Practice Makes Perfect Revisited: Deliberate Practice and the Development of Expertise

By Tom Gram Well-designed practice is what separates meaningful learning from passive information presentation.  But do we design adequate practice to build the expertise needed...

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Maximize the Value of Total Rewards in Your Hiring Process

By Peter Saulnier and Vincent Chow Alex, a recruiter in a mid-sized engineering firm, just got a phone call from Chris, a current candidate.  Chris...

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Hierarchy & Social Networks Both #FAIL. Now What?

By Brad Palmer The advent of social platforms and communication tools is rapidly changing how information flows inside of organizations. This is challenging how...

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Super Sleuth Workplace Tips

By Taryn Mackie and TJ Schmaltz CSI’s Gil Grissom is one of television’s most celebrated detectives — time and time again, he cracks the case! ...

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Yesterday’s Model? (New Modes of Thinking Required)

By Jennifer Gerves-Keen Our organizational models are not working; as HR professionals we should not be surprised—merely prepared. What does organizational change have to do...

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Lang Knows Her Business (and Yours)

Gemini-award winning business journalist Amanda Lang is CBC's senior business correspondent, reporting for, and occasionally hosting, its flagship nightly news program, The National. She...

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Why Collaboration Fails (And How To Fix It)

By Gervase R. Bushe Ph.D. In an era of increasingly delayered organisations and teams, the ability to get people to collaborate effectively may be the...

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Kevin Jeffrey, FCHRP: For the Benefit of All (BC HRMA Members)

For more than 20 years, Kevin Jeffrey, FCHRP has set the pace and defined the scope of HR. He has long served as both...

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