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PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Facilitator: Doug Kerr
Length: 2 days
Date: Wed, Jan 24 and Thu, Jan 25, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $349 + applicable taxes
Plan the Work,
Work the Plan
Establish key priorities. Write them into your work plan. Stay focused on accomplishing them. It’s that simple! A work team that is consistently focused on accomplishing key priorities and key performance indicators
is likely to be highly effective. And so,
of course, is the supervisor or manager
of that team. Learn to assess strategic
goals and how to align your team to those goals – all while taking into consideration individual objectives and performance as well as delegation commensurate with responsibilities.
Facilitator: Doug Kerr
Length: 4 weeks
Date: Mon, Jan 15 to Fri, Feb 9, 2018 Time: Asynchronous
Cost: $499 + applicable taxes
Project Management
Essentials
Project Management Essentials blends
the art and science of project management in a dynamic course that enables team members to deliver projects on time, on budget and in scope. Learn about project management from “concept to cash”:
from initial contemplation of a project to realizing its bene ts through successful implementation. This course will provide you with a solid understanding of the terminology, processes and knowledge areas of project management, and methods for engaging and optimizing team resources
for great results.
Facilitator: Dale Christenson
Length: 2 days
Date: Wed, Feb 28 and Thu, Mar 1, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $549 + applicable taxes
Promoting Healthy Workplaces
Using a wellness model to highlight the areas for a sustainable work life, we will draw from the evidence in the elds of neuroscience, human behaviour and physical performance. With this
understanding we can identify strategies for daily practice that will balance a healthy body and brain. Identifying the indicators and determinants of distress within the workplace can help you design personal and organizational practices to increase resiliency for health. The learning in this course will be experiential in nature, followed by a case study approach to put
it all together and con dently take these resources into work and life.
Facilitator: Tanis Farish Length: 1 day
Date: TBD 2018
Time: 9pm-4pm
Cost: $325 + applicable taxes
Resilience and Change:
Building Personal, Team,
and Cultural Resilience Resilience is the capacity to meet, respond to, and recover from the inevitable challenges of work and life. Those who demonstrate resilience discover growth
and positive transformation in the wake
of change. In today’s complex and ever- changing world, developing the competency of resilience is foundational for healthy individuals, teams and organizations.
This one-day highly experiential course will reveal the best-practices, tools and skills for meeting change with increased resilience.
Facilitator: Patricia Galaczy Length: 1 day
Date: Tue, Mar 20, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $325 + applicable taxes
Service Innovation in Organizations
Fiscal pressures amidst increasing service demands require policy makers and managers in government, corporate and non-pro t agencies to re-examine why
and how they provide services. Learn the steps to ensure organizational capacity matches service delivery expectations – preparing service inventories, articulating expectations, conducting assessments and developing adjustment strategies. You will leave with guidance in coordinating a service excellence effort.
Facilitator: Dr. Gordon A. McIntosh Length: 2 days
Date: Mon, May 7 and Tue, May 8, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $549 + applicable taxes
Strategic Systems Thinking: The Big Picture
Have you ever wished you could be more strategic or been told you need to be more strategic? The reality is that you can’t act strategically if you don’t think strategically. This hands-on day will offer you tools that will help you to think more strategically. These tools are designed to help you see the big picture and deepen your understanding of how complex organizations function.
Facilitator: Dave Whittington Length: 1 day
Date: Wed, Apr 11, 2018
Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $325 + applicable taxes
Working Positively in
the Intergenerational Workplace
The generation gap has become generation gaps. Workplaces now have up to 5 generations working together. A generation can be de ned as a group of people who have different upbringings, socialization, communication styles and tools, experiences with technology, experiences with social media, and education experiences. Among other outcomes, this course will assist with developing strategies for bridging generation gaps in the workplace.
Facilitator: Brenda Robinson Length: 1 day
Date: Thu, Jan 18, 2018 Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $249 + applicable taxes
Workplace Innovation:
Cultivating Creative Con dence and Competence Workplace innovation is becoming recognized as being crucial to organizational survival and growth. This workshop introduces participants to the skills and competencies that develop creative con dence and competence. Based on the rst and foundational course in the Graduate Certi cate in Workplace Innovation at Royal Roads University, it provides a high-level overview of the concepts and activities that are part of the nine-week online program.
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