Posts tagged hrrealtalk
Q&A with Shelly Elsliger: Using LinkedIn for Recruitment

With Fall on the horizon, many employers are thinking of recruitment. To learn more about how LinkedIn can support the recruitment process, LD Human Resources’ Founder and President, Luisa sat down with Shelly Elsliger to discuss. Shelly is a LinkedIn trainer and speaker who coaches executives, leaders, women leaders, departments and corporate teams, inspiring them to maximize their professional branding potential and social influence online. As a master of the art of social reciprocity and the flow of social engagement, Shelly uses her expertise to empower students as a Career Specialist, LinkedIn Trainer, and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion lead for Rotman Commerce Career Services at the University of Toronto.

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Q&A with Catherine Tanaka: Is Achieving Work-Life Balance Possible?

Is achieving a work-life balance even possible? To answer this question, our Founder and President, Luisa De Jesus, interviewed Catherine Tanaka, a successful fitness, nutrition and accountability coach specializing in transforming the fitness and lives of busy working professionals. She is the host and producer of the Body Project podcast, a nationally ranked fitness podcast that interviews top-rated health professionals on how exercise and nutrition are the keys to living your best life. In this episode, you’ll get the tips you need to set achievable work-life balance goals.

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Q&A with Bill G. Williams: How to Build a Thriving Workplace Culture

To learn more about how to build a thriving workplace culture, our founder and President, Luisa De Jesus, interviewed Bill G. Williams. Bill believes that it is possible to build a type of workplace culture that makes your team eager to jump out of bed and get to work every morning. Bill is the president of The B4 Group, and is the host of The Art of Leadership, and The Art of Leadership for Women. In his senior leadership roles within a wide range of national corporations, Bill has filled a number of capacities, consistently achieving inspiring actions and results. He’s been responsible for creating visions, establishing missions and setting amazing strategic direction to teams of all sizes.

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Q&A with Siobhan Calderbank: Performance Management During COVID

To help us learn more about how to do performance management the right way, Luisa sat down with Siobhan Calderbank. Siobhan is an experienced Director of Talent Management at the LCBO, keynote speaker, recognized learning leader and consultant, and award-winning author. Siobhan has over 20 years of experience in transforming businesses, leading change and developing leaders. She’s spoken internationally to thousands of people from over 70 countries at conferences, events, seminars and planning sessions to motivate individuals to work more collaboratively with their team members.

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Q&A with Teresa Quinlan: How to Build Emotionally Intelligent Organizations

A key question for employers is: How can companies better cultivate emotional intelligence within their organization? To help answer this question and more, our Founder and President, Luisa De Jesus sat down with Teresa Quinlan. Teresa is a Coach, Leadership Specialist, Master Facilitator and Speaker who builds emotionally intelligent organizations. She is an advocate for exceptional performance that is a direct result of each individual knowing how to be personally responsible for using their EQ in reaching their highest potential.

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Q&A with Nancy Sammon: How to Engage Student Employees

Engaging student employees is an important part of ensuring a successful placement. The Founder and President of LD Human Resources, Luisa De Jesus, sat down with Nancy Sammon, Business Relationship Manager at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University, to discuss. Some of the topics covered in this interview include: how companies can engage students and encourage them to do their best work, the top requirements students are looking for in the companies they choose to work with upon graduation, and what to know about Gen-Z and their working style.

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Q&A with Charline Grant: A Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant

Addressing diversity and inclusion within an organization is an important part of building a thriving company. If employers don’t have previous diversity training, this topic can be feel intimidating at first. Oftentimes employers may delay having conversations around equity with their team simply because they don’t know how or where to begin. The Founder and President of LD Human Resources, Luisa De Jesus, sat down with Equity and Inclusion Consultant, Charline Grant, to get some of her best advice for how employers can make diversity and inclusion a priority in their workplace.

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