Vol. 5 No. 25 | December 13, 2012

Notes

• Christmas parties and bonuses make comeback
• A quarter of us will kiss a colleague at the office Christmas party (with those in HR most likely to)
• HR advice for keeping yuletide celebrations under control
• How to avoid an HR hangover after the Christmas party
• The Company Christmas Party
• Top Office Party Blunders
• Survive the office Christmas party
• The office Christmas party rules
• How to shine at your office holiday party
• Tips for the Upcoming Office Christmas Party
• The Worst Mistakes To Make At The Office Christmas Party
• 8 ways to survive your office Christmas party
• What not to do at the office holiday party

From the Longwoods Archives

Innovation in Leadership

A Case Study: The Initiative to Improve RN Scheduling at Hamilton Health Sciences
Laurel-Anne Wallace and Sharon Pierson

Transitions

• Dr. Marc Ruel to Chief of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI), Ottawa, ON
• Dr. Howard Alper reappointed as Chair of the Science, Technology and Innovation Council, Ottawa, ON
• Dr. Mandy Spencer to Director on the board of The Lake of the Woods District Hospital, Kenora, ON
• Dr. Alison Bested to BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre as the inaugural medical director of the Complex Chronic Diseases Program, Vancouver, BC
• Dr. Wee-Shian Chan to Head, Department of Medicine;  Lead, Obstetric General Internal Medicine Group; and Clinician, Obstetric General Internal Medicine for BC Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
• Karen McGrath to President and CEO, Georgian Bay General Hospital, Midland, ON
• Dr. Guy Rouleau to Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, PQ
• Dr. Jon Meddings to Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB
• Lisa Young to Dean and Vice-Provost, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary, AB
• Lorne Hepworth to Chair of the Board of Directors, Genome Canada

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