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Score an ‘A’ in E-tiquette
Email has become an important daily communication tool. For many, it is used as much – or even…
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The What-if? Organization
By Nilesh Bhagat, CHRP Practices which value unity, openness and highlight the drivers for human motivation arguably trump…
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So We Agree? Let’s Get to e-Business
The participants of a recent workshop indicate that they didn’t actually need to “sell” the idea of e-learning…
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Arbitration or Not?
Make sure that if you are going to arbitration it is really worth it and you can handle…
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Judgement Devices
You probably have learned a lot about calculating answers. Business schools typically spend time on ROI, net present…
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Accommodating Disabilities While Managing Absenteeism
Dealing with employee disabilities, and the legal complexities they pose, is one of the most difficult challenges for…
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Are You Talking to Me? Rx for Extraverts and Introverts
George Bernard Shaw said: “The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred.” Nowhere…
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Do Your Training Programs Assume People Think Alike?
Research confirms that training often has a cognitive bias in its design and delivery. Whether you use MBTI,…
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BC Budget an Opportunity for HR to Show Their Stuff
The budget that was announced by the BC government on February 21st clearly set out a challenge and…
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Workplace Police or Workplace Connector?
Last fall I read an article that focused on new research showing that job embeddedness—“how people fit and…
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Bullying is Bad Business
Schoolyard bullies don’t go away. They grow up and get jobs… and continue to bully. In fact, the…
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E-Learning: Do It Right (But Do It!)
The key is this – technology is changing faster and faster than ever before and today’s cool is…