Workplace Culture

Future Proofing Your HR Department The rapid advancement of technology is changing the way we think of work, how we work and the future of work. The business environment is fundamentally being transformed by new technologies, from artificial intelligence (AI) to...

5 Things to Get Right in this New Decade The new decade has caught many organizations wondering about what abounds in the months and years ahead. The trends of last year have not disappeared. As we move forward, here are some things we should observe and try to get...

Scary Pronouncements In July 2009, the C. D. Howe Institute, a Canadian think tank, released a report in which they estimated that, by 2030, the cost of age-sensitive spending will be $1.5 trillion. (Age-sensitive spending ― that is, the cost of supporting people as...

In a recent report by Craig Dowden, PhD, entitled “Civility Matters” prepared for APEX (The Association of Public Service Executives), the author reminded us of how important civility in the workplace is to a well functioning organization. It states: The rising...

Premier Wynne has mandated the Minister of Labour to determine actions that will reduce the wage gap between men and women, which has stayed stubbornly high at around 30%. In the public sector this figure is slightly lower but not by much. This is very disappointing...

The Government’s budget that promises tough times for the next three years has passed. The Government has introduced legislation that would freeze wages for selected organizations and non unionized employees and has served notice on public sector unions that there is...

The challenges of the business environment are penetrating both private and public organizations at an alarming pace. As new business trends, compliance issues and changes in government policies face us, many leaders at the helm of organizations struggle to make ends...

Is Your Organization Millennial Ready? “The times they are a-changing”. As the inter-generational blame game thickens, and Millennials move into leadership roles, a whirlwind of opinions comparing Millennials with non-Millennials continue to surface, beckoning...

As the horrors of the sexual harassment stories unfold, many executives find themselves turning the search light on their own internal procedures. The wave of sexual harassment incidents reported by women is great news for media houses, but for organizations it is an...

Why didn’t you tell? Over the last couple of weeks since the news about Jian Ghomeshi broke, that question is being asked, and actually answered, by many women. Women who have experienced harassment, degradation and violence from men they knew. As horrific as the Jian...