HR Insights
Expert advice and fresh insights on HR strategies and trends, leadership development, talent acquisition, company culture, and more.
Total Rewards
The Pay Transparency Shift
Prepare your company for pay transparency and legislative changes.
Total Rewards
Develop an Authentic Total Rewards Philosophy
Learn how to develop an authentic total rewards philosophy to motivate your workforce.
Total Rewards
Pulse Study on Total Rewards
Craft a total rewards program that attracts, retains and engages the best talent for your organizaton.
Total Rewards
Changing Compensation
What to do when your compensation plans don't match your current realities.
Leadership Development
Preventing Team Burnout
Engagement is important, so is the risk of employee burnout out.
Leadership Development
First 90 Day Onboarding Checklist
A checklist for leaders to support new talent.
Career Transition
Guidelines for Conducting Terminations
Terminations are hard, especially during a pandemic.
Career Transition
Mapping Your Retirement Path
Retirement is a process, find out more about the elements of a successful retirement plan.
Career Transition
Career Transition Support for Terminations
The Importance of Career Transition Support
Leadership Development
Traditional vs Trending Approaches To Performance
Resources about the disruption of performance management processes
Leadership Development
Team Effectiveness Resources
How to optimize team effectiveness in order to support growth and resiliency
Career Transition
Covid Round Up and Employment Best Practices
This session will delve into employment pro-tips to avoid common pitfalls relating to terminations, vaccinations, and return to work plans.
The Talent Company Wins Seven 2026 HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards for Second Consecutive Year
The Talent Company is proud to announce that it has once again been recognized across seven core categories in the 2026 Canadian HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards.
HR Market Update June 2026
Canada’s labour market is showing signs of cautious recovery despite a technical recession. In this month’s HR Market Update, we explore three emerging trends: growing demand for job ready entry level talent, widening leadership capability gaps, and renewed investment in talent infrastructure. Learn how organizations are adapting to build workforce stability and long term resilience.
HR Market Update May 2026
The Canadian labour market continues to show signs of caution. Recent data from Statistics Canada places unemployment at 6.9%, while many organizations remain hesitant to make major workforce investments amid ongoing economic uncertainty. Here are three workforce trends we are discussing with clients across Canada right now.
Future-Ready Succession Plans
In many organizations, succession planning is still built on a flawed premise: that tomorrow’s leadership needs will look like today’s. They won’t. A future-ready approach looks different. It’s dynamic, integrated, and anchored in where the business is going, not where it’s been. Here’s what that looks like in practice.
Ready or Not: Leadership Transitions Are Coming
Organizations across industries are feeling the impact of leadership gaps, thin pipelines, and shifting role requirements in real time. The question is no longer whether you need a succession plan. It’s whether yours is strong enough to support the business you’re trying to run today and the one you’re trying to build next. Here’s the case for why succession planning deserves sharper focus right now.
Case Study: Hard Metrics For Soft Skills
Coaching is often viewed as a qualitative investment. But what happens when leadership growth translates directly into revenue, margin, retention, and promotion outcomes?
The 2026 HR Legal Compliance Checklist
Our 2026 HR Legal Compliance Checklist is intended to help you assess your current policies and practices, spot potential gaps, and address risks early. Use it as a practical tool to help your recruitment, onboarding, compensation, and workplace policies align with shifting standards while strengthening employee trust.
Future-Ready HR: Navigating the 2026 HR Legal Landscape
In an era defined by Bill 149 and Bill 190, this article provides a strategic roadmap for navigating Ontario’s rapidly evolving HR legal requirements through 2026. It explores how shifting from reactive compliance to structured, evidence-based design can significantly strengthen employee trust and organizational agility. Read this to ensure your department is inspection-ready and positioned as a high-impact strategic partner in an increasingly scrutinized landscape.
Priorities and Predictions 2026
Stay ahead with insights from the world’s leading HR executives. This report offers a forward looking view of the forces reshaping work, leadership, and organizational design.
Informed by C level HR leaders, the 2026 report delivers expert perspectives on the priorities and strategies that will define the year ahead. This year’s study captures a pivotal shift as AI moves from a tool to a structural force redefining how work gets done.
Leading Through The Fog
We speak about uncertainty as something external (markets, regulators, global events) but it is also deeply internal: boundaries disappear or blur, relationships change, definitions of success are unclear, and people respond in unexpected ways during moments of crisis. are the lessons I’m taking forward…
The HR Compliance Checklist: Bill 149 & 190
Ontario’s Working for Workers Acts (Bill 149, Bill 190) are now law, with key deadlines effective January 1, 2026. These changes reshape recruitment, pay transparency, and workplace policies. Delaying action risks significant fines, damaged employee trust, and a scramble to meet compliance deadlines.
Ontario’s Amended Statutes
Ontario’s various Working For Workers Acts (Bill 149, Bill 190) are a clear call to action for HR leaders. Yet many organizations have not responded. HR professionals have told us they don’t know where to start, are hesitant to be the first to act, or are focused on other pressing responsibilities. Waiting is risky: HR leaders who delay risk compliance issues, employee trust, and losing top talent.
Turn Retirement Risk Into a Competitive Advantage
Many organizations treat retirements reactively, with a farewell party, a basic benefits plan, and a rushed backfill.
