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How We Contribute to the Bad Behaviour of Others

admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:10:56 +0000

A friend was telling me the other day about a conversation he had recently overheard in a company. One of the individuals, an over-aggressive, hard-driving, take-no-prisoners type of manager, had a company-wide reputation as a bully. He... more...

Anonymous Criticism – Attack of the Timid?

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:53:16 +0000

Before the age of technology which has made this type of action possible (before, you were reduced to clipping letters out of a newspaper and gluing them to a piece of paper), you either put up with the obnoxious behaviour, talked to the person... more...

Corporate Citizenship

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:27:54 +0000

At Pitsel & Associates, Ltd. we’re very excited to showcase a new initiative in our Corporate Citizenship portfolio. Many professionally and technically trained adults, newly arrived in Canada, may be extremely able and... more...

Are We Experiencing a Pandemic?

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:55:29 +0000

The latest data (June 10) from WHO (World Health Organization) regarding the A/H1N1 influenza virus, reports 27,737 cases, with 141 fatalities from 74 countries. Canada reports 2,446 cases with 4 fatalities. WHO appears close to... more...

Expectations – Traps for the Unwary

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:03:24 +0000

Expectations that are unreasonable, unspoken and/or unmet create an unusually large numbers of problems for managers and organizations. Unreasonable Expectations. Of course, what is unreasonable insofar as we are concerned may be... more...

What Do We Know Now?

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:04:24 +0000

During this phase of the pandemic we're learning a lot about pandemic spread, among other elements of pandemic response. Even those of us who are already watchful have been surprised by the ballistic speed of recent pandemic events. We... more...

Add a Thousand a Day

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:02:31 +0000

H1N1 flu has infected 4,379 people in 29 countries the World Health Organization has announced this past Sunday, and the numbers increase by almost a thousand new cases daily. Even if this H1N1 outbreak fails to reach full pandemic... more...

Swine Flu FAQ

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:05:30 +0000

We've been expecting something like this, right? Scientists, government leaders, and health officials world over have been begging us to prepare for a health crisis. We've been told how quickly it can be upon us and to be prepared well... more...

Swine Flu – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:11:44 +0000

We have a special newsletter – Pitsel Pandemic Newsletter – however, in light of the current “panic” about swine flu,. I thought it might be helpful to devote this issue of the Pitsel Power Minute to this topic and bring you up to date on... more...

Is No News Good News?

admin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:13:16 +0000

This week we read from "White Coat Notes," a medical newsletter from the Boston area, an explanation of how viruses work, along with some encouragement that they are coming closer to finding the back door solution to viral infections in humans.... more...