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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Storytelling helps to provide the emotional connection to the data you are presenting. Think about it, what do people typically remember? What resonates with them? Storytelling draws them into the story the data is telling.
This 3m 42s video, Presenting data through the use of storytelling, shares a simple formula for presenting data using a storytelling approach. This video is just one small segment of the LinkedIn Learning course Data-Driven Decision-Making for Business Professionals (59m 18s), check out the whole course if you like!
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There has been an immense interest in generative AI recently, and rightly so, from optimizing workflows, to forecasting and future planning, AI is in a great position to assist our professional goals. On the flip side, AI has a growing negative impact on our physical environment and carbon footprint.
This LinkedIn Learning video (AI) Environmental impacts (2m 54s) briefly discusses the use of artificial intelligence in a socially responsible way.
Interested in learning about basic statistics? Using AI for Data Analysis is an interactive session where you’ll discover how Gen AI can transform the way you analyze complex data and make informed decisions. Through hands-on exercises and practical applications, you’ll learn how to uncover insights using Gen AI, enhancing your data-driven strategies.
Don’t miss this chance to explore the future of data analysis and gain valuable skills for your projects!
Interested in this upcoming Interactive Session? Consider registering in our Kaleidoscope employee conference scheduled for Tuesday October 22nd.
Additionally, consider registering in our Knowledge Centre for AC Way for a refresher or to build your foundational knowledge on Basic Statistics.
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Delivering truly valuable results requires rising above day-to-day efforts to tackle strategic initiatives. In this audio-only 24 minute LinkedIn Learning course, the presenters argue that strategic time is the top predictor of career advancement–and reveals how to find more of that time.
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It is important to stay ahead of the curve with the products and resources that help you to level up your career, gain a deeper understanding of your job’s technological needs, and create more efficient and streamlined workflows.
Organizing your email, a 4m 22s snippet from the LinkedIn Learning course Optimizing Your Work with Microsoft 365 (1h 45m) gives some insight into the baked in Outlook tools to keep on top of your email inbox.
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Build trust, collaboration and better listening skills using ritual and routine to help strengthen relationships with your peers and colleagues.
Not sure how to incorporate routine and ritual into your work life? When thinking about implementing new routines and rituals, ensure to think about its purpose and how we can build something together that serves that purpose?
To learn more about routine and ritual in the workplace or to see some examples in action, check out this 4:21 min video clip, Strengthening Relationships through Routines and Rituals.
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When was the last time you played at work?
Play has many benefits in the workplace including building community and culture, improving memory and increasing creativity and spontaneity. Watch this 2:34 min video clip on Fostering a safe space for play & connection to see how play can enrich and enhance our work with others.
This is just one tip from the series, Skills to Build Stronger Work Relationships, please feel free to check them all out!
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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:
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.
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.
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