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  • 05
    05.December.Wednesday

    Creative Thinking: New Thinking, New Results

    All day
    2018.12.05

    Stop telling your staff to “think outside the box” and start providing them with the skills to do so.

    Overview: Thinking differently and being truly creative is difficult in today’s fast paced, risk intolerant and capital constrained environment. We often hear leaders ask or wish their people would “think outside the box” more. Leaders at all levels can help foster learning and innovation. This workshop will provide you with the practical tools to “see” problems as opportunities and let go of the old ways of dealing with them by using new thinking tools.

    What will be covered? This day begins with understanding how our educational system and other factors in our life shape our thinking patterns that lead to incremental or familiar change that is not innovative. You will uncover your unique blend of preferences and strengths in the four stages of the creative process. Mapping these preferences (creative profiles) can help teams learn to respect and synchronize different thinking and problem solving orientations with their fellow team mates. You will learn to use a three stage process to find the right question/problem, see the current reality more clearly, and conceptualize ideas that will delight your customers. Most importantly you will learn to think differently, deeply and have fun doing it.

    At the conclusion of this workshop participants will be able to:

    • Articulate why it is so difficult to “think outside the box” when coaching and developing others to be more creative
    • See your own blend of creative strengths in association with others thereby increasing mutual understanding, and collaboration while decreasing conflict from diverse points of view and working styles
    • Develop innovative ideas that create value and differentiation
    • Respectfully challenge conventional business practices
    • Flex your problem solving style for the associated stage in the innovation process
    • Understand what fosters and impedes innovation and risk taking in organizations.

    This workshop is hosted by the CPA Association of Alberta AND the public is also welcome.

  • 06
    06.December.Thursday

    Move from Time Mgmt to Life Leadership & Fitting It All In

    All day
    2018.12.06

    Overview: Feeling overwhelmed with volumes of work and too many competing commitments? Struggling to prioritize and cope with it all? You are not alone. In 2013, 23.0% (6.6 million) of Canadians over the age of 15 reported being very or extremely stressed most days. Being intentional about where you spend your precious time will give you a sense of control, decrease stress and increase life satisfaction.

    What will be covered?

    This session is an introduction to self-leadership through effective time management. The processes learned and the tools utilized will help participant’s to identify ‘What Matters Most’ in their career and life and how to be effective at achieving goals related to them. You will learn how to systematically plan and execute daily, weekly and monthly based on your identified priorities. At conclusion you will learn a six-step process to align your time with your mission, values, and goals.

    At the conclusion of this workshop participants will be able to:

    Utilize a Six-Step process, which will effectively assist in keeping what is important at the forefront of time management.

    • Understand one’s own habits related to personal effectiveness
    • Connect daily, weekly and monthly goals to personal mission.
    • Utilize a daily and weekly process to clarify personal and career roles.
    • Develop a personal planning process aligning goals to roles.
    • Execute a weekly planning process to balance effectiveness and efficiency.
    • Exercise integrity in the moment of choice when doing weekly planning.
    • Evaluate what is working, where time needs to be spent to be more effective in all roles.

    This event is hosted by the CPA Association of Alberta AND the public is also welcome to register.

  • 07
    07.December.Friday

    Building Better Work Relationships: Reduce Conflict & Increase Group Harmony

    All day
    2018.12.07

    Overview

    Is there someone at your office that you just don’t “get” and drains your energy? That no matter how much you try, you can’t get them to see your point or change their ways? This workshop uses the Everything DiSC™ tool to help you gain important insights into peoples’ communication preferences and working styles. The immediate feedback received from this workshop gives you the practical tools needed to build and sustain more harmonious and productive relationships in all aspects of your life.

    What will be covered?

    The day begins by using Everything DiSC™ to first understand your preferred working style and the styles of others. You will become more aware of your motivators and default working modes and how they affect other people. Understanding these differences will help you flex your style and adapt to the needs of the situation and the group. This leads to more positive, productive relationships and helps you to navigate conflict during tough times. You will have the opportunity to communicate how others can best work with you and learn the recipe for success in communicating and working with diversity. Once you internalize this information it helps to make an internal shift so that it doesn’t feel like heavy lifting anymore.

