The Summer of Reinvention

As summer stretches out before us, we hope you are having a chance to relax and enjoy yourselves.  When you get a moment, I am sure you will enjoy Michelle Vanderpol's article about ways to keep the lovely relaxed feeling of summer even when the kids go back to school. Along with tips on how to "life sort" this is a great read for the summer.

Green investing - why bother?

Increasingly, Canadians are deciding that they want to invest in a way that is aligned with their social conscience. What that conscience tells them differs from person to person and from fund company to fund company.

From there, individual investors, the media, and critics wonder aloud whether there is any point at all to selecting funds that have used various screens to select companies they believe are making a positive change.

Getting Flex-Time No Matter Where You Work

Michelle Vandepol writes another wonderful article this month for Connect Moms.  This time she touches on ways to get flex-time no matter where you work.

Is there opportunity for everyone to have a family friendly work schedule? Do you dare rock the boat in a shifting employment climate?

At some positions, it may not seem like a possibility at first glance. Some companies have long established histories of corporate striving with a come in early, leave late work style across the board. The truth is, work output and results will vary from person to person, and if you can be a stand-out; you will have successfully upped your negotiating power for the title and timetable you want.