by marie | May 29, 2017 | Blog, Hot Off The Press, Canadian Workplace Culture, Intercultural Communication
Turns out that your personality traits impact how effectively you can navigate cultural difference. Learn how “The Big Five,” “The Asian Personality at Work Index,” and how individualism and collectivism impact your ability to negotiate.
by marie | May 23, 2017 | Blog, Hot Off The Press, Intercultural Communication, Employer Best Practices
Learn the 6 universal principles of influence you can start using today to improve your negotiations and your relationships.
by marie | May 12, 2017 | Blog, Hot Off The Press, Leadership and Management, Supervisory Smarts, Canadian Workplace Culture, Employer Best Practices, Reaching Your Career Goals
Recipes for success at work are printed everywhere…articles, textbooks, templates, and checklists. Ready for a different approach? Find how Marie’s 3 key values can ignite your team and enable you to light the way for others.
by marie | May 10, 2017 | Past Webinar Recording
INNOVERSITY – it’s the intersection of innovation, diversity, and creativity. Learn how diversity on your team can be your organization’s greatest asset and get some ideas on what you can do to optimize that resource.`
by marie | May 8, 2017 | Blog, Hot Off The Press, Canadian Workplace Culture, Intercultural Communication
If you are working with human beings at all you will find yourself negotiating. Two definitions of the word negotiate that I like are “to obtain or bring about by discussion” and “to find a way over or through a difficult path or obstacle.” Put...
Marie Gervais, PhD., CSTD., MEd., BEd. (bilingual), ECDip., A.Mus, (CEO, Shift Management Inc.) is a Certified Canadian Training and Development Professional, a Certified EFT Coach, and a credentialed evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society. Through her business, Shift Management, Dr. Gervais provides managerial training and development to business and industry through online courses and web coaching. Her signature online certificate course, Supervisory Leadership, uses small group coaching combined with applied online content to engage participants in setting goals and creating workplace habits of excellence. Dr. Gervais’ work has gained a reputation for integration and inclusion of the diverse workforce and she is a sought-after speaker, writer and curriculum developer. Shift Management’s digital and multi-media resources on topics ranging from have been successfully implemented with many populations and contexts.
Marie Gervais has been featured in: Manufacturing Leadership Journal, The Business Code Podcast, Edmonton Woman Magazine, and Zen Workplace Mental Health Summit. She has developed courses and research projects for numerous professional associations and presented at engineering, manufacturing and accounting conferences. Her company offers online learning and coaching on topics such as workplace communication, conflict resolution, and managing an intercultural workforce. Dr. Gervais podcast “Culture and Leadership Connections”, focuses on the groups that contributed to individual leadership success and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and her website https://shiftworkplace.ca/podcast/
Past projects include: Manufacturing leadership training videos and handbooks funded by Alberta Agriculture, Plant Manager Leadership and peer coaching initiatives, CPA Canadian Business Accounting for Internationally Trained Professionals eLearning course design, Work and Culture Online, four courses for foremen, industry leadership and management for Red Deer College’s Donald School of Business, the Immigrant Entrepreneur Mentorship Program, and over 20 multi-media training courses for manufacturing, construction, and energy sector middle and upper management learning.
Check out Marie’s podcast Culture and Leadership Connections at https://shiftworkplace.com/podcast on Apple Podcasts and on the Shift website to hear insightful interviews and business insights.