There are a number of HR lessons for small business that can be applied from the recommendations of Rubin’s CBC report of the Ghomeshi case. Here are a few that stand out:
Chris Hadfield, retired Canadian astronaut and former Commander of the International Space Station, became well known through his Twitter account for sharing photos of Earth from space, for his YouTube videos about life in space, and especially for his cover of David Bowie's Space Oddity, which had more than 22 million views on YouTube before [...]
The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics have us glued to the results on a daily basis to see how our Canadian athletes are performing. While nothing can match enjoying the Winter Games live in your own city as we did in Vancouver four years ago, we can't help but think about translating the experience of our [...]
As longtime hockey fans and ticket holders of the Vancouver Canucks for over 10 years, we have been closely following the latest round of collective bargaining between the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA), and the resulting lockout, the third NHL lockout since 1994. The intense media coverage, fan [...]
The firing of Vancouver Canucks General Manager, Dave Nonis, has catapulted the Vancouver Canucks and its owners into the glaring light of public scrutiny. The media activity and the public response across the city has highlighted some critical lessons for all companies on how to effectively manage employees. For small businesses, in particular, these lessons [...]
