Insights@work

Creativity and innovation generates success. Dive in as this week’s special guest, Ken Hughes, Europe’s leading Keynote speaker and disruption expert, shares his winning formula to fuel the innovation engine.  From “Chaos Ninjas” to “Playologists”, you’ll learn how to recognize new opportunities to build today’s much needed creative corporate culture.   Featured Guests: Ken Hughes; Keynote Confere...

Does your team have what it takes to succeed in any situation? Dive in when this week’s special guests, former US Navy Seal Commander Rich Diviney, and Leaders2Inspire Chief Experience Officer Deb Lawson share their favourite leadership tips to help you understand your own attributes, build a high performing team and fast-track optimal performance inside and outside of your workplace.     Featured...

Does your company create a strong connection between a great employee and customer experience?  Improve your bottom-line as North America’s leading employee experience expert(Ex) Greg Kihlström outlines his favourite tips to deliver an Ex strategy that results in happier, more productive and motivated employees.   Featured Guest: Greg Kihlström; Two-time CEO, best-selling author, speaker, Principa...

With the great realization here, and social distancing now commonplace, HR professionals have had to come up with creative ways to reach new candidates, to grow their talent pools. From developing a campus recruitment strategy to creating instant rapport with the student body, campus engagement experts Maurice Fernandes and Mark Whitten lay out the tactics required to reach today’s university and...

As we close the books on 2021, this year’s first episode explores which labor law trends today’s HR Professional needs to be on the lookout for in 2022. From vaccination policy and accommodation to protecting an employee’s medical information - employment lawyer and founder of SpringLaw, Lisa Stam provides her expert insight into your most pressing HR legal questions.     Featured Guest: Lisa Stam...

Do you really know who you’re hiring? Is a background check necessary? Find out as this week’s guest, Marty Britton, President of Britton Management Profiles takes you through the components of a background check and why this process is so important to protecting your brand, your employees and delivering a positive candidate hiring and onboarding experience. Featured Guest: Marty Britton, Presiden...

When your company is vying to win that new employee’s heart and soul, the old saying “you only get one chance to make a great first impression,” is now more important than ever.  Set your new employee up for success, right from the start, with the tactics shared by this episode’s special guest, employee onboarding expert Donna Koop.    Featured Guest: Donna Koop, Executive HR Relationship Manager;...

We often associate who we are with what we do and “work” as somewhere we go, not something we do.  Dive in as author and key-note speaker, Lisa Taylor discusses career ownership and the future of work.  Based upon Lisa’s expert observations and insights, listeners will take away the first step to start re-shaping their company’s future of work today.      Featured Guest: Lisa Taylor, author, key-n...

How you see yourself. What you tell yourself - might be what’s holding you back. Dive in as leadership expert, Tammy Heerman provides her insights and real-life tactics into reframing your inner narrative. Transform other’s people’s perceptions of you, from tactical to strategic. It’s time to step into the new story that you’re willing to create.    Featured Guest: Tammy Heerman, author, keynote s...

Battling employee burnout extends far beyond yoga and meditation apps - it starts with the organization and your HR team.  Stop this chronic cycle and dive in as special guest, HBR author and burnout expert Jennifer Moss, provides the actionable advice you can take to your leadership team today.       Featured Guest: Jennifer Moss, award-winning journalist, author, syndicated radio columnist and p...

Are your leaders at risk of leaving? HR is all about keeping those high performers and making sure they’re engaged with the culture, your organization’s purpose and their work. Dive in as special guest, and HR leadership expert Vanessa Judelman discusses not only how to keep strong leaders but ensure there’s a connection between them and their team.    Featured Guest: Vanessa Judelman, Mosaic Peop...

Virtual medicine isn’t new but given what we’ve experienced over the past 18 months, it’s more relevant than ever.  Dive in as special guest, Christy Prada discusses how virtual care has grown from a “nice-to-have” to an indispensable EAP offering and its important role in an organization’s employee engagement strategy.   Featured Guest: Christy Prada, Vice President, Maple Topics Discussed: Virtu...

With the world’s workplaces finally turning a corner we’re nearing what some may call the “new normal”.  Because of this, recognizing the resiliency in colleagues and ensuring they continue on with a confident mindset is now more important than ever. Dive in as special guest, world record holder and Gold Medal Paralympian Andrew Haley, shares how he applies his formula for success from the Olympic...

