Do you really care about the happiness of your employees? Take advantage of one of these days in hybrid mode at the office to motivate your troops with the conference Buying a life in cash? How to succeed when money and happiness compete. “The current context means that companies are more concerned about the well-being of their employees and they have understood that it does not stop at the office door,” explains Éric Simoneau, entrepreneur, former compensation specialist and master in human resources management. My conference thus fits to the extent that an employee who is happy in his life in general will feel less of the need to seek his happiness elsewhere by wanting to change jobs. » To do this, he encourages employees and managers to implement strategies to achieve their dreams and feel happier without necessarily earning more money. Please note, the goal of the conference is not to find a way to pay your employees less.
The proportion of financially stressed workers increased by 20 percentage points in the last year alone, and now represents 37% of Canada’s workforce, reveals the National Payroll Institute’s annual survey of Canadian workers published this Tuesday. Three years ago, however, the level of financial stress among workers had fallen. The pandemic had forced many to save. However, interest rates, inflation and the cost of living are taking their toll. More than 40% of financially stressed Canadian employees say they cannot prevent financial stress from harming their performance at work, says the National Payroll Institute. In Quebec, 25% of employees believe that if their pay was delayed by one week, they would have difficulty meeting their financial obligations, compared to 16% in 2021.
There are many employers hoping to find the rare gem at the Careers Event which takes place on October 4 and 5 at the Palais des congrès: Airbus Atlantique Canada, ArcelorMittal Mines Canada, Canadian National, Chantier Davie Canada Inc., CHU Sainte-Justine , Montreal School Service Center and H
“I speak to so many human resources leaders who tell us: ‘It’s heavy, we have to push our managers, reminder of the due date, reminder to fill out the form,'” says Julie Carignan, organizational psychologist, associate at Humance, in a video in Carrefour RH magazine. This is because managing performance is seen as an administrative process, she explains, and the word “performance” refers in the collective imagination to lemon squeezing. We must restore the nobility of the word “performance”, she insists. “We can’t afford to leave performance potential on the table. » Managing performance on a daily basis means coaching, giving feedback, advice, support and creating a work environment with psychological safety. Each employee will thus be able to contribute with “their unique color”.
Have you made your first mistake in this new position that you love so much? From hitting “Reply All” on a private email to bigger mistakes that could threaten your job, like missing an important deadline or accidentally offending a client? The issue seems even more serious when it comes to a new job. According to the Harvard Business Review, you must first apologize, acknowledge the mistake, and find a solution to fix it. Then, unless of course you have committed a criminal act, put the company in danger or someone’s life in danger, this error will eventually disappear from the minds of your teams, assures the magazine. Sometimes the expectations of you aren’t clear, the magazine explains, which leads you to create your own and, if you don’t meet them, you think you’ve made a mistake that may not be a mistake.
