Workplace Institute
  • Courses
    • Software / IT Training
    • Business Soft Skills / Non-IT Training
    • Investigative Training/ Fact-Finding
  • Facility Rentals
  • Research
    • Hints & Tips
  • Consulting
  • Events
  • Articles
  • Site Map
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Clients
  • Newsletter
  • Careers
  • Kaa-Boomers
  • Best Employers Award for 50 Plus Canadians

Soft Skills / Non-IT Training Course Listings

Click on a title below to view the details of the courses.

Finance

  • Five, 10 and 15 Years before Retirement
  • Getting out of Debt
  • Insurance - Life, Disability, Long Term and Critical Illness
  • Lifestyle Issues for Retirement Planning
  • Managing your Mortgage
  • Market Volatility and What it Means to You
  • Retirement Planning 101
  • TFSA, RRSP, RESP and Non-Registered Investing: What is right for you?
  • What is Your Number?

Health

  • Building a Healthy Immune System to Prevent Colds, Flu, and Other Diseases
  • Eldercare -- Challenges and Solutions
  • Eliminating Chronic Pain Naturally
  • Employee Energizer
  • Managing Stress with a Naturopathic Medical Approach
  • Optimizing your Health with the Best Vitamins and Minerals
  • Preventing and Reversing Cardiovascular Disease
  • Shift Work -- Health
  • Stress Management
  • Stress Relaxation Techniques
  • Supporting Healthy Aging with a Naturopathic Medical Perspective

Professional Development

  • Anger Management: Understanding Anger - Yours and Others
  • Challenging Negativity
  • Change Management: Handling Change
  • Conflict Resolution: Getting Along in the Workplace
  • Diversity Training: Celebrating Diversity in the Workplace
  • Getting Through Downsizing
  • Handling Change within Union Environment
  • Integrating Emotional Intelligence Into The Workplace
  • Looking for a New Job
  • Mentoring to Pass on Key Skills
  • Problem Solving & Decision Making
  • Time Management, Prioritizing Tasks & Multiple Responsibilities

Teams & Leadership

  • Building an Emotionally Intelligent Team
  • Coaching Essentials
  • Creating and Maintaining Healthy Team Dynamics
  • Customer Service Training: Managing Customer Service
  • Delegation
  • Facilitation Skills for Meetings
  • Hiring for Success: Behavioural Interviewing Techniques
  • Leading a Multigenerational Workforce
  • Orientation Handbook: Getting Employees Off to a Good Start
  • Performance Measurement
  • Project Management Risk Assessment: Estimating and Budgeting Cost Controls
  • Retooling Transitioning Workers
  • Situational Leadership.
  • Team Building: Supervisors with their Teams
  • Teams & Team Management
  • Teamwork: Building Better Teams
  • The New Supervisor
  • Thinking Through the Process of Transitioning Employees
  • Transitioning Employees Out of the Workplace

Writing & Communications

  • Business Writing: The Effective Letter Writer
  • Business Writing: The Effective Report Writer
  • Communication: Listening and Feedback.
  • Conducting Effective Performance Reviews
  • Dealing with Difficult People and Difficult Conversations
  • Developing a Healthy Age Friendly Workplace
  • Developing a Mission Statement
  • Developing a Vision Statement
  • Developing and Maintaining a Succession Plan
  • Employee Retention and Engagement
  • Face To Face Communication and Coaching
  • Handling Conflict with Union Expertise
  • How to Develop an Engagement Model
  • Implementing a Competency Model
  • Improving Your Interpersonal Communication
  • Measuring Churn in Your Organization and Doing Something About it
  • Organizational Values Clarification
  • Performance Management: Managing Employee Performance
  • Persuasive Writing Seminar
  • Strategic Planning
  • The Business Writer's Toolkit
  • What’s Your Point? Focusing the Message for Clear and Effective Business Communications


Barbara Jaworski on Boomers in the Workplace

Quoted in the News

BID IDEA / Bright old things
Globe and Mail ROB Magazine, February 26, 2010
You can teach an old employee new tricks
The Globe and Mail, February 2010
Retire to what? Boomers deciding to stay at work: study
Ottawa Citizen, July 2009
Retaining senior managers worthwhile
Working.com, June 2009
Retiring out of retirement
Working.com, May 28, 2009

KAA-Boom!

KAA-Boom! How to Engage the 50 Plus Worker

Best Employer Award

Best Employer Award for 50-Plus Canadians
Best Employer Award for 50-Plus Canadians

Summit

KAA-Boom! How to Engage the 50 Plus Worker and Beat the Workforce Crisis.
KAA-Boom! How to Engage the 50 Plus Worker and Beat the Workforce Crisis

Copyright © 2010. Workplace Institute

Terms and Conditions | Privacy