The result? Scrambling to recover, losing critical knowledge, morale, and momentum. But what if retirement transitions could be strategic, positive, and even strengthen your organization?
Workforce Reduction Planning Toolkit
To support HR leaders through these challenging moments, we’ve created two versions of our Workforce Reduction Planning Toolkit. Stay ahead of uncertainty with a plan that protects your people and your business.
The Talent Company Wins Seven Categories in 2025 HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards
The Talent Company is proud to announce it has been recognized in seven categories in the 2025 HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards, a program that celebrates excellence in the Canadian HR industry based entirely on votes from HR professionals across the country.
Beyond The Spreadsheet: Shaping a Meaningful Compensation Narrative
Here’s how HR and Total Rewards leaders can take a page from marketing and communications to shape a compelling compensation narrative…
Beyond The Spreadsheet: How Modern Organizations Are Using Benchmarking To Achieve Their Goals
In a rapidly evolving talent landscape, compensation planning has shifted from the back office to the boardroom. Today’s HR and business leaders are expected to deliver compensation strategies that are competitive, equitable, and sustainable—all while managing rising talent costs, inflationary pressures, and increasing employee expectations.
Partnership with LEAD for Growth
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
Partnership with Dr. Liane Davey Extended Through 2027
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
Succession Plans That Don’t Gather Dust
Succession planning prepares your organization for the future. It is a critical risk management and business continuity practice and creates insights and structure for talent decisions and discussions while contributing to a high-performance culture and higher engagement.
Building a Championship Team
Spring training isn’t just for baseball. HR leaders must also assess, develop, and upgrade talent to build a winning team for the season ahead.
Elevating Talent
Whether you are an HR professional looking to continue your professional development, or a leader looking to connect the HR dots on how to most effectively run your organization, these three sessions will deliver current and relevant insights to help you accelerate your talent and organizational mandates.
From Disruption To Direction
A clear and authentic HR strategy ensures that your organization can pivot quickly when needed, whether it’s rolling out new policies to address changing legislation, implementing new technologies to support a dispersed workforce, or responding to changing operational realities. The ability to execute these strategies effectively is what will help your organization move intentionally towards your goals.
Case Study: The Talent Company Leadership Edge
Leadership development is essential for organizations looking to equip their leaders with the skills needed to navigate complexity, drive change, and inspire teams. But how do you build a scalable, high-impact program that delivers measurable results?
Level Up Your Leadership Development
Leadership growth unfolds in four key stages: gaining foundational professional experience, building, then advancing leadership capabilities, and ultimately leveraging those skills for lasting impact. Each stage is a stepping stone, preparing leaders to maximize their potential at every level of their career.
Priorities and Predictions 2025
Stay ahead of the game this year with i4cp’s 2025 Priorities & Predictions report.
2025 Compensation Forecasts and Strategic Advice for HR Leaders
The goal of this whitepaper is to provide guidance and insights to assist you in this important and strategic endeavour.
Partnership with North Star Talent
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We are partnering with North Star Talent to broaden and deepen our expertise in talent acquisition advisory.
Hiring Manager Satisfaction Survey Questions
A tool to measure hiring manager satisfaction by The Talent Company. Get insights into the satisfaction levels of your hiring managers with our comprehensive hiring manager satisfaction survey questions.
Empowering Managers
Empowering our managers is an essential yet often overlooked aspect of preparing for pay transparency. Managers play a pivotal role in this transition, and their empowerment can make or break the success of your pay transparency initiatives.
Refining Your Compensation Practices
Empowering our managers is an essential yet often overlooked aspect of preparing for pay transparency. Managers play a pivotal role in this transition, and their empowerment can make or break the success of your pay transparency initiatives.
Partnership with Jill Glück
The Talent Company is excited to share that they have recently partnered with Modern Mindz Consulting Inc. one of Canada’s leading digital learning and technology (EdTech) consulting companies, founded by Jill (Ogden) Glück.
HR Metrics Poll
In our May 16, 2024 Senior HR Peer-to-Peer sessions, we asked Senior HR leaders across the Greater Toronto Area questions about HR metrics in their organizations. Here are the results:
PREP For Pay Transparency
With recent changes, pay transparency is top of mind for many HR leaders. Pay transparency isn’t just a legal and moral imperative; it’s also a powerful competitive advantage in today’s business landscape. At the heart of achieving an appropriate level of pay transparency is curating and promoting your organization’s authentic pay philosophy.
HR Market Update January 2024
As we head into the holidays, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Priorities and Predictions 2024
Stay ahead of the game this year with i4cp’s 2024 Priorities & Predictions report.
HR Market Update December 2023
As we head into the holidays, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
HR Market Update November 2023
As we head into the holidays, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Leadership Development as a Competitive Advantage
In today’s dynamic business landscape, leadership development isn’t just a perk, it’s a strategic game-changer. Recent insights from industry experts highlight the incredible potential and strategic competitive advantage that organizations can unlock through investment in leadership and talent development solutions.
Partnership with Tammy Heermann
The Talent Company is excited to share that we have partnered with author, speaker and passionate advocate for women’s advancement, Tammy Heermann.
