H.R. Law: Answers about maternity and parental leave for working Albertans

If you are a working Albertan who is becoming a birth or adoptive parent, you’ll want a copy of a newly released guide to maternity and parental leave and benefits. Becoming a Parent in Alberta (pdf) answers frequently asked questions about who is eligible for leave and benefits, how and when to apply for maternity and parental leave and benefits, and human rights protection for pregnant workers.

Performance: ASSESSING YOUR OWN JOB PERFORMANCE

Rather than waiting for your career to “happen”, take control and make it change.

Dave Pollard takes a good article on self-assessment, from People Management on-line and adds value with his comments and ideas.

Don't Hire Someone Like You

Hire Great People 10 Simple Rules by Barbara Reinhold Monster Contributing Writer

Rule number one is clear and supremely counterintuitive: Don’t ever, ever hire somebody just like yourself. Why is that so hard? Because from the beginning of time, executives have been unconsciously cloning themselves, stocking the shelves with vanilla young men from impressive schools. And what has happened to executives and companies that did that? As management guru Rosabeth Kanter observed, they often sink into the soft sand of irrelevance as the rough waters of current reality wash over them.

Here are the other nine

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Motivation: Motivating the Motivator

Here are sixteen things that motivate Susan M. Heathfield

1. I watch people grow and develop in their decision making and competence through coaching, classes and experience,
2. managers, clients and the CEO seek advice and counsel and trust my wisdom and experience to provide confident direction,
3. I hear another person’s peal of laughter; I know we have staff members who feel joy at work, too,
4. I watch our staff greet every stranger with pleasure; temps and guests tell me they feel welcomed in our organization,
5. a selected job candidate accepts our offer with little negotiation and obvious joy; the candidates not selected cry and send followup notes for months,
6. we find four or five candidates we’d love to hire, who respond to our advertising of an open position,
7. the team pulls together and we set sales records for the month,
8. people ask intelligent questions at the company meetings and are genuinely interested in the response,
9. I walk through the company and people greet me with a smile at every turn; only a few have questions or complaints,
10. I accomplish a task or project that will actually result in progress for the company,
11. I counsel staff members about returning to school or pursuing training and degrees,
12. I watch a staff member perform with confidence in a situation that would have stumped her in earlier days,
13. people form friendships that assist the organization and add to their work motivation,
14. a staff member leaves our organization for a genuinely better opportunity,
15. we accomplish our business goals on time, and
16. I am privileged to work with other people who appear to experience great joy at work, too.