We have collaborated with the Institute on Governance to deliver a course on how to manage mental health in the workplace with government leaders. Mental health issues affect many employees with adverse impacts on well-being and work...
We are currently working with a major federal government department to: Develop Terms of Reference, membership, and governance to establish a departmental committee to provide guidance and direction on the management of psychological health led...
In 2016 at annual meeting of the Association of Professional Executives of the Public Service of Canada the highest levels of the Canadian Government committed to making mental health a predominant concern for action. Association of Professional...
A primary role of government is to dispense funding from a diverse array of programs to achieve public outcomes. A key challenge is to maintain a consistent and fair process that is efficient in delivering funding, and is not overly burdensome in...
Transformation of back-office processes is an enduring element of change affecting people, process and technology. The highest levels of government recognize that an engaged and healthy workforce is critical to transformation outcomes. We have...
Project Management methodologies like PMBOK consider organizational change impacts only from a project, rather than a portfolio perspective. In setting the critical path for a portoflio of projects that are interdependent do you consider the...
A major modernisation project was nearing its next phase of development. The Executive Sponsor wanted an objective assessment of the impact of modernization, gaps and lessons learned, success stories, and recommendations on how to manage...
How do you as a Manager get a feel whether everything is all right? Use the following questionnaire to assess employees’ level of engagement. Observation of any of these behaviors among employees may indicate that employees are highly stressed...
Here is a common scenario we encounter in assessing employee engagement and implementation of change management projects…. I have a very high degree of trust with person #1. I also think very similarly and have had many years of shared experience...
If you talk to any corporate planner, anywhere, they will tell you that the most important challenge is to translate strategic goals and initiatives into an agreed set of projects or activities. It is, in the end, not about getting it 100%...
A unit in a government department believed it needed more work in developing a respectful workplace. There was a strong desire at all levels to create an environment where everyone felt included and enthusiastic about working within the...
Significant back-office transformation is occurring in the Canadian government. A key vision is to on-board all government departments onto one instance of an application. The challenge was to design a process for collecting business requirements...
