COMMUNICATIONS AND LEADERSHIP
Thriving in Changing Times
An organization’s success depends on its ability to adapt to a changing environment. This session focuses on the emotional intelligence skills needed to cultivate resilience and stay innovative during changing times. Participants will learn how to become an innovative leader who focuses on taking risks and spurring colleagues’ ingenuity and autonomous thought. The seminar will also cover ways to develop grit, become more adaptable, and remain productive when faced with change.
Speaker
Carolyn Stern
As a professor with the School of Business at Capilano University, Carolyn Stern pioneered the integration of emotional intelligence into Capilano’s curriculum. An emotional intelligence and leadership development expert, Carolyn combines real-world experience as both a business leader with more than two decades as a trainer and educator. Her company, EI Experience, provides leadership development and emotional intelligence training for all management levels and businesses of all sizes and scope. Since launching EI Experience in 2017, Carolyn has helped more than 15,000 business leaders leverage their emotional intelligence skills to connect with their diverse workforce and develop high-performing teams.
Ten Essential Team Needs to Combat Burnout
Burnout and role-overload are pervasive during times of change and crisis. Research shows that failing to meet the essential needs of your team will result in burnout, mental health challenges, increased absenteeism, disengagement, and lost productivity. In this session, discover how to effectively support your team and learn how to choose effective strategies that will nurture your team’s potential so they remain engaged, avoid burnout, and maintain resilience.
Speaker
Beverly Beuermann-King
Beverly Beuermann-King specializes in working with people and organizations who want to control their reactions to stress, build resiliency against life's challenges and live healthy, successful lives using her S-O-S Principle™. Beverly is a sought-after media spokesperson and has made over 500 television and radio appearances on shows such as City TV and CBC, and in national publications from the Toronto Star newspaper to Chatelaine magazine. Beverly is one of less than seventy Canadians to have earned their Certified Speaking Professional designation and has been accredited as a Certified Virtual Presenter through eSpeakers and through Power Women WorldWide. Beverly’s ability to connect the theoretical to real life through her stories and humour, help her audiences to move past the challenges and into a world of possibilities.
Six Power Skills to Lead Through Change
Do you have what it takes to lead your team through change? Now, more than ever, with the emergence of hybrid and dispersed teams, leading well-adjusted, high-performing teams is crucial to keeping your business moving forward. In this session, learn about the power skills needed to help lead your team to success, and discover ways of staying connected and fostering open communication within the context of the 6 key indicators of leading an effective, efficient team.
Speaker
Renée Safrata
Over the past 30+ years, Renée has worked internationally with thousands of companies and executives, helping them to adopt new behaviors and become confident members of highly functioning teams. Connection and talent development are at the core of everything Renée touches. From one-on-one and team training to speaking engagements, she clearly demonstrates how this philosophy of connection is what drives productivity and company results. Early on, Renée recognized the ongoing shift and future demand for digital workplace learning and now has over 10 years of experience leading a remote team and creating and delivering educating, entertaining, and unique virtual learning experiences.
Leading High Performing Teams
The ability to develop a strong sense of teamwork is a critical skill for any leader or project manager. In this hands-on, interactive workshop with Nic Tsangarakis, learn about practical tools that will help you assess and optimize your team’s performance.
Speaker
Nic Tsangarakis
Nic’s extensive expertise includes strategic planning, design and delivery of leadership and management development programs, design and implementation of performance management systems, and facilitating team building sessions. He also has experience in operations management and implementing total quality management systems and business process re-engineering. Nic has an honours degree in industrial psychology, and a master’s degree in operations management from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.