Workplace Assessments Archives

5 solutions pratiques pour améliorer le climat de travail

March 13, 2024 | By Christine Thomlinson, | By Frédérick J. Doucet

Alors que je faisais la queue à l’aéroport, pour passer au contrôle de sécurité, quelqu’un a bousculé la femme et l’enfant qui étaient derrière moi pour passer devant. Frappée par l’indécence (et l’audace) de cet acte irrespectueux, j’ai décidé de faire remarquer discrètement à l’individu en question ce qu’il venait de se passer. En réponse, non seulement a-t-il nié l’acte reproché, mais il a levé le ton et m’a dit de me mêler de mes affaires, sans se gêner de ponctuer le tout de grossièretés. Wow! De quoi élever le manque de respect initial à un tout autre niveau!

5 Simple ways to help elevate workplace culture

February 29, 2024 | By Christine Thomlinson

I was waiting in a security line at the airport last week when someone brushed past the woman and child behind me to jump the line. I was struck by the rudeness (and boldness) of this act of incivility and so I discretely pointed it out to the offender. They responded by raising their voice, denying the act, and telling me to mind my own business in a fit of profanity. Whew! That took the initial incivility to a whole other level!

Your Respect at Work training is complete — now what? How employers can successfully “follow through”

January 24, 2024

Perhaps your workplace has recently rolled out a training course to educate employees about how to create and maintain a respectful workplace. Or maybe your organization is currently undergoing training and you wish to look ahead and consider what happens after the training is over.

Sexual Misconduct in the Military, Part III – The New Battle Plan

March 29, 2023 | By Zoë King

When organizations retain a workplace assessor to help reveal employee experiences of workplace harassment and sexual harassment, they usually ask the assessor to make recommendations as to what the organization should do next.

Sexual Misconduct in the Military, Part II – The Flawed Battle Plan

January 25, 2023 | By Zoë King

This is the second of a series of three posts in which I summarize what independent workplace assessments have revealed about the Canadian Armed Forces’ struggle to address sexual misconduct in the profession of arms.

Sexual Misconduct in the Military, Part I – The Preliminary Battle Plan

January 10, 2023 | By Zoë King

Canada’s Defence Minister Anita Anand recently advised Parliament that she has ordered the Canadian Armed Forces to plan significant operational changes, meant to ground the cultural transformation required to reduce the CAF’s high rate of sexual misconduct amongst service members.

Credibility Assessments in a “He Said- She Said”

May 17, 2022 | By Chantel Levy

If you’re conducting workplace investigations, it’s inevitable that at some point you’ll be faced with the dreaded “he said-she said” file. I think of a “he said-she said” scenario to be one where two parties have widely divergent versions of events and there are no eyewitnesses or other direct evidence.

Are your employees disconnecting? Plug into what’s happening with a workplace assessment

March 1, 2022

In this blog, I highlight some practical applications of workplace assessments in the context of recently enacted “right-to-disconnect” legislation in Ontario and the issue of overwork more generally.

Serious insight for serious situations.