It may be tempting to take the “easy way out” removing regular feedback from your manager’s to-do-list.  Regrettably avoiding feedback for any length of time, is a direct path to making your job a lot harder.  Listen in as special guest Ann Buckingham discusses performance management strategy, today’s technology and the techniques to deliver remote and empathetic employee feedback.  Don’t let remo...

HR teams with strong career reskilling and upskilling programs were best positioned to weather the perfect HR storm we saw when the pandemic hit.  Those without, were vulnerable to decreased engagement, increased costs and irreparable damage to their employer brand.  Listen in as special guest Kim Spurgeon discusses how to launch your own reskilling and upskilling program to futureproof your talen...

The Doctor is in!  In this special CPA Annual Conference episode, Brent “Dr. Payroll” Weiss uncovers the metrics, answers and opportunities the world of payroll and HR analytics can deliver to the payroll and HR professional.  Featured Guest: Brent Weiss PhD; Senior Director, Product Management, People Analytics & Benchmarking, ADP Topics Discussed: What DataCloud analytics does for the payroll/HR...

From breaking up nightclub brawls, to providing personal protection to A-list celebrities, to creating an unprecedented “rock star” culture in an otherwise tired, boring industry – special guest Ron Lovett is constantly breaking new ground in the HR world.  Hear first-hand Ron’s top tactics that you too can implement to empower employee culture and create a Rock Star army of your own.    Featured...

Trust – it takes years to build, seconds to break and forever to repair.  It’s the foundation of relationships between co-workers, management, clients and businesses.  Are we experiencing a “crisis of trust?” Find out as Natalie Doyle Oldfield, TedX Speaker, author and renowned Trust Expert discusses this, and offers her top tips to build and improve trust in the workplace. Featured Guest: Natalie...

With Zoom calls and a more relaxed work-from-home setting now second nature, it appears the term “power suit” may have just been redefined. Have blouses and blazers been replaced with sweatpants and hoodies? Find out as Julianne Costigan, CEO, Creative Director and one of North America’s top fashion stylists discusses this, dress code policy, what to expect when we return to the office workplace a...

Red Alert! Red Alert! Defcon 5! With the new norm of home offices and remote workforces, we’re more susceptible to cyber attacks than ever before.  Today’s cybercriminal is super sophisticated, and breaches are no longer a matter of “if” but “when”. Listen in as Ted Talk speaker and world prominent IT security expert, Andre Boysen, discusses how to prevent cybersecurity breaches, your IT vulnerabi...

We’re all agents of other people’s successes.  But how exactly can you become known as someone who gets things done and helps others achieve their biggest goals – especially in today’s remote environment? Listen in and learn as special guest Mike Lipkin shares his top tips on this week’s episode of the Insights@Work podcast.  Amplify your impact and become A Super Virtual Persuader! Featured Guest...

When professional and personal lives co-mingle, it’s only natural that romantic work relationships happen.  While merging romance and work might sound like an ideal situation, navigating office politics and HR policies present their own pitfalls. Listen in as employment, contracts and labor lawyer Lisa Stam shares her insights for supporting the HR professional and their team to steer clear of the...

Returning to the office? Looking for more office space? For less?  With an uncertain future of office occupancy needs, companies are looking hard at what to do with their real estate space and commitments. What’s next for the commercial real estate sector? Listen in, for answers to this and more as Jamie Grossman, Managing principal of the Toronto Cresa office offers his insights into what’s right...

Successful people work hard, yet there's a deeper, common thread that guides them forward - powerful decisions. Listen in as this podcast provides the HR professional, or any decision-maker with the hands-on tools to make breakthrough leadership decisions.  If you want to make better decisions, this is the podcast for you! Featured Guest: Andrew Horton, bestselling author of “DECISIVE: How to Make...

Whether you’re just starting out or further along the DEI journey, listen in to Part 2 of this podcast for real-life examples of best-in-class diversity practices and the tools to leave you with the beginnings of your new diversity program.   Featured Guest: Cathy Gallagher-Louisy, Principal, CGL Consulting Topics Discussed: Establishing a diversity scorecard, strategies and tools to foster DEI in...