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The Role of a Leader within a High-Performing Team

What Truly is a “High-Performing Team?” The term ‘high-performing’ is, on the surface, easy to understand. A team is high-performing when they achieve all the goals/KPIs that have been set for that team. However, is it really that simple? What … Continue reading →

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What If We Can’t Ignore Gen Ys Anymore?

Can We Still Discount Gen Ys? Earlier this week, the province of New Brunswick elected the youngest premier in Canadian history. At 32 years old, premier Brian Gallant falls into the Gen Y cohort. As with any generation, 3-4 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Millennials | Tagged baby boomers, employee expectations, gen x, leadership, millennials, multigenerational

Creating Mutual Accountability Between Leaders & Direct Reports

Mutual Accountability in the Workplace Once upon a time, the notion of there being ‘mutual accountability’ between a leader and his/her direct report would have been seen as an overly sensitive way to look at the reporting relationship. Traditionalist, Baby … Continue reading →

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What Happens During Downsizing & How Organizations Can Manage The Experience

Change Management During Downsizing Unfortunately, downsizing can be necessary sometimes. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s not a difficult process. Downsizing introduces many challenges and changes into an organization. Those employees who remain may have feelings of unease, anger or … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership | Tagged change management, downsizing, leaders, leadership

Problem-Solving Key Generational Issues

Creating a Strategy for All Generations The fact that there are multiple generations in the workplace and that they have different values and expectations impacts every aspect of an organization’s people strategies. This includes how organizations attract employees, how they … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership | Tagged baby boomers, career development, employees, engagement, gen x, leadership, management, millennials, multigenerational, problem solving, traditionalists

Four Key Workplace Trends

The Current Workplace Landscape: Perspectives, Considerations and Challenges With an improved economy, organizations face a rise in turnover and declining employee productivity. However, there are also key opportunities in the current workplace landscape. Here are four key trends and the … Continue reading →

Posted in HR Training | Tagged baby boomers, career development, employee expectations, gen x, hiring, human resources, leadership, millennials, trends, workplace

Building a Winning Performance Management Process

Definition and Goals of Performance Management Performance management (PM) is a regular, ongoing activity that is carried out by managers and supervisors and is aimed at enhancing and maintaining employee performance objectives, however, often leaders struggle with how to effectively … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership | Tagged career, career development, career paths, leadership, performance management

Corporate Citizenship and Green Workplaces

Benefits of Corporate Citizenship It is becoming increasingly important for organizations to focus time, effort and energy on corporate citizenship, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and going “green.” Why? Because corporate citizenship has many advantages, including increased employee morale, strengthened brand … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership | Tagged baby boomers, corporate citizenship, corporate social responsibility, employee expectations, employee retention, gen x, leadership, millennials, multigenerational, traditionalists

The Race to Engage Future Leaders

The Race to Engage Future Leaders. What’s the Hurry? Many industries are facing a looming leadership gap as seasoned employees retire and younger employees must assume increased responsibilities. In some organizations, there will not be enough qualified people to fill … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership | Tagged career development, employee retention, engagement, leadership, millennials

Succession Planning: Useful Exercise or an Exercise in Futility?

Succession Planning & Developing Future Leaders Organizations engage in succession planning in order to evaluate top talent, improve the organization’s strength in key positions, identify potential candidates early in their careers and create strategies to retain them, as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership | Tagged career development, career paths, employee expectations, gen x, leadership, millennials, succession planning