HR Market Update October 2023
As we continue to keep a close eye on the macroeconomic backdrop, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Partnership with Dr. Liane Davey
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
HR Market Update September 2023
The macroeconomic environment continues to exert a significant influence on the HR space. A positive jobs report in the US and strong retail sales figures suggest that interest rates may rise in the future. Meanwhile, in Canada, the January jobs report surpassed the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey by tenfold, with the unemployment rate hovering near an all-time low of 5 percent. As we advance further into 2023, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in HR Poll
In our May 18, 2023 Senior HR Peer-to-Peer sessions, we asked Senior HR leaders across the Greater Toronto Area questions about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in HR. Here are the results:
Changing Your Pay Structure & The Cost of Total Rewards
Will you need a different budget due to changes in your pay structure? How do you set your budget for bonuses, benefits, or other total rewards?
Pulse on Total Rewards 2023
The goal of this whitepaper is to provide guidance and insights to assist you in this important and strategic endeavour.
Economic Uncertainty & Balancing Your Compensation Budget
If you are working with a set budget, how do you balance competing demands? Are your budgets ready for what happens next?
Workforce Plans and Driving Results Through Compensation
How does your budget align with business and HR objectives? Will you need a bigger budget for new headcount, promotions, and/or critical roles?
HR Market Update February 2023
The macroeconomic environment continues to exert a significant influence on the HR space. A positive jobs report in the US and strong retail sales figures suggest that interest rates may rise in the future. Meanwhile, in Canada, the January jobs report surpassed the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey by tenfold, with the unemployment rate hovering near an all-time low of 5 percent. As we advance further into 2023, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Establishing Market Competitiveness in Compensation
What data will you use to make evidence-based decisions to establish market-competitive compensation?
Ontario’s Amended Statutes
Ontario’s various Working For Workers Acts (Bill 149, Bill 190) are a clear call to action for HR leaders. Yet many organizations have not responded. HR professionals have told us they don’t know where to start, are hesitant to be the first to act, or are focused on other pressing responsibilities. Waiting is risky: HR leaders who delay risk compliance issues, employee trust, and losing top talent.
Partnership with North Star Talent
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We are partnering with North Star Talent to broaden and deepen our expertise in talent acquisition advisory.
Hiring Manager Satisfaction Survey Questions
A tool to measure hiring manager satisfaction by The Talent Company. Get insights into the satisfaction levels of your hiring managers with our comprehensive hiring manager satisfaction survey questions.
Sell Your Role
In this resource follow-up from the “High Impact Hiring: Best Practices to Hire Better, Smarter and Faster” webinar, presented by Scott Parish, CEO and Founder of Hireguide, here are some tips to help you frame your value proposition and get candidates excited about saying yes to your role.
Hiring Right™: Virtual Onboarding
Integrate new employees into a virtual workplace as well as how to effectively onboard new talent without ever having to meet them.
Case Study: Hard Metrics For Soft Skills
Coaching is often viewed as a qualitative investment. But what happens when leadership growth translates directly into revenue, margin, retention, and promotion outcomes?
Partnership with LEAD for Growth
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
Partnership with Dr. Liane Davey Extended Through 2027
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
Case Study: The Talent Company Leadership Edge
Leadership development is essential for organizations looking to equip their leaders with the skills needed to navigate complexity, drive change, and inspire teams. But how do you build a scalable, high-impact program that delivers measurable results?
Level Up Your Leadership Development
Leadership growth unfolds in four key stages: gaining foundational professional experience, building, then advancing leadership capabilities, and ultimately leveraging those skills for lasting impact. Each stage is a stepping stone, preparing leaders to maximize their potential at every level of their career.
Partnership with Jill Glück
The Talent Company is excited to share that they have recently partnered with Modern Mindz Consulting Inc. one of Canada’s leading digital learning and technology (EdTech) consulting companies, founded by Jill (Ogden) Glück.
Leadership Development as a Competitive Advantage
In today’s dynamic business landscape, leadership development isn’t just a perk, it’s a strategic game-changer. Recent insights from industry experts highlight the incredible potential and strategic competitive advantage that organizations can unlock through investment in leadership and talent development solutions.
Partnership with Tammy Heermann
The Talent Company is excited to share that we have partnered with author, speaker and passionate advocate for women’s advancement, Tammy Heermann.
Partnership with Dr. Liane Davey
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
Stay Interview Tips: Combatting the Great Resignation Resource
In this resource follow-up from the “Combatting the Great Resignation” webinar, presented by Anne Fulton, CEO of Fuel50, here are some tips for leaders on how to effectively open, lead, and close a stay interview.
Team Effectiveness Resources
Optimize your team effectiveness in order to support growth and resiliency with our professionally compiled resources at The Talent Company.
Traditional vs Trending Approaches to Performance
Our panelists share opinions, experience, and speak about the strategic and practical considerations of moving the needle on company performance.
Preventing Team Burnout
Keep your staff energized and always aim for the same goals. Read these tips and prevent team burnout no matter how hard the tasks are.
HR Market Update August 2026
Canada’s labour market is showing signs of cautious recovery despite a technical recession. In this month’s HR Market Update, we explore three emerging trends: growing demand for job ready entry level talent, widening leadership capability gaps, and renewed investment in talent infrastructure. Learn how organizations are adapting to build workforce stability and long term resilience.
CHRO Forum Aug 2026
The CHRO Leadership Forum is an invitation-only, confidential community for senior HR executives who are shaping enterprise strategy and solving the complex people, culture, and organizational challenges that drive business performance.
