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Does good performance give me leverage in severance negotiations?Should I go to HR, lay out the issue, and say this isn't a good fit for me?

What kind of leaders do you have within your organization? Authoritative? Affiliative? Democratic? How about Coaching leaders, Pacesetting leaders or Coercive leaders? Which leadership style best describes you?

Are you one of the more than 20 million people who have already purchased an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus? According to some financial gurus, Apple’s iPhone 6 sales alone are producing 10% of all US economic growth. This staggering statistic underlines just how critical it is to create a...

Delivering bad news to an employee can be one of the most difficult tasks any manager has under his or her work responsibilities, especially when the conversation centres around employee performance, lack of productivity, wrong-doing, etc. The conversations can often be...

The following article by Julie Labrie, president of BlueSky Personnel Solutions, was originally published on Workopolis. Are your contract workers actually employees in the eyes of the Canadian government? If the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) sees them as such, and you haven’t made...

Over 60% of organizations say their top challenge is overwhelmed employees. Turn them into inspired workers by creating a meaningful, rewarding workplace. In a recent Forbes article, contributor Josh Bersin discussed how Deloitte has found the top two people issues facing...

Jobseekers on Glassdoor review compensation/benefits and former employee commentary, to get the goods on prospective employers Once upon a time in a downtown boardroom in January, business executives discussed closely-guarded, proprietary HR policies. Fast forward to 2014, and...

Have you ever gone through a hiring process where your colleagues and you have given some interviewees impromptu nicknames for quick and memorable internal references, such as “the yellow shirt guy” or “the jazz lady”? Image courtesy of Olga Vasilkova and Dreamstime.com. While...

Corporate giving is no longer simply trendy, it’s a business imperative. Some businesses donate funds directly from product sales such as the popular Toms Shoes “One for One” campaign, while others engage employees in team-building initiatives through charity, such as...