Larry Berg Retires: From HR to CEO at Vancouver Airport Authority

Mary Jordan, Chair of Vancouver Airport Authority has announced that Larry Berg will be retiring early next year after 15 years as president and...

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Integrating Customer and Employee Engagement to Elevate Business Performance

By Adam DiPaula, PhD In this article, we show how organizations can use customer and employee engagement measures to drive key business outcomes, like retention...

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The State of the Unions

By Jock Finlayson A recent report suggesting that two of Canada’s biggest unions are contemplating combining forces highlights the challenges confronting trade unions in today’s...

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Tracking Absence on the Bottom Line

By Cori Maedel While vacation pay is a cost factored into a businesses’ budget, absences may not be. A survey by Hewitt Associates revealed that...

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Avoid the Fad: Engage the Facts and Figures

By Ian J. Cook, CHRP Engagement is an alluring concept. Intuitively it sounds great; who would not want people to be engaged? The promise that...

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Rethinking Talent Reviews: Overcoming Four Common Challenges of High-Potential Identification

By Eric Hanson, Ph.D. Approaches to conducting talent reviews vary across organizations, but most include a process for high-potential identification. High potentials, (“top talent” or...

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The Gap of the Wages: Public vs. Private

By Jock Finlayson As governments across the country tackle budget deficits that were pushed higher by the 2008-09 recession, the compensation of employees in the...

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Income Disparity Deepens Divide

By Jock Finlayson The past year witnessed considerable public and media interest in the issue of inequality, as evidenced by the emergence of the “Occupy...

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