Are you ready for all the people issues and opportunities with re-opening?
FREEE-LEARNING SESSION Free E-learning Session through the Ontario Small Business Centres Successful reentries take careful planning, and this presentation will provide you with a flight checklist to ensure your teams success! Just as astronauts and their flight teams have to prepare for reentry into earth’s atmosphere, we have to prepare to welcome our staff back […]
Stop, Look & Listen
by Frank Newman When I was in public school, we had a safety campaign lead by Elmer the Safety Elephant through the Canada Safety Council. The key message he taught me about street safety was “Stop, Look, and Listen”. I must have listened well since I have remembered it all these years. Events of the […]
So what’s it like to be a real-life headhunter?
by Barry Connors When I tell people I am a headhunter, most generally roll their eyes, (at least in their minds). I’ve rarely ever met someone who can’t tell me a story about an annoying recruiter, or more likely, a story about a really bad experience with one. One of the toughest searches I had […]
Tips for Maintaining Physical Health at Work
by Ross Bauer Ross Bauer of Bauer Benefits is proud to share this story, recently published by LifeWorks. Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) are surging in popularity, especially since the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic. Your most valuable asset is your employees and they are faced with unprecedented levels of change which produces stress. If […]
The Power of Referrals for Business Development
By Peter Webb Spring has sprung and now is the time to learn how referrals can sprout business development. A number of years ago, my father (Garth Webb, a D Day World War II veteran) decided Canada needed a place to learn how Canadians contributed in World War II. He started selling bricks to WAR […]
One year after COVID, How are we doing?
NEWSLETTER In this wide- ranging radio interview with Brian Bourke of 570 News Radio Kitchener, Frank Newman shares his insights on how the world of work has changed, how we’ve adapted, and the trends that will be with us for a long time. He discusses how job search has changed, the impact on home design, […]
Top 2021 People Trends and how to prepare
NEWSLETTER Top 2021 People Trends and how to prepare This year will see challenges of a different nature and it’s more critical than ever to develop your people plan for 2021. Even with a plan, things may go array, but investing time now will enable you to better weather the storms of the unpredictable kind. […]
Eliminating Headaches through change
NEWSLETTER Eliminating the Headaches when Implementing Change By Bruce Craig Businesses, small and large are being overrun with change. Covid19 is driving major changes in how business operates. New business models, remote working, social distancing, as well as critical ongoing technology, organizational and operational changes are happening all at once. Talking to owners and managers, […]
Selecting the Right Benefits Advisor
NEWSLETTER Benefits Corner In my former corporate life as an HR Director, I ran a $9 million benefits plan budget for 2,000 employees. At that level, it was incredibly complicated. For business owners with fewer employees, benefit plans can be equally mystifying and confusing with many options, cost models, and suppliers. My colleague Ross Bauer […]
Solving the Talent Challenge
NEWSLETTER Solving your talent challenges Despite COVID, we worked with our clients to hire some remarkable people in 2020. Here’s some of the positions that our recruiting team, Barry Connor, Matt and Linda Newman and I, filled over the past year: Management IT Manager – Distribution, Cambridge Office Managers – Legal, Elmira; Accounting, Cambridge Project […]
