After making it through a lengthy interview where you are discussing all of your experience, skills and education the recruiter or hiring manager asks you a (seemingly) benign question, "so, tell me about your hobbies". If this question bothers you, then you're not alone. A LinkedIn News editor was hit with quite a lot of strong responses to an article written on this topic and we too have thoughts! "Ever been stumped by a question about your hobbies during a job interview? When hiring managers raise the question, what are they looking for in an answer? In the latest edition of Get Hired Can ..read more

As per the article written on theladders.com, "Three senior employees at Netflix were fired by the company after criticizing their co-workers over Slack, according to the company’s CEO, after a report claimed that the workers were let go for bad-mouthing their bosses. The Hollywood Reporter first reported that the streaming giant fired three senior marketing executives for comments aimed at leadership in what the workers thought was a private channel, citing sources. However, Netflix is singing a different tune. Ted Sarandos, the company’s co-CEO, denied that the office gossip was directed a ..read more

Today's Real Leaders Real Life stories come from individuals dealing with some interesting situations in the workplace and we are here to talk about them! One story was posted anonymously on reddit.com where an individual decided that they were going to try and get fired (instead of putting in their notice) and for a month they came in to work late, wore their club clothes to work, and even came in to work drunk/hungover. The other story involves a little bit of a bait and switch with a marketing job, where part of the job included ending the day in a circle with all of the other sales peopl ..read more

Today's Real Leaders Real Life stories come from individuals dealing with some interesting situations in the workplace and we are here to talk about them! One story was posted on reddit anonymously in hopes of getting feedback on what to do about their new boss that refused to give them a raise until they "stopped walking funny". Another story follows a former entrepreneur now working for a micromanager that is unable to let go, even when they are on vacation thousands of miles away. And our final story really hits home with everyone working remotely and communicating on zoom - what to do w ..read more

Thank you for listening and we hope you choose to subscribe and follow for more tips, tricks and thoughts on how you can get more out of your day, every day! Want to Get More? Start Here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers are featured in the show! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you like what you ..read more

Thank you for listening and we hope you choose to subscribe and follow for more tips, tricks and thoughts on how you can get more out of your day, every day! Want to Get More? Start Here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers are featured in the show! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you like what you ..read more

Thank you for listening and we hope you choose to subscribe and follow for more tips, tricks and thoughts on how you can get more out of your day, every day! Want to Get More? Start Here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers are featured in the show! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you like what you ..read more

Thank you for listening and we hope you choose to subscribe and follow for more tips, tricks and thoughts on how you can get more out of your day, every day! Want to Get More? Start Here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers are featured in the show! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you like what you ..read more

Episode 60 of The Get More Podcast: Capacity & What You're Capable Of We are wrapping up Adaptability Month and today is all about identifying our capacity, and what we are capable of. Your capacity looks different from everyone else's and it's important to uncover where your boundaries are, and what the limits look like so that you don't run right past those lines on a regular basis. You also have different types of capacity like emotional/psychological capacity and physical capacity - and it can be very easy to find the limits of your physical capacity, yet difficult to set and protect ..read more

Episode 59 of The Get More Podcast - The Art of Changing Your Mind This week we are diving into what it means to develop the skill of keeping an open mind and changing it when the people, places, things, information and demands around us change. A few things that we are discussing this week: What we can do to prepare ourselves to change our mind Why an open mind can make you a better leader, parent or team member What happens when you are unwilling to change The questions you can ask yourself to challenge limiting beliefs Why we prefer to ignore new information and stick to our old beliefs Ho ..read more