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Mental Matters: Why Your Workplace Should Have a Mental Health Initiative
Workplace mental health initiatives improve not just employees’ health and happiness, but businesses’ bottom line, too.
Business Culture: So, How Do You Build That?
A positive corporate culture has a few key components that can help foster competitive advantage. Here's how to build one.
4 Tips for Weight Loss in the Office
There are healthy choices you can make at the office that your body will thank you for.
Advice for Stress-Free Event Planning
Pam McCarthy of Five Star Events shares quick tips for staying sane amid the chaos.
How to Become a Trade Show Superstar
Trade shows can be a substantial investment, but they offer your company an impressive payoff. Here’s how to make your booth the star of...
How to Make the Most of Social Media at a Convention
Social media can be an excellent marketing tool when used properly.
Getaways for Cash-Strapped Companies
Think your company can't afford a glamourous getaway? Think again.
The Pros and Cons of Becoming CSR-Approved
Having a third party verify your good work may sound like a good idea, but there is downside. Just ask Etsy.
How to Protect Your Business from a Cyberattack
“Ransomware attacks have become so commonplace among the general population and critical infrastructure organizations that it&rsquo...
How to Make the Most of Intergenerational Mentoring
Intergenerational mentoring – in which not only do senior employees give guidance to the younger generation, but the kids mentor up, too –...
Cannabis at Work: Handling Medical Marijuana in the Workplace
Employers are obliged to accommodate staff with a prescription, a duty that will be particularly challenging in safety-sensitive positions.
Why companies are freezing salaries (with employee consent)
It’s no mystery why it’s happening: a bad economy, reduced revenues and lowered profits are causing a lot of employers to dial back on...
Four Books Every Small business Owner Needs to Read
These books will have you reading your way to the top.
Five Tips to Tailoring Your HR Department
Wendy Giuffre tells us what small businesses get wrong about human resources, and what they need to get right.
The Value of Customer Loyalty Programs Isn't Customer Loyalty
The future of competition is not in the location of your business or the products you put in your shelf, but in your ability to use the...
This Edmonton company's new digs are a tech startup's dream
Tech-company Jobber boasts one of the slickest work places in ­Edmonton. Located just off ­Jasper Avenue in the downtown core, the...
Why executive education is no longer a one-size-fits-all proposition
Over the last decade, men have been discovering that off-the-rack clothing is rarely a good fit. That’s why they’re turning in...
Flex Time: Why Your Leave Policies Need to Be Re-Examined
Alberta’s leading absentee rate could reflect two possibilities: either sanguine workers, or workers showing up when they possibly should...