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Professional development resources for Canadian workplaces
Find practical guidance on leadership, project management, communication, writing, and workplace effectiveness, with content developed for the realities of Canadian organizations. Topics reflect common challenges such as managing hybrid teams, improving clarity at work, supporting employee well-being, and building capability across roles and departments. Resources are written for professionals, managers, and teams who want clear direction rather than generic advice. Each resource is designed to offer clear guidance, usable techniques, and informed perspectives you can apply right away.
You’re two hours away from an important project deadline. The pit in your stomach is growing because you’re not even close to being done. How did this happen?
With a changing world and a move towards more collaborative decision-making, people need to spend more time in dialogue with others, sharing ideas, solving problems, making decisions and planning for action. This means that people are spending more time in meetings than ever before. But if you ask them about those meetings – how effective and efficient they are – they’ll probably complain about...
Working in the office has never been such a controversial topic. While most people agree on the value of in-person collaboration, the pandemic has made the subject of side-by-side work a topic very few interpret the same way. Notably, it has made people concerned for...