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August 4, 2026
ONE OFTHE QUESTIONS I have been reflecting on recently is this: How do we know when someone is successful? The answer often seems obvious.We point to ...
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July 28, 2026
The Workplace Mirror: The Journey Few People See Recently, members of my family travelled from the United Kingdom to the Caribbean to spend their summ...
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July 21, 2026
I RECENTLY VISITED an organisation I had not seen for quite some time. As I walked through the building, I found myself noticing things almost immedia...
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July 14, 2026
ONE THING I have quietly observed about myself over the years is that I rarely stop to celebrate. Recently, I received a letter from Edinburgh Napier ...
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June 30, 2026
ONE THING workplaces have quietly taught me over the years is this: Leadership is not only about helping people make better decisions. Sometimes it is...
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June 23, 2026
ONE THING workplaces quietly reveal over time is this: People do not always evaluate opportunities in the same way. Recently, I became aware of a situ...
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June 16, 2026
ONE THING workplaces quietly reveal over time is this: Organisations do not always recognise expertise based on expertise. Sometimes they recognise it...
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June 9, 2026
One thing workplaces quietly reveal over time is this: leaders and employees do not always see the same behaviour through the same lens. Recently, I w...
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June 2, 2026
One thing that has always intrigued me about workplace training is what quietly reveals itself in the room. Perhaps that is one of the reasons I have ...
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May 12, 2026
EVER WONDER why some leaders quietly believe training is a waste of time and money? They invest thousands in workshops, leadership programmes, team-bu...
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May 5, 2026
MANY ORGANISATIONS spend significant time, money, and energy trying to fix the same problems over and over again. They invest in training, revise poli...
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April 21, 2026
CONSIDER an organisation where an employee raises a legitimate concern. Work that had been completed could no longer be found. Performance questions f...
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April 14, 2026
HAVEYOU EVER BEEN in a room where the boss hinted at a decision you knew was unwise?You raised your concern privately with a colleague beforehand. The...
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March 24, 2026
Imagine a manager walking into a Monday morning meeting, face tight, asking, “How did this happen?” A mistake has surfaced. Around the table, eyes dro...
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March 17, 2026
One of the most memorable examples of integrity I have ever witnessed did not begin with a speech. It began with refusal. A company leader was separat...
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March 10, 2026
Leader, let me begin with a simple question…When was the last time someone in your organisation openly disagreed with you, and you welcomed it? If tha...
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March 3, 2026
Before we speak about strategy, performance, or growth, there is a question leaders must answer. When someone in your organisation disagrees with you,...
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February 24, 2026
IN PART ONE of this series, I reflected on a childhood moment from the 1980s, a child in a school yard pinching another who could not speak, assuming ...
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February 17, 2026
IN PART ONE of this series, I reflected on a school yard moment from the 1980s, a child pinching another who could not speak, assuming silence meant s...
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February 10, 2026
I REMEMBER A moment from the 1980s that has never left me. We were children, playing in a school yard, when one child pinched another, knowing full we...
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February 3, 2026
“ILLITERACY IS MAN’S GREATEST ENEMY… for the nation’s future is in your hand.” The Mighty Sparrow’s warning still echoes with clarity. Education, he i...
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January 27, 2026
“CHILDREN, go to school and learn well…to earn, you got to learn.” Those words, made immortal by the Mighty Sparrow, were more than lyrics. They were ...
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January 20, 2026
I SOMETIMESWONDER what would happen if organisations introduced an undercover boss, not to applaud success, but to listen for truth. How many employee...
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January 13, 2026
AT THE START of a new year, leaders and professionals alike begin setting goals, some personal, some corporate, many unspoken. We talk about growth, o...
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January 6, 2026
RECENTLY, during a crucial moment in our nation’s history, I found myself unsettled, not by what I was seeing alone, but by how unsure I felt about it...
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December 23, 2025
AS WE STAND near the close of 2025, it feels like a natural moment to pause, to reflect on whether the changes we have lived through, socially, techno...
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December 16, 2025
MANYYEARS AGO, I worked in an organisation that had no HR department. There was a personnel manager. It was not perfect, but it functioned. Then the o...
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December 9, 2025
CHANGE HAS A SEASON, and for many of us, that season has always been Christmas. We are about sixteen days away, and most homes have already been strip...
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December 2, 2025
MANY YEARS AGO, I lived on an island known for its safety and simplicity. It was the kind of place where doors stayed unlocked, and car keys sat comfo...
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November 25, 2025
AND HISTORY, like an old witness with tired eyes, keeps nodding in agreement. After more than thirty years in corporate offices, and over half of that...
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November 18, 2025
Imagine this: You joined a team, excited, eager, purpose-driven. At first, the vision sounded right, the mission felt true, and the leader seemed insp...
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November 11, 2025
THERE IS A QUOTE from John C.Maxwell that haunts every genuine leader: “A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame ...
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November 4, 2025
I walked into a familiar establishment recently and was met with an unfamiliar face at the customer service desk. Curious, I asked a manager, “Where i...
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October 21, 2025
Welcome back to The Workplace Mirror. This week, I pause from the external workplace drama and turn the lens inward, to you, to me, to every professio...
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October 14, 2025
Welcome back to The Workplace Mirror. This week, we are pausing our usual reflection on workplace scenarios to hold up a different kind of mirror, one...
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October 7, 2025
Welcome back to The Workplace Mirror. In this series, we have walked through fear-based leadership, toxic silence, recruitment deception, and the cost...
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September 30, 2025
Welcome back to our series ‘The WorkPlace Mirror’, where we take a hard, compassionate look at the dynamics shaping our workplaces. Over the past few ...
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September 23, 2025
Over the last few weeks, I have taken you into the trenches of real workplace dilemmas, moments that bruised egos, challenged character, and tested le...
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September 16, 2025
WELCOME BACK to another edition of The WorkPlace Mirror, where we name what others only whisper about. If you have been walking with us through this s...
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September 9, 2025
In this series of The Workplace Mirror, we have already looked at two revealing workplace scenarios. First, we unpacked the culture of fear where a bo...
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September 2, 2025
WHEN SILENCE Isn’t Golden, It’s Dangerous. Welcome back to Scenario #2 of The Workplace Mirror, a series where we hold a lens up to real-life workplac...
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August 26, 2025
I recently started an online conversation series where we diagnose real-world workplace dynamics, the unspoken stories behind policies, pay checks, an...
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August 19, 2025
I STILL REMEMBER my first interview years ago. Sunday best, and a heart that beat louder than the ticking clock on the wall. Back then, interviews fel...
News, Regional / World
August 5, 2026
The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, through its Embassy in Barbados, has highlighted to regional journalists several major development init...
News
August 4, 2026
THE DR J.P EUSTACE Memorial Secondary School, Mesopotamia, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, was the recipient of a movie projector, compliments the St Vince...
News
August 4, 2026
VINCENTIAN FILM MAKER and Cultural Ambassador Akley Olton, has given InterCaribbean Airways poor marks for their service and vows that he would not be...
News
August 4, 2026
AS DEMENTIA CONTINUES to affect a growing number of families across St.Vincent and the Grenadines, 42 caregivers, healthcare professionals, and commun...
News
August 4, 2026
THE VENERABLE Lennox John has passed away. John, who served sports in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in many capacities died on August 2, 2026. W...
