Enrichment & Growth

Have you felt sick, burnt out, or overwhelmed and you’re ready to learn new ways to approach your productivity? This 2m 28s video will offer a few approaches to redefine productivity in a way that ties back to your specific needs and values.

If this video resonates with you and you want to learn more, consider checking out the other videos in the course “How to Quiet Your Mind and Boost Productivity”.

You may also be interested in the session “Making Time Work for You”, offered virtually this Friday, November 22nd, 11:00am-12:00pm, by your EFAP Provider – TELUS Health.

Have questions? Suggestions for future Employee Learning Moments? Contact the Centre for Organizational Learning.

Working well with a team involves more than just a frame of mind, it takes a specific set of skills. In this video snippet, Understand your engagement style (2m 03s), from the LinkedIn Learning course Teamwork Essentials: Stand Out as a Valuable Team Member (28m 6s), you will gain some quick insight into how to identify your own style of engaging with others.

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We all have a role to play in supporting workplace culture and strengthening inclusive spaces. However, it isn’t always easy to understand where to start! Review this 2:02 min video clip to understand your Role in Building Inclusive Workplaces and consider if your interpersonal skills and interactions with teammates are consistently respectful , kind, considerate and inclusive. Speaking of inclusion: a new opportunity for practicing your allyship skills, building new relationships and getting involved in strengthening our Culture of inclusion at the College is forthcoming! Introducing:

Affinity Group Conversation Communities

After the successful pilot launch of Affinity Group Conversation circles in 2023, we are excited to take this initiative to the next level and launch Affinity Group Conversation Communities.

Enter the Affinity Group Co-Leadership Lottery!

Are you passionate about creating inclusive spaces for AC employees? We’re looking for 10 Co-Leads (two per group) to guide the development of 5 affinity groups being formed (Racialized Identities, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQ+ Identities, Women , Interest in Allyship).

Please fill out the application form here if you are interested in entering the co-lead lottery for an AC Affinity Group Conversation Community. Or sign up here as a participant

To learn more, view the video on the affinity group Sharepoint site, where you will find more details about the program and your place in it.

If you have any questions on this topic or want to learn more about Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility, please take note of the following AC resources.

Contact: If you have questions about this topic, please reach out to the I.D.E.A team by emailing diversity@algonquincollege.com

IDEA Blueprint: To find out more about the strategy the college has undertaken to improve belonging, check out the IDEA Blueprint document.

Stay Connected: If you are looking for ways to get involved and stay up to date on I.D.E.A initiatives for employees, consider subscribing to the I.D.E.A. email list.

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Welcome to your Employee Learning Moment (ELM)! This is the place to learn about just the right tool (that will help do the trick), just-in-time (to help you through the rest of your week) and just for you (as an employee at AC)!

Building and stacking better routines is essential for good habits to thrive, and most importantly, to ‘stick.’ Watch this 3:38 min video clip on Stacking your habits to learn about 3 strategies to building efficient routines.

Interested in learning more? Continue watching the rest of the series, Building Better Routines or check out the resources below to help you maintain and sustain your stacked routines.

Visit the website, My Morning Routine , check out the book, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey or check out the Vanity Fair “In a Day” video series on You Tube.

Have questions? Suggestions for employee learning? Contact the Centre for Organizational Learning.

How much time do you really spend working each week? This brief 2m 17s LinkedIn Learning video from the Time Management Fundamentals course shares insight into what differentiates work and you time and strategies to better balance each.

If you’ve been looking for strategies to help you manage your time more efficiently, the full course, Time Management Fundamentals (1h 47m) may be well worth your time.

Have any questions? Suggestions for future Employee Learning Moments? Contact the Centre for Organizational Learning.

Great listeners do three critical things: listen, seek to understand, and then validate the emotions of the speaker. In this introductory 5:01 audio course, Pete Mockaitis sits down with best-selling author, Michael Sorensen and takes a deep dive into communication skills to help you build and sustain better relationships. You can improve your everyday conversations using a proposed four-step validation method.

Find out what to do if you unintentionally invalidate others or miss the mark in how you respond, developing your capacities, along the way, to facilitate difficult emotional conversations. By the end of this course, you’ll be ready to reestablish your boundaries and listen more closely than ever before.

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In organizations that have many different priorities and hierarchy levels, being able to clearly create a story that wins support and resources for your projects, ideas, and initiatives is an essential skill. In this course, career strategy coach, Tiffany Uman guides you on how to craft a compelling and well-presented story that influences leadership and decision-makers, even in the most challenging of situations. Tiffany also highlights anticipating pain points, questions and potential pushback from leaders and decision makers.

After checking out this 2:56 min introductory video, you will be encouraged to engaged with the complete course, from planning backwards from the objective of your presentation as well as strategic research to understanding the needs, concerns, and priorities of stakeholders to craft a persuasive, data-backed story.

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Looking for ways to delegate some tasks within your team? The video highlights the importance of stretching an employees’ capability outside their current comfort zone. It also provides tips to help leverage learning for overall effectiveness. To learn more, please check out this short video clip, Providing Opportunities for Working at Higher Levels.

If interested in seeking additional learning and development strategies, these videos are part of the LinkedIn Learning course, Maximizing Your Learning & Development Outcomes.

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As an employee, the most valuable skill you can cultivate is adaptability, so you’re ready for anything. In this course, Dorie Clark, a Business Administration professor and published author shares concrete tips and strategies to become more adaptable- and to embrace adaptability as an ongoing part of your life. Watch this introductory 3:43 min video to get you thinking about ways that can help to motivate you to become more adaptable.

Learn how to cultivate an adaptable mindset and build the right skills, including communication and open-mindedness. Then find out how to put your new adaptability skills into action by talking directly to your supervisor, taking on new tasks, and developing a positive attitude. The skills you learn in this course can help you thrive in times of crisis and succeed no matter what the future holds.

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While a multitude of factors can go into the making of a successful person, nearly all individuals who achieve high levels of personal and professional success have a keen sense of self-awareness. In this introductory 1:16 min video you will understand the importance of focusing on developing self-awareness to allow you to personally develop your leadership skills and enhance your career progression. Organizational psychologist, Gemma Roberts helps you learn how to develop your self- awareness so that you can understand how others see you, and better align your actions with your intentions. She shares strategies for how to identify beliefs to enhance self-awareness , step outside of yourself to gain a different perspective, leverage a self-awareness action plan, and more.

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