When was the last time you went out of your way to make sure each of your employees felt appreciated? This article offers some compelling reasons for doing so, as well as some practical steps leaders can take in aid of building a higher performing and more sustainable team.

What do you look for beyond an applicant's skills, experience, and interpersonal skills when you are interviewing? When you apply for a job or prepare for an interview what do you keep in mind? This author offers a few things to keep in mind that for him can make all the difference in how a candidate sells themselves for a job.

What would you do if one of your strongest team members handed you their notice? Have you ever considered that the day a great employee quits might be the day you start recruiting them again? This article is written by Hank Gilman and published on the CNN Money site.

How engaged is your team? What is the trust level like in your company? Doug Conant, former President and CEO of Campbell's Soup Company, talks about his personal success story in turning around staff morale. This video is posted on Harvard Business Review's HBR Blog Network.

Do you think the idea of naptime at the office is silly or even ludicrous? Read this article on the potential workplace benefits, including increased productivity, and about companies such as Google and Ben and Jerry's who endorse napping. You may want to re-assess.

What is the real value of teambuilding and how can leaders build sustainable teamwork without clichés and unproductive exercises? This webcast clarifies what teambuilding is and why it matters to your organization. It will also outline some new techniques and strategies that you can immediately apply in your own workplace to improve teamwork and communication.

This session explores the many different conversation and decision-making processes, and suggests ways that each organization — and each individual — can improve their competency in this area. By better understanding these processes, you will be able to make more effective strategic decisions that can lead to greater long-term success.

Association events and seminars bring CGAs, students and other professionals together for valuable learning and networking. The Events pages present detailed descriptions of PD opportunities and special events around Alberta as well ...

Challenging conversations represent the minority of our workplace interactions while consuming a vast amount of our mental energy. In this webcast, you'll learn how to convey difficult messages in a respectful manner and end a challenging conversation in a way that sets the stage for future collaboration.

E-mail is the engine that drives business. Yet, amazingly, no-one ever teaches us how to use it. Until now. In Part Two of a two-part webcast series, you'll get an easy-to-use template for creating first drafts of your e-mails as well as ad agency secrets for stimulating reader response.