This peer-driven forum brings together CHROs and Vice Presidents of HR from diverse industries to exchange perspectives, test ideas, and explore solutions in a trusted environment. Members gain practical insights they can immediately apply while refining their leadership approach.
The Talent Company Wins Seven 2026 HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards for Second Consecutive Year
The Talent Company is proud to announce that it has once again been recognized across seven core categories in the 2026 Canadian HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards.
HR Market Update June 2026
Canada’s labour market is showing signs of cautious recovery despite a technical recession. In this month’s HR Market Update, we explore three emerging trends: growing demand for job ready entry level talent, widening leadership capability gaps, and renewed investment in talent infrastructure. Learn how organizations are adapting to build workforce stability and long term resilience.
HR Market Update May 2026
The Canadian labour market continues to show signs of caution. Recent data from Statistics Canada places unemployment at 6.9%, while many organizations remain hesitant to make major workforce investments amid ongoing economic uncertainty. Here are three workforce trends we are discussing with clients across Canada right now.
Future-Ready Succession Plans
In many organizations, succession planning is still built on a flawed premise: that tomorrow’s leadership needs will look like today’s. They won’t. A future-ready approach looks different. It’s dynamic, integrated, and anchored in where the business is going, not where it’s been. Here’s what that looks like in practice.
Ready or Not: Leadership Transitions Are Coming
Organizations across industries are feeling the impact of leadership gaps, thin pipelines, and shifting role requirements in real time. The question is no longer whether you need a succession plan. It’s whether yours is strong enough to support the business you’re trying to run today and the one you’re trying to build next. Here’s the case for why succession planning deserves sharper focus right now.
Case Study: Hard Metrics For Soft Skills
Coaching is often viewed as a qualitative investment. But what happens when leadership growth translates directly into revenue, margin, retention, and promotion outcomes?
The 2026 HR Legal Compliance Checklist
Our 2026 HR Legal Compliance Checklist is intended to help you assess your current policies and practices, spot potential gaps, and address risks early. Use it as a practical tool to help your recruitment, onboarding, compensation, and workplace policies align with shifting standards while strengthening employee trust.
Future-Ready HR: Navigating the 2026 HR Legal Landscape
In an era defined by Bill 149 and Bill 190, this article provides a strategic roadmap for navigating Ontario’s rapidly evolving HR legal requirements through 2026. It explores how shifting from reactive compliance to structured, evidence-based design can significantly strengthen employee trust and organizational agility. Read this to ensure your department is inspection-ready and positioned as a high-impact strategic partner in an increasingly scrutinized landscape.
Priorities and Predictions 2026
Stay ahead with insights from the world’s leading HR executives. This report offers a forward looking view of the forces reshaping work, leadership, and organizational design.
Informed by C level HR leaders, the 2026 report delivers expert perspectives on the priorities and strategies that will define the year ahead. This year’s study captures a pivotal shift as AI moves from a tool to a structural force redefining how work gets done.
Leading Through The Fog
We speak about uncertainty as something external (markets, regulators, global events) but it is also deeply internal: boundaries disappear or blur, relationships change, definitions of success are unclear, and people respond in unexpected ways during moments of crisis. are the lessons I’m taking forward…
The HR Compliance Checklist: Bill 149 & 190
Ontario’s Working for Workers Acts (Bill 149, Bill 190) are now law, with key deadlines effective January 1, 2026. These changes reshape recruitment, pay transparency, and workplace policies. Delaying action risks significant fines, damaged employee trust, and a scramble to meet compliance deadlines.
Ontario’s Amended Statutes
Ontario’s various Working For Workers Acts (Bill 149, Bill 190) are a clear call to action for HR leaders. Yet many organizations have not responded. HR professionals have told us they don’t know where to start, are hesitant to be the first to act, or are focused on other pressing responsibilities. Waiting is risky: HR leaders who delay risk compliance issues, employee trust, and losing top talent.
Turn Retirement Risk Into a Competitive Advantage
Many organizations treat retirements reactively, with a farewell party, a basic benefits plan, and a rushed backfill.
The result? Scrambling to recover, losing critical knowledge, morale, and momentum. But what if retirement transitions could be strategic, positive, and even strengthen your organization?
Workforce Reduction Planning Toolkit
To support HR leaders through these challenging moments, we’ve created two versions of our Workforce Reduction Planning Toolkit. Stay ahead of uncertainty with a plan that protects your people and your business.
The Talent Company Wins Seven Categories in 2025 HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards
The Talent Company is proud to announce it has been recognized in seven categories in the 2025 HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards, a program that celebrates excellence in the Canadian HR industry based entirely on votes from HR professionals across the country.
Beyond The Spreadsheet: Shaping a Meaningful Compensation Narrative
Here’s how HR and Total Rewards leaders can take a page from marketing and communications to shape a compelling compensation narrative…
Beyond The Spreadsheet: How Modern Organizations Are Using Benchmarking To Achieve Their Goals
In a rapidly evolving talent landscape, compensation planning has shifted from the back office to the boardroom. Today’s HR and business leaders are expected to deliver compensation strategies that are competitive, equitable, and sustainable—all while managing rising talent costs, inflationary pressures, and increasing employee expectations.
Partnership with LEAD for Growth
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
Partnership with Dr. Liane Davey Extended Through 2027
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
Succession Plans That Don’t Gather Dust
Succession planning prepares your organization for the future. It is a critical risk management and business continuity practice and creates insights and structure for talent decisions and discussions while contributing to a high-performance culture and higher engagement.
