HRO Core

Bryan Burns, Founder & CEO

Bryan W. Burns, MEC, B. Comm., CHRP

Bryan W. Burns
President & CEO, HRO Core Inc.

Education
Master of Electronic Commerce, Dalhousie University (2005)Bachelor of Commerce, Saint Mary’s University (1993)

Career Focus
Management, consulting, entrepreneur, employee benefits, training, coaching, emotional intelligence, HRO, BPO, Outsourcing, International Business, Business Development

Bryan W. Burns is CEO and Founder of HRO Core Inc. – Benefits and Human Capital Solutions. His career is focused in generalist human resource service delivery, international business and management consulting both domestically and internationally.

His over fifteen years experience in advising business, non-profit and government organizations on employee benefits, payroll, training and coaching, includes a range of management and HR projects including wellness initiatives, employee and family assistance plans (EAP), benefits, recruitment and hiring, training, organizational development and leadership. Bryan also has experience in project management, economic development, marketing, eCommerce, e-Supply chain and outsourcing.

Prior to founding HRO Core Inc., Bryan served as Vice President for a Canadian health benefits outsourcing company leading the company’s operations and service delivery in Eastern Canada to small businesses, corporate clients and the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Department of Community Services dental plans. He has also served as Director of a U.K. based Emotional Intelligence (EI) training and coaching firm.

He is the author of BPO and HRO: Foundations for Today’s Enterprise – a review of human resource outsourcing and business process outsourcing and is accredited in the Bar-On EQi and the IHHP EI 360, training and assessment tools. He is a Director of the Aerospace Industries Association of Nova Scotia (ADIANS) and Co-President of the Halifax Branch of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs (CIIA). He has a Master of Electronic Commerce from Dalhousie University (2005) and a Bachelor of Commerce from Saint Mary’s University (1993). Since incorporating HRO Core Inc. in 2005, he has worked in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia on various client assignments.

Selected HR Generalist Experience and Activities

• Conducted a salary reviews including recommendations on compensation for the President, Vice-President, senior management and staff for a small technology company.

• Assisted a metal fabrication company to create pay scales for hourly machinists and other staff members including creation of a variety of pay ‘bands’ and process for moving from entry level through successive bands.

• Audited, updated and delivered 5S training to a manufacturing company.

• Completed a HR and Management Audit for a Dartmouth based health care organization including employee surveys, creation of HR business processes and documents, pay policies, lieu time policies, family time, etc.

• Completed job analysis and creation of job descriptions and job evaluation processes for a variety of clients.

• Worked for a leading training and career development provider in delivering emotional intelligence training and coaching services to leading consulting, financial services and manufacturing companies in the UK.

• Accredited user of two leading measures of emotional intelligence – a key determinant of sales and leadership success; the Bar-On EQi and the IHHP EI 360.

• Completed recruiting assignments and recruitment process outsourcing assignments.

• Licensed insurance broker with more than 7 years experience in group employee benefits and benefits administration services. He has expertise in a variety of health benefit issues and options including flex benefits, administrative services only plans (ASO), stop loss insurance, drug plans, employee assistance plans and other benefits and retirement savings plans and issues.

• Completed a Workforce Strategy and Implementation plan for the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Nova Scotia Human Resources Partnership, which included a review of existing activities, identification of industry best practices, strategy development and implementation planning.

• Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP), in progress.

Key Person Insurance

The most valuable asset of any successful business is its key people, whose unique talents make a significant contribution to the bottom line. Who are key people? You, people with unique relationships with valued customers, people with specialized technical talents and people responsible for major projects. What impacts could a key person’ death or disablement have on your business?

Projects could stop
Job momentum could be lost
Job security for other employees could be affected
Customers could be lost
The business could have difficulties in continuing
The business could have trouble maintaining its good reputation
The business could lose sales and profit
The business’ line of credit be affected
There could be costs associated with recruiting, hiring and training a replacement

Benefits of Key Person Insurance:

It is the most economical way of providing cash
Proceeds are tax-free
Money is delivered at the exact time it is needed
The business’ future is secure

Keyman Insurance is one of the most important yet often overlooked insurance policies by businesses. While many businesses have insurance for their property, vehicles or other assets businesses fail to account for protection against prolonged illness or death for a key employee or owner. Face values range from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more. Monthly premiums are affordable, even for small businesses.

To find out more about Key Man insurance, give us a call.

Performance Management

Getting HR right has become more important in these challenging times. Many companies we talk to are interested in implementing better employee performance management systems to ensure they get the most out of their human capital investments. We are working to provide value in this area.

A successful entrepreneur, once told me, “there are only two things in business: people and money”. Money is still scarce, so, people performance may hold the keys to success in your business this year.

2010 HR Priorities

Last year, the manufacturing sector experienced layoffs as did firms in the travel and tourism sector. Many of the small firms I talked to indicated that their HR decisions were ‘on hold’. Not just hiring, but, programs aimed at existing employees as well.

In Canada, however, all is not gloom and doom. Despite layoffs in manufacturing and other sectors, there has been stability in Internet firms and Canadian gaming firms have experienced expolsive 30% employment growth from 9,500 to 12,400. Also, the defence sector has seen employment stability and increases in certain firms due to the ongoing Canada First Defence Strategy program.

With smaller employee teams, employee productivity and performance management are key. How will you drive productivity and performance to new levels this year? What will be your themes for HR this year? To share in this discussion, go to the HRO Core Blog.

Hiring – Retaining – Optimizing

Bryan

Hello friends!

Happy New Year! We hope you like our new website. Please contact us to let us know what you think. – Bryan