Employee Learning Moment

Reduce Complexity with Chunking 

Do you have difficulty learning new skills and information? People often think they’re bad learners, or have a bad memory, or make too many mistakes when learning. In reality, just like a bad exercise routine may leave you wondering why you’re not seeing results, bad learning strategies may be at the root of all your learning difficulties.

In this LinkedIn Learning video, Reduce complexity: Chunking (5m), you will gain insight into how to reduce complexity by chunking learning.

Want more information about upskilling more effectively? This video was just a small portion of the LinkedIn Learning course, Strategies to Learn and Upskill More Effectively (1h).

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

Do you have too many teams in (MS) Teams? 

Is your (MS) Teams cluttered by teams or channels you can’t leave but don’t visit regularly? Get ready for a fall cleanup by using the Hide feature!

A small clip from the LinkedIn Learning course, Microsoft Teams Tips and Tricks (59m), this video, Hide channels and teams you don’t use (2m 24s), will give you the instructions you need to quickly Hide or Show superfluous teams or channels.

That’s right, you’re welcome.

Additional Microsoft Teams Learning Opportunities

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Active Meditation Techniques

YES, you can meditate at Work! Discover how mindful you can be without feeling hemmed in. By remembering that meditation is a practice and that it feels different from one day to the next, allow yourself to get creative and find little moments to re-center. Once you start practicing, you may be surprised at the time that opens for more. Bonus! Life coach and therapist, Matthew Jones offers up some active meditation techniques that fit into almost any lifestyle.

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Building Resilience

Find out where you are on the Resilience scale, identify where you want to be, and learn strategies to close the gap. Everyone wants to perform well when the pressure’s on, but a lot of us withdraw in times of stress or adversity. If you can build your resilience, you’ll have an easier time facing new challenges and earn a valuable skill to offer employees.

Join professor and professional communications coach, Tatiana Kolovou in this introductory 47 second video, ‘What, Why and How to Become Resilient.’ It is suggested that you also consider watching her series of short videos for valuable tips and strategies, as Tatiana explains how to bounce back from difficult situations, by building your “resiliency threshold.” She outlines five training techniques to prepare for difficult situations, and five strategies for reflecting on them afterward. Note: Tatiana’s course has been featured in Market Watch, Inc., Fortune, Forbes and Entrepreneur.

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Utilizing the Best Approach for Conducive Collaborative Work

Is collaborative work challenging in your flex-work environment? To determine which of the four approaches best suits your needs (and the needs of your team) depends on what must be accomplished, and the nature of the work required. To improve communication and to optimize cross-functional collaboration, check out this 2:56 min video clip, One-minute Habit for Effective Collaboration.

Thinking of planning your next collaboration approach? Watch the 31 minute course: One-Minute Habits for Hybrid and Remote Working Success

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Do you have Nine Minutes?

Studies have shown that you can change your brain if you designate nine minutes of your day on meditation. Learning how to meditate can start simply by focusing on your breath or following a guided meditation program.

By focusing on your breath, you are better able to center or ground yourself more readily to train your brain on your attention management stills. To learn more about this topic, listen to this 2:04 audio podcast on, Practicing Meditation for Nine Minutes.

To listen to the complete podcast, click here to access, How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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Be Present & Improve Employee Engagement

How do you retain your most valuable people within the organization?

One of the greatest gifts you can give to your employees is to be fully present with them for 5 minutes. Removing distractions from the working environment and being present with your team can be an extremely powerful tool to help support employee engagement. To find how effective you can be in 5 minutes, check out this 2:46 minute video or download the, What did you Notice Checklist from the exercise files of this course.

This video is from the 1h:22 minute LinkedIn Learning course: Engagement=Success

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Building Better Routines

Welcome back to you 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)!

As we kick off another academic year, building better routines are essential to improving your mindset. Check out this 4:25 minute video to learn about the 3 different ways that you can set up your tasks to help you build mode-based routines. Building routines will require time and effort to establish but once you get started, it will set you up for a successful year!

This video is from the 44 minute LinkedIn Learning course: Improving Your Life with Better Routines.

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Top Employee Learning Moments of 2022/2023!

Did you miss an Employee Learning Moment (ELM) this year? Can’t seem to find the blog article on MyAC? This spring we are excited to showcase and feature your top blog postings over the past year!

Remember, all of our blog postings are organized by Categories and are available for you to access countless resources and tools at any time using this link.

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) to help us work more collaboratively and effectively!

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Excel Quick Tips- Transpose data from Vertical to Horizontal

Have you ever created a spreadsheet only to change your mind about and want to switch the orientation of your rows and/or headers?

In the next installment of the Excel Quick Tips series, this 1:35 min video clip will show you how to use the Transpose data from vertical to horizontal feature in Excel.

If we already have you hooked and you can’t wait for the next quick tip, then check out other topics in this 49 min LinkedIn Learning course on Excel Quick Tips.

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