Help! My new employees burn out!
Has this happened to you? You hire a new employee and they are doing great! They are eager, competent and picking up on the work really quickly. You like working with them and things seem to be going great! Then,…
5 Ways to Engage Your Seasonal Employees
As the school year wraps up and businesses kick into summer gear, many organizations are looking to add temporary employees or summer students to their team. But engaging and retaining seasonal employees comes with a unique set of challengers for…
Gender Inclusion – Are You Following Best Practices?
By now, most employers are aware of the updates to the Human Rights Act that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression. (If you’re not familiar with the changes, here’s what you need to know.) In wake of…
Do Your Spreadsheets Drive You Crazy?
With the first quarter of the new year well underway, you just might be behind already in updating your spreadsheets, in running your reports and in being able to streamline your processes. For many of us, we would love to…
The Secret to Employee Retention: Stay Interviews
It’s no secret that it’s a tight market right now for qualified candidates. And for employers, this means that if your top performers are looking to leave, chances are good they’ll have an easy time finding a new position. Back-filling…
Back to School – Why Education Matters
With summer behind us and cool weather approaching, back to school time is here. While the term “back to school” typically conjures images of school-aged children, high school or post-secondary students marching off to school with backpacks, employers can also…
Why Succession Planning Matters
You’ve hired for fit, you’ve got the right people in the right roles, and everything is humming along smoothly. Everyone knows what they need to be doing, and you’ve put together a high-performing, cohesive team. Though it can be tempting…
Creating Trans-Affirming Workplaces
Engaged HR is pleased to have guest blogger Kingsley Strudwick of Ambit Gender Diversity Consulting share their thoughts in this week’s blog. After many decades of grassroots organizing, we’ve seen an unprecedented acknowledgement of the transgender community in the past few…
Micro-Learning – The New School of Training
We all know the feeling of attending a less-than-engaging workshop or course. You’re passively slouched, chugging coffee, playing with your pen, and struggling to keep your eyes open during lecture-style training. You know it’s likely useful information, so you do…
Rewarding Curiousity: Build A Culture of Continuous Learning
The best employees are curious—they want to learn. They want to know why, how much, how come, how things work, and how things can be improved. And they’re constantly looking for ways to add value by applying that learning to…