Building a Championship Team
Spring training isn’t just for baseball. HR leaders must also assess, develop, and upgrade talent to build a winning team for the season ahead.
Elevating Talent
Whether you are an HR professional looking to continue your professional development, or a leader looking to connect the HR dots on how to most effectively run your organization, these three sessions will deliver current and relevant insights to help you accelerate your talent and organizational mandates.
From Disruption To Direction
A clear and authentic HR strategy ensures that your organization can pivot quickly when needed, whether it’s rolling out new policies to address changing legislation, implementing new technologies to support a dispersed workforce, or responding to changing operational realities. The ability to execute these strategies effectively is what will help your organization move intentionally towards your goals.
Case Study: The Talent Company Leadership Edge
Leadership development is essential for organizations looking to equip their leaders with the skills needed to navigate complexity, drive change, and inspire teams. But how do you build a scalable, high-impact program that delivers measurable results?
Level Up Your Leadership Development
Leadership growth unfolds in four key stages: gaining foundational professional experience, building, then advancing leadership capabilities, and ultimately leveraging those skills for lasting impact. Each stage is a stepping stone, preparing leaders to maximize their potential at every level of their career.
Priorities and Predictions 2025
Stay ahead of the game this year with i4cp’s 2025 Priorities & Predictions report.
2025 Compensation Forecasts and Strategic Advice for HR Leaders
The goal of this whitepaper is to provide guidance and insights to assist you in this important and strategic endeavour.
Partnership with North Star Talent
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We are partnering with North Star Talent to broaden and deepen our expertise in talent acquisition advisory.
Hiring Manager Satisfaction Survey Questions
A tool to measure hiring manager satisfaction by The Talent Company. Get insights into the satisfaction levels of your hiring managers with our comprehensive hiring manager satisfaction survey questions.
Empowering Managers
Empowering our managers is an essential yet often overlooked aspect of preparing for pay transparency. Managers play a pivotal role in this transition, and their empowerment can make or break the success of your pay transparency initiatives.
Refining Your Compensation Practices
Empowering our managers is an essential yet often overlooked aspect of preparing for pay transparency. Managers play a pivotal role in this transition, and their empowerment can make or break the success of your pay transparency initiatives.
Partnership with Jill Glück
The Talent Company is excited to share that they have recently partnered with Modern Mindz Consulting Inc. one of Canada’s leading digital learning and technology (EdTech) consulting companies, founded by Jill (Ogden) Glück.
HR Metrics Poll
In our May 16, 2024 Senior HR Peer-to-Peer sessions, we asked Senior HR leaders across the Greater Toronto Area questions about HR metrics in their organizations. Here are the results:
PREP For Pay Transparency
With recent changes, pay transparency is top of mind for many HR leaders. Pay transparency isn’t just a legal and moral imperative; it’s also a powerful competitive advantage in today’s business landscape. At the heart of achieving an appropriate level of pay transparency is curating and promoting your organization’s authentic pay philosophy.
HR Market Update January 2024
As we head into the holidays, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Priorities and Predictions 2024
Stay ahead of the game this year with i4cp’s 2024 Priorities & Predictions report.
HR Market Update December 2023
As we head into the holidays, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
HR Market Update November 2023
As we head into the holidays, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Leadership Development as a Competitive Advantage
In today’s dynamic business landscape, leadership development isn’t just a perk, it’s a strategic game-changer. Recent insights from industry experts highlight the incredible potential and strategic competitive advantage that organizations can unlock through investment in leadership and talent development solutions.
Partnership with Tammy Heermann
The Talent Company is excited to share that we have partnered with author, speaker and passionate advocate for women’s advancement, Tammy Heermann.
HR Market Update October 2023
As we continue to keep a close eye on the macroeconomic backdrop, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Partnership with Dr. Liane Davey
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
HR Market Update September 2023
The macroeconomic environment continues to exert a significant influence on the HR space. A positive jobs report in the US and strong retail sales figures suggest that interest rates may rise in the future. Meanwhile, in Canada, the January jobs report surpassed the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey by tenfold, with the unemployment rate hovering near an all-time low of 5 percent. As we advance further into 2023, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in HR Poll
In our May 18, 2023 Senior HR Peer-to-Peer sessions, we asked Senior HR leaders across the Greater Toronto Area questions about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in HR. Here are the results:
Changing Your Pay Structure & The Cost of Total Rewards
Will you need a different budget due to changes in your pay structure? How do you set your budget for bonuses, benefits, or other total rewards?
Pulse on Total Rewards 2023
The goal of this whitepaper is to provide guidance and insights to assist you in this important and strategic endeavour.
Economic Uncertainty & Balancing Your Compensation Budget
If you are working with a set budget, how do you balance competing demands? Are your budgets ready for what happens next?
Workforce Plans and Driving Results Through Compensation
How does your budget align with business and HR objectives? Will you need a bigger budget for new headcount, promotions, and/or critical roles?
