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Managing from the Middle

Posted on September 5th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, Hiring Talent, HR Related, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, Team Building

The Middle Makes it Happen In just about everything – life, work, and politics — the middle is extremely complex. Being in the middle of the business can be a difficult place. “Middleness” is particularly challenging when [ … ] Read More

Have you Hugged Your Boss Today?

Posted on August 21st, 2014 | Career Advancement, Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, HR Related, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, Seasonal Content, Team Building

The third Friday of each August is “Hug Your Boss Day.” This year Friday, August 22nd will highlight workplace relationships, build awareness of the employee/boss relationship and value the importance that managerial style affects employee job satisfaction and wellbeing. [ … ] Read More

Employees as Online Celebrities

Posted on July 18th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Guest Blogger, HR Related, Technology Today

Alexandra Samuel explores employees as online celebrities in a recent Wall Street Journal article: Co-branded employees can raise tough questions about how to contain their online activities—and how to compensate them. It also isn’t easy [ … ] Read More

Are You Satisfied with Your Employees Performance?

Posted on May 12th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, Guest Blogger, HR Related, Management Concepts

When it’s performance management time, is everyone just thrilled to be part of the process? People love to get feedback, and managers are just itching to have those constructive feedback discussions with their fully engaged employees. [ … ] Read More

April 23, 2014 is Administrative Professionals Day

Posted on April 22nd, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, HR Related, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, News, Seasonal Content, Team Building

Administrative Professionals is a bit of a catch-all title. It is a very broad job category that covers the entire scope of responsibilities and valuable contributions made by office coordinators, administrative assistants, administrative specialists, executive assistants, office managers, [ … ] Read More

It’s Laugh @ Work Week!

Posted on April 1st, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, HR Related, Inspiration, Management Concepts, News, Seasonal Content, Team Building

For one week each year the world celebrates Laugh at Work Week – a week dedicated to having fun at work and recognizing the business value of humor and laughter. Appropriately, the week begins on April [ … ] Read More

Ethics Training in the Workplace

Posted on March 25th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Goals, Guest Blogger, HR Related, Leadership Matters, Team Building

Why consider ethics training? If you view the latest instances of irregularities, frauds and scandals which have been reported within the mass media associated with business executives, it’ll seem mandatory that ethics should make a solid [ … ] Read More

1st Day of Spring & 2nd International Happiness Day

Posted on March 18th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Goals, HR Related, Inspiration, News, Personal Success, Seasonal Content, Self Management

Thursday, March 20th, 2014 is a day for double celebration. This year, in the northern hemisphere, the Spring / March Equinox falls on the same day as International Happiness Day. For those of us in Vancouver Spring, spring [ … ] Read More

Everyone is a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 13th, 2014 | Corporate Culture, HR Related, Inspiration, News, Seasonal Content, Team Building

Top o’ the mornin’ to ye Lads and Lassies and the rest of the day to ‘me self! Are ye Irish perchance? If ye aren’t – not to worry because the Irish believe “Everyone is a little [ … ] Read More

March 7th is a very important date for employees

Posted on March 3rd, 2014 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, HR Related, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, News, Seasonal Content, Team Building

Artwork by Danielle Kroll / www.hellodaniellekroll.com Friday, March 7th is Employee Appreciation Day! Since 1995, the first Friday of March is a day when companies and organizations take time out from their day-to-day business to celebrate [ … ] Read More