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		<title>Does good performance give me leverage in severance negotiations?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Labrie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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?...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Identify Inspirational Leaders</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Labrie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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?...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Creating a Culture of Innovation and Risk</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Labrie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 culture of innovation...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How To Deliver Bad News To Employees</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Labrie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 personally taxing for manager...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Are your contract workers employees in the eyes of the CRA?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Labrie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 payroll deductions,...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Turn Overwhelmed Employees into Inspired Employees</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Labrie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 organizations in 2014 are l...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When Others Talk About Your Company and Compensation Online</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Labrie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 businesses are now usi...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Are You Objective During The Interview Process?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Labrie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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”? While it&#8217;s human nature for us to use unique markers to remember specific p...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Six Tips on Corporate Giving</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Labrie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 volunteering on a build site fo...]]></description>
		
		
		
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