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Flexing For Family Time: Shifting The Working World
A successful workshifting implementation for Family Day can establish on-going workshifting practices that can increase family time, flexibility…
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Conference Insider: Influence is Leadership
What do The Beatles, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah and Henry Ford have in common?
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How Clean is Your Office?
At this time of year, there seem to be a lot of colds and flu going around. The…
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Why Collaboration Fails (And How To Fix It)
Gervase Bushe, a professor with Beedie School of Business at SFU and a speaker at the HRMA Conference…
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Unending Automation
The trouble with trends is that the important ones play out over decades; they become “old news” even…
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New Female Corporate Directors: Breaking the Gender Barrier
What does it take for a woman to join an all-male board of directors? The following is a…
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Workplace Drug Testing Being Tested Again
It seems that every few years a Canadian employer takes a run at the human rights-based rules preventing…
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Building Better Employee Loyalty: Five Tips for Tackling The Costs of Turnover
The days of hiring an employee for life are long gone. As a result, employers need to make…
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HR a ‘Fresh Canvas’ for Aboriginal Community
Four years ago, Diane Carriere attended a conference of the National Native American Human Resource Association. She walked…
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Bill 14 Update – Trends and Interim Practice Directive from WorkSafeBC
It has been six months since Bill 14 came into effect on July 1, 2012 along with WorkSafeBC’s…
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Clear Communication Reduces Conflict: Listening?
Clear communication is the key to conflict resolution. Not many people would disagree with that in principle, and…
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Increasing Employee Accountability: The Critical Role of Leadership
Leaders who are trying to increase accountability within their team must consider whether their leadership style is helping…