• Strengthening Aboriginal Communities to Strengthen Youth Wellness

Strengthening Aboriginal Communities to Strengthen Youth WellnessLike most youth, Canada’s indigenous youth develop their identity through family and community, and a relationship with the land. So it makes sense that the strength of communities has a direct bearing on youth health and wellness.

• Connecting Benefits to Employee Satisfaction Through Data-Driven Benefits Insights

Successful employee benefits programs in the modern workforce deliver personalized services, increasing employee engagement and satisfaction. It takes data and analytics to achieve outcomes through more informed decision-making.

• Designing a Mental Health Strategy to Meet Diverse Needs

People do not experience identical mental health issues, yet many workplace mental health programs are built on an assumption they do. One size does not fit all, due to generational, diversity and other differences.

• How Data-Driven Insights Can Improve Employee Health While Trimming Employer Costs

Canadian business leaders who want to do more for employee health and wellness have a silent partner in their success – data!In Canada, the costs associated with employee wellness have been on the rise. According research from Deloitte, direct and indirect expenses related to claims and absenteeism ...

• The Business of Helping Others Find Their Vitality

Jo-Ann James, CEO of Vital Management, MedFit Rehab and Vital Steps, believes in the power of exercise for shaping our health destiny. One of her favorite expressions is “Exercise is medicine.” - By Valerie Gomez

• The Power of Peer Support to Improve Mental Health in the Workplace

Workplace mental health programs have taken a back seat to physical health programs. Now, a Peer Support program may be the breakthrough operational model that will finally give employees the support they need. - By Jeremiah Prince

• How Data-Driven Insights Can Improve Employee Health While Trimming Employer Costs

Canadian business leaders who want to do more for employee health and wellness have a silent partner in their success – data!In Canada, the costs associated with employee wellness have been on the rise. According research from Deloitte, direct and indirect expenses related to claims and absenteeism ...

• As Virtual Care Matures More Employees See Unique Benefits

Virtual care has been increasingly accepted as a means of efficient delivery of health care services. Events like the COVID pandemic accelerated its acceptance and revealed significant opportunities for employers to leverage virtual care to help employees manage chronic conditions while also reducin...

• Using Data to Help Employees with Benefits Decision-making

Using Data to Help Employees with Benefits Decision-makingCompanies today usually offer benefit options, like different healthcare or retirement plans. Using data to help employees make the most advantageous decisions benefits the employees and the organization.

• Strengthening Aboriginal Communities to Strengthen Youth Wellness

Strengthening Aboriginal Communities to Strengthen Youth WellnessLike most youth, Canada’s indigenous youth develop their identity through family and community, and a relationship with the land. So it makes sense that the strength of communities has a direct bearing on youth health and wellness.

• Making Canada Work: Indigenous People Inclusion in the Workplace

Making Canada Work: Indigenous People Inclusion in the WorkplaceA country is as inclusive as its least included group of people, and for Canada that group is Indigenous people. To address the issue, Indigenous Works developed a competency model for Indigenous people inclusion in the Canadian economy...

• Eyes on Home Integrating Aboriginals into the Canadian Labor Force

Eyes on Home: Integrating Aboriginals into the Canadian Labor ForceOne of the solutions to Canada’s labor shortage is found right at home. Aboriginals are underutilized and employers need talent, so developing a set of strategies for successful market integration is needed.

• Desire to Belong: The Human Trait of Unconscious Bias

Everyone has unconscious biases, using stereotypes to assess people and guide decision making. A desire to belong can stop people from moving beyond them.

• Awareness Plus Action Best Approach for Mitigating Bias

There is no magic solution to minimizing workplace bias. It takes a combination of employee awareness and organizational structures that reduce the opportunities to demonstrate bias.

• Strategies for Recognizing and Managing Diversity Fatigue in the Workplace

Employees developing diversity fatigue are less likely to listen to diversity and inclusion messaging. Employers must overcome the fatigue to continue realizing the advantages of a cohesive diverse workplace. - By Anna Gonsalves

• Connecting Benefits to Employee Satisfaction Through Data-Driven Benefits Insights

Successful employee benefits programs in the modern workforce deliver personalized services, increasing employee engagement and satisfaction. It takes data and analytics to achieve outcomes through more informed decision-making.

• Employer Flexibility Brings Greater Work-Life Balance to Employees

Employer Flexibility Brings Greater Work-Life Balance to EmployeesShowing a willingness to be flexible is how employers are proving they are serious about employee work-life balance. It takes flexible priorities, work schedules and benefits.

• Organizational Justice Climate Influences Workplace Experiences of Disabled

The way employees experience their workplace is largely determined by three elements of the justice climate. The collective beliefs include procedural, interpersonal and informational aspects. - By Jeremiah Prince

• Sharpen Your Vision by Clarifying Your Values

Some of the benefits people enjoy when working with Brandspa stem from our quest for clarity, truth, aesthetic beauty and connection and a desire to make meaningful contributions for the greater good. - By Allan Gorman

• Three Steps To A More Productive You

In today’s business climate, everyone is being asked to do more with less—to get more done in less time, to generate more profit at a lower cost. It is especially true if you are a small business owner who is trying to bring your business to the next level. So what can you do to be more productive? ...

