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Entrepreneurs who trade the work place for a home office find they can turn their competition into advisers and collaborators

Lessons from the battlefield: building tribal trust

One military concept is to deliver your message two levels down, but assign tasks one level down. This allows everyone to understand the importance of what you expect in terms of the overall goal while avoiding micro-management

Understanding potential pitfalls of hiring and firing

It is a very common misunderstanding that, in B.C. at least, employers terminating employees during the first three months of employment are completely protected by our Employment Standards Act. They aren’t
Peer to Peer: I want to start a non-profit: what do I need to know?

Peer to Peer: I want to start a non-profit: what do I need to know?

Vision and productive group dynamics are key to a non-profit's startup success
Alberta oilsands luring B.C.-based ‘commuters’

Alberta oilsands luring B.C.-based ‘commuters’

Mill workers look east for opportunities as paper industry woes eliminate B.C. jobs
Northern B.C. releases skills-training plans

Northern B.C. releases skills-training plans

In a move to address huge projected skills needs in B.C.’s north, the province’s northeast and northwest regions have just released skills-training plans.
Canadian companies expect to hire, increase salaries in 2013

Canadian companies expect to hire, increase salaries in 2013

Good employees are getting harder to find, and Canadian employers expect they will have need to increase salaries in 2013, according to a new study by Hays Canada.
Outlook 2013: Canadian talent wars set to get bloody in 2013

Outlook 2013: Canadian talent wars set to get bloody in 2013

A skills shortage has taken hold in B.C. and elsewhere in Canada, and research shows that one in every four CEOs is holding back on business initiatives because he or she can't find the right person for the job – or enough people period.
Peer to Peer: What do I need to know when going through a merger or acquisition?

Peer to Peer: What do I need to know when going through a merger or acquisition?

Avoiding the pitfalls of mergers and acquisitions
Unions launch lawsuit against federal HR minister over foreign workers spat

Unions launch lawsuit against federal HR minister over foreign workers spat

B.C.'s building and trades unions announced last week that they would file a contempt of court application against federal Human Resources Minister Diane Finley after Chinese coal company HD Mining refused to produce court-ordered documents.