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You Promoted Them. Now Teach Them How to Lead.
Let's talk about one of the biggest mistakes organizations make with their people: They promote someone into leadership and then assume they'll magically know how to lead. They won't. Being excellent at your job does not automatically make you an excellent manager. Being the smartest person in the room does not make you a leader. And having been with the company for 15 years certainly doesn't...
Apparently, Having a Baby Can Still Cost You Your Safety Net
Apparently, having a baby can still cost a woman her economic safety net. Let that sink in. This month (September 2026), the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that parts of Canada's Employment Insurance system discriminated against women who lost their jobs during or shortly after maternity and parental leave and violated their right to equality under Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and...
Stop Calling Them High Performers: The Real Cost of Toxic Talent
Let’s get one thing straight: Someone who delivers great results while consistently damaging everyone around them is not a high performer. They are a problem. And if you’re a leader who keeps making excuses for that person because they bring in money, hit their targets, have specialized knowledge, or have been around forever, you need to take a hard look in the mirror. A hard look. Because at...
Agentic AI Will Break Your Operating Model
Agentic AI Will Break Your Operating Model While corporate leadership teams continue to fixate on superficial novelties like drafting emails marginally faster, polish-screening resumes, or tinkering with basic prompts, a far more disruptive shift is unfolding right beneath their feet. We are watching the grand arrival of Agentic AI: fully autonomous systems designed to execute complex,...
10 Signs Your Company Needs Third-Party HR Support in Canada
10 Signs Your Company Needs Third-Party HR Support Let’s be honest: most companies do not call an HR consultant because everything is running beautifully. They call when a serious employee complaint lands on someone’s desk. When a trusted manager suddenly resigns. When an issue that was supposed to be “handled internally” is most definitely not being handled. Or when the founder realizes they...
The Death of the Blunt RTO Mandate: Why Your Remote Setup Might Just Be a Binding Contract
The Death of the Blunt RTO Mandate: Why Your Remote Setup Might Just Be a Binding Contract If your LinkedIn feed looked anything like mine this month, it was dominated by a collective gasp from corporate people teams. For the last couple of years, the Return-to-Office (RTO) debate felt like a game of cultural tug-of-war. Leaders issued mandates, employees pushed back, and talent teams tried to...