Posts Tagged ‘In the Know’

In the Know | Asking for a Promotion

Author: Alberta Venture
by Kristiana Indradat Face it: unwelcome salary and hiring freezes born out of the sagging economy put your career plans on ice. Sixty-one per cent of Canadian respondents in the Everest College Workplace Blues Survey released in January didn’t think they would be promoted this year. Chin up, though; maybe it’s time to warm your boss [...]

Art of the Apology

Author: Alberta Venture
In The Know by Michael McCullough When chief medical officer André Corriveau took the blame for Alberta Health Services’ botched deployment of the H1N1 vaccine on Nov. 2, it only invited snickers from a public that saw him as the fall guy for incompetent superiors. So should organizations simply shut up and never admit their faults? Quite [...]