Workshops
The Better Workplace Conference offers a variety of workshops. Register for the workshops individually, or for best value, include one with your conference registration. Watch for more exciting workshops in the coming weeks.
| TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2012 | |
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| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM |
Half-Day Pre-Conference Workshop Stream: Transforming Complex Change
Understand the limitations of if-then rewards, extrinsic motivation, and mechanistic systems that feel disingenuous and adopt real practical and dynamic communication processes that create trust, respect and influence. (A Tool Box of Suggestions will be included in master handout.) Discover the three principles of inspiring leadership – Authentic Presence, Self Direction and Full Engagement – simple practices that build on new expectations of today’s more evolved, conscious and self-aware employees. Review The Great 8 – how to have a conversation in ten minutes or less that helps people think better, get clear and be inspired to take action! We’ll look at: Inspiration vs Motivation: Is there a Difference? Does it matter? There is a mismatch between what science knows and what business does. Motivation used to work. It’s time to inspire … Do you know why? |
| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 | |
| 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
Post-Conference Workshop
Attendance at this workshop is limited to the first 75 delegates who choose this session when registering.
In this half-day session you are invited to help us develop workplace activities that combine heart health, mental health and employee engagement. As a result of participating in this session you will:
Project Background: Fifty-two of the activities developed by professionals like you will be selected and developed into a resource of weekly workplace activities for businesses across Canada. As a participant you can choose to receive credit as a contributor to the final national, bilingual resource that will be freely available to all Canadians. The criteria for the activities are that they:
This is one of three sessions being conducted across Canada. Come and contribute to the development of these important resources and then use them to support efforts in your own workplace! Sponsored by |
Engagement is Emotional
Moving Minds at Work
What People Say
“I was very impressed. I was able to meet different people, and to hear different opinions on a variety of issues. Exchange in the sessions was great. I really appreciated the professionalism of how this event was run. The food was great and the after hours entertainment and speakers were wonderful; conference staff went out of their way to help participants. Top notch in every sense.”— , Regional Vice-President, Union of Solicitor General Employees for Corrections, Atlantic Canada
