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Workplace Psychological Health and Safety: New Tools and a National Standard
The psychological health and safety of employees will soon get the same attention as physical health and safety.…
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Kara Biles, CHRP: Rising Star 2011
At this point in my career, my goals gravitate around growing, giving back and making a difference. As…
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Transparently Yours: Communicating in the Connected Age
Though the new connected world we live in has many benefits, it is not without its challenges. Despite…
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Emotionally Anchoring our Professional Development (Part Seven)
What are emotional anchors and how do they impact us? This category with the Personality Development Factors Model…
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Metrics Service ‘One More Point of Reference’
Originally started by BC HRMA, the HR Metrics Service is now an inter-provincial collaboration involving four HR associations…
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What Keeps Heads of HR Up at Night?
One of the greatest challenges facing HR is finding a way to apply the proverbial ‘best practices’ within…
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Top 10% of Employers Beat Absenteeism Trend
Absenteeism is a key measure for HR. It is a significant driver of HR workload, both from the…
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Pendulum Swings in Employees’ Favour Again
One of the areas of employment law which remains least predictable is the enforceability of post-employment restrictive covenants.…
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Solutions in Search of Problems
The theme for my work lately has been “solutions seeking problems”. You know, the situation where you are…
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The Transactive Culture of High Performing Teams
We are fundamentally wired to connect. Daniel Goleman, in his book Social Intelligence, describes how the amygdala (an…
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Moving Towards a Mobile Workforce
This isn’t your grandfather’s workforce anymore…thanks to advances in technology, work no longer needs to be tethered to…
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Social Media for HR Success
Embracing technology is a must for every organization and being tech savvy is critical for every manager, especially…