04
Feb

Great way to use Facebook to build talent pool

I’m a fan of a lot of what Intuit does on their Facebook Careers site, and as I was taking a look through it today, I came across a few videos asking for feedback. I’ve posted one below. Why I like it: It’s not a fancy advertising campaign, corporately made video – it’s a real, genuine guy who works at Intuit, speaking …
04
Jan

Is 2014 the year of Workplace Reinvention?

With Zappos’ recent announcement about becoming a Holacracy, and a ton of thoughts in my head about ROWE and Self-Managed Organizations, a post has been brewing for a while about some of the options and examples for new ways of managing work… So I submitted it to Huffington Post. 2014: The Year of Workplace Reinvention Check it out HERE! …
30
Dec

Seven Time Management Tips I Am Putting To Use In 2014

I am not one for New Year’s resolutions, but I do find it helpful to reflect on the past year and think about ways to make improvements on your life and work for the upcoming year. As I am reflecting on the past year, I am realizing that I have been BUSY with my business. Very busy. In fact, I’ve gotten out of touch with friends and family …
20
Dec

A Team Engagement and Giving Back Opportunity HR needs to know about

You know when you find out about something awesome and you just want to tell everyone about it? That’s the way I feel after my recent meeting with Jody Steinhauer. Jody is the Chief Bargains Officer at Bargains Group, and now is also the founder of an amazing Not For Profit, Engage and Change. I have to tell you about some of the things these …
17
Dec

You’re wrong about what engages employees

Last week, I was struck once again by how wrong leaders often are about what engages employees. As I was outlining a plan for culture workshops with the senior leadership team at a client organization, I described a brainstorming activity for the employees in the room to come up with ideas for making each other’s day and creating a positive work …
07
Dec

Policy or Passion – what rules your organization?

Wouldn’t it be great working in an organization where people were happy to come to work, got their work done efficiently and had fun doing it? Unfortunately, I’ve seen leaders stifle the passion and fun that can be had at work in the name of policy or tradition or just because they don’t understand the positive effects on business …
20
Nov

Leadership and Life Lesson: Don’t Deny The World Your Brilliance

I recently had the good fortune to moderate a panel of four fabulous women leaders – Kirstine Stewart, the head of Twitter Canada, Olivia Chow, MP, Sara Plant, former CEO of BMO Trust Company, and Wendy Cukier, founder of the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University. These leaders each had unique perspectives and I had a fabulous time asking …
04
Aug

Rebel HR – It’s Time to Burn Your Employee Handbook

Many years ago, I read the book “Get Weird! 101 innovative ways to make your company a great place to work”. It was one of my first realizations that there were other people “out there” who believed in innovative HR – unique and different ways of managing the workplace. One story shared in the book was about an Employee …