Performance Coaching in the workplace
Help your employees thrive by improving your performance reviews "coaching"! Performance reviews can be nerve-wracking, but they are extremely important in improving workplace culture and helping employees progress in their personal and work-related goals. By looking...
Prioritization – the key to “Crushin’ It”
Do you ever find yourself bogged down with everything that needs to get done at work? You know you can do everything on your list, but you're struggling where to start. Let us help you with a little thing called prioritization. Prioritization should be clear and well...
What does Xmas and a COVID pandemic have in common?
Holidays can be stressful, even without a pandemic! Between the added personal life tasks that come with the season, the year-end deadlines at work, and trying not to eat all of the holiday baking, it’s no wonder people tend to get a little uptight this time of year....
Soft Skills – more important than ever!
Job seekers or employees with strong soft skills are in high demand these days. A recent study by LinkedIn found that 92% of respondents said soft skills are MORE important than technical skills and 89% said that their “bad hires” typically lack soft skills. As...
Is your workplace Millennial-proofed?
Coined in 1991 to define the generation born between 1981 and 1996 to baby-boomer parents, millennials now represent approximately 50% of the Canadian workforce and will account for over 70% by 2025. As an employer, you already understand that this group of employees...
7 Tips – Working from Home, productively!
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many changes to the way we live and work. Something that many of us have been forced to adjust to is working from home. For some people, this might come easy. For others, it can be a real challenge to stay focused and feel like...
Why you should get to know West-Can Human Resource Solutions!
When I graduated university and left Canada to take a job overseas, I left on an 18-month work visa fully expecting to return after that time and start my career in earnest. In Brandon. As it turned out, I continued working abroad for close to ten years as a string of...