Top HR Shows and Movies
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…
Worried About Quiet Quitting?
Social Media’s latest buzzword has business leaders scrambling: quiet quitting. The phrase quiet quitting brings to mind images of employees sneaking out the side door never to return, mountains of work left incomplete on their desks. With the Great Resignation…
The 4-Day Workweek Conundrum
One of the consistent topics we hear about in recent months is the 4-day work week because let’s face it, we all want to work less and get paid more – a win/win for everyone. But how does it work,…
Lessons From the Home Front
There is a lot of talk about CEOs who are making the return to office mandatory, regardless of employee situation or request. Elon Musk’s recent emails and tweets requiring employees be in the office a minimum of 40 hours per…
Will Work For Treats: Introducing a Pet-Friendly Workplace
For many, the pandemic meant working from home which created a wonderful opportunity for us to spend more quality time with our pets. They were at our feet, walking across our keyboards and enjoying that extra walk at lunch time.…
Right to Disconnect
On June 3, 2022, Ontario’s right to disconnect law went into effect. The right to disconnect gives employees the ability to disconnect from work and work-related communications when their workday is done. Similar laws are already in place in France,…
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)…