116( 2025 )SPONSOR CONTENTFlexible fun is the bottom line at NorthbridgeZeenat Taki figures ifyou’re going to spendmuch of your life atwork, it should beat a company thatshares your values, like inclusion,integrity and diversity. Whichis why she loves the career she’screated at Northbridge FinancialCorporation.“Northbridge is a place wheremy fellow employees and I feelsafe and want to come to workevery day,” says Taki.“You get to work with greatpeople, not only on your team butwith different people throughoutthe organization who are havinga great time while creating thatatmosphere.”Northbridge FinancialCorporation provides propertyand casualty insurance services.Headquartered in Toronto, it hasregional offices across the countryand over 1,900 employees. It’s provided a wide range of insurancesolutions to Canadians for over100 years.As lead in corporate underwriting, Taki has a unique rolethat puts her at the centre of ahub of teams providing hightech support. She helped buildNorthbridge’s Android platformson the IT side and works closelywith the business team to helpher fellow employees deliverinsurance services to their clients.Taki appreciates the flexibility ofa hybrid work model that allowsher to spend half her time in theoffice and half working fromhome. That balance allows her tobe creative and productive in herown space while collaboratingwith her colleagues at the company’s Toronto office.Northbridge’s flexibility alsoextends to perks like early longweekend closures that giveemployees a head start on theirholidays, as well as to individuallytailored career development andpersonal growth planning, saysHarold Weckworth, senior vicepresident of people and culture.“We want to provide meaningfulexperiences for our employeesand we want to really empowerthem to bring their best selves towork while having fun,” he says.“That creates a ripple effectacross the organization that impacts wellness and is inspirational,which is important because wewant to give all our employees anopportunity to excel.”“We want to providemeaningful experiences forour employees and we wantto really empower them tobring their best selves towork.”— Harold WeckworthSenior Vice Presidentof People and Culture Northbridge Financial hosts many fun social events for employees throughout the year, including a popsiclepop-up to kick off summer.Taki says one of the mostimportant things helping her succeed is Northbridge’s educationassistance program. Not only doemployees receive 100 per centsupport for course costs, they get afinancial bonus of up to $2,000 forcourse completion – somethingTaki had never run across at othercompanies.Another form of educationand training Taki has benefitedfrom is the company’s mentoring program, where she wasmatched with a senior employeewho helped her hone the skillsshe needed to build her career.Northbridge has a wealth ofcollective experience to draw on,with employees staying for as longas 50 years.Weckworth says another corecompany policy that employeesappreciate is Northbridge’s
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