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How to bring the personal touch to Big Business
(Photo: Michael Hitoshi) Running a big company as if it were a small one, as we do at Virgin, comes with tremendous advantages. Small businesses can often adapt quickly to changing circumstances; they...
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A satisfied employee is a happy one: Branson
Happy employees are central to the success of a business. We all instinctively know this, but it can be hard to pinpoint why. Nobody would argue that employees should be sad and downtrodden, yet it...
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Why you should fire someone today
Too many companies rely on the institutional memory of a few deeply entrenched veterans. (Spiderstock/E+/Getty) Alkarim Nasser has learned that it’s OK to fire people. It didn’t come naturally; like...
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The case for office gossip
(Peter Arkle) Is there an employee more reviled than the office gossip? Short of verbally assaulting a receptionist, spreading gossip has long been considered one of business’s least-lauded career...
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How to find the innovative ideas already lurking within your company
(Fuse/Getty) Everyone loves the origin story of the Post-it note—a blockbuster product that owes its success to employee ingenuity. 3M scientist Spencer Silver had developed an adhesive that didn’t...
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The case for knowing how much everyone in the office gets paid
(Graham Roumieu) At watercoolers the world over, money—specifically, how much of it you’re making—is the one topic you don’t talk about. For decades, if not centuries, talking about one’s salary has...
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Why you should allow employees to invent their own job titles
(Kagan McLeod) Allowing employees to make their own job titles could be good for workers’ well-being. According to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, self-appointed job...
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Canada’s Best Employers 2015: The Top 50 Large Companies
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Canada’s Best Employers 2015: How The Keg keeps its sizzle
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Canada’s Best Employers 2015: How DevFacto keeps its culture strong
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Canada’s Best Employers 2015: Engagement tips from Canada’s top bosses
NEW! Click here for 2015’s updated ranking of Canada’s Best Jobs » .nav-bar.link-10871{clear:both;}Home Top 20 Jobs 50 Best Employers Top Jobs by City Best Niche Jobs 10 Worst Jobs How We Rank Maritime...
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If the office holiday party is dinner and dancing you’re doing it wrong
(Jason Todd/Getty) It’s boisterous, boozy, sometimes a little out of hand, and it takes a big bite out of corporate budgets—it’s the office Christmas party! Are holiday festivities really worth the...
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Smart companies now survey employee satisfaction daily, not annually
(Andrew Rich/Getty) Do you feel happy today? Would you recommend your workplace to a job-seeking friend? Does your manager really listen to you? How positive are you feeling about your work-life...
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How Nordstrom built the world’s best customer-service machine
Mother and daughter Celia and Natalia Lea attend the opening of Nordstom’s Calgary location in September 2014. (Chris Bolin) Retail expert Robert Kozinets can give you all sorts of reasons to admire...
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Every company should have a “sunshine list”
(Antoien Cadotte) Today Ontario’s “Sunshine List” was issued—the annual disclosure of Ontario public employees whose salaries are more than $100,000. Its release is a Rorschach blot: some see a list of...
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Liz Wiseman on why people love working for demanding bosses
“Multipliers” author Liz Wiseman. “We love the people who bring out our best.” The president of The Wiseman Group and author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter spoke with editor...
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We do a better job when we don’t know what the reward will be
(Illustration by Kagan McLeod) We’re more motivated to complete a task when we don’t know exactly what the reward will be, according to a joint study from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the...
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How to make employee profit-sharing work for your company
(David Oliver/Getty) Profit-sharing can pay off big, but it’s not for every company (or every employee). We asked business owners how they made it work for them: Be transparent “We used to take a...
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How to get your team to bond? Lock them in a room together
From left, Eric Arnold, Matt Leedham and Cassie Young attempt to gather clues and solve the puzzles at Escape Room Live in Washington, D.C. (Katherine Frey/Washington Post/Getty) The room is dark, and...
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