Tag: connection

• Disruptive English Classes?

  

  I sure hope so! That’s my goal! Since I arrived in Quebec City over 30 years ago, I have taught ESL in a variety of contexts: day camps, private adults classes, the public school system, the private school system, vocation training, tutoring, business classes… and one thing I learned is that people don’t want to […]

  Claire Maria Ford

  February 7, 2021

  coaching

  authenticity, business English, coach, connection, development, ELT, ESL classes, learning, professional development, training

• Walk out and walk on.

  

  Departures and new beginnings. Was your year like that? Mine sure was. Some unintentional, some deliberate. But that’s a story for another day. One thing is sure, I’m going into the new year with these words: walk out and walk on. Both actions. Not just one, without the other. In her book, Walk Out and […]

  Claire Maria Ford

  December 31, 2020

  New Year

  connection, Margaret J. Wheatley, mission, purpose, resolve, social change, walk out and walk on

• 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