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Maintaining a culture of caring on both sides of the screen has been challenging with COVID-19. With the environment shifting from office to home, Medavie is committed to fostering an innovative, collaborative and connected workplace culture.
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Organizations that are paying some kind of attention to ESG are seeing how it can create value. They also understand that ignoring ESG erodes value. Find out how!
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This new way of working, from home, for many small and medium sized business employees may continue into the foreseeable future. This article weighs out the pros and cons of our home also becoming our office.
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The intensification of workloads and increasing emotional difficulty can lead employees to feel ineffective in their position. This in turn can lead to burnout. Organizations can utilize protective factors to help prevent it.
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An exploration of four leadership insights from Nova Scotia businesses that helped them succeed during the pandemic. Businesses had to get creative to keep sales flowing, particularly during lockdowns, when customers couldn’t shop in person.
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Canada’s red hot housing market is becoming a ‘bonfire’ due to low inventory, which is not a new problem. It was a challenge in March 2020, but the number of homes for sale has fallen even further since!
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With so many meetings and events now going virtual, we are seeing ourselves from a new perspective. Engaging with others via Zoom or other conferencing platforms is making us hyper sensitive to how we look on video. It's all about feeling confident!
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Many people are actively developing professionally to make themselves more marketable or relevant in their existing roles. Whether looking for a new job or pausing a professional life, they consider “upskilling” a major advantage during quarantine.
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Making an aggressive first offer will lead to better results. That's because of the cognitive bias with a common tendency that brings any negotiation back to the very first number.
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It's important to leave space for change as priorities shift. Work life balance challenges everyone with time spent between work and personal life. The ability to achieve this balance is elusive and vague.
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Businesses want to be “agile” and “responsive”, but setting the stage for this can prove challenging. You need planned strategies!
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In the world of sales, the term ‘follow the bouncing ball’ refers to adapting to the client and making adjustments to our sales strategy to fit the client’s needs.
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could cut through all the noise to find a clear way of thinking about this marketing stuff? It becomes a lot easier to understand marketing and make good decisions when you understand marketing principles.
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Property buyers have a high demand for convenient and time-saving viewings without having to be physically present. Virtual tours are the way to do so! Heather Murray from Canaview Real Imagine tells us about the new technology.
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Hydrogen technology offers energy production and efficiency that can reduce carbon emission and achieve net-zero targets by 2050. Jordan MacNeil from Heritage Gas Limited explains what it is, how it helps and why Nova Scotia is well positioned for it.
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Kate Sullivan Owner and CEO of Virtually Connected lets you know how beneficial it is to have a virtual assistant. She offers services for remote assistance that are flexible! Find out the top 5 reasons to hire VAs.
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There's a lot of uncertainty when doing business these days. Ann-Marie Flinn, President of Champion Foundational Change Agency, shares with us three vital questions towards strategic and cultural transformation.
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Customers don't feel appreciated anymore, and they end up switching to a new brand. There's a new purpose to make them feel differently and not only because they're buying from your business.
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