CKCA’s Cyber Risk Tool

You don’t have to understand all the tech, but you do have to understand the risk – Use this CKCA tool!

You can’t be an expert at everything. You have to delegate to others to ensure your business is protected against cyber security.

CKCA went to THE source for cyber security insights and have partnered with Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange to produce this handy checklist (please log in as a CKCA member to view this great tool).

Give this checklist to your IT contact and get them to go through it and respond to you. Remember it won’t be your IT contact paying the ransomware, it will be you! So if you want to make sure your IT has got your business covered, show them this list and see what they say.

Did you know about 70% of Canadian companies have experienced an attack and that number is growing?

It can’t happen to you? Really? Check out these stories:

  • Trail Appliances, western Canada’s largest appliance retailer has been impacted by a Cyberattack. Read more »
  • Drowning in threat information? Getting advice from the right sources is important. Read more»
  • At the end of the day, every organization owns the responsibility to acquire, implement and manage their IT. Read more»

What values have you imprinted on your company?

What values have you imprinted on your company?

By Amrita Bhogal, Human Resources, Sunrise Kitchens

 

Values are unique to everyone. Your values come from many various areas of your life, with the majority of them being instilled in us as young children. The values you inherit are what influence your choices and business practices. But are your values aligned with your company’s? As business owners, it is important to revisit this topic often and ensure the decisions made within the company are aligned. Values dictate the standard of behaviours, and these behaviours can help influence change to continually grow or decline.

 

Many businesses state their values with only the external customer in mind.  This is a great start, however, we should not stop there. In my opinion as an HR representative, the most important values that should be established are for the internal customers (i.e. your employees). This will improve the direction you want to lead your team in, and if everyone is clear on these values, it will positively impact the most difficult change in any business – a change in culture.

 

Action plan:

  • Analyze and align values established for external and internal customers
  • Bridge gaps between all levels of the organization
  • Bring values into recruiting process – hire candidates that practice similar values

 

Catch me at the CKCA National Forum in Calgary to hear more on how we can get in front of labour shortages by focusing on values, culture and kaizen.

Behaviors Dictate Culture

The culture statement on your wall does not validate your organization’s culture, the everyday actions of your people do. Culture is complicated and a one-time brainstorm session on your culture statement does not manifest the ideal culture you want to form.

 

Your culture is driven by the everyday communication, actions and decisions that are taken by your people, whether it be managers or your front-line employees. Creating a culture you want for your organization is a lifetime of constant work. There are many ways you can drive the culture you want through your people.

 

Where to get started:

  1. It all starts with values – re-evaluating your values to ensure they will be used when communicating, decision making, and everyday actions (involve the people in the organization when establishing them)
  2. Educate the organization through value-based activities – this creates a strong connection
  3. Most importantly stop behaving against your values

 

As an HR professional, I have concluded you’re always working on your culture because you are constantly improving your people. People = Culture. The constant mindset of improving your people and the actions that make it happen drives your culture. A place to start creating the ideal workplace culture is through your communication as it drives the actions which results in behaviors.

 

Want more? Start a conversation through Social Media:

Instagram: amrita_bhogal

LinkedIn: amrita bhogal

 

Amrita Bhogal

Human Resources

Sunrise Kitchens Ltd

Upper Canada Ontario Launches Uniboard TFL Collection

Upper Canada Ontario Launches the Uniboard® TFL Collection

Feb 11 2021

Upper Canada always helps you stay ahead of the trend with the latest designs, and our latest offering, Uniboard’s stunning TFL Collection, is a prime example. Bringing a sense of luxurious realism to any space with these decorative panels – it is a selection that is sure to inspire you to get creative with your projects.

From authentic designs to trendy solids, Uniboard’s leading edge colour palette observes modern urban trends as well as rustic and reclaimed styles. Uniboard offers innovative textures that capture the essence of nature’s inherent beauty, soft natural fabrics and authentic earthy textures. Perfect for retail, residential and institutional applications, you will never look at TFL the same way again.

Why Uniboard TFL?

