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Down to the Crunch: HR Metrics Service Aims to Become the Standard
No matter how great a “people person” you are as an HR professional, important company decisions cannot be…
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Protecting Privacy During Hiring
The hiring process is one period when the employer’s collection, use, and disclosure of employees’ personal information is…
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The Impact of Culture on Productivity
If one were to pose the question of whether culture has an impact on productivity, the answer would…
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Family Day Highlights Work/Life Challenge for HR Professionals
British Columbians are looking forward to the new Family Day holiday, but the February day off highlights an…
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Reacting to Riots: Firing From the Hip
By Graeme McFarlane Overtime is finished and the home team suffers a heartbreaking loss. The season of hopes…
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Eight Conversation Competencies for Leaders
There are at least eight essential conversation competencies that can help CEOs engage their stakeholders, peers, clients and…
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HR 3.0: Harnessing to the Digital Economy
In his book Simplexity, author Jeffrey Kluger describes how different biological, chemical and physical systems function according to…
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The Importance of Character
Character is, indeed, who we are when no one is looking. Nowhere is this more crucial than for…
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The HR Edge: Performance and Productivity
Productive workplaces feel alive with energy and ideas; proud workplaces take things to a whole new level. Nearly…
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Seven Tips for Bettering Work/Life Balance
If you’ve been killing yourself trying to achieve daily work/life balance, Jon Gordon warns that it may be…
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Increasing Engagement in Tough Times
Most organizations that cut staff, reduce pay and reduce benefits would expect to see their staff engagement drop.…
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Readying For the Reality of an Aging Workplace
While the ranks of retiring British Columbians are bound to swell, there will also be more boomers who…