Middle managers have a complicated relationship with power because power is activated and experienced in the context of interpersonal relationships.

Should your last meeting have been an email instead of a meeting? Are you burnt out because you’re getting called to so many meetings during the day that you’re being forced to do your regular work at night?

Emotional intelligence is indubitably important to an employee’s success in the workplace. In fact, many companies are forgoing traditional hiring methods to screen for this competency.

This session is based on a study of mentoring in the consulting engineering industry conducted from 2014 to 2016 The study involved in-depth interviews with 53 individuals (16 Baby Boomers, 18 Generation Xers and 19 Millennials) in eight companies in western Canada.

... employees. Yet most managers and leaders don’t approach things this way. They tend to see this as a result of applying systems, processes and tools rather than an on-going series of opportunities to spark creativity and trigger untapped human energy.

Today’s leaders are faced with challenges never before experienced in the workplace. Constant change, disruption, lack of funding, cutbacks and interpersonal problems are just a few of the issues that can make the job seem overwhelming.