Media
Raise your hand if you hate performance reviews
The Globe & Mail Report on Business, by Rasha Mourtada – July 21, 2010
If you think performance reviews are a waste of time, you’re not alone. They are time consuming, heavy on the paperwork and sometimes even downright awkward. For employees and managers alike, they add up to a human resources formality with little value.
But that need not be the case, says Sandra Reder, president of human resource consulting firm Vertical Bridge Corporate Consulting in Vancouver. If executed properly, performance reviews can serve as “a road map to get your business where it needs to go,” she says.
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What’s the Best Way to Gift Employees at Christmas?
BC Business, by Susan Hollis – December 1, 2008
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I quit. Now, do you want to know why?
The Globe and Mail, by Kira Vermond – January 26, 2008
With employee turnover on the rise — a recent global study by IBM’s human capital management practice revealed 47 per cent of the organizations surveyed said employee turnover has increased over the past two years — companies need to find out why workers are saying adieu.
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Female absenteeism is not just about child care
Why women call in sick more than men is a complex workplace issue
MSNBC, by Eve Tahmincioglu – November 5, 2007
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Leader of the pack. What it takes to make it to the top 100 — and stay there.
Business in Vancouver, June 19-25 2007
Being a top company is more than just the bottom line. Sure, last year’s revenues are what ink your place on the list. But high earnings aren’t the sole benefit.
“People want to work with a great company,” said Sandra Reder, managing partner, Vertical Bridge Corporate Consulting Inc. “When you have great people providing great service to customers, you build customer loyalty and that, in turn, results in profits.”
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Ask the Employee
“Labour shortage means companies have to do what they can to keep quality employees, says Sandra Reder”
The Daily Courier, by Steve MacNaull — May 6, 2007
Here’s a novel idea: Ask works what they want. “Don’t guess,” recruitment expert Sandra Reder said last week at a Kelowna Chamber of Commerce breakfast at the Coast Capri Hotel.
“Ask your employees what they want, and, if it’s doable, give it to them. There’s a severe labour shortage on. Companies have to do whatever they can to recruit and then keep top talent.”
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Workforce Woes: Businesses beware. Headhunter says future worker shortage will hurt a company’s bottom line
The Daily News (Kamloops) — Monday, October 24, 2005
An employee-driven downsizing is coming, whether businesses in Kamloops and around the globe are ready for it or not. And the baby boomers are primarily to blame. Many companies are already having a hard time finding and retaining talented staff, and all indicators say this problem will get worse in the next five to 15 years, said Sandra Reder.
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