Always keen to promote all things Canadian and even more inclined to shout about developments in technology, the HR Gazette wanted to highlight some exciting news out of sunny Alberta. The Canadian Cloud Council has announced a quarterly “un-startup event” called Subculture. The inaugural Subculture get-together will be held in conjunction with Mobile Monday Edmonton […]
Death by reports
Do you ever get into your car and start driving with no idea where you’re going? Not likely! When you start out, you know where you’re going to end up. It’s the same way when we’re managing projects. We begin with the end, or result in mind. It doesn’t matter what aspect of project management […]
Finding and hiring experienced employees
Some estimates indicate that Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) currently account for as much as 46 percent of the Canadian workforce. In addition, according to Statistics Canada, it is likely that one out of every four people in the labour force will be 55 years or over by 2021 (see http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-010-x/2011008/part-partie3-eng.htm). With an aging […]
Trending on Twitter: Human Resources
What Organizations Need Now From Human Resources(Forbes) The job of Human Resources today is to make people and organizations grow, yet it has only marginally evolved since its inception around the end of the nineteenth century. Starting as “Personnel,” to protect women and girls in industrial environments, … Administration announces new Human Resources leadership(vtdigger.org) A new […]
How to inspire and enable your potential
This post is for leaders, emerging leaders, and ALL people who want to find NEW ways, faster ways, better ways to feel, work, do and live better at a speed of change, challenges, opportunities and failures that will continue to accelerate. What makes me an expert in optimizing potential and results in the face of change, […]
Understanding return on employee investment
Your people are your biggest asset. Return on employee investment comes in various forms but is usually understand in terms of productivity and profitability. Hiring the wrong people, however, can be costly. A new infographic by Sage North America helps explain the value and cost of employees. Positive return on employee investment begins in companies that take […]
Team Planning Tips
Creating a Team Charter Creating and agreeing on a team charter can set team projects up for success. The team Charter is an opportunity to ensure that everyone involved at the team (and senior management) level knows why the project needs to be carried out, understands what the objectives and measures of success are, and has […]
Vendor Profile: ANCILE Solutions uLearn Learning Management System
ANCILE Solutions uLearn Learning Management System—A Vendor Solution Brief Headquartered in Elkridge, Maryland, ANCILE Solutions came out of a 2010 acquisition, in which Court Square Capital Partners purchased RWD Technologies (started in 1999) and renamed the software products division, ANCILE Solutions. With approximately 150 staff globally (with international offices in Australia, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and […]
Winning and managing success: How to think like Sir Alex Ferguson
In How to Think Like Sir Alex Ferguson, Professor Damian Hughes goes into the mind of one of the world’s most successful leaders to reveal 10 powerful and practical lessons for leadership and business. Drawing on his first hand experiences of working with Ferguson, managers can learn about his secrets on people management, changing mindsets, visualisation, […]
The Evolution of Global Workplace Violence Research
This is the third in a series of segments which together comprise a larger paper presented at the Ninth World Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion, Merida, Mexico, focusing on workplace violence from a “global” perspective. In its entirety, this paper examines the contributing factors of workplace abuse which plague both developed and developing nations. The formal study of workplace violence is a relatively new […]