HR Professional

THE MAGAZINE OF HUMAN RESOURCES THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

January 2014

INSIDE

Increasing women in Leadership Roles | Changing a Bullying Culture at Work | Effective Job Ads

Coaching for Success
Coach to Improve Performance

Features

  1. Kick it Up a Notch
    Coaching can help employees take their performance to the next level
  2. Difference Equation
    Unleashing the power of women in the workforce
  3. Workplace Bullying
    Identifying and changing a bullying culture
  4. HR Hotline
    The hospital for Sick Children's ask HR help-desk
  5. Meet the HR Influencers
    Cheryl Fullerton, B.Sc., CEBS, HRCCC

Departments

  1. Letter from the Editor
  2. HRPA's new certification model sets benchmark for HR profession
  3. Upfront - The latest HR news
  4. Benefits of hiring an external investigator
  5. success strategies for new executives in new positions
  6. Self-management practices
  7. Effective job descriptions and postings
  8. Avoiding vacation deprivation
  9. Encourage employee loyalty
  10. Jodi Zigelstein-Yip, CHRL-HR consultant
  11. Off the Shelf - What's Worth reading
  12. The Last Word - On-campus recruiting

Volume 32 / Number 1 January 2015
Editor: Jill Harris
Managing Editor: Duff McCutcheon, HRPA Legal Editor: Malcolm MacKillop, Shields O’Donnell MacKillop LLP
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Editorial Advisory Board
Michael Bach, Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion/Institut canadien de la diversité et de l’inclusion Mary Ann Baynton, Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace Christine Burych, StarlingBrook Corporation Eric Cousineau, OCG Strategy & Organizational Consulting Joseph (Val) D’Sa, York Region District School Board Bonnie Flatt, Master Coaches Mandy Hanlon, Oakbridges Labour Relations Consulting Inc. Jennifer Laidlaw, Ontario Securities Commission Norm Sabapathy, Maple Leaf Foods Dr. Parbudyal Singh, York University Sandra Smith, southlake Regional Health Centre Melissa Sonberg, McGill University Christine Thomlinson, Rubin Thomlinson LLP HR PROFESSIONAL is published eight times per year for the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA).

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