Employee Learning Moment

Sharing Professional Development Wins with your Team

Looking to make more learning opportunities and resources available for your team? Inspire your team to share their top three tips from the latest PD session they attended. In the short video clip, Cascading Relevant Learning to your team, this strategy not only explores the benefits of sharing the learning (so that it is not forgotten after the session) but also inspires interest from other team members about a future topic they would like to explore. Try it today and see how it works!

If interested in seeking additional learning and development strategies, these videos are part of the LinkedIn Learning course, Maximizing Your Learning & Development Outcomes.

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How to Be an Adaptable Employee during Change and Uncertainty

As an employee, the most valuable skill you can cultivate is adaptability, so you’re ready for anything. In this course, Dorie Clark, a Business Administration professor and published author shares concrete tips and strategies to become more adaptable- and to embrace adaptability as an ongoing part of your life. Watch this introductory 3:43 min video to get you thinking about ways that can help to motivate you to become more adaptable.

Learn how to cultivate an adaptable mindset and build the right skills, including communication and open-mindedness. Then find out how to put your new adaptability skills into action by talking directly to your supervisor, taking on new tasks, and developing a positive attitude. The skills you learn in this course can help you thrive in times of crisis and succeed no matter what the future holds.

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Better Wrist and Elbow Health

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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Capitalize on Collaboration for Team Building

When you think of all the skills you could work on to advance your career, how often do you think about being a valuable team member? Almost never? In reality, working well with a team involves more than just a frame of mind, it takes a specific set of skills. This 2:52 min video clip will explain ways to build culture on the teams by fostering collaboration, navigating conflict, and creating an environment of psychological safety.

Don’t stop here though, check out other videos in the series to learn more about how to capitalize on collaboration for team building.

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Make Belonging Real in the Workplace

Research shows that leaders wrongly assume that their organizations are inclusive, overlooking the issues that affect their people, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds. This ‘perception gap’ leads to often unintended but harmful oversights. This 4:18 min video clip will overview three common barriers to belonging and help explain how to create an environment that supports belonging in the workplace.

If you have any questions on this topic or want to learn more about Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility, please take note of the following AC resources.

Contact: If you have questions about this topic, please reach out to the I.D.E.A. team by emailing diversity@algonquincollege.com

IDEA Blueprint: To find out more about the strategy the college has undertaken to improve belonging, check out the IDEA Blueprint document.

Stay Connected: If you are looking for ways to get involved and stay up to date on I.D.E.A initiatives for employees, consider subscribing to the I.D.E.A. email list.

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Staying Organized at Work for Wellness

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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The Importance of Self-Awareness towards Personal Development

While a multitude of factors can go into the making of a successful person, nearly all individuals who achieve high levels of personal and professional success have a keen sense of self-awareness. In this introductory 1:16 min video you will understand the importance of focusing on developing self-awareness to allow you to personally develop your leadership skills and enhance your career progression. Organizational psychologist, Gemma Roberts helps you learn how to develop your self- awareness so that you can understand how others see you, and better align your actions with your intentions. She shares strategies for how to identify beliefs to enhance self-awareness , step outside of yourself to gain a different perspective, leverage a self-awareness action plan, and more.

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Storytelling for Meaningful Learning

How can we make learning more interesting and memorable for our learners? Learners often have an easier time retaining concepts when they’re woven into a compelling narrative. In his 1:45 min video clip introduction, Paul A. Smith, Storytelling Coach and author of, “Lead with a Story” and “10 Stories Great Leaders Tell,” talks about the importance of the story. Paul shares how we can begin to build engaging training content by using essential storytelling techniques.

Storytelling in its many varied forms opens up dialogue to allow for sharing including providing analogies and making connections to prior and new learning while inviting the sharing and discussion of other’s perspectives and lived experiences.

Consider how you can choose the right story to tell in the right situation, as well as, how to structure your story. Also, how you can incorporate emotion, surprise, and humor into your training to make the content more fun, relatable, and transformative for your learners.

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Harness Strategic Thinking Strategies to Innovative, Communicate, and Problem Solve

Explore this 3:10 min video clip and be inspired by AJ Eckstein to learn how to creatively problem-solve by adapting a beginner lens to welcome challenges with an open mind, while letting go of pre-conceived notions and assumptions.

Do you struggle when it comes to problem-solving? Would you like to think more strategically? In the rest of this course, you will be guided through a simple 3-part process with actionable tips on how to think like a consultant and solve problems both at work and in your personal life. From identifying the root cause of a problem to organizing your thinking to solve a problem to communicating effective solutions, a variety of creative methods and strategies and introduced that you can lean on. Some examples include using the 80/20 rule for maximum impact, the MECE principle to organize your thinking, and creating issue trees and decision trees to break down problems and make good decisions.

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Set and Forget Your Work Hours and Location Outlook

Whether you’re working remotely or in the office, managing your schedule in Outlook ensures that colleagues know your availability and helps streamline meetings and appointments.

New features in Office 365 allow you to specify more details about your work schedule: from where you’re working (remotely or in office) and whether you work different hours on different days. In addition, you’ll be able to schedule meetings with others based on their work location and view work location on people’s profile cards.

This support page on the Microsoft website outlines the available hours and location features.

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