  • Available in seven trendy textures: Aura, Calico, Dolomite, Nobella, Omnia, Riviera Oak, and Sequoia
  • Matching HPL and edgebanding available
  • No minimum order quantity required
  • CARB compliant, Eco and FSC® Certified
  • Non-porous decorative surface, making it an inhospitable environment for microorganisms to grow and live, so that they can be easily cleaned and disinfected repeatedly without damaging their design, beauty, or performance

To learn more about this decorative product line, browse the Uniboard TFL Collection.

For a sample, please contact your local Upper Canada Sales Consultant.

Upper Canada is a proud sponsor of the CKCA.

 

 

Stan Pauls, CEO Decor Cabinets is recognized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Richard Lipman, Wood Manufacturing Council

Office: 613-567-5511     E-mail: rlipman@wmc-cfb.ca

WMC Recognizes Stan Pauls, CEO Decor Cabinets with 2020 HR Award of Distinction

The Wood Manufacturing Council (WMC) is pleased to announce the recipient of its 2020 HR Award of Distinction -Stan Pauls, owner of Decor Cabinets, Morden, MB.  The WMC HR Awards Program honors companies and individuals who develop and implement creative solutions and contribute to best practices in the wood manufacturing industry.   The program was established to promote the importance of HR in our sector and give outstanding individual(s)/firms an opportunity to share their innovative ideas with others.

Our 2020 Award of Distinction recipient is someone who is described as a visionary when it comes to wood manufacturing and growing a successful company.  His firm is at the forefront of the Canadian kitchen cabinet industry and is also growing continuously in the US market.  Stan Pauls is a very intentional person, who has endless ideas and is described by his people as a great leader with a passion for craftsmanship – but his greatest passion is his focus on people.

Stan Pauls genuinely cares for his employees and is committed to their growth.   He believes the company culture must challenge and support people to reach their full potential.  And with this comes the expectation that everyone in the organization, seeks to “be better, to do better and to think better”.   Stan’s desire is to have people “go home happier and have a happier home”.  Stan has stood for and has worked hard to create family in his company – and it is now truly a family business with his wife Connie joining the senior leadership team.

Stan has an eye on the future – he is ready to revamp, build, expand, and market.  His company vision is to be “Undeniably Different”.  To respond to the needs of customers, the performance of Decor’s cabinets are top of mind, and Stan studies the requirements of different demographics, including aging Canadians.  He consciously applies design and functionality to ensure Decor’s cabinets can best serve all customers.

Stan has recognized that digital transformation is critical to the success and growth of the business and he wants Decor to be the Digital Disruptor, not the company whose business model becomes obsolete.  He recognizes that if the outside rate of change is faster than the inside rate of change, you will be disrupted.  Even before COVID-19, Stan had his team working on how Decor can interactively work with partners and clients – developing new tools to reach people through technology and he continues to invest in this area.  With the investment in a new ERP system, Decor is focused on streamlining their customer experience and internal processes.  They are modernizing the plant floor to provide more relevant information to their operators and reduce paperwork across all operations.

Decor looks continuously at technology and improvement as key priorities.  Along with significant equipment purchases to stay at the forefront, Decor is doing unique things on the operational side.  The process by which continuous improvement is undertaken is always under review and subject to change.  Decor implemented ‘2 Second Lean’ to achieve this and it has paid off.  Employees have come up with numerous changes, from the simple to the complex, that have resulted in great enhancements.

With all the focus on being a leading-edge company, community involvement remains a top company priority.  Stan recognizes the power to bring positive, measurable change to both the community they live in and those around the world.  The company supports various organizations that give help to those in need, including Opportunity International Canada.

With the nomination, it was the desire of other leading figures from the wood industry to recognize Stan Pauls – citing his business acumen and his tremendous passion for people.  The award was presented in late December, over Zoom, by WMC Chairman Pete Fournier, Triangle Kitchen, Dieppe, NB and his father, Roger Fournier, a previous Award of Distinction recipient.  The WMC is very proud to recognize Stan Pauls with our 2020 Award of Distinction.

Wood Manufacturing Council    wmc@wmc-cfb.ca  613-567-5511

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