Leading Through The Fog
We speak about uncertainty as something external (markets, regulators, global events) but it is also deeply internal: boundaries disappear or blur, relationships change, definitions of success are unclear, and people respond in unexpected ways during moments of crisis. are the lessons I’m taking forward…
The HR Compliance Checklist: Bill 149 & 190
Ontario’s Working for Workers Acts (Bill 149, Bill 190) are now law, with key deadlines effective January 1, 2026. These changes reshape recruitment, pay transparency, and workplace policies. Delaying action risks significant fines, damaged employee trust, and a scramble to meet compliance deadlines.
Ontario’s Amended Statutes
Ontario’s various Working For Workers Acts (Bill 149, Bill 190) are a clear call to action for HR leaders. Yet many organizations have not responded. HR professionals have told us they don’t know where to start, are hesitant to be the first to act, or are focused on other pressing responsibilities. Waiting is risky: HR leaders who delay risk compliance issues, employee trust, and losing top talent.
Beyond The Spreadsheet: Shaping a Meaningful Compensation Narrative
Here’s how HR and Total Rewards leaders can take a page from marketing and communications to shape a compelling compensation narrative…
Beyond The Spreadsheet: How Modern Organizations Are Using Benchmarking To Achieve Their Goals
In a rapidly evolving talent landscape, compensation planning has shifted from the back office to the boardroom. Today’s HR and business leaders are expected to deliver compensation strategies that are competitive, equitable, and sustainable—all while managing rising talent costs, inflationary pressures, and increasing employee expectations.
2025 Compensation Forecasts and Strategic Advice for HR Leaders
The goal of this whitepaper is to provide guidance and insights to assist you in this important and strategic endeavour.
Empowering Managers
Empowering our managers is an essential yet often overlooked aspect of preparing for pay transparency. Managers play a pivotal role in this transition, and their empowerment can make or break the success of your pay transparency initiatives.
Refining Your Compensation Practices
Empowering our managers is an essential yet often overlooked aspect of preparing for pay transparency. Managers play a pivotal role in this transition, and their empowerment can make or break the success of your pay transparency initiatives.
PREP For Pay Transparency
With recent changes, pay transparency is top of mind for many HR leaders. Pay transparency isn’t just a legal and moral imperative; it’s also a powerful competitive advantage in today’s business landscape. At the heart of achieving an appropriate level of pay transparency is curating and promoting your organization’s authentic pay philosophy.
Changing Your Pay Structure & The Cost of Total Rewards
Will you need a different budget due to changes in your pay structure? How do you set your budget for bonuses, benefits, or other total rewards?
Pulse on Total Rewards 2023
The goal of this whitepaper is to provide guidance and insights to assist you in this important and strategic endeavour.
Economic Uncertainty & Balancing Your Compensation Budget
If you are working with a set budget, how do you balance competing demands? Are your budgets ready for what happens next?
Workforce Plans and Driving Results Through Compensation
How does your budget align with business and HR objectives? Will you need a bigger budget for new headcount, promotions, and/or critical roles?
Establishing Market Competitiveness in Compensation
What data will you use to make evidence-based decisions to establish market-competitive compensation?
Priorities and Predictions 2023
Stay ahead of the game this year with i4cp’s 2023 Priorities & Predictions report.
Inflation and The Cost of Living
What role, if any, does rising inflation play in setting your pay strategies?
10 Critical Questions For Your 2023 Compensation Budget
The goal of this whitepaper is to provide guidance and insights to assist you in this important and strategic endeavour.
Changing Compensation
What to do when your compensation plans don’t match your current realities.
Pulse Study on Total Rewards
Craft a total rewards program that attracts, retains and engages the best talent for your organizaton.
Developing an Authentic Total Rewards Philosophy
Learn how to develop an authentic total rewards philosophy to motivate your workforce.
The Pay Transparency Shift
Prepare your company for pay transparency and legislative changes.
Turn Retirement Risk Into a Competitive Advantage
Many organizations treat retirements reactively, with a farewell party, a basic benefits plan, and a rushed backfill.
The result? Scrambling to recover, losing critical knowledge, morale, and momentum. But what if retirement transitions could be strategic, positive, and even strengthen your organization?
Workforce Reduction Planning Toolkit
To support HR leaders through these challenging moments, we’ve created two versions of our Workforce Reduction Planning Toolkit. Stay ahead of uncertainty with a plan that protects your people and your business.
Covid Round Up and Employment Best Practices
Employment pro-tips to avoid common pitfalls relating to terminations, vaccinations, and return to work plans.
Life Options Profile
Build a life options profile to help you transition from your current work life to retirement.
Retirement Success Profile
Create a retirement success profile to easily create a retirement plan for yourself or your employees.
Guidelines for Conducting Terminations
Terminations are hard, especially during a pandemic.
Mapping Your Path to Retirement
Retirement is a process, find out more about the elements of a successful retirement plan.
Tapping Into Your Hidden Resiliency
If the events of the last several months may have caused you internal angst, you are not alone. As a way of releasing this anxiety, we offer the following tips to help you move forward.
HR Market Update August 2026
Canada’s labour market is showing signs of cautious recovery despite a technical recession. In this month’s HR Market Update, we explore three emerging trends: growing demand for job ready entry level talent, widening leadership capability gaps, and renewed investment in talent infrastructure. Learn how organizations are adapting to build workforce stability and long term resilience.
CHRO Forum Aug 2026
The CHRO Leadership Forum is an invitation-only, confidential community for senior HR executives who are shaping enterprise strategy and solving the complex people, culture, and organizational challenges that drive business performance.
