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Employee Retention

April 26th, 2022

A Guide to Conflict Resolution

A Guide to Conflict Resolution

Conflict resolution is a part of communication skills. You need to be observant, understand verbal and non-verbal clues, and how to use them accordingly. The one resolving the issue has to keep their emotions in check while doing their best to see from another’s perspective.  It’s a skill that will serve you in all walks […]

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April 18th, 2022

Being a better boss to your remote employees

Being a better boss to your remote employees

Pandemic or not, letting your employees work remotely has its advantages. Employees who would instead finish their work at home or prefer the hybrid model could do with your support. It’s no easy feat to manage an entire or part of your team through virtual means. Even seasoned managers could face trouble with Zoom fatigue.  […]

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May 20th, 2021

Best Practices to Increase Your Employee Experience

Best Practices to Increase Your Employee Experience

When you find a dedicated employee, you want to do everything you can to keep them within your company. While we think of holiday leave and bonuses as a way of rewarding employees, you want to consider the overall employee experience. Creating a better employee experience benefits both you and your team. Research from the […]

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January 18th, 2021

Top 7 Qualities of a Good Employee

Top 7 Qualities of a Good Employee

Building a profile as an exemplary employee should be one of your priorities. Engaging with your company’s leadership and showing them that you are driven can help develop your career. Businesses depend on outstanding employees to help them grow. A high-profile at your workplace can help you meet your career goals and show your management […]

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November 6th, 2020

How To Stay Happy Working From Home

How To Stay Happy Working From Home

Over the last decade, jobs in Vancouver and other regions have become increasingly online-accessible, and the 2020 coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated that growth. As a result, today: 68% of Canadian employers have adopted a flexible workplace structure enabling at least some employees to work from home. About 40% of all jobs in Vancouver are […]

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November 27th, 2014

The True Cost of Employee Turnover Depends on Who You Lose

The True Cost of Employee Turnover Depends on Who You Lose

Retention is often discussed in sweeping terms. We all know that high turnover is costly to an organization’s productivity, morale, and bottom line. In fact, I could easily fill an entire book with stats about the average cost of replacing an employee! but as retention costs vary significantly from industry to industry and business to business averages […]

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July 24th, 2014

Employee Engagement, Happiness and Tips to Improve Both

Employee Engagement, Happiness and Tips to Improve Both

The last couple of years Human Research Development has come to focus more and more on Employee Engagement strategies in the belief that Engagement is essential to running a successful business. Engagement has often been misinterpreted as Employee Happiness, and although Engagement and Happiness are not the same, the two are intricately connected. In Employee […]

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June 19th, 2014

How to Keep Work Fresh For You and Your Employees

How to Keep Work Fresh For You

This article was inspired by Tim Sackett’s awesome blog post: How to Keep That New Job Smell. In it, Tim talks about how excited we are when we begin a new job, how we start out with passion, drive, and inspiration! Basically most of us start out as highly engaged employees, then become more and […]

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June 5th, 2014

Don’t Let Top Talent Fly Away

Don't Let Top Talent Fly Away

An employer’s work is never done! Once you’ve found, recruited, and hired top talent, you must then retain them. Retention is tough, we all know the reputation millennials have for job hopping, and this generation is making up an ever increasing portion of the labor force. As if that wasn’t enough, according to Forbes 46% of all new […]

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November 9th, 2012

Considerations When Bringing on a New Business Partner

Considerations When Bringing on a New Business Partner

Bringing in a partner to your established business can be the answer for an entrepreneur looking for the following: Additional cash to pursue new growth opportunities; Additional talent in an area that is foreign to the original owner or cannot be pursued due to managerial constraint; If a business is struggling with cash flow it […]

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