by Hugh MacPhie | Oct 5, 2021 | Culture, Team Development
A Guide to Returning from Parental Leave “A Guide to Returning from Parental Leave” is exactly what I wish I had one month ago, when I returned to work here at MacPhie, a management consulting firm in Toronto. When I returned to work after my first mat leave, I...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jul 8, 2020 | Culture
From Strength to Strength: How Diverse Work Backgrounds Make Organizations Better and Stronger When I graduated with a PhD in English literature, I wasn’t exactly sure what to do next. Sure, I was an expert in British and American literature from 1860-1918 (you can...
by Hugh MacPhie | Feb 7, 2020 | Culture
The Most Effective Team Building Activities We all know that teamwork, or effective collaboration, is a “good thing.” Teams that work well together – and that trust one another – are more likely to produce high quality work, and organizations with interdependent...
by Hugh MacPhie | Jan 22, 2020 | Culture
How to Deal with Silos at Work For most of us, silos at work aren’t of the grain-holding variety. Instead, they’re the deep – and often deeply problematic – rifts that emerge between divisions or groups in your organization. Whether your organization is large and...
by Hugh MacPhie | Dec 19, 2019 | Culture
Finding Bright Spots for the Holidays One of our favourite traditions at MacPhie is hosting our Gin with a Genius series, where we invite inspirational, innovative, and generally super smart people to come by the office to share their insights and ideas with us. These...
by Hugh MacPhie | Aug 26, 2019 | Culture, Leadership
Communicating Across Differences in an Organization In today’s business world, people from all walks of life are coming together to make an impact. Teams are required to work together and achieve productivity, regardless of differences in age, race, class, and...
