Leading Through Appreciation
Remember the nursery rhyme, “The Farmer in the Dell?” If you played this game as a child, you know how it went: everyone stood in a circle surrounding one kid in the middle - the “Farmer.” As a group, you…
Showing Appreciation During National Volunteer Week
April 24 – 30, 2022 is National Volunteer Week and it is a great time to appreciate your volunteers! They have a number of excellent resources available for you to use as part of your appreciation efforts. Recognition and appreciation…
Including Transgender People at the Workplace
Our society is changing, slowly, but changing nonetheless. While trans people have gained measurable legal rights over the past two decades, societal acceptance and workplace inclusion have lagged legislation. As a result, many trans people continue to live in fear…
Creating the Great Retention Through Training
Resignation. Great or otherwise, is a disruptive event in the organization’s life. Depending on who the employee is, their resignation could disrupt the entire organizational strategy. Best-case scenario, it means several weeks of additional workload for colleagues and (on average)…
Bullying vs. Conflict – Know the Difference
Over the last decade, there’s been an increasing awareness of the impacts of bullying – from celebrity-endorsed anti-bullying campaigns to legislation addressing the prevention of bullying and harassment at work. While this heightened awareness is good news, it has also…
Resistance is Futile: Guiding Your Team through Change
Change is difficult. You’re thinking to yourself, “I’ve seen enough change over this past year and a half to last me a lifetime.” But the other thing about change is
Venting Vs. Intervention: What Do You Want from Me?
Everyone needs to blow off steam sometimes. You’ve been there before: frustration, annoyance, or anxiety builds up, until the only thing that helps is to get whatever is bothering you off your chest. But when it happens at work –…
Top HR Trends for 2022
It’s that time of the year again when we attempt to predict some of the key trends and challenges facing human resources professionals and organizations in 2022. For 2021 we predicted an increasing focus on employee mental health, diversity and…
The Reality of Implementing a Paid Sick Leave
This week Dr Bonnie Henry, BC’s Provincial Health Officer, advised employers to develop business contingency plans that account for as much as 1/3 of their workforce to be off sick in the coming weeks or even months. This announcement was…
Micromanagement 101: Learning to Let It Go
If there’s anything we’ve learned over the course of the pandemic, it’s the multitude of ways we can keep track of what our teams are doing. Pick a communication tool, any tool: Slack, Zoom, Teams, OneNote, Flock, Twist, Trello –…