Wellness & Ability

The Centre for Organizational Learning would like to wish all employees a healthy, safe & restful holiday season. We look forward to supporting your learning needs in the New Year.

For those with who may want to spread a little sweetness this holiday, we want to share this quick and easy recipe (40s video) for Rolo Pretzel Turtles.

If professional development is one of your New Year’s resolutions get a head start and check out the Employee Learning Catalogue to get a snapshot of our currently scheduled learning opportunities!

Have questions about or suggestions for Employee Learning Moments? Contact the Centre for Organizational Learning.

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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Change is all around us, and our professional life is no exception. If you are feeling anxious about upcoming change, check out this 1 min nano video clip, to learn a strategy to help you accept what you cannot change by refocusing your energy on what you can change.

This is just one tip from the short 9 min 11 s course Nano Tips to Thrive in Uncertainty and Embrace Change, feel free to check them all out.

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Our brains already have the built-in machinery to be wildly creative—some of us just need a bit of clarity on the process. This 5m 54s LinkedIn Learning video provides you with advice to help you get your creativity flowing by relaxing your brain. When our brains are relaxed, they function more creatively.

This is just one small sliver of advice from the Creativity Tips for All (7h 31m), check out the full course for even more tidbits to get (even more) creative.

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In this 1:10 min introductory video, you will become familiar with the importance of why regulating your nervous system matters. Stress, anxiety, burnout, overwhelm, and disengagement are all connected to the function of your nervous system. Learning how to work at the level of your nervous system can help you bring your best self to the daily challenges you face. In this course, somatic expert and coach, Jay Fields teaches simple practices for regulating the autonomic nervous system, which unconsciously controls your mind and body’s response to stress. Participate in activity exercises to apply some basic concepts to your personal experiences and to help you to regulate your nervous system. While this course won’t magically make the world a less stressful place, by participating in the exercises and applying the lessons Jay imparts, you will have a nervous system that is wired to help you meet challenges with more calmness and clarity.

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Have you given any thought to managing your energy levels? You can learn to get better results by cooperating with your energy levels instead of competing with them. Try completing your most productive work in the ‘green zone’ when you are at your peak hours of productivity. Select your moderately productive work in the balanced or ‘yellow zone.’ Finally, try completing your least important tasks when you are in your ‘red zone.’ This is when you have the least amount of energy. To learn more about leaning into your energy levels, listen to this audio clip, Cooperate with your Energy Levels.

Interested in hearing more? You can hear the complete series of audio clips as part of the LinkedIn Learning course, At Your Best: Managing Your Time and Priorities.

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Conditions like tennis elbow and carpal tunnel can be a result of repetitive and long-term mouse and keyboard use. Try these easy exercises to help prevent the common pains that plague people who work at desks and computers. This 3:51min video clip, as well as others in this series, will help you focus on improving your wrist and elbow health.

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Spring is upon us, and with that comes thoughts of spring cleaning and getting organized, but it’s not only your home that needs some attention. Whether you’re in an office or working remotely, if your workspace and work routines are unorganized, you may constantly feel like you’re behind in your tasks. In this 1:32 min video clip, you will get suggestions on how to organize your workspace and prepare your work environment, so you feel more efficient and less stressed.

If you could also use some advice for multitasking, maximizing break times, please check out videos in this series.

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Looking for ways to help you better manage your stress? A stress reset is an action, thought, saying, ritual or other strategy that can create space between your reaction to stress and your response. Watch this 3:42 min video clip to gain new insight into action with a “stress reset” and turn your new insight into action.

Would you like to learn more about your own stress personality? Watch, Discover Your Stress Personality (49 min) to find out more.

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Mindfulness and compassion are ancient practices that, when combined, can easily and powerfully be applied in the workplace. More than meditation, a mindfulness practice helps you reduce the effects of stress and build better relationships. Compassion is an underlying force that helps create more engaged employees and more successful workplaces.

This 3:33 min video clip will introduce you to essential tools and techniques that can help you better show up for yourself and others at work, as well as give you strategies for developing greater compassion for yourself and others.

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