• Offshoring or Domestic Outsourcing in the Financial Services Industry

The financial services industry continues to face headwinds in the post-Recession era. In an effort to cut costs, the big question is: Offshoring, domestic outsourcing, or both?- By James Hsu

• Mauritius Gets A Second Look And Investors Like What They See

Historically, the Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch, French and British played a role in the history of Mauritius. Today international investors are rediscovering this ideally located, independent island gem in the Indian Ocean. - By William Bell

• Immature Zambia Market Presents Investment and CSR Opportunities

Zambia is an immature market putting out a welcome mat for foreign investments. It is a country rich in opportunities for economic success and corporate socially responsible investing. - By WILLIAM BELL

• The Power of Peer Support to Improve Mental Health in the Workplace

Workplace mental health programs have taken a back seat to physical health programs. Now, a Peer Support program may be the breakthrough operational model that will finally give employees the support they need. - By Jeremiah Prince

• The Business of Helping Others Find Their Vitality

Jo-Ann James, CEO of Vital Management, MedFit Rehab and Vital Steps, believes in the power of exercise for shaping our health destiny. One of her favorite expressions is “Exercise is medicine.” - By Valerie Gomez

• Navigating the Healthcare Supply Chain

As the world’s economic markets are changing, so are the businesses operating within those markets. So whether it’s a large scale manufacturing production line, or a hospital supply chain, the pressure is on. Before the world tumbled into a recession, most hospitals were thought to be operating ef...

• Building a Strategy for Doing Business With Healthcare Companies

The Value of Life Sciences. - by Sharon Ross

• Need for Financial Services Cybersecurity Presents Business Opportunities

The financial services industry is under cyberattack, and usually from unknown sources. The need for innovative approaches to cybersecurity has never been greater. - By Donna Benjamin

• On a Learning Journey to Build Leadership Bench Strength

Creating a learning journey requires developing a process of formal and experiential learning, and networking. Effective leader development is a continuous process. - By Dave Desouza

• Crisis Communication New Opportunities and Challenges

The kinds of crises that can hit a small business seem to be expanding daily. Fortunately, there are ways to manage almost any crisis imaginable professionally and effectively. The key to responding and handling business emergencies appropriately begins with communication. - by Sherry Bloom

• Minority Companies to Watch In The Healthcare Industry

ChemicoMays - On the Cutting EdgeChemicoMays is perhaps one of the very few chemical management companies that are process not product driven. They focus on everything that it takes to ensure the client’s goal is reached without compromising on standards. They have 50 years of experience to offer y...

• Performance Management: Setting goals and measuring success for growth in a flatter world

In a competitive market, how do companies make sure they are staying ahead of the curve and succeeding in providing the best possible service for their client? “If you’re without any benchmark, you really don’t know how you’re doing,” says Albert Chen, CEO of Telemon Corporation. Performance managem...

• Designing a Mental Health Strategy to Meet Diverse Needs

People do not experience identical mental health issues, yet many workplace mental health programs are built on an assumption they do. One size does not fit all, due to generational, diversity and other differences.

• 4 Ways To Improve COVID-Era Executive Emotional Intelligence

Unusual times call for exceptional executive leadership -- and it doesn’t always come naturally. Build the skills with these four ways to improve emotional intelligence among executive staff.

• Leveraging Shared Services as a Platform for Growth

In today’s economic environment, it doesn’t make sense to duplicate services that can be consolidated. It also doesn’t make sense to financially support separate administrative functions at separate divisions or operations or in different locations when centralization would bring cost effective oper...

• Caring and Lean: Transforming Health Care with Patient-Centered Care

Caring and Lean: Transforming Health Care with Patient-Centered CareThe patient-centered care system can transform the health-care system from a disconnected set of activities into a coordinated system that makes best use of technology and resources.

• Perseverance Pays: Doing Business with Healthcare Companies

Perseverance Pays: Doing Business with Healthcare CompaniesFor small minority and women businesses, the healthcare industry is one of the most difficult sectors to break into. Finding a way in to the supply chain of big-name pharmaceutical companies like Merck and Eli-Lily, and big name healthcare c...

• Driving Change Through Innovation in Healthcare

Driving Change Through Innovation in Healthcare- by James HsuAs with any other business sector, innovation is quintessential in healthcare industries. Rapid scientific advancements in the understanding of biological processes have fuelled radical changes in nanotechnology and genetics, as well as i...

• How to Increase Capacity in the Work Day

How to Increase Capacity in the Work DayWorking more efficiently, wasting less time, and being highly organized are three keys to a successful business. These are things that most small business owners and women- and minority-owned businesses will learn as they gain experience in running a business.

• ChemicoMays - On the Cutting Edge

ChemicoMays - On the Cutting EdgeChemicoMays is perhaps one of the very few chemical management companies that are process not product driven. They focus on everything that it takes to ensure the client’s goal is reached without compromising on standards. They have 50 years of experience to offer y...

• How Feng Shui Helps Your Mental Health

How Feng Shui Helps Your Mental Health- by Ingrid JohnsonAn ancient Chinese art, Feng Shui has moved from the annals of time back into modern life. Practitioners of Feng Shui claim that the system of aesthetics it promotes can provide a means of harnessing the power of heaven and earth to generate ...

• Aging Workforce (MWBE Entrepreneurs) and adapting to change

Change comes in different forms and shapes. At a workplace, this change might be in the form of people getting old. When your workforce is getting older, there is of course a need for them to move ahead and make way for the new and young. But is this justified? Older people are the ones who might ha...