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A few of your favourite things
You like biking, swimming and the colour blue but you’re not so fond of e-bikes and off-white. These and other fun facts emerged from an informal reader survey By Margaret Craig-Bourdin & Lorie...
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Mind over meetings
Ever since meetings were invented, they have been causing headaches for their organizers. How do you rein in the nappers, the texters and the chatterers — and actually get something done? Here are some...
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Train with no pain
Corporations are using the power of video games and other online tools to inject a big dose of fun — and lots of interactivity — into their teaching methods By Rosalind Stefanac Illustration: Johnny...
View ArticleKnowing when to say no
by Lisa van de Geyn You’re doing yourself a disservice if you can’t drop the word “yes” from your vocabulary. Here’s why. You’re an accountant at a mid-sized firm. A colleague, we’ll call him Ken,...
View ArticleThe Big Short versus Margin Call
by Karen Wensley Business ethics isn’t just about good guys and bad guys, contrary to what some Hollywood movies would have us believe. I am an ethics columnist, not a movie reviewer. But I’ve just...
View ArticleOut of office
by Sydney Loney Here are some tips on how to lead effectively when you work from home. “You’d be amazed at some of the places I’ve opened my laptop,” says Shabir Ladha, a partner at KBH Chartered...
View ArticleOpen for discussion
by Anna Sharratt Call it the big open-office rethink. Though the design is still popular, employers are starting to notice its flaws. Christopher Chapman has strolled through his share of open...
View ArticleTo 2017 and beyond
by Dexter Brown Would you let a digital assistant suggest which clothes to buy? Or artificial intelligence advise you on where to invest? If such technologies sound decades away, get ready: they’ll...
View ArticleNot your standard audit
by Taryn Abate Here are four key pieces of advice to help ensure your experience working in another country is a good one. How do you assess risk and conduct audits that meet professional and industry...
View ArticleGoing the Extra Mile
by Yan Barcelo As more companies send work offshore, many are finding outsourcing overseas is just as easy as working with someone down the hall. In late 2007, Kenneth Schultz, founder of Calgary-based...
View ArticleThe Cost of Bad Leaders
by Trevor Wilson Leaders who act inappropriately or contemptuously toward staff can put their organizations at risk of attrition and litigation. Less than a decade ago, one of the largest employers in...
View ArticleWhen the minimum is too much
by David Descôteaux Raising the minimum wage may do more harm than good for those at the bottom of the income ladder. Imagine you are the CEO of a small or medium-sized enterprises that employs...
View ArticleLevelling off
There’s still an argument to be made for traditional workplace hierarchies. Chris was a freshly minted university graduate when he was hired at an Ontario transportation engineering company in 2007....
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