Before specializing in executive coaching and workplace problems, I was a clinical psychologist with stints in mental hospitals and clinics in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto as well as Montreal. I worked extensively with both severely disturbed patients with diagnoses such as sc... Read more

The recent expulsion of a computer science student, Ahmed Al-Khabaz from a local Montreal college has gone viral. Ahmed apparently found a flaw in a student information system used by the provinces collegians. First reporting the flaw in the coding to the school, and then several... Read more

Many of the executives that I see in my Montreal practice for executive coaching talk about their hectic days. As I listen to their stories, I am quietly asking myself a key question Are they in some measure able to control the stream of tasks, or is the onslaught occurring witho... Read more

In in two previous posts, I described the typical sequence of events that surround a workplace leave for psychological distress. I remarked on how the current system of handling such leaves is unsatisfying for the insuracne carrier, the employer, co-workers and most importantly, ... Read more

Regular readers of my blog know that I have many criticisms about our current approach to workplace disability caused by stress. The problem is enormous and costly. Recent surveys in Canada reveal that approximately a quarter of the current workforce is either quite or extremely ... Read more