Our Blog
We regularly feature informative articles authored by our strategic partners
Clark Wilson LLP, Montridge Advisory Group and Vivo Team.
The Power of Planning Ahead: Why Succession Planning Is Essential for Business Success
Succession planning isn’t just a buzzword reserved for Fortune 500 boardrooms. It is a strategic necessity for organizations of all sizes and sectors. At its core, succession planning is about preparing for the inevitable — leadership transitions, retirements, or unexpected departures — while ensuring continuity, stability, and long-term growth.
Leading a Multi-Generational Workforce
The generation you grew up in can influence your behaviors. In the workplace, you might even notice fundamental generational differences regarding expectations, culture, performance, and engagement.
Building Your Policy Manual From the Ground Up
Developing and designing an Employee Policy Manual that is both highly effective and engaging can be a challenge for most organizations, especially without a dedicated people/HR team.
6 Things You Need to Build a Successful Cross-Functional Team
Building and leading cross-functional teams, especially in this new hybrid world, can be daunting. But, leaders and managers who embrace the challenge will be rewarded with increased productivity and satisfaction – for themselves and their teams.
Maximizing the Employee Experience
Remote working, shifting health and safety concerns, diversity and inclusion, and fluctuating employee demographics all add to the complicated landscape that is communication in today’s workplace.
How to Improve Your Benefits Plan Through Employee Feedback
One of the biggest shifts to come from the COVID pandemic is the employer-employee relationship, and the need for not only creativity, but also sustainability in an employer’s compensation offering.
Workforce Restructuring: Four Legal Landmines to Consider
While restructuring a business may result in reduced labour costs, it can also attract costly and stressful litigation if poorly handled. Here is a list of four legal landmines to consider when planning a workforce restructuring.
Outsourcing your HR or keeping it In-House? Which way to go and why?
Entrusting the HR function to employees who are not properly trained in HR practices or who do not have current knowledge of federal and provincial employment legislation or human rights law exposes the company to a high level of risk.
Getting on Solid Ground with DEI
With the rising attention on diversity, inclusion and equity, it seems like a good time to roll back to the basics to ensure we have a shared understanding of these terms, their respective meanings and how they interplay.
Who are your culture champions?
A culture champion is someone who understands that company culture—how work gets done—influences leader and team results. A strong workplace culture can contribute to increased employee engagement, retention, alignment, and productivity.
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