News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
Most people are freaked out when they are surfing Facebook or another site and find targeted ads related to a product they were researching earlier in the day. Ok, I’m a little freaked out but I am also amazed at how companies know to bring content to me based on data. I guess that’s why […]
Ahead of Hacking HR Toronto, speaker Josh Siegal shares his thoughts on issues related to his session. The era of the knowledge worker has created an undeniable war for talent. In order to win, in almost any industry, organizations need the very best people. Few senior leaders would argue this statement. The war for talent has […]
Changing How We Train Employees It goes without saying that the more complex the job at hand is, the more energy (but not necessarily money) you need to invest in order to ensure you’ll have some results at the end of the day. The trouble is, many employers nowadays can’t really be bothered with training […]
The Importance of Workplace Collaboration Although it may sometimes be difficult to improve, efficient teamwork is vital to the success of almost any business. Cooperation allows corporations to combine the strengths and views of all their employees. Doing so, they can accomplish organizational goals. Cooperation is crucial to the organization for a number of important […]
The Toronto Public Library will play host to the latest DisruptHR Toronto tonight. The 6th edition of the popular event for those in and around HR will happen 5:30-9:30 and promises to provide one of the strongest speaker line-ups yet! The sold-out summit is produced by Tim Baker, Owner & Consultant at Tim Baker HR […]
In the latest episode of the HRchat show, Bill Banham talks with Esther Dyson, executive founder of the Way to Wellville, a decade-long, evidence-generating project devoted to understanding and testing models for cultivating community health that will return profits to investors and health to the participants and their communities. Esther is a speaker at this […]
Virgin Pulse’s annual Thrive Summit – the conference focusing on employee health, wellbeing and engagement – starts today and Bill Banham from The HR Gazette will be covering the 3-day event. Watch out for special episodes of the HRchat podcast this week with Thrive speakers including Esther Dyson! 100s of HR pros and business leaders will […]
In this episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Ilya Brotzky, CEO and CoFounder of VanHack, a leading Canadian HR Tech startup. Featured in Fast Company, BC Business, and Betakit, Ilya leads a team of 30+ employees from 11 countries with the mission of creating a borderless world for tech talent through jobs. The […]
In this episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Tony Deblauwe, author, of such books such as Tangling with Tyrants about boss behavior, ways leaders can better engage and motivate employees, and how to avoid burnout in the workplace. Listen to this HRchat episode and discover: What are some of the challenge for organizations in developing […]
It’s not an uncommon occurrence for employees to slack off at work. Whether it’s checking social media, watching videos on the internet, making personal phone calls, or any number of distractions, employees often have their attention diverted away from work. For this reason, among many others, companies may wish to implement a monitoring system to […]