letter from the editor
Crystal Ball
for HR?
It’s hard to believe that it’s already May, but here we are.
Welcome to your fifth issue of HR Professional this year. I’d
love to know what our readers think about the magazine’s
new digital platforms; when you have a minute, please send
me an email with your feedback on the digital flipbook, the new
hrprofessionalnow.ca website and the HR Professional mobile app.
What do you like, and how can we improve for you? All of us at
Lester Communications and HRPA are invested in making sure
our readers find HR Professional to be a valuable source of infor-mation
for their careers. Any feedback you can share with us is
appreciated.
The cover story of this issue is a tricky one: How can HR
professionals prepare for the future when the future is often so un-certain?
With the employee landscape changing so drastically and
faster than ever before, being agile and responsive to change can be
difficult. Read the article that Melissa Campeau wrote, starting on
page 16.
You’ll also read about how to protect your organization from un-expected
sources of fraud, how to improve HR communications
and how to be a better influencer in your organization. Alana Free,
the vice president of people and culture at GoodLife Fitness, is our
featured HR Influencer for the May issue.
Look for the June issue to come out in a few weeks; the cover sto-ry
dives into HR’s role in the often-complex world of mergers and
acquisitions.
Happy reading,
Jill Harris
866-953-2182
jharris@lesterpublications.com ■
THE MAGAZINE OF
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
VOLUME 34 / NUMBER 5 MAY 2017
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Jason Beeho, Levitt LLP
Dean Bulloch, MBA, CHRE,
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Meridian
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