This peer-driven forum brings together CHROs and Vice Presidents of HR from diverse industries to exchange perspectives, test ideas, and explore solutions in a trusted environment. Members gain practical insights they can immediately apply while refining their leadership approach.
The Talent Company Wins Seven 2026 HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards for Second Consecutive Year
The Talent Company is proud to announce that it has once again been recognized across seven core categories in the 2026 Canadian HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards.
HR Market Update June 2026
Canada’s labour market is showing signs of cautious recovery despite a technical recession. In this month’s HR Market Update, we explore three emerging trends: growing demand for job ready entry level talent, widening leadership capability gaps, and renewed investment in talent infrastructure. Learn how organizations are adapting to build workforce stability and long term resilience.
HR Market Update May 2026
The Canadian labour market continues to show signs of caution. Recent data from Statistics Canada places unemployment at 6.9%, while many organizations remain hesitant to make major workforce investments amid ongoing economic uncertainty. Here are three workforce trends we are discussing with clients across Canada right now.
Future-Ready Succession Plans
In many organizations, succession planning is still built on a flawed premise: that tomorrow’s leadership needs will look like today’s. They won’t. A future-ready approach looks different. It’s dynamic, integrated, and anchored in where the business is going, not where it’s been. Here’s what that looks like in practice.
Ready or Not: Leadership Transitions Are Coming
Organizations across industries are feeling the impact of leadership gaps, thin pipelines, and shifting role requirements in real time. The question is no longer whether you need a succession plan. It’s whether yours is strong enough to support the business you’re trying to run today and the one you’re trying to build next. Here’s the case for why succession planning deserves sharper focus right now.
Case Study: Hard Metrics For Soft Skills
Coaching is often viewed as a qualitative investment. But what happens when leadership growth translates directly into revenue, margin, retention, and promotion outcomes?
The 2026 HR Legal Compliance Checklist
Our 2026 HR Legal Compliance Checklist is intended to help you assess your current policies and practices, spot potential gaps, and address risks early. Use it as a practical tool to help your recruitment, onboarding, compensation, and workplace policies align with shifting standards while strengthening employee trust.
Future-Ready HR: Navigating the 2026 HR Legal Landscape
In an era defined by Bill 149 and Bill 190, this article provides a strategic roadmap for navigating Ontario’s rapidly evolving HR legal requirements through 2026. It explores how shifting from reactive compliance to structured, evidence-based design can significantly strengthen employee trust and organizational agility. Read this to ensure your department is inspection-ready and positioned as a high-impact strategic partner in an increasingly scrutinized landscape.
Priorities and Predictions 2026
Stay ahead with insights from the world’s leading HR executives. This report offers a forward looking view of the forces reshaping work, leadership, and organizational design.
Informed by C level HR leaders, the 2026 report delivers expert perspectives on the priorities and strategies that will define the year ahead. This year’s study captures a pivotal shift as AI moves from a tool to a structural force redefining how work gets done.
Leading Through The Fog
We speak about uncertainty as something external (markets, regulators, global events) but it is also deeply internal: boundaries disappear or blur, relationships change, definitions of success are unclear, and people respond in unexpected ways during moments of crisis. are the lessons I’m taking forward…
The HR Compliance Checklist: Bill 149 & 190
Ontario’s Working for Workers Acts (Bill 149, Bill 190) are now law, with key deadlines effective January 1, 2026. These changes reshape recruitment, pay transparency, and workplace policies. Delaying action risks significant fines, damaged employee trust, and a scramble to meet compliance deadlines.
Ontario’s Amended Statutes
Ontario’s various Working For Workers Acts (Bill 149, Bill 190) are a clear call to action for HR leaders. Yet many organizations have not responded. HR professionals have told us they don’t know where to start, are hesitant to be the first to act, or are focused on other pressing responsibilities. Waiting is risky: HR leaders who delay risk compliance issues, employee trust, and losing top talent.
Turn Retirement Risk Into a Competitive Advantage
Many organizations treat retirements reactively, with a farewell party, a basic benefits plan, and a rushed backfill.
The result? Scrambling to recover, losing critical knowledge, morale, and momentum. But what if retirement transitions could be strategic, positive, and even strengthen your organization?
Workforce Reduction Planning Toolkit
To support HR leaders through these challenging moments, we’ve created two versions of our Workforce Reduction Planning Toolkit. Stay ahead of uncertainty with a plan that protects your people and your business.
The Talent Company Wins Seven Categories in 2025 HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards
The Talent Company is proud to announce it has been recognized in seven categories in the 2025 HR Reporter Readers’ Choice Awards, a program that celebrates excellence in the Canadian HR industry based entirely on votes from HR professionals across the country.
Beyond The Spreadsheet: Shaping a Meaningful Compensation Narrative
Here’s how HR and Total Rewards leaders can take a page from marketing and communications to shape a compelling compensation narrative…
Beyond The Spreadsheet: How Modern Organizations Are Using Benchmarking To Achieve Their Goals
In a rapidly evolving talent landscape, compensation planning has shifted from the back office to the boardroom. Today’s HR and business leaders are expected to deliver compensation strategies that are competitive, equitable, and sustainable—all while managing rising talent costs, inflationary pressures, and increasing employee expectations.
