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Managing Challenging Clients
Did you know on June 5th Roberta is presenting a webinar for NBCDAG on Managing Challenging Clients. Some clients are simply more challenging for us than others - and, ironically, sometimes our colleagues' most challenging clients are easy for us to understand and connect with. Why is that? In this webinar, explore what makes some clients particularly challenging . . . for you. Leave with tips and strategies for strengthening your working relationships, overcoming resistance, avoiding power struggles, navigating conflict, defusing angry clients, assessing employment readiness, learning more about diverse client issues, supporting clients in crisis, screening for suicide risk and mental health concerns, and making appropriate referrals.

Learn more at http://www.nbcdag-gadcnb.ca/ or register at http://nbcdag.webex.com.

How Do People Spend Their Time At Work?
In a recent study on wasting time at work, the top time-wasting activities were using the internet (48%), socializing with co-workers (33%), and handling personal business (30%). Not surprisingly the top excuse for time wasters was lack of satisfaction at work. Click here to see the more results and check out the infographic.

The Canadian Council for Career Development publishes a quarterly newsletter. Click here to download the most recent version. Highlights include an article on the CCDF-funded Where's the Work? project and Canada Career Week.

Roberta Neault will be a featured presenter at the VRA conference in Canmore in June, speaking on our new Career Engagement model. Read more: http://vracanada.com/conference.php

Did You Know? Life Strategies LearnOnline has trained over 1,000 students since 2004; 42% of them were in British Columbia. Our 1000th student was Shelly McDonald from Whitehorse, Yukon. Congratulations Shelly!!

Check out Denise Lloyd's Career Development Connections at www.CareerDevelopmentConnections.com. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter to stay up-to-date on job postings, upcoming training, and other relevant info!

In a recent Life Strategies survey asking about the benefits of showing appreciation at work, 78% responded that it increases employee engagement and 68% said it boosts productivity. Say thank you to someone today!

A recent Accountemps survey looked into the prevalence and impact of remote work arrangements on chief financial officers (CFOs). Nearly a quarter of respondents (22%) reported an increase in remote work arrangements over the last 3 years in their companies. According to the article, such arrangements are a great employee incentive and retention tool, and are easier than ever to implement with the prevalence of technology. The article continues to highlight five tips for employers and employees centring around communication, resources, planning, security, and camaraderie.

See http://accountemps.rhi.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=189 for more information and other helpful new releases from Accountemps.

The second edition of No Canadian Experience, Eh? A Career Success Guide for New Immigrants by Career Coach and Author, Daisy Wright, is now available. "While the book addresses job search basics such as resume and cover letter design, and how to prepare and master the interview, how to build professional networks, access the hidden job market, and engage in small talk, Wright invited 16 top career experts, (13 from Canada and 3 from the United States) to contribute their individual expertise to enhance the value of this edition. New topic areas include personal branding, social media, on-boarding, green careers, leadership, practice firms, stress management, career assessments, self-employment as a career option, consulting and time management." Roberta Neault of Life Strategies Ltd. was delighted to be one of the invited contributors. Read more . . .

According to 400+ leaders across Canada, organizations are facing common challenges and leaders are looking for help in the following areas:

Aligning people to strategy
Shifting culture to focus more on performance
Facilitating effective decision-making and work-life balance
Succession planning, including recruitment and retention of great people

Life Strategies' Career Engagement model can help address each one of these areas. For tips on building a career development culture within your organization, read this brief article in HR Voice.

Recent survey confirms need for development of ALL leadership competencies, with COMMUNICATION coming out on top. Transformational change is key over the next several years â€“ doing "business as usual" simply won't work. Life Strategies' latest book, Leadership Lessons for Transformational Times offers "just in time" tips.

Life Strategies' tips on motivation were included in the June 2011 edition of the NECA Newsletter. To find out more about NECA (National Employment Counselling Association) please check out their website: http://www.employmentcounseling.org/

Roberta's first alma mater was UBC. A recent "LipDub" has already had almost 1.2 million hits! Roberta says, "It wasn't this much fun when I was there!" See more at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpp3quce1Vo