How to Recruit in 2023: Finding Ideal Candidates In 2021, the world witnessed a record number of job openings. Fast forward to the end of 2022, and the numbers don’t seem to get much better. Yes, 10.7 million job openings are better than 11 million last year, but the challenge is very real – it’s […]
Event Recap: Agility Reimagined
The 2022 Agility Reimagined Summit took a lens to ways to move from resiliency and to agility in a sustainable manner that fosters the wellbeing of the individual and organization. The event addressed the question ‘what can people strategists do to ensure conditions exist to support cooperation and innovation within companies?’ Attendees left with new […]
Beat the Great Resignation with this Five-Step Onboarding Process
Employee Onboarding Tips Did you know that just 12% of workers believe their company does a good job onboarding new hires? It is no wonder employee engagement is declining amidst the “Great Resignation,” as the onboarding experience sets the tone for a team member’s tenure with your organization and directly impacts retention. According to the […]
LinkedIn Names Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. as a Top Voice in Company Culture
SHRM President and CEO Makes LinkedIn’s List of Top Voices Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) President and Chief Executive Officer Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, was named a 2022 Top Voice in Company Culture by LinkedIn. The Top Voices in Company Culture list highlights 10 thought leaders who focus on building great workplaces, developing […]
Employee Background Checks: Why Bother?
5 Reasons You Need To Do an Employee Background Check As a business owner, you know that protecting your company is priority number one. So, when hiring a new employee, it’s important to do your due diligence and perform background checks on each one of them. It helps to ensure that the person you’re hiring […]
How to Better Compete For Talent
People strategies of the world’s most admired companies in a full-employment economy In the wake of ‘the great resignation’ and the equally dramatic post-pandemic re-organization of our ways of working, a number of organizations are caught in a tough talent crunch in 2022. The challenges of attracting and retaining talent have never been more real. […]
DEI: Getting Leadership Buy-In
How to get your senior leadership team to invest in DEI DEI is a value we try to reflect in Canadian society, but one of the biggest challenges to creating and executing a successful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy is ensuring you have senior leadership buy-in. What’s the challenge? Getting people to agree that it […]
HR Misconceptions and Misalignment: Warning Signs
Employee Misalignment: 7 Things to Look Out For and How to Fix Them Are you and your employees aligned over how to improve your workplace? Employees want to work in an organization where they feel safe to grow and thrive in their careers; meanwhile, HR leaders want to ensure employees have the tools and resources […]
A Diagonal Ascent: Encouraging, Building and Maintaining Post-COVID, Cross-Functional Teams
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, work models have seen accelerated change. Quick and significant pivots have necessitated a shift in managerial practices for many, if not most, companies. It has become increasingly clear that employees are as precious a resource as any service or product. There is a new focus in the workplace […]
How to Create Psychological Safety in the Workplace: Tips for Leaders and Peers
By Dionn Schaffner, Chief Diversity Officer, Aurea Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson is a salient example of how to tactically engage with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace. Biden put action into words: he said he was going to do something, and he did it. He used his resources and […]