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Setting Clear Performance Expectations: A Key to Municipal Success
In today's rapidly evolving municipal landscape, establishing clear performance expectations is essential for driving organizational success and fostering employee engagement. [...]
Setting Up for Success – Effectively Implementing and Monitoring Performance Expectations
Performance expectations are the actions, behaviours and outcomes an organization expects from their employees in their respective roles. They [...]
The Importance of Setting Performance Expectations for a Multi-Generational Team
In today’s diverse workplace, it’s common to find teams composed of multiple generations, each bringing their own work styles, [...]
Best Practices in Performance Management and Workplace Investigations
Managing performance is a critical function of HR teams, ensuring that employees align with company standards, values, and policies [...]
6 Tips for Providing Feedback
One of the most challenging forms of communication for managers is the feedback conversation. When done thoughtfully, it can lead [...]
Performance Management and Litigation: Why Documentation Matters
Municipal organizations face increasing challenges in protecting themselves without continually refining their performance management strategies. The evolving legal landscape highlights [...]
Setting Clear Performance Expectations in the Era of Hybrid Work: Legal Pitfalls and Best Practices for Human Resources
The era of hybrid and remote workplaces has brought added considerations for employers. While there is no set rulebook to [...]
Aligning Performance Expectations with Public Service Motivation: Strategies for the Public Sector
In the public sector, employees are often driven not solely by job stability or compensation, but by a profound sense [...]
Performance Expectations
As an employer, you are used to being the one in control. You’re in the driver’s seat, and you’re the [...]
3 Ways to Create a Culture of Recognition in Your Workplace (and Why it Leads to Organizational Success)
According to a report published in early 2024 by the business consulting firm Robert Half, a staggering 42% of workers [...]
The Importance of Success and Recognition in the Workplace
Written by: Artimes GhahremaniWhen was the last time you recognized a ‘job well done?’ Managerial support in the form of [...]
5 Early Career Tips to Set the Stage for Success
Written by Corey Daxon, President of Feldman DaxonAs the owner of one of the largest Canadian human resources and talent [...]
The Role of Pay Transparency in Promoting Workplace Success and Recognition
In today’s information-driven landscape, employees have unprecedented access to data about compensation. Recent trends indicate that 40% of Canadian organizations [...]
The Winning Culture Formula: Breaking Through the Ceiling of Culture Change
Does your team or organization have the culture it needs to succeed in this new era of rapid disruption, [...]
Diversity, Equity, Belonging & Inclusion DEBI = Drivers of Organizational Growth and Innovation
In today’s rapidly transforming municipal landscape, diversity, equity, belonging and inclusion (DEBI) are no longer buzzwords; they are essential ingredients [...]
9 tips to designing a great organizational culture
Organizational culture is one of those abstract aspects of a workplace. While it may be hard to define, research shows [...]
Nurturing Talent: The Impact of Employee Lifecycle Management on Retention
Employee retention is a critical aspect of organizational success, directly influencing productivity, morale, and overall company culture. However, many [...]
The Role of Investigations in Shaping Culture and Retention in the Business Environment
In today’s dynamic business environment, organizational culture and employee retention are pivotal to success. Investigations play a crucial role [...]
Culture and Retention: The Role of Benefits in Building a Positive Workplace
In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving work environment, HR professionals are constantly looking for ways to foster a positive workplace [...]
Contributive Justice: How Municipalities Benefit from Promoting Meaningful Work
People crave meaningful work. Municipal employers have a unique opportunity to satisfy that craving. By doing so, you won’t only [...]
Culture and Retention: The Balancing Act for Modern Employers
Written by Jordan Bailey, Zubas Flett Liberatore Law LLPWhen discussing workplace culture and employee retention, many organizations treat the two [...]
3 Best Practices for Performance Coaching
Written By Linda Allen-Hardisty, the lead facilitator for the Queen’s IRC Performance Coaching and Building Trust programs.Fewer words in workplace [...]
Navigating Resistance: The Critical Role of Resistance Management in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives
In today's competitive labour market, where the demand for talent far exceeds supply, fostering an inclusive workplace is essential. [...]
3 Tips for Driving Engagement Through Inclusion in the Workplace
Written by: Lola Obomighie We have all likely encountered the term “engagement” in the workplace, and most organizations emphasize [...]
Tips for Leading a Multigenerational Workforce
Written By: Karen Hoffman – Senior ConsultantHere’s a first: our current workforce is made up of five different generations. This [...]
