A Breakdown of the Home Office Expense Deduction
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has provided guidance for Canadians who have had to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many Canadians who would not normally be entitled to a claim for home office expenses will be able to claim these expenses because they...
Strengthen Mental Fitness by Understanding Push Versus Pull
“Push versus pull” has been on my mind lately because I’ve had writer’s block—a problem that I have had often in the past. Looking for a solution, last fall I signed up for a writing class. The class had really helped me free up my creativity. I had been writing with...
How to Improve Your Talent Management Processes
Being succession ready should be the key focus of leadership to ensure organizational sustainability. Improving your talent management processes is a key part of making sure your organization is ready for future demands. First and foremost, you need to make sure you...
The 4 Pillars of Change Management
We can all acknowledge that change is both inevitable and continual, as often reverberated in the phrase, “the only constant is change”. And while no business sits on its laurels and avoids change, it always amazes me how so many organizations get change management...
How to Optimize Covid-19 Workplace Interventions
As we enter 2022, we’re dealing with an even more transmissible virus creating more hospitalization than in the first two rounds of lockdowns. Facing new and unpredictable variants, what can an organizational leader do to optimize operations and get employees back to the workplace?
Be happy with mental fitness
2022 is upon us. And I’ve been feeling meh. Although 2021 was in many ways a great year overall, there is no doubt these 20 months have been stressful. Once the time change ushered in the seasonal blues, I’ve been wanting to pull the bedcovers over my head and hibernate until spring.