Employee Learning Moment

Playing to your Strengths

We are happier, more confident, and more self-aware and productive when we focus on our strengths rather than our weaknesses. Real strengths are activities that strengthen you internally. They leave you feeling energized rather than depleted. Watch this 2:10 minute video clip to learn how you can be a team culture creator, and find ways to contribute your strengths to your team.

Enjoying the course? Watch all twelve videos on Teamwork Essentials: Stand Out as a Valuable Team Member.

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Self-Awareness and the Importance of EQ

Leadership begins with emotional intelligence (EQ) and Self-Awareness. Self-Awareness of yourself, of others and of the outside world around you. This is called, The Triad of Awareness. These skills, along with open awareness and cognitive control can create a more confident and effective leader.

This 49 second audio clip, The Triad of Awareness, is a segment from the 6:30 min LinkedIn Learning course, The Neuroscience of Emotional Intelligence and Self Awareness.

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Nano Tips for Using Chat GPT for Business

If you’ve ever wanted to build artificial intelligence (AI) in your work or your business, there’s never been a better time thanks to Generative AI. This 1:04 minute introductory video will provide a better understanding of the basics of how this application works on a massive AI model called GPT, to help you get the most out of this new technology.

Continue this learning path to discover associated beneficial applications for using Chat GPT including how you can use AI in your organization, common business applications, and data privacy and ownership considerations.

Are you seeking an opportunity to discuss Chat GPT with AC colleagues? If ‘yes’, please enroll in the May 4th “Chat about Chat GPT” Lunch and Learn (12-1 p.m.) with session facilitators: Stephen Abraham, Julia Huckle, Dmitri Priven, and Rebecca Wakelin.

 

Excel Quick Tips-Remove Duplicate Entries in Excel

Have you been using excel for years but never really took the time to take a full course to learn what it all can do? Not to worry, this Excel Quick Tip series will give you little sample bites of options that are out there to explore!

Check out this 1:24 min video to learn how to remove duplicate entries in Excel.

This video is a snippet from the 49 min LinkedIn Learning course: Excel Quick Tips.

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Excel Quick Tips-Create & Manage Drop Down Lists in Excel

Have you been using excel for years but never really took the time to take a full course to learn what all it can do? Not to worry, this Excel Quick Tip series will give you little sample bites of options that are out there to explore!

Check out this 1:25 minute video to learn how you can create drop-down lists in Excel.

This video is a snippet from the 49 min LinkedIn Learning course: Excel Quick Tips.

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The Polyvagal Theory and Mapping your Own Nervous System

You are likely familiar with “fight or flight” or “rest and digest” as terms typically referred to when discussing our autonomic nervous system. With anxiety, depression, and stress on the climb, have you ever wondered how you can understand your reactions to life’s challenges and stressors?

Or maybe you wondered how you can become more resilient? Would you like to attempt to map your own nervous system and take ownership of what’s happening to your body? To tune in to what’s happening, and know how to regulate your emotions and your responses to stress? Thanks to the kind contribution of colleague Jennifer Thevierge, you can take a page from the “Movement Paradigm” to read on how you can experiment with mapping your own nervous system via a different aspect of the nervous system referred to as the Polyvagal Theory developed by Dr. Stephen Porges.

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Fundamentals of well-being

Well-being is defined as feeling good and being effective. But how do we cultivate well-being and happiness? Watch this 3:03 min LinkedIn Learning video clip with Karen Doll as she explores the five components of the PERMA model and discover how you can foster a sense of well-being into your work routine.

Interested in more mental health and wellness content? Consider the following Algonquin College employee learning opportunities:

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Four Simple Strategies to Boost Creativity and Productivity

While you may not usually think of being creative as a benefit to productivity, sometimes shaking things up and approaching work with creativity can help you bring big projects to the finish line. In this audio-only course, Four Simple Strategies to Boost Creativity and Productivity (8 mins), adapted from the Modern Mentor podcast, host Rachel Cooke helps you understand how you can harness your creativity to be more productive. Rachel details actionable techniques to burst through productivity barriers, enabling you to produce meaningful outcomes.

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