    At the conclusion of this workshop you will Have:

    • Awareness of your personal working and communication styles.
    • Increased your awareness for understanding the working styles of others.
    • Recognized what is preventing you from developing stronger connections with people.
    • Uncovered your blind spots, assumptions and attitudes that may be getting in the way.
    • Learned ways to adapt your personal style to better relate to others in a positive way.
    • Experienced how to engage with others by creating a safe space.
    • A clear picture of the actions needed to work more effectively and productively with others.

    This workshop is hosted by the CPA Association of Alberta AND the public is also welcome to register.

  • 11
    11.December.Tuesday

    Building Better Work Relationships: Reduce Conflict & Increase Group Harmony

    All day
    2018.12.11

    Overview

    Is there someone at your office that you just don’t “get” and drains your energy? That no matter how much you try, you can’t get them to see your point or change their ways? This workshop uses the Everything DiSC™ tool to help you gain important insights into peoples’ communication preferences and working styles. The immediate feedback received from this workshop gives you the practical tools needed to build and sustain more harmonious and productive relationships in all aspects of your life.

    What will be covered?

    The day begins by using Everything DiSC™ to first understand your preferred working style and the styles of others. You will become more aware of your motivators and default working modes and how they affect other people. Understanding these differences will help you flex your style and adapt to the needs of the situation and the group. This leads to more positive, productive relationships and helps you to navigate conflict during tough times. You will have the opportunity to communicate how others can best work with you and learn the recipe for success in communicating and working with diversity. Once you internalize this information it helps to make an internal shift so that it doesn’t feel like heavy lifting anymore.

    At the conclusion of this workshop you will Have:

    • Awareness of your personal working and communication styles.
    • Increased your awareness for understanding the working styles of others.
    • Recognized what is preventing you from developing stronger connections with people.
    • Uncovered your blind spots, assumptions and attitudes that may be getting in the way.
    • Learned ways to adapt your personal style to better relate to others in a positive way.
    • Experienced how to engage with others by creating a safe space.
    • A clear picture of the actions needed to work more effectively and productively with others.

    This workshop is hosted by the CPA Association of Alberta AND the public is also welcome to register.

  • 14
    14.December.Friday

    Creative Thinking: New Thinking, New Results

    All day
    2018.12.14

    Stop telling your staff to “think outside the box” and start providing them with the skills to do so.

    Overview: Thinking differently and being truly creative is difficult in today’s fast paced, risk intolerant and capital constrained environment. We often hear leaders ask or wish their people would “think outside the box” more. Leaders at all levels can help foster learning and innovation. This workshop will provide you with the practical tools to “see” problems as opportunities and let go of the old ways of dealing with them by using new thinking tools.

    What will be covered? This day begins with understanding how our educational system and other factors in our life shape our thinking patterns that lead to incremental or familiar change that is not innovative. You will uncover your unique blend of preferences and strengths in the four stages of the creative process. Mapping these preferences (creative profiles) can help teams learn to respect and synchronize different thinking and problem solving orientations with their fellow team mates. You will learn to use a three stage process to find the right question/problem, see the current reality more clearly, and conceptualize ideas that will delight your customers. Most importantly you will learn to think differently, deeply and have fun doing it.

    At the conclusion of this workshop participants will be able to:

    • Articulate why it is so difficult to “think outside the box” when coaching and developing others to be more creative
    • See your own blend of creative strengths in association with others thereby increasing mutual understanding, and collaboration while decreasing conflict from diverse points of view and working styles
    • Develop innovative ideas that create value and differentiation
    • Respectfully challenge conventional business practices
    • Flex your problem solving style for the associated stage in the innovation process
    • Understand what fosters and impedes innovation and risk taking in organizations.

    This workshop is hosted by the CPA Association of Alberta AND the public is also welcome to register. Join US!