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Time flies, and the holiday season is here once again. That means it’s a time for overeating (“just one more Turtle…okay, six more…”), wondering why you complained so much about the heat during the summer as your frozen hands fumble for car keys, and of course, office parties. Now, I […]
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I recently came across a job ad that said “9 to 5ers need not apply,” and it got me thinking about the idea of workplace productivity. More specifically, it reminded me of how confusing this concept can be, and how many well-intentioned organizations mis-apply it – like the folks who
Enabling Workplace Productivity: 4 Concepts to Consider Read More »
As my maternity leave ended and I prepared to return to work (not that being on maternity leave is a total picnic – nobody spits up on me at work, or emotionally manipulates me into playing “here comes the airplane” at 3am) – I anticipated a lot of change. Indeed,
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The science of managing personnel isn’t all that different than other sciences in one interesting sense: ideas that seemed safe and smart when introduced can, over time, reveal themselves to be less than ideal; even harmful. Take, for example, performance reviews. When performance reviews arrived onto the scene, they were
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While you can (and most are) debate whether the recession is actually ‘over,’ I would caution employers against exhaling too soon. If you’re like most, you’ve been looking at employees through the lens of cost-cutting and termination. Times are changing and it’s time to look through the lens of retention.
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Monday February 16, 2009the second annual Family Day statutory holiday will take place in Ontario. Due to the freshness of this holiday compared with established holidays, three issues may arise for employers: Employers may not fully understand their legal obligations in terms of staffing. Employers may opt to “complain” about
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