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Zscaler co-founder Manoj Apte joins 1Password board

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Zscaler co-founder Manoj Apte joins 1Password board

Zero trust pioneer and Zscaler founder Manoj Apte will join Toronto-based identity security provider, 1Password, where he will serve as an independent director.

CRED faces a leadership crisis it can’t ignore

The commercial real estate and development (CRED) industry is entering a period of transition that goes far beyond market cycles or capital flows. The deeper shift is human-centred, and it is already altering investor confidence.

Canada's talent exodus: Not a trickle. A flood.

Canada is losing people. Not a trickle – a flood. And the people leaving are disproportionately the ones your workforce plans were built around: young, educated, highly skilled professionals in the most economically productive years of their careers.

Beware of the collaboration illusion

Because we are human and can communicate, it’s natural to assume we can easily collaborate. But consultants Anca Castillo and Cary Lopez call that The Collaboration Illusion and argue it prevents us from harnessing the dynamics that foster good teamwork.

Teamwork: At the office, do you give or do you receive?

Behind every relationship at work lies a choice, often implicit: to compete, to cooperate on a basis of reciprocity, or to give unconditionally. How do you choose to interact with your colleagues?

JPMorgan’s Dimon on the beauty of small teams

Jamie Dimon has joined the legion of chief executive officers extolling the virtues of small teams. Dimon’s argument goes beyond the standard reasons of speed, agility or a flatter management structure.

Hiring managers say AI's accelerating promotions

In a survey of 1,500 hiring managers across six professional fields in Canada, 84 per cent said AI is starting to affect their succession planning, indicating that the technology is now a significant factor in designing leadership pipelines.

62% of Canadian employees feel burned out: survey

Six in 10 (62 per cent) Canadian employees say they’re burned out at work, up from 47 per cent in 2024, according to a new survey by Robert Half Canada. 

IBM to pay $17M to settle illegal DEI accusations

Global tech firm IBM has agreed to pay the U.S. government roughly US$17 million to settle allegations that it committed illegal practices under its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategy.

What to consider before implementing a RTO mandate

Before bringing employees back to the office, it’s important for employers to clearly communicate their expectations, support employee well-being and ensure there’s adequate space for workers, says Chris Gory, employee benefits advisor at Orchard Benefits.

Layoffs are being avoided by phasing workers out

In Canadian workplaces, termination no longer begins with a meeting, but with silence. An employee is not fired — at least not formally. There is no without-cause termination, no severance package, no final date.

Can leaders learn from history's most notorious figures?

History's great dictators were catastrophic for humanity. Their legacies are written in suffering. Nobody in a Canadian office tower should be modelling themselves on them. But can some elements of their psychological tactics work in the modern workplace?

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