HR Professional

THE MAGAZINE OF HUMAN RESOURCES THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

September 2014

INSIDE

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS | HR ANALYTICS | STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE

THE PRIVACY PARADIGM
COLLECTING EMPLOYEE DATA: WITH GREAT INFORMATION COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY

Features

  1. The Privacy Paradigm
    Collecting employee data: with great information comes great responsibility
  2. Accelerating Performance
    The ingredients for skill mastery
  3. Is Workplace Camaraderie across distance Possible?
    Connect widespread employees with one another
  4. Interview with an HR Hero:
    Antoinette Blunt, SHRP, FCHRP

Departments

  1. Letter from the Editor
  2. World Cup HR Matters
  3. Upfront - The latest HR news
  4. Legal Words - Accommadating caregiving requirements
  5. HR analytics: moving from talk to action
  6. Successful talent acquisition
  7. Employee assistance programs
  8. Successful HR strategies for organizational change
  9. talking about risk for HR
  10. Focusing on Ethical leadership
  11. Off the Shelf - What's Worth reading
  12. The Last Word - Five tips to an engaged workforce

Volume 31 / Number 6 September 2014
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, North York General Hospital Melissa Sonberg, Aimia Christine Thomlinson, Rubin Thomlinson LLP HR PROFESSIONAL is published eight times per year for the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA).

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