Meditation, Mindfulness and Healthy Change Management: A Case Study of Pacific Blue Cross (Part One)

By Wendy Quan Pacific Blue Cross recently underwent the largest technology and business transformation in the history of the organization—and tapped into a powerful change...

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HR Leadership at All Levels: From the Table to the Frontline

By Nancy Painter It’s a common topic when HR professionals gather to discuss the state of the profession – the often elusive seat at the...

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Networking for Nerds: Tips to Help Reluctant Networkers Make Connections

We all know people who can walk into a room full of total strangers and walk back out with a group of new best...

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Maximize Optimism in the Workplace

When it comes to work these days, we're all expected to do more with less—but is this nose-to-the-grindstone philosophy the best way to run...

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The Importance of Improvisation? Innovation (And All That Jazz)

By Doug Turner and Brian Fraser Are we out of touch in a high-tech world? Given today’s technology-driven web of social medias, we humans would seem...

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What’s on the Minds of BC’s HR Leaders?

By Rock Lefebvre At the risk of sounding simplistic, the deployment of human capital and corresponding productivity remains a key priority across sectors and geographic...

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Informed View: Is Canada Due for Pension Reform?

By Rock Lefebvre Incited by provincial and national debate over recent years, pension reform is clearly on the minds of Canadians. Aggravated by the decline...

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The CEO Wish List: What the CEO Wants From HR

By Natalie Michael, CHRP About two years ago, I started running CEO peer learning groups with MacKay CEO Forums.  Essentially, this involves chairing a meeting...

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