Boundaries are funny things. They are the personal and interpersonal rules that you create for yourself, your guidelines around acceptable and unacceptable behaviours. They are unique to you: formed from the array of your life experiences, your family and home,…
Are you familiar with the phrase “we all make mistakes?” It’s undeniably true – we all make mistakes, some more than others. How wonderful! Wait, what? Wonderful? Yes, it sounds cliché, but when you dig into the concept of failure…
So often, those words are met with groans of disappointment, rolled eyes, and commiserating glances or comments with those at our table or on our Zoom screens. Here we go, another 15 minutes wasted looking silly in front of colleagues…
Regardless of the sector you work in, a common theme you probably hear these days is frustration with Generation Z. As we continue to grapple with an incredibly tight labour market – not enough workers and an abundance of unfilled…
Since the onset of the pandemic, we've experienced a seemingly constant wave of change - to the way we work, where we work, and how we work. We've seen lines blur or dissolve entirely between work and home, personal and…
March 8 is International Women’s Day! This year’s theme: #EmbraceEquity. Today’s Engaged HR blog addresses an equity-related topic that is predominantly relevant to women: the challenges faced by mothers in the workplace. As equity is about removing barriers, this conversation…
Are you surprised by the working world of 2023? When COVID-19 began, employers reacted quickly to the reality of telework and virtual work environments. We learned by trial and error, eventually creating a workplace that would last the duration of…
“I still have music in me!” Did you watch the movie The Intern? In this heartwarming comedy, former executive Ben (Robert de Niro) accepts a role as a “senior” intern at an e-commerce company led by young CEO Jules (Anne…
Despite the steady return to in-person living, employees are still seeing the value in working from home however a key question for employers persists: How do you know if your employees are working productively… or working at all? Remote employee…
As HR professionals we love HR. We love it so much that we often watch a movie or a show just to pick out the HR themes and see how the world of fiction deals with them. Whether you like…