by marie | May 22, 2018 | Career Builders - Ask Marie, Intercultural Learners - Ask Marie
Having a hard time communicating effectively with Canadians? Get your message across each and every single time with these strategies.
by marie | May 22, 2018 | Managers and Leaders - Ask Marie
Watch this Ask Marie video about the importance of kindness in the workplace. Let’s begin spreading kindness at work.
by marie | May 8, 2018 | Past Webinar Recording
Learn how to position yourself to be found, what the typical Canadian employer expectations for hiring are, and how to start accessing the hidden job market where most of the jobs are.
by marie | May 8, 2018 | Blog, Hot Off The Press, Build your career
Are you confused about this talk of “soft skills” for getting a job? Do you wonder what it means to have “transferable” skills? Do you want to have a fast way to find out what your soft, transferable – or whatever employers want skills – are and then...
by marie | May 3, 2018 | Blog, Hot Off The Press, Leadership and Management, Employer Best Practices
“I love my company!” Group pride, inclusion and employee engagement How an inclusion opportunity came up at Fenceline and what happened when they took it on. Marie Gervais, Shift Management Inc. “Never underestimate your ability to make someone else’s life...
How Leaders Can Be More Compassionate to Employees (a guest blog) by Rose Julian When asked where acts of compassion regularly occur, the office would probably be last on your mind! Professional environments are focused on advancement and economic outcomes to achieve...
So your time has come and you're officially the new supervisor! Of course you are feeling both excited and perhaps a bit scared at the same time. You want to make a good impression and you want people to like you, but you recognize a need for discipline and want to...
What has changed for leadership and management since COVID-19? You may be wondering what has changed for managers since the experience of a global pandemic and widespread economic upheaval. From my perspective, the basics of management continue to be the foundation...
Most of us have either experienced or currently work with bad leaders who are incompetent, tyrannical or vindictive. You may have asked yourself how someone so incompetent ended up in a position of power. Or you may wonder why everyone seems to put up with the tyranny...
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.