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A Learning Experience with a Supported Individual
by Meite Timshel for Inclusion by IBEX Darryl Germain is a tall man with a deep rumbling baritone and a firm handshake. He’s been keeping the IBEX office sparkling since he took on the position as the Herd caretaker. IBEX got ‘connected’ with Darryl and Andrea last September, via Connect Employment Services. Connect is an [...]
The Power of Meaningful Recognition
By Raissa Sagun, Herd Geek Imagine walking into your office on a Monday morning to find a surprise waiting at your desk. No, it’s not a big stack of papers that have to be filed or a report to be completed within the next two hours. Instead you find a small centerpiece of vibrant flowers in a [...]
What your toilet paper can tell you about yourself…
By Jingting Ma, Inclusion Sherpini During our last Leadership Certification workshop, all the participants had a chance to find out what their personality type is according to the Myers-Briggs Personality Type indicator. Everyone had to do a quick survey to answer a few situational questions about themselves, and the answer would show you the four [...]
How to deal with your problem employee
By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd, at Inclusion by IBEX. Gallop asked this question to eighty thousand managers: “You have a talented employee who consistently shows up late for work. What would you say to this employee?” Common answers were: I would lock them out I don’t care as long as they stay and [...]
Why stress over dealing with a union?
By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd at Inclusion by IBEX The Inclusion team at IBEX talks with agencies supporting individuals with developmental disabilities all over Canada. We often hear the phrase “we are in union negotiations”. We have come to understand that this means “leave us alone, we are super busy and highly stressed”. No one seems [...]
Smart People Ask for Help
By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd at Inclusion by IBEX I helped a friend in need last week. I helped her by explaining something we don’t learn in school, but something we learn after years of experience. When she came to see me, my friend was visibly upset about having to ask for help. [...]
Treat people the way they deserve to be treated
By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd at Inclusion by IBEX A recent conversation I had with a supervisor in an agency reminded me of a lesson I learned a long time ago, one that changed everything for me as a leader, one that is so instinctual to me now that I forget that I [...]
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