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Honor Your Commitments
The day always comes when your manager asks you: are you able to complete a certain task by a certain deadline. Your answer can literally...

Maxim Fishman, MET
Jul 5, 20222 min read
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What Kind of Leader Do You Want To Be?
There is no shortage of advice on how to be a better leader. If you are active on social media or pay attention to the latest in business...

Maxim Fishman, MET
Jun 27, 20222 min read
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Try Listening to Your Critics
It's a hard thing to be able to listen to those who criticize you. Criticism itself isn’t a bad word, but no one especially likes it. ...

Maxim Fishman, MET
Jun 20, 20222 min read
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Don't Solve: Discover!
Like many things in life, you may have found a solution before fully understanding the problem. Its not an uncommon situation: you go...

Maxim Fishman, MET
Jun 13, 20221 min read
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Build Knowledge and Use It
Let's face it: work is complicated; everyday we are confronted by more information that we are required to know. There are always new...

Maxim Fishman, MET
Jun 6, 20222 min read
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Afraid of Losing Good People?
Years ago, I was working for a small media agency in downtown Toronto where I was responsible for all e-learning development for our...

Maxim Fishman, MET
Jun 1, 20223 min read
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Small Details Make A Big Difference
All of us feel the pressure of work each day; many of us have lots of projects that are demanding in attention and detail. Many of these...

Maxim Fishman, MET
May 30, 20221 min read
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Vision means Assertiveness
Let me tell you a story that you may have come across. You are a manager at a company that has a project to complete and the resources...

Maxim Fishman, MET
May 26, 20222 min read
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Avoid Complacency: Keep an Open Mind!
The danger in one’s career is that one gets complacent and treats every day like each proceeding one. It's important to constantly...

Maxim Fishman, MET
May 23, 20221 min read
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Caution vs Action
It's one of those things that you run into while developing training: one stakeholder wants to be bold and try something fundamentally...

Maxim Fishman, MET
May 18, 20222 min read
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Take Pride In The Small Tasks
Each day we are confronted by a slew of different tasks that make up your day. These are both professional and personal, but they will...

Maxim Fishman, MET
May 16, 20221 min read
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The Art of Talking About Your Organization
This is the first article I'm writing for Maxim's Musings. I hope you enjoy it and perhaps gain a new perspective. I've often remarked...

Maxim Fishman, MET
May 11, 20222 min read
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Welcome Traveler
Telling stories, changing outcomes
Thank you for joining me for a while. There may be some thoughts you will appreciate, others you will not, but in any case, I hope that they can make a difference to you.
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