The Future of HR: Where We Need to Look NOW
By Jennifer Gerves-Keen According to PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) report, “The Future of HR,” managing complexity, ambiguity and technology are the biggest trends for HR as we head toward the year...
View ArticleHandle With Care: The Impact of Workplace Investigations
By Kellie Auld, CHRP Even if you are not a listener of CBC Radio One, you have likely heard the name Jian Ghomeshi and are aware of his connection to what has become a well-publicized sexual harassment...
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In & Out: Diverging Views on LGBT+ Inclusion in the Workplace
By Thomas Sasso and Cathy Gallagher-Louisy Often when we think about diversity, we think about just one dimension of diversity—ethnicity, for example. In many of our organizations, we have HR systems...
View ArticleSharing the Responsibility: Seeding the Recruitment Mindset
By Morgan Kemick, CHRP As much as human resources professionals appreciate and value the recruitment and selection process within an organization, we all know what an onerous task it can be when it is...
View ArticleThe CEO Wish List: What the CEO Wants From HR
By Natalie Michael, CHRP About two years ago, I started running CEO peer learning groups with MacKay CEO Forums. Essentially, this involves chairing a meeting with up to 14 non-compete CEOs who come...
View ArticleThe Politics of Perception: HR From the Outside In
By Jane Terepocki, CHRP “Too often, we have seen HR professionals as the cobbler’s barefoot children, showing no signs of benefitting from the work practices they recommend and thus providing little...
View ArticleA Fine Balance of Interests: Ethics, Confidentiality and Culture
By Laura Reid, CHRP You have been provided with detailed medical information on an employee and then learn from the employee’s manager that their performance has dropped substantially. Do you divulge...
View ArticleBetter Off Together: Age-Diverse Workforce a Winning Formula
By ThirdQuarter Take a walk around one of Global Relay’s five offices around the globe and something jumps out immediately. No Cookie-Cutter Employees No one looks the same. Their 300-strong workforce...
View ArticleSocial Media, HR and Progressive Policy
By Andrew Woods With ubiquitous applications such as Twitter and LinkedIn having become standard tools of communication within the business community, managing the risks and rewards associated with...
View ArticleBeyond Survival Mode: How to Avoid Burnout and Thrive
By Isabelle St-Jean As any working professional can attest, there are fatigues which rest does cure—and if left unaddressed can lead to burnout. For HR professionals in particular, the risk is as real...
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Emotional EQuity Brings Inspired Returns
By Brenda Young “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” —Theodore Roosevelt It’s that touchy-feely stuff business balks at: feelings in the workplace. However, emotions...
View ArticleLabour Demand and Supply in Canada: The Big Picture?
By Jock Finlayson Concerns over skilled and more general labour shortages continue to be voiced by employer organizations across the country. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the...
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Investing In People Key to Growth: Canada Lags in Non-formal Learning
By Christian Codrington, CHRP The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development broadly defines non-formal education as an “organized and sustained educational activity” that can “take place...
View ArticleCross-Generation Communication, Collaboration and Creativity
By Amelia Chan, CHRP While discussions around generations and age demographics have been hot button topics for HR professionals and business leaders for some time, the focus of that conversation has...
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Why is emotional intelligence so important to HR’s workplace impact?
Yvonne Thompson, CHRP president and CEO, Change Innovators Inc. Yvonne Thompson, MA., CHRP, president and CEO of Change Innovators Inc®, is a nationally-recognized author and acclaimed speaker whose...
View ArticleCHRP Changes Mark Strong HR Futures
By Natalie Green Canada’s Certified Human Resources Professionals (CHRPs) have reason to be confident in the future of their designation. According to the Canadian Council of Human Resources...
View ArticleStepping Beyond a Culture of Fear?
By Lindsay Macintosh, CHRP In today’s workplace where change and uncertainty are rampant, managing fear in the workplace is essential for organizations to sustain themselves and stay competitive....
View ArticleCan Old Dogs Learn New Tricks? Five Steps to Growing EQ
By Nic Tsangarakis We can all improve. Case in point, I know that I need to get better at dealing with conflict. This is as a result of feedback from my business partner, some of our team members here...
View ArticleThe New Balance: The Millennial Melding of Work and Life
By Bernadette Smith Let’s suspend our workplace reality for a moment. Imagine a world where you have the freedom to deliver on work expectations on a schedule that works the best for you, from whatever...
View ArticleThe Science of Emotion (and Why We Need to Take it to Heart)
By Jennifer Gerves-Keen Social connectivity is one of the most important survival tools of humans. It also has far-reaching consequences on our capacity for personal growth, as ‘social pain’—such as...
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