Category: Tools

How to Make Your Workplace More LGBTQ+ Inclusive

Sandbox is incredibly excited to debut this guest blog post, written by Heather Price-Jones, Client Relations Specialist at Botree. Botree is a valued partner at SBX and are always striving to improve the way our business community does work.So, without further adieu, continue reading to find out more about how to make your workplace more…

New Ontario Manufacturing Training Program to Upskill Jobs

As part of the $115 million Skills Development Fund, the Government of Ontario has announced an investment of $690,000 to provide a new, free training program to 260 manufacturing employees around the province to upgrade productivity, health and safety in the workplace, and supply chain strength. “The pandemic has shown us the importance of adapting…

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The Legal Brief: COVID-19 & Employment Law – 2021 Updates

Despite the turn of a new year, the landscape that surrounds the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to evolve. So much so, the province of Ontario has been set back to State of Emergency restrictions, leaving so much unknown about how it will affect businesses, their continuity, and rights as it relates to employers and employees.…

Professional Development: How to Get Your Organization to Sponsor You

Your journey to personal development starts now! You have the opportunity to negotiate with your organization to sponsor you to attend conferences to catapult your mindset and skills, including The Atelier Collective’s upcoming signature virtual event: Beyond 2020. In this post, you will learn from Master Negotiator, Atelier alumni and past SBX CNNX thought-leader, Fotini…

Death by Powerpoint & Other Business Crimes

What a fascinating time we are living in. We are practically living online, zoom fatigue has become a real ‘thing’ and we continue to kill people with ppt. No – we aren’t ‘killin’ it’ with our ppt’s (as your teen might say), it’s a bit less hip and a lot more painful. Death by PowerPoint continues…

Top Three On-Camera Tips to Help You Ace Your Next Online Meeting – PART 1

Most of us didn’t sign up to be on daytime television as actors or hosts but for many of us, it feels like that’s exactly where we have ended up.  Added to the stress of working from home, pivoting a business and completely revamping policies, procedures and protocols, being on camera for most of our…