Sanofi Canada Healthcare Survey
By Victoria Miron VranićThe future of health benefit plans Sanofi Canada established its premiere survey of private health benefit plans in this country almost 25 years ago. The information compiled in its annual online survey helps companies build benefit plans for employees and employers to protect the health of their workforces and improve productivity. We thought sharing some […]
Support Pawsitive Pet Effects for Employees
By Victoria Miron VranićWelcome to February, a month of love and companionship. The stay-at-home order seems to be working, meaning we were all looking out for each other by keeping our distance. Things are looking up as we reopen businesses and wait for our vaccinations. The new year didn’t start off as hoped and that may have led […]
HCSA: Benefit Flexibility = Happy Employees
By Victoria Miron VranićYou try to do what’s best for everyone, but no one’s happy. You see it in their faces – the Boomers, Xs, and the dreaded Ys. There’s no formula that works and with the growing percentage of millennials in the workforce, maybe the right choice is keeping Ys happy. Is that even possible? Does this […]
Make it Mean a Little More
By Victoria Miron VranićGet Personal This Yearend Have you noticed all of the holiday decorations around your neighbourhood? What about the festive backgrounds on virtual meetings? People are looking for some joy and are trying to make the best of the ongoing situation. But don’t be a downer this yearend. Plan a little something for your hardworking employees […]
The Financial Literacy Imperative of 2020
By Victoria Miron VranićNovember is Financial Literacy Month in Canada. Current circumstances have contributed to a heightened insecurity about business and personal finance. So, we thought it was appropriate to talk about what financial literacy means during unstable times and consider the elements needed for financial wellness. In the June 2020 article in Benefits Canada, Kelsey Rolfe reported that employees were […]
Membership has SME Benefits
By Victoria Miron VranićThe road is still rocky, but we’re getting back to business. Shopping local right now could be the difference between businesses staying afloat or going under. As we carefully begin the climb back up the profit-margin ladder, it’s good to know that we have the support of our communities and local, provincial and federal governments that […]
Embrace Uncertainty
By Victoria Miron VranićHow entrepreneurial thinking might outwit coronavirus Are entrepreneurs better equipped to manage the uncertainty of COVID-19? Is being able to navigate the unknown a factor in resiliency, or simply a necessary evil of business independence? It’s impossible to know the answer to these questions right now, but historically, philosophers believed that embracing uncertainty had its own […]
Company Culture = Future Resilience
By Victoria Miron Vranić“Culture matters because it has a direct effect on people factors such as employee engagement and motivation; and productivity factors such as product and customer service quality. Basically, organizational culture has a direct impact on the long-term viability of the organization.” That’s according to Allan M. Stewart, President of Human Synergistics Canada. But in the last five months, few small […]
Stress-Less Tips for Returning Employees to the Workplace
By Victoria Miron VranićIt’s finally happening. The moment small business owners across Ontario have been waiting for: Stage 3. While all of us aren’t there yet, we’ve been preparing for the transition to reopening since we first went into isolation. Things will be different when we return to our daily routines. Not everyone will be coming back into […]
Flexibility has its Benefits
By Victoria Miron VranićManagement didn’t want it. The job function wasn’t a match. Technology needed to support it, unavailable. And productivity would suffer, without a doubt. Put a big red X through flexible working arrangements and file it in the round bin. Yet less than two years after the Conference Board of Canada survey found the previously mentioned […]
