Great managers know that fairy tales never happen

A common movie storyline in the one where the underdog gets inspired to work extra hard at something they have been struggling at.  Our hero is struggling as a dancer with two left feet or is a pilot almost washed[...]

Published: December 17, 2013
By: Darryl Stewart
Only twenty percent of your team is giving their best

A recent survey asked 198,000 employees across 7,939 business units in 36 companies:  At work do you have the opportunity to do what you are best at every day? When the responses to this question where compared with the results[...]

Published: December 10, 2013
By: Darryl Stewart
Do you see the good or the bad in your team?

by Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd Nelson Mandela liberated a country from race-based inequality.  Inequality maintained by trampling on basic human rights and by violence.  Mandela was jailed for twenty-seven years by the apartheid South African government.  During his[...]

Published: November 26, 2013
By: Darryl Stewart
Managing through tough times Rolling Stones style – tip #3

By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd [caption id="attachment_1886" align="alignright" width="240"] Photo by Michael Conen[/caption] Keith Richards, guitarist and vocalist of the Rolling Stones, tells a great story about Charlie Watts, the band's legendary drummer. After a night of drinking,[...]

Published: November 19, 2013
By: Darryl Stewart
My 3 best tips for managing through difficult times – Tip #2

By Darryl Stewart, Head of the Herd Difficult times create stress and doubt.  In my previous blog on managing through difficult times, I explained that it is very important to be proactive and focus on what you and your team[...]

Published: November 13, 2013
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.