Women
Equal Pay Day is a day dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap. The exact day differs year by year (Conflicting dates as to what the actual day is in Canada as it may be April 2 or April 9th). In most cases, men have four months on most women in terms of...
by Manpreet Dhillon | Feb 28, 2019 | Culture, Diversity, Management, South Asian, Workplace
South Asian emigrants are watching the news closely today as they wait to see what unfolds between India and Pakistan. The threats and tensions are mounting, which is cause for concern in the border regions between the two countries. Today’s violence comes in the...
by Staff | Feb 15, 2019 | Business, Diversity, Management, Workplace
Diversity by Design: Co-Creating Inclusive Workplaces for Immigrants and Newcomers Recap On January 28th, veza community hosted our second annual Diversity by Design workshop at Women in Tech Regatta. This year we were joined by Hanif Ladha from the Immigrant...
by Manpreet Dhillon | Jan 9, 2019 | Coaching, Entrepreneur, Management, Workplace
January is like the first blank page in a new notebook. What you do during that month can set the stage for success for your business for the entire year. Getting your business off to a great start in a new year requires planning, critical thinking and dedication to...
by Manpreet Dhillon | Jan 3, 2019 | Business, Entrepreneur, Management, Success
A Business Strategy is our map to our destination. We know that the journey is much more important than the destination. The journey is meant to be one of ease, grace with a marker of where we are going. There will be twists/turns and ups/downs along the way, but we...
by Staff | Dec 27, 2018 | Business, Coaching, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Life Purpose, Management, Self-care, Success, Women, Workplace
We tend to think of leadership as an innate quality – you’ve either got it or you don’t. Such a static view of leadership is limiting, as all of us can embody leadership principles no matter where we are at in our careers or what our view of ourselves might be....
by Manpreet Dhillon | Jan 18, 2017 | Business, Entrepreneur, Leadership, Management, Success
Coaching is understanding who we are, what we want from life and what we are willing to do to get it. Many ask, well I can do that for myself why do I need a coach. Of course you can do that for yourself. At the end of the day, you are accountable to yourself and only...
by Manpreet Dhillon | May 23, 2015 | Management, Workplace
I have a been a long time advocate for women in the workplace. In the last few years, it keeps being brought to my attention how men also need attention. Men have been supported and sponsored into career progression but they face a different set of challenges than...
by Manpreet Dhillon | May 16, 2012 | Business, Coaching, Entrepreneur, Management, Success
If I was to ask you how satisfied you are with where you are in your career or business, on a scale of 1-10, what would you answer? Would you like to have more satisfaction out of your business life? We do spend a good chunk of our lives in careers and business. I...
by Manpreet Dhillon | Mar 8, 2012 | Management, Passion, Women
In celebration of International Women’s Day[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U] Beyonce has the right vision of how Women should run the world. Women are know to be in touch with their emotions which makes them exceptional leaders. Women have...
by Manpreet Dhillon | Dec 2, 2011 | Business, Coaching, Management, Women
Every day we have 24 hours. In this time, each of us has our priorities as to what we want to achieve and how we achieve it. We can make the decision to achieve our priorities with ease or do we decide to take a slightly tougher road. I know you are thinking, some...
