Northern Symposium Highlights New HR Realities

By Isabelle St-Jean, RSW, ACC Learning. Leading. Legacy. Those three words underscore the efforts of all those seeking solutions in a changing workforce; they also served...

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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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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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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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Increasing Employee Accountability: The Critical Role of Leadership

By Craig Dowden Accountability is an important feature of any workplace. When employees are able to take responsibility for their work, they feel empowered by...

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Partners, Not Employees

By Marshall Goldsmith Talent management is a field that requires a healthy dose of leadership on the part of its practitioners, who must be innovators...

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Whale Rider: An Icebreaker for Succession Planning

By Joel Shapiro Whale Rider (2005) is a great movie about family, tradition, maintaining your identity and values in the modern world, passing leadership...

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HR Makes Management Accountable: Aligning Actions and Values

By David Creelman Management’s actions are often inconsistent with their espoused values. It is the HR leader’s job to point this out. My colleague Andrew...

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