The most important factor in employee engagement is…?

It is you, silly. If you lead anyone in the workplace, the things you do and the way you do them matter far more than anything else to the team you lead. Not pay or benefits, not the way your[...]

Published: March 6, 2017
By: Darryl Stewart
People don’t fire themselves

I have written many articles over the years about dealing with an employee’s underperformance through good leadership. I believe that, in most cases, termination can be avoided. I have also written about the reasons why you might need to let[...]

Published: February 27, 2017
By: Darryl Stewart
How to bust out of a leadership rut

Our days are filled with things we “need” to do.   Be it work or personal, the lists are never ending.   There never seems to be enough time to get it all done. How then do we challenge the status quo[...]

Published: February 20, 2017
By: Darryl Stewart
A proven tool for better leadership and better health

What if there was a magic pill that would drastically reduce depression and anxiety, that would sharpen the mind, and that would even help people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to focus better. What if the side effect of[...]

Published: February 13, 2017
By: Darryl Stewart
Don’t police for failure when you can coach for success

A regularly scheduled coaching session with each member of your team is the best way I know to help each person achieve personal success and create great results. To have a great coaching session, you need to have taken the[...]

Published: February 6, 2017
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.