How to Manage Toxic Employees
Tips For Preventing a Toxic Employee From Deflating Your Company’s Culture From the underperforming excuse-maker to the superstar with an attitude problem, you’re bound to come across toxic employees. These employees exhibit behaviour that is potentially problematic for a number of reasons, ultimately damaging morale and productivity. For…
Why Transparency Is Crucial for Company Culture
How Transparency Can Transform Your Work Environment You’ve heard the word “transparency” used to describe the right approach to managing a successful business. It isn’t just a buzzword: transparency really does play a key part in cultivating success, and profits are not the only reason. A transparent workplace serves employees and clients, too,…
How to Handle Negative Feedback from Employees
Here’s What You Should Do When an Employee Has a Complaint As a leader, it’s likely that you are the person who employees will come to when they have feedback about the company. What should you do when their feedback is negative? Feedback from employees is vital to creating a positive culture within the company. Both positive and negative feedback…
Signs of a Hostile Work Environment
Understanding the legal guidelines that constitute a hostile work environment Work can be hard. There will often be situations where you don’t get along with co-workers or that you have to deal with conflict. This can result in a tense and stressful environment. But is it hostile? It can be hard to determine the difference between a negative and a…
Workplace Bullying vs. Harassment
Understanding the Difference and Keeping Yourself Safe Conflicts in the workplace are inevitable. However, there is a big difference between conflict and bullying or harassment. When discussing harmful workplace behaviour, bullying and harassment tend to be grouped under the same definition. In reality, they are quite different in severity, their…
The Risks of Internal Conflict Mediation Without Proper Credentials
In today’s dynamic work environments, conflict is inevitable. Disputes arise over competing goals, differences in personalities, and miscommunications. When conflict occurs, many organizations attempt to resolve issues internally, often relying on supervisors or HR personnel without specialized training. While internal mediation might seem…
Mindfulness in Canadian Government Workplaces
Enhancing Mental Health and Well-Being In an era where workplace mental health is increasingly recognized as critical to employee productivity, morale, and organizational success, mindfulness has emerged as a powerful tool to foster a resilient and mentally healthy workforce. For government and Crown corporation employees in Canada, particularly…
The Role of Restorative Justice in Workplace Conflicts
Conflict is inevitable in any workplace. Whether it stems from miscommunication, power dynamics, or differing personalities, unresolved disputes can erode trust, lower morale, and diminish productivity. Traditional approaches to resolving workplace conflicts often focus on punitive measures or formal investigations, but a growing number of…