Category: connecting

• Who’s in your sleigh? A reflection for a smoother ride.

  

  We don’t always get to choose who we we work with, or even live with, but we can choose to be open, accepting and thankful. In my family, we are all very different, but we are all Fords. And we always be: diversity is a reality, but inclusion is a choice.

  Claire Maria Ford

  December 27, 2022

  connecting, corporate culture, diversity and inclusion, human resources, industrial relations, Uncategorized, workplace wellbeing

  corporate culture, diversity, family, inclusion, professional development, wellbeing, workplace relations, workplace welling

• Clarity in confinement?

  

  It’s important to say things as they are. Love is the opposite of avoidance. And so, it is important to be able to say things as they are, beginning with our fears. (Boris Sirbey) I read that piece of wisdom this morning in a LinkedIn article entitled Le hamster épris de ciel bleu (The Hamster […]

  Claire Maria Ford

  April 10, 2020

  Boris Sirbey, connecting, covid19, Culture, esl, failure, family, family life, goal-setting, growth, growth mindset, initiative, leadership, Mindfulness, motivation, personal development, progress, quarantine, responsibility, self-care, stress management, teaching, workplace wellbeing

  brené brown

• When saying good-bye is hard to do

  

  ‘There must be around ten people who have left the company lately‘, complained one of my students this week, as he went on to admit that he found it hard.   As I asked questions, his colleague joined the conversation and I could feel the turmoil, questioning and well, sadness at the state of affairs. […]

  Claire Maria Ford

  September 18, 2019

  connecting, Culture, employee engagement, human resources, industrial relations, leadership, Mindfulness, productivity, responsibility, Uncategorized, workplace wellbeing

  employee departures, employee movement, quit, resignation

• ESL Mixologist: What’s the deal?

  

  I am never just teaching an English class! I am on the lookout for new insights or epiphanies I may have while talking about vocab, grammar or functional language. ESL Mixologist is all about my journey as an ESL teacher who just can’t get over the serendipitous glimpses into the parallel universe of philosophy while […]

  Claire Maria Ford

  July 10, 2019

  connecting, Culture, employee engagement, esl, growth mindset, human resources, Linguistics, motivation, personal development, responsibility, teaching, Uncategorized, vocabulary;, workplace wellbeing

  connections, esl teaching, human relations, learning, life learning, life lessons

• Have you connected today?

  

  People matter. With those two words, American psychologist, Chris Peterson, summarized his life research on how to enable people to go from surviving to thriving, discovering and pursuing what really what makes life worth living for them.  In the Huffington Post Canadian edition today, publishes a video with the astounding title: The most connected generation […]

  Claire Maria Ford

  June 20, 2019

  connecting, Culture, employee engagement, English Language Culture, esl, family, human resources, identity, industrial relations, initiative, motivation, personal development, responsibility, teaching, Uncategorized, workplace wellbeing

  community, connection, cure for loneliness, engagement, loneliness, party, relationships, screen mania, social ills, social skills, thrive, well-being

• Disrupt the humdrum and go creative at the coffee machine!

  

  You know the drill. You get to the office, leave your stuff at your desk, grab your coffee cup and head to the coffee machine. Then the conversation begins. Hey Charles! How are you? Oh, you know, busy usual. Or: Hey Laurence! How are you today! Not bad, you? Or: Good morning, Simon! How are […]

  Claire Maria Ford

  June 19, 2019

  connecting

  coffee machine talk, communications, conversation skills, disrupt, industrial relations, office talk, speaking skills