HR Check-In

Walk into almost any workplace today and you may find five generations working side by side. Baby Boomers. Gen X. Millennials. Gen Z. And an emerging workforce that ...

At what point does an exception stop being an exception? Most workplaces need some flexibility. A manager makes a one-time adjustment to a schedule. An employee is ...

On October 1, Ontario’s minimum wage will increase from $17.60 to $17.95 per hour for most employees. The student minimum wage will increase from $16.60 to ...

There is a simple question every business leader should be able to answer about every role in their organization: Does the job description still describe the ...

Difficult conversations are one of the most uncomfortable parts of leadership. A manager may know that an employee’s performance is slipping. They may have noticed a ...

Employees do not expect their leaders to have every answer. What they do expect is honesty about what is known, clarity about what is not, and confidence that someone ...

Uncertainty is manageable for a while. It becomes exhausting when no one knows when it will end. Most workplaces can handle a disruption. A system goes down. A key ...

Your company values may tell employees what you want your culture to be. Your everyday behaviour tells them what it actually is. Most organizations have values they ...

There comes a point in many organizations when continuing to do things "the way we've always done them" creates more problems than it solves. Perhaps a performance ...

Mistakes are inevitable. How leaders respond determines whether they become lessons or liabilities. No workplace is immune to mistakes. An employee misses an ...

When people think about Human Resources, they often picture interviews, onboarding, workplace investigations, or difficult employee conversations. Those moments ...

Every leader has had that moment… You notice a small issue with an employee. Deadlines are slipping. Communication has become inconsistent. A manager receives quiet ...