Commentary

We’ve all heard the best way to meet someone is through friends, however what do you do when instead of meeting and being interested in the friend of a workplace friend, but rather the workplace friend is the friend you are interested in becoming friendly with?  Confused?  Truthfully workplace romances […]

The solution to most business challenges includes a Human Resources component.  A product or service may attract customers but the ultimate sell and ongoing customer retention is highly influenced by employee behaviour.  Implement these steps to increase sales and keep customers. Start at the top Leadership is all about leading […]

Social networking tools like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and others are quickly becoming mainstays in the world of corporate communication. These days, it’s not uncommon – in fact, it’s quite ordinary – to “tweet” a colleague or business contact, post on a client’s Facebook “wall,” or send a professional status update […]

Hard to believe it is the start of another New Year.  Reflecting on the things that need to be done at this time of the year… establishing business goals and developing strategic business plans always sit at the top of the list.  So, how do most Company Presidents start this […]

As an HR Professional I hurriedly finish up my year end commitments and projects, working with Managers on setting up new plans and incentives for 2011 and begin to prepare working on my own set of  objectives and commitments for the year ahead. As I sit back and reflect on […]

Many business managers, business owners and executives rely on various business metrics to stay on track for attaining business goals and ensuring proper execution of plans, tasks and projects.  Most of the business metrics focus on accounting and financials with limited integration of HR metrics, these include: ROIs, operating costs, […]

There has always been a clear understanding that employers are held responsible for the actions of their managers and supervisors in matters concerning harassment in the workplace. Whether an employer knew that there was harassment going or not, if they do not take action upon learning of the complaint, they […]

We all know that terminating an employee is never going be a party.  It’s especially hard when it’s not a serious performance or “fit” issue……sometimes it’s not even as black and white as that. Think about an employee who has been with you a while…..performance just isn’t there anymore, there’s […]

Time flies, and the holiday season is here once again. That means it’s a time for overeating (“just one more Turtle…okay, six more…”), wondering why you complained so much about the heat during the summer as your frozen hands fumble for car keys, and of course, office parties. Now, I […]