Afterwards (Abnaki Proudfoot) I am a Dean of a small school of management located in Nunavut which is in the upper northern region of Canada. Most of our students are indigenous. Given that indigenous people comprise less than 1% of the composition of Canadian boards of directors and are equally unimportant in Senior Management TeamsContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Afterwards by Abnaki Proudfoot and Cornelius Korrupt”
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Life at Up Up and Away Investment International: Chapter 41 Largecorp and COVID-19
Chapter 41 Largecorp and COVID-19 Largecorps keep chugging on despite the pandemic. Many of them are gleeful with the wiping out of less capitalized competitors. McDonalds will weather the storm with its deep pockets. It is the smallcorps in many cases that will have to fold. But it rather depends on the sector largecorp isContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment International: Chapter 41 Largecorp and COVID-19”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 40 Last stop on the bus travelling the largecorp route
Chapter 40 Last stop on the bus travelling the largecorp route I can be quite determined when I want to be. I was determined upon hearing from Dr. Wong that I was suffering from workplace stress and anxiety that I wanted to make Up Up and Away pay. In my opinion Up Up and AwayContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 40 Last stop on the bus travelling the largecorp route”
Life at Up Up and away Investment Management International: Chapter 38 Finally getting back to normal!
Chapter 38 Finally getting back to normal! It took me about a year to start feeling better. I suppose it was a combination of anti-depressants, psychiatric and psychotherapy sessions, mindfulness training and light therapy. But as I had not felt a healthy normal for so many years I had lost touch with what normal was.Continue reading “Life at Up Up and away Investment Management International: Chapter 38 Finally getting back to normal!”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 36 “A little bit of dabbling with anti-depressants”
Chapter 36 A little bit of dabbling with anti-depressants It was months after starting to visit my psychiatrist that I was “introduced” to anti-depressants. One was called sertraline and the other mirtazapine. There was no immediate psychological effect while I was on these drugs. However, I could feel the depression start to lift after aboutContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 36 “A little bit of dabbling with anti-depressants””
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 33 we don’t ever expect you to return
Chapter 33 We don’t ever expect you to return I heard from Stella Asterisk one of my colleagues at Up Up and Away Toronto, that after a year away on disability she and Sally Self never expected me to return. Loose lips sink ships! Boy I thought, what would happen if I did return! InterestingContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 33 we don’t ever expect you to return”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 32 Largecorp induced anxiety, stress and depression: Management tips
Chapter 32 Largecorp induced anxiety, stress and depression; Management tips My take on anxiety, depression and stress in a largecorp workplace is that it is most often a result of poor management and resource allocation by the Senior Management Team at largecorp. There is so much extra work piled on employees due to downsizing andContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 32 Largecorp induced anxiety, stress and depression: Management tips”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 31 Disabled and down
Chapter 31 Disabled and down Everyone has a breaking point. After being absent on her long-term disability for 4 months Stella Asterik returned to Toronto Legal at Up Up and Away. One afternoon Sally Self was in my office and criticized me for lagging on an issue. Something in me snapped. I just looked atContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 31 Disabled and down”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 28 Can Largecorp succeed with a charismatic leader?
Chapter 28 Can Largecorp succeed with a charismatic leader? The Senior Management Team of CRAP, Up Up and Away Toronto and New York during the thirty years I worked for them had the charm and magnetism with rank-and-file employees that amounted to that of fruit flies. They were mostly dry and soulless number crunchers onlyContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 28 Can Largecorp succeed with a charismatic leader?”
Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 27 Mindfulness: Opiate for the employee?
Chapter 27: Mindfulness as an opiate for the employee? As for the individual, it is my view that mindfulness can be a double-edged sword. I say this because being able to control your mind better enables you to respond to situations instead of reacting to them. Instead of your mind being cluttered with irrelevant thoughtsContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 27 Mindfulness: Opiate for the employee?”
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