Culture

Keys to Becoming a Future-Ready Company

Even as the dust begins to settle from the COVID crisis, many small and medium sized business owners continue to absorb the aftershock. Business leaders around the globe are beating the “future-ready” drum, but what exactly does it take to become a future-ready company?

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The Challenges and Rewards of Immigrating to Canada for Work: A First-Hand Perspective from an Employer & an Employee

Read the first-hand perspective of a Canadian immigration story written by Vexxit's Julie Rempel, VP of Marketing & Partnerships, and Tony Zhu, B2B Marketing Specialist. Tony's story gifted us all a reminder to be grateful for what we have here when he received his Permanent Residence status this summer.

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It’s about more than optics. Here’s how diversity benefits your company on every level.

Diversity benefits go well beyond optics. It simply makes good business sense. However, building diversity and inclusiveness into team environments requires conscious effort. Discover a few best practice tips.

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How to Motivate an Unmotivated Team: Top 8 Engagement Strategies

Every business owner, company CEO and manager knows (or should know) motivated teams are crucial to a company’s growth strategy and success. Explore 8 engagement strategies that can improve motivation in teams and individual team members.

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Post-Pandemic Life Doesn't Mean Office Life: Why Working From Home Will Be The New Norm

The promise of being able to return to an office to work is enticing to many, but after being forced to shift to remote work, many companies are realizing that working from home is the new way forward. Here's why.

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Jump Off the Band Wagon

Groupthink squelches creativity, prevents healthy debate, could do more harm than good?

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Developing Employee Performance Goals & Metrics

Employee performance directly impacts the overall health of your business and is a critical component of business success. Employee performance measurement evaluates an individual employee’s work (productivity) against the business goals and objectives established for the company.

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10 Unmistakable Signs of a Toxic Workplace

The signs you need to watch out for—and quickly correct.

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How To Hire A Millennial: The Care and Feeding of a Unique Generation

It would be a mistake to assume that millennial workers are inherently non-committal or flaky. And it would be an even bigger mistake to miss out on the contributions of this influential and best educated generation in history.

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How to Reduce Talent Loss

Amid the disruption and chaos created by the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses of all sizes are grappling with a multitude of new challenges including how to retain top performers.

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5 Simple Steps for Creating a Healthy Work Culture

Like anything worthwhile, you have to nurture and cultivate a positive, happy workplace culture. If you’ve never thought about your work culture or want to make yours better reflect your core values, then here are five simple steps to consider.

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How to Reward Employees When Budgets are Tight

There is a clear disconnect between Canadian employee and employer expectations when it comes to holiday rewards. How can you make your employees feel appreciated this year when budgets may be tighter than ever?

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Tips for Supporting the Mental Health of Your Employees

This pandemic has been difficult on all of our mental health. As leaders, we need to be proactive and implement strategies that will support our people. Here are a few strategies that you can easily implement to assist employees dealing with mental health concerns.

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How to Better Support Parents in the Workplace

Companies that adapt their working model to support the needs of working parents in these difficult times will benefit from happier, focused and less-stressed employees. Learn how your company can better support working parent.

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The Impact of COVID on Female Entrepreneurs & Business Owners

With International Women’s Day (IWD) upon us, it’s a time to celebrate and recognize the social, economic, political and cultural achievements women have made. It’s also a time to advocate for further change, correct disparities and rally for women’s equality. This year’s theme is “Choose to Challenge”, which could not be more apropos. Read this article to learn how women have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and what resources are available to Canada’s female entrepreneurs and business owners in Canada.

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Workplace Trends in 2021

According to the latest reports from industry experts, 2021 will be another year of transition. Here are four of the more prominent trends reflecting the changing wants and needs of the working world.

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Creating a Culture of Care: Employee Engagement for Everyone

Life happens whether we’re at work or it’s the weekend – so as an employer or manager, you can either choose to ignore it, or embrace it. Learn some tried and true ways from Vexxit's VP Marketing & Partnerships, Julie Rempel.

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How to Boost Morale in Ways Employees Actually Care

While you should certainly care about employee morale, you might want to reconsider that company-wide scavenger hunt in the name of team building. Here are five ways you can improve employee engagement for the long run, no cheesy games required.

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Building High-Value Teams Part I: Managing Stakeholder Expectations

People and their teams are the key drivers to organizational success. There are five critical areas that teams need to pay attention to ensure that their organizations stay relevant and add value. We’ll look at one of them in this article.

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Building High-Value Teams Part II: Team Tasks

People and their teams are the key drivers to organizational success. There are five critical areas that teams need to pay attention to ensure that their organizations stay relevant and add value. We’ll look at one of them in this article.

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Building High-Value Teams Part III: Team Relationships

People and their teams are the key drivers to organizational success. There are five critical areas that teams need to pay attention to ensure that their organizations stay relevant and add value. We’ll look at one of them in this article.

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Building High-Value Teams Part IV: Stakeholder Relationships

People and their teams are the key drivers to organizational success. There are five critical areas that teams need to pay attention to ensure that their organizations stay relevant and add value. We’ll look at one of them in this article.

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Building High-Value Teams Part V: Team Learning

People and their teams are the key drivers to organizational success. There are five critical areas that teams need to pay attention to ensure that their organizations stay relevant and add value. We’ll look at one of them in this article.

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The Power of Teams: Strategies to Build High-Impact Teams & Deliver Business Results

People and their teams are the key drivers to organizational success. There are five critical areas that leaders need to pay attention to ensure that their organizations stay relevant and add value. In this webinar, we explore each of the five critical areas for organizations who are ready to increase their impact, retention and long-term sustainability.

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