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Category Archive: Great Companies
Aug
15
Event worth attending: sumiT
This Thursday, submiT at Performance Works on Granville Island will be where you want to be. I can’t wait to attend submiT this year. It is an imagine1day creatribution designed to raise awareness and funds to invest in cutting edge, self generating primary education in Ethiopia – and throw a great party at the same …
Aug
07
Manager of Internal Pipeline – Apply now!
Having our new Program Manager, Onboarding start this week – it’s now time to shift into the other dream job available on my team! Introducing your opportunity to take the lead in creating a talent pool of leaders within lululemon athletica. You could be the Manager of Internal Pipeline: The role of Manager of Internal …
Aug
01
What Happens When I Put My Goals Out There
1. People come out of the woodwork to help me achieve them. As I have written in my goals, I spend a weekend with Jason Mraz on his avocado farm by Sept 2020. It was recently announced that Jason Mraz is performing on Aug 5th in Whister (more info). Within 2 hours of the announcement …
Jul
21
Causes of Happiness
I was reading this article in the Sydney Morning Herald and just had to repost a portion of it focusing on 5 habits for everyday happiness: 5 HAPPY HABITS Three years ago, the British government asked London think-tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF) to review studies on happiness from around the world and turn its …
Jul
17
Why Store Shifts Make Me Successful
At lululemon athletica, all staff members who don’t work on the store floor daily are required to work in the stores every month. This helps reconnect us to the core of our business, our product and our guests. It reminds us of who we are and what we’re up to. This commitment doesn’t make us …
Jul
03
How To Minimize Voluntary Turnover
The answer is simple. We take care of our people in order to do what a business is set out to do: make money. For a business to be successful, we need to educate, empower, and inspire people so that they can be freed from the obstacles that prevent them from realizing their full potential. …
Jun
25
Wanted: the new Program Manager, Onboarding
Moving to Denmark is getting really real these days. (Broken record alert #52!) And now it has hit my work world too. Part one of my transition out of lululemon athletica is developing someone to elevate our support centres’ onboarding program. Yep – it’s happening – you could be the new Program Manager, Onboarding! I …
May
02
A Not-So-Personal Best
Yesterday, I crossed my second marathon finish line after 4:24 hours of running. That’s officially 1 hour faster than I did it in 2005. And this time, I crossed that line with no ice packs wrapped around my knees nor a heavy dose of painkilling drugs in my body. A heavy dose of gratitude hit …
Mar
28
Faith or Fact – What Rules Your World?
People, and therefore companies, have little faith these days. Faith being the unwavering belief in another people’s ability or plan to create something great. This can be a teammate, a family member, or even themselves. Instead, they have facts. Facts about what worked well last year, what skills someone has demonstrated, and about what experiences …