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The Changing Career Path – How the Workforce is Changing and What you Need to do About it

By Marc Belaiche and Nicole Paloucci The workforce is constantly evolving and employees need to keep up with it. Temporary workers are on the rise, and even preferred by some employees. According to Statistics Canada, part-time jobs have increased by


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Peel Police + Psychology Professor = Productive Partnership

By Devin Kreuger Being a police officer isn’t all parking tickets and drunk and disorderly calls. There are times, as a cop, when split-second, life-or-death decision-making is necessary. It’s not hard to imagine that in situations of extreme stress—when lives


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The funding continuum: Where does your business sit?

By Teri Kirk Creating a financing plan is a challenging, yet crucial step for any business. Most experts agree that the key to a successful financing plan is understanding the different sources of funding, and pursuing those that are applicable


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7 Things You Must Do Continually to be Successful Online 

By Ben Molfetta So your company has a website, some social media accounts, an email marketing system…. Now what? Once you have the pieces of an online infrastructure in place, now the real work begins. Marketing activities must be relentlessly


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Organizational Culture- it’s complicated – or is it?

By Richard Gerofsky During his introductory remarks, the presenter asked “What is organizational culture?”.  After a momentary silence, someone to my right called out “Complicated!”.  Soft chuckles, muffled sighs and wry smiles bloomed around the room.  Complicated, indeed. But why?


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 Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Buyer’s Guide

By Dianne Rende Because of their dramatic impact on survival rates and their incredible ease of use, more and more Automated External Defibrillator’s (AED) are popping up in public places as part of Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) Programs. Many workplaces have


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Key Hiring Lessons from Amazon, Uber, Groupon

By Jan van der Hoop If you want to create a successful company you’ve got to get one thing right – hiring. I caught an article over the weekend by Peter Diamandis (Abundance, Bold) about an interview he had led with


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“You Want to do What? To Whom?” The Ethics of Research involving Human Subjects

By Devin Kreuger Human beings are curious creatures, and as such, we hunger for new knowledge and understanding. Thanks to our curious nature, we’ve reaped tremendous benefits for our society. In the social sciences and humanities, we’ve uncovered insights into


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Is your business in the mining sector? Find government funding today!

By Teri Kirk Prospectors and developers from across the globe gathered in Toronto last week to attend the 2016 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention. Many members attending the event were surprised to hear that PDAC is helping its


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Customer Value Proposition is like falling in love

By Richard Gerofsky Not long ago, I was working with a client to help them update, refine and focus their business strategy.  As is inevitable these days, we came to the subject of their Customer Value Proposition (‘CVP’). Five minutes


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