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The Impact of Bad Managers: How to Foster Effective Leadership and Boost Your Business
Effective management is the backbone of any successful organization. Strong managers have the ability to motivate, inspire, and lead their teams to reach their full potential. Unfortunately, not all managers possess the skills required to lead their teams effectively, and the consequences of poor management can be far-reaching, affecting employee morale, productivity, and even the company's...
Investigating Workplace Harassment: Why it Pays to Bring in a Third-Party Investigator
When it comes to allegations of sexual harassment, bullying or violence in the workplace, it is critical to conduct a thorough, impartial and unbiased investigation. Serious allegations like these can have severe legal and financial consequences for organizations, making the findings of the workplace investigation subject to intense scrutiny from lawyers, courts, and tribunals. Mishandling...
Preventing and Addressing Workplace Violence and Harassment
Violence and harassment in the workplace are serious issues that can have a detrimental impact on employees; as well as on the overall productivity and culture of a company. According to the Canadian Labour Congress, nearly 1 in 2 workers reported experiencing sexual harassment or violence in the workplace in the last two years, the majority being reported by women, trans, nonbinary, and...
The Importance of HR during the Holidays
The holiday season is a busy and often hectic time for many businesses. With increased workloads and a potential influx of customers, it is important for companies to have a strong human resources team in place to support their employees and ensure smooth operations. HR plays a crucial role in maintaining a positive work environment and in fostering employee satisfaction during the holiday...
When Human Resources Are The Problem
Human Resources fulfils an important and complex role balancing what’s best for the company with what is best for its employees. When employees experience interpersonal issues at work, HR is often considered as the go-to. But what do you do when HR ignores the problem, makes it worse, or is the problem? Former engineer at Uber, Susan J. Fowler, claimed her HR department was part of a significant...
RANT: Does the Law Society of Ontario Have ANY Teeth?
I started my career as a Law Clerk in December 1991. Bright-eyed and bushy tailed like all lawyers will tell you, the pursuit of justice, equity, fairness, and truth was my driving force. I even wrote my LSATS a couple of years later, having contemplated becoming that ‘keeper of the keys of justice’ (so-called). After working with and for lawyers for 2+ years at the time, I soon realized, it was...