Take a moment to reflect on your past few weeks at work: How many surprises have you dealt with this week? How many customer relationships have had to be rescued or late orders escalated? How many apologies were delivered, what information was re-explained, or tasks required to be re-done? As a leader you are going…
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communication, Leaders, opportunity, performance, Productivity
Fighting Fires in the Workplace
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in
Leadership
, Productivity
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Healthy Workplace, Winnipeg
Tips for Self-Care from a Recovering Workaholic – Part 2
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in
HR Trends
, Uncategorized
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Year end is coming and with the increased pressures of deadlines, holidays and other events it can make for some hectic weeks. Here are more tips that I’ve gathered along the way to help keep your sanity when life is busy: Self-Care at Work We are inundated by so many things that a little self-care…
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Ageism, hiring, recruitment, Selection, Winnipeg
Ageism is Dumb…Cut It Out Already
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in
HR Trends
, Recruitment
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I’ve written roughly a dozen drafts of this blog over the last few months trying to strike the right balance between tone and message, and I keep failing to get it right. So, I’m going to aim for blunt honesty and hope for the best. Here goes…. No, I won’t screen out candidates based on…
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employee experience, Healthy Workplace, self-care
The Power of Plants in the Workplace
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in
Healthy Workplace
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In my life I’m surrounded by people who share a common love for plants, never having much of a green thumb myself I live vicariously through their greenery while appreciating the aesthetic it adds to a space. What I’ve learned however is plants hold more power than just brightening up a room, especially in a…
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communication, motivation, opportunity, performance
Totally Motivated
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HR Trends
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Last year I played volleyball on Sundays in an adult co-ed league. In our playoff game, we had won the first set and were leading in the second. Then one of our girls got hit with the ball in an awkward spot, on the side of her face and neck. Her neck stiffened up and…
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commitments, organized, priorities, self-care, Winnipeg
Tips for Self-Care from a Recovering Workaholic – Part 1
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in
HR Trends
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Fall is a busy time following vacations and the comfortable routine of steady summer months. For our team, the fall is always busy and the same is true for many of our clients. For myself, I always approach fall excited but quickly end up in a spiral of crazy between work, board commitments, family commitments,…
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company culture, employee engagement, employee experience, Fad, HR Buzzwords, intentional people leadership, leadership
The Employee Engagement Fad
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Employee Engagement
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Ok, fine, I admit it – Employee Engagement has become the next HR fad, the next flavour of the month. Generally speaking, it’s already going away. However, it’s not leaving for entirely good reasons. The Employee Engagement journey started out as “Employee Happiness”. Some realists figured out that many employees were all too “happy” flying…
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careers, hiring, job-search, recruiting, recruitment, Winnipeg
It’s Not That I Don’t Like You (and Other Myths About Your Job Search)
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in
HR Trends
, Recruitment
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I’ve done a lot of recruiting in my career. Because of that, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with countless candidates about their job-search experiences; the highs, the lows and some common misconceptions about what companies are/aren’t looking for in an employee. It can be frustrating to look for work, particularly when not every “recruiter”…
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Culture, employee engagement, employee experience, hiring, opportunity, values
Culture Shock
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in
Employee Engagement
, HR Trends
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Culture shock is defined as “the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who is suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes.” This term is commonly experienced and associated with travelers going abroad, however, my experience didn’t take place numerous kilometers away in a foreign country. Mine happened from relocating…
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communication, company culture, Jim Collins, Netflix, simon sinek
Shifting a Negative Workplace Culture
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in
Employee Engagement
, HR Trends
, Leadership
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..Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives. Work life might not actually be a soap opera, but in some environments, it can feel like it. We have seen our fair share of messy situations in our client’s cultures – politics, drama, or poor communication resulting in situations that take up…
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