Manage First, Lead Second It’s 2020 and a new year, and decade has taken flight. Instead of a post about goal setting or motivational maxims for 2020, I’m re-sharing this post from last year on managing the employee life cycle. It’s a reminder that before you...
Spring has officially sprung and for some of us, it comes hay fever and mounds of yard work. The trees and flowers need care and attention to grow! Just like our gardens in spring, our focus as leaders needs to be refreshed and tended to...
The world of work is changing. How many years have we been hearing that? In fact it’s the header on my website Upward HR! You’ve likely heard about different generations at work for many years now. I first read about the topic over 10 years...
Recently, I had the privilege of presenting to other HR professionals on the topic of employee re-engagement. We talked about how organizations in Alberta are slowly moving forward towards economic recovery and that jobs are being created. However, the labour market is changing. Companies are...
It’s the end of the July and the middle of a beautiful prairie summer. Many leaders are starting to think about preparing for mid-year performance reviews or have recently completed them with their employees. I am a firm believe that meaningful performance conversations do actually...