Quality of Work

This article exlpores the relationship between high-trust work environments in government and the goals of service excellence.

Creating a Quality Work Environment RESULTS FROM THE HSAA 2006 WORK ENVIRONMENT SURVEY The Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) conducted a Work Environment Survey to provide new evidence that can be used constructively to improve the work environments of HSAA members, and through this, contribute to health service excellence in Alberta. The 74-page report, […]

Across the country, nurses and other front-line health system workers are taking actions to improve the quality of their work environment. A high quality work environment is being accepted, albeit slowly, as a prerequisite for building the human resource capacity needed to sustain the health system. As more time and money are invested in trying […]

Creating a healthy and productive organization requires ‘transformational change’ in jobs, workplace culture, organizational systems and management practices. During this session, Dr. Graham Lowe will discuss the guiding principles and tools that lead to effective change in the pursuit of a healthy and high-performance culture. Event registration is now open. Session will be held at […]

Graham Lowe will present a workshop entitled, “Creating a Great Place to Work: Lessons from the Best” at the HRPAO Annual Conference, Metro Convention Centre, Toronto Feb 1-3, 2006. For information contact: www.HRPAO.org

Graham Lowe will present the keynote address, entitled, "Creating Healthy Organizations", at the Seventh Annual Workplace Wellness in Niagara Conference, to be held at November 23, 2005, at Club Italia in Niagara Falls. For information, contact: workplace.wellness@regional.niagara.on.ca

This article describes the cultural practices of 7 hospitals on Fortune magazine’s "100 Best Companies to Work For in America" list.

Best workplaces have a corporate culture of open and honest communication.

Workshop material presented to the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute in Edmonton, Alberta, June 15, 2005, addressing how employers can respond to an aging workforce.

The aging workforce and retirement of the Baby Boom Generation has been on the radar screen of senior managers for the last decade. Yet despite knowing this age wave is coming, relatively few organizations are ready to respond with creative human resource management strategies that meet emerging workforce challenges. This workshop builds on the best […]