Organizational planning allows companies to develop clear goals and achieve growth. It helps companies adapt better to changing markets, clarifies roles and expectations of team members, and gets employees excited about achieving organizational objectives. To discuss this incredibly important topic, Luisa recently sat down with Nick Angellotti, President and Managing Director at Williams Meaden & Moore Inc.
Entering a new season often brings about an overall shift in perspective. Fall is associated with letting go, turning a new leaf and starting anew. Shedding the bad with the good and looking at our lives through a different lens. This upcoming season is also a time when many experience a decline in mental health. With the shorter days, longer nights and temperature drop, it’s not unusual to feel a dip in one’s overall mental wellness.
This month, Luisa sat down with her trusted advisor and recruitment expert, Lisa Ludmer, a seasoned Executive Search Consultant. Lisa specializes in assisting organizations with identifying and attracting the talent they need. It’s clear now more than ever that employees are aligning themselves with organizational values. To better understand recruitment in 2022 and navigate through these challenges, Lisa shared helpful tips to attract and retain top talent.
Ontario’s Right to Disconnect Law has officially gone into effect as of June 3rd. This law was first introduced as part of the Working for Workers Act, 2021, which requires “employers with 25 or more employees to have a written policy about employees disconnecting from their job at the end of the workday to help employees spend more time with their families.”
This year marks LD Human Resources’ 5th Year Anniversary, and we could not be more excited to celebrate this important milestone. In 2017, Luisa De Jesus founded LDHR with the goal of providing small to mid sized businesses with customized HR solutions. She recognized a need for employers and leaders to prioritize their people – their most important asset. After all, we achieve results through our people who set us apart from our competition and drive our organization’s objectives.
A recent Statistics Canada survey has reported; 1 in 4 Canadians over the age of 18 suffer from a mental illness – an increase of approximately 21% since Fall of 2020. Supporting mental health in the workplace is no longer a nice-to-have but a necessity. Positive mental health at work helps us cope with changing roles and responsibilities, manage stress, and boost resilience. It allows us to reach our highest potential.
More than an HR trend, performance management is integral to meeting corporate objectives. It does so by focusing on employee skills, resources and support to maintain and improve their performance, in line with the company’s goals.
But guess what? A performance management program delivers a number of added benefits that increase its value to your organization. And employee retention is one of the most valuable of all.
If you are in HR, have direct reports, or own your own business, you probably don’t look forward to those ‘difficult conversations that you must have with employees from time to time.
But, with the right approach and consideration, you can make a difficult situation as productive and positive as possible.
If there is one thing we can say for sure about the COVID pandemic, it is that nothing’s for sure. Among other implications for business owners and HR professionals, that lack of certainty has meant setting and putting off several target dates for when your workforce can return to the workplace.
The silver lining of that uncertainty is that you have more time to research, create and implement a Return-to-Work Plan.
A good return-to-work (RTW) plan will help your business safely transition to having employees on-site. It will also help you be prepared to manage issues as they arise, and help your business maintain health, legal and ethical standards and requirements
A key question for employers is: How can companies better cultivate emotional intelligence within their organization? To help answer this question and more, our Founder and President, Luisa De Jesus sat down with Teresa Quinlan. Teresa is a Coach, Leadership Specialist, Master Facilitator and Speaker who builds emotionally intelligent organizations. She is an advocate for exceptional performance that is a direct result of each individual knowing how to be personally responsible for using their EQ in reaching their highest potential.
