Jiana Saad, a specialist in emotional intelligence and applied neuroscience, is offering a new training course titled Emotional Leadership: Managing Pressure, Difficult Conversations and Engagement. Its program includes an approach to holding difficult conversations that have been put off for too long. We wanted to understand how it works. Interview.
Last May, the HR Forum took place, where HR advisors shared valuable advice to help small and medium-sized businesses navigate the current climate of uncertainty. Among them, speaker Jean-Philippe Bradette proposed approaching training from a new angle. Here is what he had to say.
Québec Order of Human Resources Professionals has just published guidelines for the “responsible, thoughtful and compliant” use of AI in the workplace. Here are the key takeaways.
In 2020, as the pandemic began, HR consulting firm Hubu decided to specialize in workplace team cohesion. Since then, the firm has developed its own model for measuring team cohesion, with its reliability validated by researchers at the Université de Montréal.
It’s what you’d call mixing business with pleasure. A business trip to a far-off or exotic region? Why not take the opportunity to extend the stay for personal reasons, doing a bit of sightseeing while you’re there. This trend has a name: “bleisure.” Here’s the explanation.
Generative AI makes a thousand promises, while concrete gains are still slow to materialize. Yet some players are getting more out of it than others. Anthony Carange, CEO of Carange Solutions, says he’s helped 120 municipalities adopt AI “without major resistance.” He shared 5 lessons he’s drawn from these rollouts.
Lacking passion for your job isn’t a crime. Neither is not living for your work. But some employees take disengagement a step further, sticking to the bare minimum — the whole “quiet quitting” trend. What can be done about these demotivated, and above all, disengaged employees? We put the question to HR consultants.
Are productivity gains from AI a miracle or a mirage? It’s a dilemma many organizations are facing today, as they observe rising individual performance among their employees… with no measurable effect on their overall results. Let’s try to understand why.
