Onboarding

Practical employee onboarding advice to help new hires get off to a strong start. Explore onboarding checklists, orientation, training, documentation, first-day planning and ways to help employees understand their role, your workplace and what success looks like from the beginning.

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Employee or Independent Contractor? 5 Signs You May Have Misclassified a Worker

Calling someone a contractor doesn't necessarily make them one. Here are five signs a worker may actually be functioning as an employee and what Canadian businesses should consider.

Stephany Dergo

Sep 104 min read

The Blueprint for Building a High-Performing Team: Practical Recruitment Strategies

High-performing teams start with intentional hiring. Learn how success profiles, structured interviews and clearer hiring criteria can help organizations recruit for performance instead of relying on gut feel.

Stephany Dergo

Jan 284 min read

The Blueprint for Building a High-Performing Team (Part 1): Why Hiring Strategy Matters

High-performing teams are not found. They are built. And the first place organizations feel the difference is in hiring. For small and growing businesses, one mis-hire does not just slow things down. It changes how leaders spend their time. Instead of building the business, they compensate. They coach basic expectations, fix errors, redistribute work, and quietly lower standards just to keep momentum. The stress does not come from one person. It comes from the ripple effect a

Stephany Dergo

Jan 193 min read