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Card-Thrusting and Other Schmoozey Networking Violations
It was the first networking event of the conference. I stood at the door, knees knocking, wishing I…
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Workplace Violence – Hockey Style
We may not tend to think of professional athletes when we’re considering the rules of employment but, for…
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The New HR: It’s Everywhere
As we move into a new era of business, the role of HR as a business function is…
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Finders, Keepers: Recruitment and Retention in a Changing World
Back in the good old days of HR, when a job needed a body, an ad was put…
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President’s Message: Recruit to Retain
In an increasingly competitive market for talent, the ways in which we find new employees and engage them…
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Lessons Learned: Designing e-Learning
I’m working on developing an e-learning course using Articulate. I am very impressed with many aspects of Articulate,…
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Dealing with the Insolent, Insubordinate or Disobedient Employee
Employers need not put up with a recalcitrant employee or workplace malcontent indefinitely. An employee who is insolent,…
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Creating Gravity, Fun… and a Little Weirdness
Wouldn’t ‘work’ be more fun if we were doing the things we WANTED to do, rather than the…
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Ontario’s Bill 138 Creates Strong HR Dialogue
On March 3rd, 2011 Bill 138 passed its second reading in the Ontario legislature. This marks a significant…
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Why Measure HR?
The most frequently used analogy for measuring HR is that of driving a car without a speedometer. How…
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New Rules to Govern Foreign Worker Futures
The Canadian government is set to introduce new rules to regulate temporary foreign workers in Canada. The rules,…
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Simplicity: The Neglected Value
What do Leonardo Da Vinci, Churchill, Einstein, Walt Whitman, Chopin, Bruce Lee and Chris Brogan agree upon? They…