Secrets to Communicating with Canadians
Having a hard time communicating effectively with Canadians? Get your message across each and every single time with these strategies.
Why Kindness Matters at Work
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.
Finding a Job in Canada
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.
Your transferable skills: Finding and using them for work
by marie | May 8, 2018 | Blog, Build your career, Hot Off The Press
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...
“I love my company!” Group pride, inclusion and employee engagement
by marie | May 3, 2018 | Blog, Employer Best Practices, Hot Off The Press, Leadership and Management
“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...Search
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- Supervisory survival basics: Giving direction
- Rock your leadership effectiveness with your personal skill story
- Understanding the difference between employee thinking and manager thinking
- Changing your own behaviour with "If_when...then"
- Finding a job in Canada: Using online searches
- Documents you need to immigrate to Canada
- Getting a job with your degree
- Be irresistible at job interviews
- Older and out of work? Tips to get that job.
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- Bringing out the talents of your team: Survey and you shall receive
- Cultural conflict styles and why you need to know about them
- Cultural comfort in the workplace
- The difference between cultural and intercultural competency
- How to get strategic and START putting out fires in your business or team
- 3 Typical workplace communication problems you can actually do something about
- [+]June
- [+]May
- Cross cultural negotiation - part three: Personality traits that lead to cultural behaviour change
- Cross cultural negotiation - part two: Using influence
- The spirit of work: How courtesy, respect and thoughtfulness create the foundation for all other work success
- Cultural differences: The key to creativity and innovation
- Cross cultural negotiation - part one: Using power strategies
- Ndumiso’s Swaziland to Canada story: Advancing in the telecommunications workplace
- Challenge people to help them get better
- [+]April
- Turning Twitter into a giant job board
- Use Twitter to find work
- Integrating international employees to your workplace
- How did I lose myself? Finding your confidence in a new country
- Gerard Keledjian: An immigrant success story
- Perfect your entry level resume: Tips and Tricks
- Stop pissing off recruiters
- Courageous conversations you wish you’d had
- Understand and showcase your "soft skills"
- [+]March
- To stop the talent drain, develop your own leadership
- Quit spending 80% of your time on one bad egg
- Craft an entry level resume
- Get employers to respond to your job application
- Organize your team for performance
- Stay motivated in your job search
- Is it true that some people can’t be motivated?
- Building your career in Canada: Chinese and Canadian perspectives
- [+]February
- Foreign credential recognition in Alberta: A few explanations and resources
- Stop drowning in paperwork
- Manage for this century and the next
- Stay current and employable in your field: 4 Ideas you may have missed
- 3 critical supervisory leadership tools for this century and the next!
- How to manage annoying people
- Build Powerful Engaged Teams
- Fix company communication that SUCKS
- [+]January
- Get results when talking to your boss
- Build your credibility as a leader
- Is online learning for you? Let’s find out
- Accent reduction without losing your identity or voice
- Getting through to your boss
- How to use your voice more effectively: 4 Critical strategies
- The need to be right versus the need to know
- [+]December
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- Building and recovering team trust: A basic framework for managers
- Workforce plagues: Understanding and dealing with social dominance and narcissistic personalities at work
- "We're going to have to let you go" - Words the indispensable NEVER have to hear
- Present yourself with confidence
- 5 Disastrously common meeting presentation mistakes & what you can learn from them
- Want more confidence? Try these steps!
- [+]October
- 7 Barriers to communication and a lesson from YouTube
- Communicating with clarity
- Why you can't afford to have poor communication in your business or organization
- Reflections on high school reunions and cultural awareness
- "What? Are you trying to teach me something?" The link between organizational learning and polar bears
- [+]September
- Virtual introductions: The "why" and "how"
- The power of a true vacation, and why you should harness it
- Virtual Networking: Using LinkedIn to find work
- Networking for people who are shy, socially uncomfortable or new to the country
- Virtual networking part three: Using Twitter to network your way into a job
- Networking tips and tricks for wallflowers: What to do before, during, and after an event
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- “Three cups of tea”: The principle behind building your network and getting results
- Dealing with prejudice during an interview: How even you can find the right words to be direct
- Effective meetings strategy #1: Using meetings to mine for team talents
- Effective Meetings that bring out the talents of your team: Overview and Strategies #1
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