I hired my sister but now I want to fire her. What to do?
As a business owner, you need to do something about this or risk showing the rest of your staff that relations mean more than performance
View ArticleThe four types of clients you should fire immediately
Besides the ones that are clearly not profitable for you, here are four other types of clients that must go immediately
View ArticleAre job titles holding your business back?
In our constantly changing environment, only change is constant. Learning new things is absolutely vital to our existence. However, we need to create an environment and initiatives for constant...
View ArticleAre mental health issues weighing on your small business?
Stop turning a blind eye to your employee’s “off-days.” Lack of mental health support could be adversely affecting your small business
View ArticleSuccessful Vancouver startup retools recruiting strategy
Clio, a web-based startup, was growing but not attracting the pool of quality applicants they felt they should be
View ArticleCompany uses technology to change employee behaviour
Nudge Rewards harnesses the power of mobile and analytics to drive engagement and deliver measureable results in sustainability programs
View ArticleWhy small businesses should pay closer attention to their drug plans
The increasing complexity of employer-sponsored benefit plans makes it important to work with a knowledgeable broker who can advise on all options available in the marketplace. Strong representation...
View ArticleNine tips for using social media to make the right hire
For small businesses who don’t have resources to waste, it’s imperative that you get hire right the first time. One way to help you in the process is to leverage social media to determine if a...
View ArticleLike father, like son: 10 tips for keeping business in the family
After working with my father for 26 years, we’ve learned how to strike the right balance in work and family life. Here are our 10 tips for how fathers and sons can spare the stress and work...
View ArticleFive tips for building a startup sales team
While I’d like to say we pulled this off effortlessly, we made a few rookie mistakes in the process and learned a lot. Here are five tips that should help you hire the right salespeople
View ArticleSix recruiting tips for Canadian small business owners
Small business owners or employees performing these searches also run the risk of collecting information about the wrong person. In addition to potentially breaching privacy laws, this may lead small...
View ArticleFour steps to stop soul-sucking meetings
Here are four key considerations you can use to keep co-workers engaged and productive
View ArticleFive qualities of top employees
Can you recognize an a top performer when you meet him? We all like to think we can, but even the best can overlook real talent
View ArticleAsk your employees these four simple questions to elicit productive feedback
When you are only thinking about this broad view, you may notice a downturn in sales, more customer complaints, or employee productivity taking a dive. You may begin to question the way in which you...
View ArticleFive simple ways to drive employee engagement
Keep employee engagement simple by defining it as ‘good work done well with others every day.’
View ArticleHow to hire the right employees for your small business
Having the right staff is vital to the success of any size of business. Here are some tips to help small businesses reduce the uncertainty that is inherent in the hiring process.
View ArticleCalgary machine shop reeling from shortage of skilled labour
When Alberta’s economy improved, HermaTech did not see its loyalty reciprocated. Several machinists left to work at larger companies. The small shop is now vulnerable, reeling from a shortage of...
View ArticleIs your small business ready to face the top three HR challenges of 2015?
According to a report from Deloitte, the most significant HR capital challenges facing businesses around the globe include leadership and development, talent attraction and engagement, and...
View ArticleThree reasons why your startup needs written agreements
Startups often cringe when we recommend written contracts. The reluctance to implement them is often three-fold: they’re deemed too costly, unnecessary and restrictive.
View ArticleForget the office perks and show how you really care
Offering a free snack closet isn’t an example of an innovative company culture anymore, not when so many other workplaces can boast the exact same offerings.
View ArticleHow to hire a tech employee when you don’t know tech
Be patient with your selection. Finding the right qualifications and fit with your company can take time
View ArticleDrafting your HR policy? Don’t forget to include the following
No matter what size of business you run, you need to have sound human-resource policies in place
View ArticleWhy firing my best designer was my smartest business decision
Always be prepared to do what’s best for your company — even if it means letting go.
View ArticleThree key attributes of every great hire
The success of any company or organization depends almost entirely on its most important resource: its workforce.
View ArticleHow millennial employees can boost your company's sales
Experts tell us that 2015 is the year millennials will surpass the Baby Boom generation as the largest living generation. How prepared is your organization to tackle this?
View ArticleTraining will not fix your systemic problems
One of the most important roles sales leaders have is to ensure their organization is performing to its maximum capability. They must ensure systems, processes and people are aligned and optimized....
View ArticleIn a fierce fight for talent, Canadian startups try to edge out Google and...
Not everyone is bold enough to reject a full-time gig at the almighty Google Inc. But Mathieu Blais-D'Amours did on his way to eventually quadrupling what the firm based in Mountain View, Calif.,...
View ArticleHow I get my employees to work 80 hours a week
I make sure they know what they're signing up for and that they have a stake in the company's success
View ArticleEntrepreneur's peers warned her she wouldn't be successful
Despite the new business, not everyone was thrilled about these visitors to the office. At the end of the day one Friday, a colleague warned me, “You can’t have these native people sitting in our...
View ArticleNew rules make it ‘nearly impossible’ for employers to keep foreign graduates...
When Jorge Amigo chose to come to Canada for university, he hadn’t expected to want to spend his life here.
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