Featured Classes for April
Comments (0) We have 2 great classes coming up this week. Work Smarter, Not Harder and How to Wrestle with a Porcupine: Turning Conflict into Communication. Both are great opportunities for professional development or self improvement. To register call 780-464-4044. Check them out below.
Working Smarter—Not Harder
Chances are, you already work pretty long days. Shrinking resources, constant changes, and decreasing leisure time make the possibility of working smarter, not harder, very attractive. But how do we rid ourselves of the incredible feeling of being overwhelmed? Where do we start to make an impact on improving our performance? How do we decide when to say yes and when to say no?
This course is designed to assist you in getting more return on your time and energy. Proven strategies discussed include taking control of your time, pre-planning your day, establishing work priorities, dealing with time wasters, establishing “smart” goals, and handling interruptions. We will discuss hundreds of smart, time-saving tips. Discover how to double your productivity without doubling your stress.
You will learn:
1. A proven method to help you reassess what is really important to you.
2. How to deal with those “uncontrollable” interruptions.
3. Working smarter with others to maximize your “smart” work.
4. Overcoming procrastination.
5. Working with stress, to make it work with you.
6. Time saving tips that can save you hours in a day.
Who Should Attend: This course is designed for all of us who are motivated to improve the use of their time, and work smarter, not harder. Cal 780-464-4044 to register.
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Time: 1:30-4:30 pm
Location: Strathcona County Community Centre Room # 2
Cost: $ 30
Instructor: Dennis Eisenbarth
How to Wrestle with a Porcupine: Turning Conflict into Communication
Tackling conflict situations are a normal part of life for most individuals. It is often like wrestling with a porcupine – we may win the battle, but end up getting stuck with the consequences. Those consequences sometimes mean unresolved anger, resentment, and the seeds of discontented relationships.
Conflict in your work or personal life can be both constructive and help relations grow and develop, or they can also be destructive and tear them apart. Unresolved conflict can have a more devastating effect on any relationship than any other single factor. The quality of relationships is often the result of how you resolve conflict. Not only that, the patterns we establish for resolving or not resolving conflict, will often carry on in the extended relationships in other areas of our life. This course will help you to capture the essence of problem-solving conflict resolution. It will give you the tools that you need to turn conflict into communication.
It is designed to help all individuals to limit the severity of the conflict and turn it into cooperation.
Important Things You’ll Learn:
1. How to change yourself first before you attempt to defuse a conflict situation.
2. How to turn conflict into an opportunity for personal growth.
3. Essential communication skills that you need to resolve conflict.
4. The big step: moving from the problem to problem solving.
Who Should Attend: Consider this course if you are interested in understanding more about dealing with conflict in your work, personal or family life. Call 780464-4044 to register.
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Time: 6:30-9:30 pm
Location: Dow Centennial Centre, ScotiaBank Room, Fort Saskatchewan
Cost: $ 30
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