Ordinary sucks
You know it, they know it, ordinary sucks. And you shouldn’t have to put up with it where you work. We help companies and nonprofits leverage their organizational culture to turn ordinary employees into high performers. We believe that everyone is happier, healthier and more engaged when they knock it out of the park every single day. So we give you and your team the tools you need to shift your culture yourselves. Then you get something more powerful than buy-in from your employees. You get ownership.
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119 – Butterfly Goo and Other F-ing Metaphors for Change with Rachel Burr
In this episode of “I Need To F*ing Talk To You,”** Ken Cameron sits down with Rachel Burr — executive coach, leadership consultant, and author of Butterfly Goo: The Down and Dirty Truth of Transformation. With over 20 years of experience and a sharp sense of humour, Rachel helps leaders navigate the squishy, messy middle of change — the part no one likes to talk about but everyone has to go through.
118 – Retaining F-ing Great Employees with Ken Rusk
Double your Ken in this episode! Host Ken Cameron speaks with Ken Rusk, blue-collar entrepreneur, bestselling author of Blue-Collar Cash, and host of the Comfort, Peace & Freedom podcast.
117 – Transforming F-ing Homelessness with Sandra Clarkson
In this episode, Ken and Russell sit down with Sandra Clarkson, President & CEO of The Calgary Drop-In Centre, one of North America's largest homeless shelters. Sandra has dedicated her entire career to the nonprofit sector, working both on the front lines and on the funding side, giving her a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities within the sector. At The DI, Sandra lead a major strategic shift to a housing-focused model.
116 – Sobriety, Strategy, and Speaking the Hard Truth with David Greer
On this episode of I Need To F**ing Talk To You*, we’re joined by David Greer—entrepreneurial coach, angel investor, and author of The Wind In Your Sails. With more than 40 years of experience building and guiding high-growth businesses, David brings unmatched depth—but it’s the personal story he shares today that hits the hardest.
Coming Events
Read Nicer Book Club
Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 | 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Partnered with MeetUp group, ‘Calgary Business Success Network’ of over 1300 members, Work Nicer hosts a monthly book club meeting for an opportunity to discuss the chosen business book and explore it’s concepts, ideas, theories, and just to overall re-connect over conversation.
The next meeting will be held at Red Mile in Boardroom 9 &3/4. The book for discussion is “I Need To F%^$ing Talk To You!” by Work Nicer member Ken Cameron and Russell Stratton, which provides a practical and easy-to-use guide to prepare and successfully navigate a ‘difficult’ workplace conversations.
Even if you have not read the book or cannot complete by the next session, you can absolutely still join the conversation! It’s an opportunity to learn from others, share ideas and meet new people!
I Need To F***ing Talk To You
The Art Of Navigating Difficult Workplace Conversations.
Let’s get one thing straight off the top “I need to f@#%ing talk to you”, is a bad way to start any conversation, let alone one with a co-worker.
So why is this commonly happening in the workplace? Usually, it’s because some issue has been festering for weeks or months. Too many managers approach a conversation in which they must challenge difficult behaviour with a lot of trepidation. The result is we aren’t direct, we beat around the bush, or we ignore and let unproductive behaviour go unchallenged until we can’t take it anymore and we just f@#%ing lose it.
Zoom Zoom! – from “Adaptive Technology” to “Creative Solution”
In the wake of the pandemic, our flip chart stands and facilitator tool kits are in the cupboard collecting dust. As facilitators, we don’t go out much any more. Instead, many of us struggle to do our craft over an online platform like Zoom. In this session, we will think about the way we think about using on-line platforms. We will see what we can harness from each other that helps us move from “adaptive” mode to “creative” mode.
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Do you prefer to learn on your own?
Start right now by ordering your copy of our new book, I Need to F***ing Talk to You: The Art of Managing Difficult Conversations. It outlines all the techniques we use in our I Need to F***ing Talk To You workshops so you can tackle the ordinary immediately.
$25 | Available now on Amazon