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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Webinar: HR Organizational Planning 2021
According to Facebook’s survey, 31% of small and medium-sized businesses have shut down in the last 3 months. The unpredictable business climate created by the global pandemic has shown employers the importance of planning ahead, something we often push to the wayside. There is a direct link between human resources planning and strategic organizational planning - neither one can be successful without the other. Watch our recorded webinar for a more in-depth explanation of the organizational planning process.
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Webinar: The Mental Health Crisis - How Employers Can Help
Mental health is a pervasive global issue, but the Covid-19 pandemic has worsened this problem. People are having difficulty coping with the negative effects of social isolation and lockdown measures. Companies are struggling to find the resources to help their employees’ cope. That’s why LD Human Resources has prepared five simple mental health strategies for organizations to support the wellbeing of their employees. Read the blog or watch our recorded webinar for more.
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Effective Recruitment Strategies for 2020
Businesses across the globe have experienced economic results that span the spectrum as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have slowed and are struggling to meet business objectives and others are thriving. So much so, that employers are in need of additional support and human capital to keep up with demand. As a result, business owners are faced with exploring new and unchartered recruitment and hiring strategies. This includes exploring short-term and contract opportunities and creating a variable workforce to avoid employee layoffs should the market go into lockdown once again.
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Tackling Microagressions in the Workplace
Microaggressions stemming from conscious or unconscious verbal and non-verbal racism can have damaging effects on one’s self esteem, confidence and mental health. It also decreases feelings of job satisfaction. Individuals on the receiving end of microaggressions are less likely to speak up at work or contribute ideas and this directly prevents diverse perspectives from being shared, creating a culture where people feel scared to make change. So, how can you as an employer work to ensure this cycle ceases to occur in your organization? LDHR offers several practical tips to help.
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Ontario’s Reopen Plan: Business Owners, Are You Ready?
As Ontario enters Phase 3 of the Reopen Plan, nearly all business owners are now gearing up to welcome back their employees, customers and vendors to their place of work. Since there are many considerations and Provincial government mandates, LD Human Resources has provided an outline of questions to ask and government measures to consider to help prepare.
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Webinar: Virtual Onboarding and Performance Management
As work from home culture continues to become the norm, LDHR has identified an effective virtual onboarding process that applies to any organization. The simple and engaging process ensures the necessary tasks will be completed and that the employee feels connected to the employer’s company and its culture. Performance Management Reviews should be adapted to working virtually to increase long-term retention. LDHR offers additional tips to address this in the recorded webinar and blog.
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Online Security: 6 Tips for Working from Home
As many employees are now working remote, and being introduced to new online tools such as Zoom, time spent online has increased dramatically. It is important to ensure we are prepared and protected while navigating this change. LD Human Resources has identified 6 simple ways for employees to remain secure online. Carefully considering these tips will not only help protect companies against online security threats, but provide the extra peace-of-mind we could all use, especially now.
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Webinar: Employer Guidelines to Reopen the Workplace
Take advantage of this complimentary webinar by LD Human Resources. Founder and President, Luisa De Jesus, reviews the new safety guidelines announced by the Government of Ontario as workplaces begin to reopen. The 35-minute presentation answers a number of HR-related employer questions to help transition employees returning to work and welcome back customers.
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5 Ways to Lead the Team Through COVID-19
How can employers help their staff to stay on task while navigating through this new blended work and home life situation that has become a reality for so many? What work standards and expectations are considered too much or too little? To help businesses operate effectively through the COVID-19 pandemic, the team at LDHR has identified five ways to help employers lead their employees and maximize their performance through these unprecedented circumstances.
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COVID-19: Tips for Self Care
The experience we are living today is definitely unprecedented. We must adapt to the unknown and do our best to cope. Now, more than ever, we need to stay connected and help each other to keep positive. The team at LD Human Resources is here to support you and your business to navigate through this uncertainty. In an effort to help you manage and rise above, we've prepared a few tips on how you can practice self-care during this COVID-19 pandemic. Below are some ideas.
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Is Your Organization Prepared for a COVID-19 Pandemic?
As an employer, are you prepared to effectively manage your business should Canada experience a pandemic with Coronoavirus (COVID-19)? The following recommendations will assist you in proactively preparing for contingency business operations, as well as your human resources policies, and procedures.
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The HR Checklist for Employee Development & Retention
Without opportunities for professional development and a clear trajectory for promotion, good employees often resign well before the employer can change their mind. To incentivize employees and help build out a professional development plan, LDHR offers business owners a checklist to help start one of their own.
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HR Tips To Help Manage Holiday Anxiety
If emotional intelligence isn’t your forté, and the holidays make you feel anxious, you’re not alone. We offer employers and people managers a guide to feeling their true feelings during the holidays, and how to help their employees do the same. Curious to learn how?
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7 Mistakes to Avoid When Planning an Office Party
How do you, as an employer, show appreciation towards your staff without putting them on the naughty list this year? The team at LDHR has pooled our combined 65 years’ of experience in the field to ensure you avoid these seven common holiday party mistakes and a potential HR disaster.
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New Changes to Cannabis Legalization
One year since cannabis (aka marijuana) became legalized in Canada, a new phase of legalization begins. Wondering what the new products are, and if you have the right training andpolicies in place to keep your employees safe?
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The Perks (and Quirks) of EI and Being Self-Employed
There are many benefits to being self-employed in Canada. It’s probably why the number of self-employed Canadians is staggering and continues to grow exponentially. Stats Canada reports that there were 2.8 million self-employed individuals in 2018; of those, 1.1 million were living in Ontario. Here is a quick list of the benefits of being self-employed.
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