Should your co-workers feel like family?

During a recent talk with the entire IBEX Payroll team, I spoke from the heart about how thankful I am for the caring way in which the team treats each other, our customers and, well, me. I also went on[...]

Published: March 20, 2018
By: Darryl Stewart
Why it is bad to compliment the new employee on a job well done

Recently, a new employee of IBEX Payroll did a great job on some work. I saw the work, I was impressed, and I began writing a congratulatory email directly to the employee. Sounds like the right thing to do, doesn’t[...]

Published: March 12, 2018
By: Darryl Stewart
How to make the rest of your life the happiest part of your life

I celebrated my 50th birthday last weekend. As the day approached, people kept asking me how I felt about it. Somewhere along the way I started saying I was happy – happy that I was entering “the best half of[...]

Published: March 5, 2018
By: Darryl Stewart
Follow this advice to the letter

One of my core beliefs about leadership is that you need to treat employees as individuals. It is not useful to treat everyone in the same way. I spent some time recently with the CEO of a very successful Winnipeg[...]

Published: February 26, 2018
By: Darryl Stewart
From bad to great: making meetings work

Early in my leadership career, my staff meetings consisted of me telling everyone how great things were and what a great job they were all doing. Then, I would explain new rules and procedures to fix problems I hadn’t even[...]

Published: February 20, 2018
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.