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Time To Change Your Culture? (Five Key Questions Every Leader Needs Ask)
As an executive coach, I have noticed a recurring theme in my recent coaching sessions: CEO’s want to…
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Who is an “Employee” under the British Columbia Human Rights Code?
The Supreme Court of Canada has provided some important guidance regarding who qualifies as an “employee” under the…
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Small Business Offers Big Insights On Best Workplace Practice
Without a doubt, small business matters in large amounts—as always, it’s good people that make it all happen.…
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Go Beyond Anti-Bullying: Shift Up to Referent Power
Over the past 25 years, I have visited hundreds of school and spoken to thousands of students throughout…
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TFWs Remain Viable Solution for BC’s Shrinking Trained Workforce
Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program are necessary. What often fails to be discussed however, as public…
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Meaningful Consultation Key to Collective Bargaining
The importance of true collective bargaining has been once again highlighted in British Columbia. The British Columbia Government…
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Hikes Impact More Than Minimum Wage
Proposals to increase the minimum wage have been gaining political traction on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.…
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The Art of Retaining Part-Time Employees
At Harrison Galleries and The Buzz Café, co-owner Jennifer Harrison is leveraging its part-time employment opportunities to keep…
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Evidence-Based Decision-Making: Big Data and the Human Touch
Big data is a term increasingly being used to capture the emerging industry practice of analyzing multiple databases…
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Reinvent the Workplace with Generation Connect
Reinventing the workplace is about holding ourselves to a standard of business excellence higher than our customers and…
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Entrepreneurial Employees: Cultivate an Entrepreneurial Attitude in Your Staff
Have you ever looked at your staff and wondered why some of them continually meet and exceed your…
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Challenging Conversations Key to Core Culture
The new Workplace Bullying and Harassment legislation of 2013 has created a heightened awareness of professional conduct (and…