Being flexible the key to being a great manager

By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd Last week I was lucky enough to do my workshop on employee engagement at Choices, an agency providing supports to people with intellectual disabilities near Hamilton.  The workshop group was 16 front line[...]

Published: October 1, 2013
By: Darryl Stewart
Take a Punch, Roll Out Motivation

By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd I sat in the back of the room in Harrison Hot Springs last Friday at the BCCEO Network meeting as Doug Woollard, Interim CEO of Community Living BC, tried to dance around the fact[...]

Published: September 24, 2013
By: Darryl Stewart
New employee to senior management, “Beware of my growing discontent.”

By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd As I begin my new job in your organization, it is most important to me that I know what is expected of me and that I have the right training, tools and equipment[...]

Published: September 17, 2013
By: Darryl Stewart
How to find more high quality employees

By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd Going from a front line role to a more responsible and better paying “career” job is not easy for today’s university grads.  Many of the traditional sources of high growth jobs in Canada[...]

Published: September 10, 2013
By: Darryl Stewart
How to retain your best employees on a limited budget

By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd We all yearn for a higher purpose in our lives. We have all either done it ourselves or heard stories of others turning down offers of higher pay to join or remain with[...]

Published: September 4, 2013
By: Darryl Stewart

IBEX Payroll extends our profound respect and immeasurable gratitude to all the ancestors and keepers of the land on whose traditional territories our work takes place. We acknowledge that we are on Treaty 1 territory, the traditional gathering place of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene people and the traditional homeland of the Métis people. This land is sacred, historical, and significant. 

Every time we acknowledge this truth, we have an invitation and an opportunity to reflect on the wrongs of the past, what we do in the present, and what we can do to continually honour the people whose lands and water we benefit from today. 

This statement only acts as a first step in honouring the land we reside on and its peoples, and must be paired with education, understanding and informed action.