The witch tried to kill the princess with a poisonous apple…. BUT…. the princess lived happily ever after The evil stepmother and her daughters treated the girl like a slave…BUT…. the girl lived happily ever after The horrible hideous troll tried to kill and eat the goats… BUT… the goats lived happily ever …
Tag: Management Training
Leadership vs. Management
John sat in the interview feeling prepared, confident and excited. He had just spoken about how he would approach the position strategically and more so his commitment to not just being a manager but to also being a great leader to his team. The interviewer turned to John and asked, “What is the difference between …
Exiting Employees Effectively Workshop
Exiting Employees Effectively Training & Development Workshop Thurs. Feb 22nd | 1-3PM | Calgary Join Salopek & Associates for our first workshop of 2018! Our Exiting Employees Effective workshop will teach you how to manage the termination process to mitigate risk, maintain morale and maximize new opportunities. Handling employee departures from your organization requires attention to …
Employment Standards Compliance – are you ready?
On January 1, 2018 the majority of The Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act (also known as Bill 17) comes into effect, and Alberta will see changes to employment legislation that we haven’t seen in 30 years! In many cases, it will bring us up-to-date with, and comparable to, other provinces and federal legislation. Question – …
The Feedback Rant
Ken Blanchard said, “Feedback is the breakfast of champions”. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day (you do know that, right?) – it provides the body and brain with fuel, energy and stamina to get through the day. In the same way, without feedback, the organization starves. Without feedback, the organization operates in …
Salopek’s Fall Training Workshops
Training & Development has a major impact on an individual’s choice to join, stay or leave your company. Employees today want opportunity for skill development and career growth, and to be part of a company that offers a continuous learning culture. In order to attract and retain great people, you need to provide Training & …
Employment Standards Changes: Bill 17 too costly to ignore
Bill 17, the Fair and Family-friendly Workplaces Act, will amend Alberta’s Employment Standards and Labour Relation Codes with many of the changes to Employment Standards being effective January 1, 2018. The new Act will require businesses to update their employment practices and to educate their managers on the changes. Failure to educate managers will place …
Successful Conflict Resolution Workshop: June 22
Salopek & Associates 2017 Training Workshop Program is in full swing and our April session on Performance Management was at capacity! We are looking forward to our next workshop on June 22nd – Successful Conflict Resolution, which will explore managing conflict in the workplace, providing tips, strategies and tools to help address conflict and develop the …
Performance Management Workshop: April 27th
Salopek & Associates kicked off our 2017 Training Workshop Program in February with a great first session on Delivering Difficult Messages, and would like to thank everyone who joined us! We are excited for our next workshop on April 27th – Performance Management: A New Approach, which will address challenges, changes and best practices in …
Managers: Do We Expect Too Much and Give Too Little?
I have the utmost respect for Supervisors, Leaders and Managers – (for simplicity sake, I will refer to the entire spectrum as “Managers” for the remainder of this blog.) We ask them for so much, yet at times, provide them with so little. What am I referring to? Please let me elaborate. First of all, …