Team Building Won’t Fix the Team

By Pam Paquet Managers commonly seek out “team building” sessions for their staff. They want a fix for low morale, falling productivity, strained working relationships...

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Diversity in the Workplace: 5 Ways to Help Your Team Perform Better

By Bruna Martinuzzi When we think of diversity, most of us first think of race, ethnicity, gender and age. We think of the legendary Louis...

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Collaboration, Creativity and Teamwork: Are You Playing Your Song Yet?

By Lowry Olafson If a picture is worth a thousand words, what then is the value of a medium that can simultaneously tell a story,...

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Tapping into the Talent of Temps

By Sandra Miles In a recovering economy, companies must discover new ways to strategically build a competitive edge. HR practices and employee management have become...

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The HR Edge: Performance and Productivity

By Donna Howes, CHRP Productive workplaces feel alive with energy and ideas; proud workplaces take things to a whole new level. Nearly 25 years ago, Martin...

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A New Buzz for Teams

By Kyla Nicholson, CHRP Candidate It’s time for a new buzzword. Rather than “building teams”, Harvard business professor Amy Edmonson who studies teams, says we’ve...

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Shared Leadership: An Olympian’s Insights on Success

By Adam Kreek ‘Athletes like Sidney Crosby, Kobe Bryant or David Beckham would never stand out in a Gold Medal rowing eight. Akin to most...

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Smoothing Transitions: Factoring Diversity

Aman* was recruited to senior management in the head office of a pharmaceutical company just six months after arriving in Canada. He came highly...

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