Partnership with LEAD for Growth
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
Partnership with Dr. Liane Davey Extended Through 2027
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
Succession Plans That Don’t Gather Dust
Succession planning prepares your organization for the future. It is a critical risk management and business continuity practice and creates insights and structure for talent decisions and discussions while contributing to a high-performance culture and higher engagement.
Building a Championship Team
Spring training isn’t just for baseball. HR leaders must also assess, develop, and upgrade talent to build a winning team for the season ahead.
Elevating Talent
Whether you are an HR professional looking to continue your professional development, or a leader looking to connect the HR dots on how to most effectively run your organization, these three sessions will deliver current and relevant insights to help you accelerate your talent and organizational mandates.
From Disruption To Direction
A clear and authentic HR strategy ensures that your organization can pivot quickly when needed, whether it’s rolling out new policies to address changing legislation, implementing new technologies to support a dispersed workforce, or responding to changing operational realities. The ability to execute these strategies effectively is what will help your organization move intentionally towards your goals.
Case Study: The Talent Company Leadership Edge
Leadership development is essential for organizations looking to equip their leaders with the skills needed to navigate complexity, drive change, and inspire teams. But how do you build a scalable, high-impact program that delivers measurable results?
Level Up Your Leadership Development
Leadership growth unfolds in four key stages: gaining foundational professional experience, building, then advancing leadership capabilities, and ultimately leveraging those skills for lasting impact. Each stage is a stepping stone, preparing leaders to maximize their potential at every level of their career.
Priorities and Predictions 2025
Stay ahead of the game this year with i4cp’s 2025 Priorities & Predictions report.
2025 Compensation Forecasts and Strategic Advice for HR Leaders
The goal of this whitepaper is to provide guidance and insights to assist you in this important and strategic endeavour.
Partnership with North Star Talent
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We are partnering with North Star Talent to broaden and deepen our expertise in talent acquisition advisory.
Hiring Manager Satisfaction Survey Questions
A tool to measure hiring manager satisfaction by The Talent Company. Get insights into the satisfaction levels of your hiring managers with our comprehensive hiring manager satisfaction survey questions.
Empowering Managers
Empowering our managers is an essential yet often overlooked aspect of preparing for pay transparency. Managers play a pivotal role in this transition, and their empowerment can make or break the success of your pay transparency initiatives.
Refining Your Compensation Practices
Empowering our managers is an essential yet often overlooked aspect of preparing for pay transparency. Managers play a pivotal role in this transition, and their empowerment can make or break the success of your pay transparency initiatives.
Partnership with Jill Glück
The Talent Company is excited to share that they have recently partnered with Modern Mindz Consulting Inc. one of Canada’s leading digital learning and technology (EdTech) consulting companies, founded by Jill (Ogden) Glück.
HR Metrics Poll
In our May 16, 2024 Senior HR Peer-to-Peer sessions, we asked Senior HR leaders across the Greater Toronto Area questions about HR metrics in their organizations. Here are the results:
PREP For Pay Transparency
With recent changes, pay transparency is top of mind for many HR leaders. Pay transparency isn’t just a legal and moral imperative; it’s also a powerful competitive advantage in today’s business landscape. At the heart of achieving an appropriate level of pay transparency is curating and promoting your organization’s authentic pay philosophy.
HR Market Update January 2024
As we head into the holidays, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Priorities and Predictions 2024
Stay ahead of the game this year with i4cp’s 2024 Priorities & Predictions report.
HR Market Update December 2023
As we head into the holidays, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
HR Market Update November 2023
As we head into the holidays, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Leadership Development as a Competitive Advantage
In today’s dynamic business landscape, leadership development isn’t just a perk, it’s a strategic game-changer. Recent insights from industry experts highlight the incredible potential and strategic competitive advantage that organizations can unlock through investment in leadership and talent development solutions.
Partnership with Tammy Heermann
The Talent Company is excited to share that we have partnered with author, speaker and passionate advocate for women’s advancement, Tammy Heermann.
HR Market Update October 2023
As we continue to keep a close eye on the macroeconomic backdrop, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Partnership with Dr. Liane Davey
The Talent Company is thrilled to be sharing some great news! We have partnered with best-selling author, keynote speaker and thought leader in team effectiveness, strategy, and leadership development, Dr. Liane Davey.
HR Market Update September 2023
The macroeconomic environment continues to exert a significant influence on the HR space. A positive jobs report in the US and strong retail sales figures suggest that interest rates may rise in the future. Meanwhile, in Canada, the January jobs report surpassed the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey by tenfold, with the unemployment rate hovering near an all-time low of 5 percent. As we advance further into 2023, these are the trends we are seeing in the HR space:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in HR Poll
In our May 18, 2023 Senior HR Peer-to-Peer sessions, we asked Senior HR leaders across the Greater Toronto Area questions about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in HR. Here are the results:
Changing Your Pay Structure & The Cost of Total Rewards
Will you need a different budget due to changes in your pay structure? How do you set your budget for bonuses, benefits, or other total rewards?
Pulse on Total Rewards 2023
The goal of this whitepaper is to provide guidance and insights to assist you in this important and strategic endeavour.
Economic Uncertainty & Balancing Your Compensation Budget
If you are working with a set budget, how do you balance competing demands? Are your budgets ready for what happens next?
Workforce Plans and Driving Results Through Compensation
How does your budget align with business and HR objectives? Will you need a bigger budget for new headcount, promotions, and/or critical roles?
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