Did You Know?
Core leadership skills: acknowledge, envision, persuade, empower, exemplify, and execute.
Understanding your own personality can help you identify leadership gaps and create a plan to address them.
Team dynamics and building relationships are key to leading strong teams
Creating accountability, performance standards as expectations, and assessing progress will bring leadership to our team.
Understanding how to measure outcomes and results, hold difficult conversations, and coach or mentor our staff will help ensure performance management and move your team through setbacks.
Building community and adopting leadership as a lifestyle will create long term and measurable positive influences in your life.
General Outline of the Workshop:
Session 1 (Sep 13)
Core (Fundamental) Qualities of Leaders – In this component we examine what a leader is, why they exist and the critical deliverables necessary to be seen as a leader.
Session 2 (Oct 11)
Who Am I? – Building on our last session we explore, who am I as a leader? We resolve the internal and external locus of control and determine if you are the leader you want to be.
Session 3 (Nov 8)
Building Teams – Once we understand who you are, and what you wish to develop, we will delve into the world of team dynamics and building relationships.
Session 4 (Dec 13)
Part One: Setting Expectations and Performance Standards – The next step is how we take our leadership and move it into the team by setting reasonable and achievable standards, and then assessing progress in a way that is transparent and measurable.
Session 5 (Jan 10)
Part Two: Performance Management – In part two of this section, we look at how to set and manage performance standards and expectations. Strategies discussed here can be used in a wide variety of situations, including peer to peer and volunteer.
Session 6 (Feb 14)
Building Community – Leadership is a lifestyle; it goes beyond the workplace and creates long term and measurable positive influences in your life. In this final component on core leadership, we discuss and examine ways to build your community through strategic communication tools and processes, to create maximum leverage for your life goals.
Benefits of the Workshop:
- Understand your own leadership style and build your team.
- Navigate within the complexities of today’s workplace challenges.
- Inspire a new generation of leadership within your organization.
This 6 part series will be 2 hours each month, with the goal of empowering YOU!
Did You Know?
Core leadership skills: acknowledge, envision, persuade, empower, exemplify, and execute.
Understanding your own personality can help you identify leadership gaps and create a plan to address them.
Team dynamics and building relationships are key to leading strong teams
Creating accountability, performance standards as expectations, and assessing progress will bring leadership to our team.
Understanding how to measure outcomes and results, hold difficult conversations, and coach or mentor our staff will help ensure performance management and move your team through setbacks.
Building community and adopting leadership as a lifestyle will create long term and measurable positive influences in your life.
General Outline of the Workshop:
Session 1 (Sep 13)
Core (Fundamental) Qualities of Leaders – In this component we examine what a leader is, why they exist and the critical deliverables necessary to be seen as a leader.
Session 2 (Oct 11)
Who Am I? – Building on our last session we explore, who am I as a leader? We resolve the internal and external locus of control and determine if you are the leader you want to be.
Session 3 (Nov 8)
Building Teams – Once we understand who you are, and what you wish to develop, we will delve into the world of team dynamics and building relationships.
Session 4 (Dec 13)
Part One: Setting Expectations and Performance Standards – The next step is how we take our leadership and move it into the team by setting reasonable and achievable standards, and then assessing progress in a way that is transparent and measurable.
Session 5 (Jan 10)
Part Two: Performance Management – In part two of this section, we look at how to set and manage performance standards and expectations. Strategies discussed here can be used in a wide variety of situations, including peer to peer and volunteer.
Session 6 (Feb 14)
Building Community – Leadership is a lifestyle; it goes beyond the workplace and creates long term and measurable positive influences in your life. In this final component on core leadership, we discuss and examine ways to build your community through strategic communication tools and processes, to create maximum leverage for your life goals.
Benefits of the Workshop:
- Understand your own leadership style and build your team.
- Navigate within the complexities of today’s workplace challenges.
- Inspire a new generation of leadership within your organization.
This 6 part series will be 2 hours each month, with the goal of empowering YOU!
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
You may be able to receive this workshop free of charge. Create an account or log in to your dashboard to check your eligibility.
Meta will also give you suggested posting times and feedback on your posts.
Learning Outcomes:
In this Workshop, you will learn how to set up your Meta account, connect your Instagram and Facebook accounts, make posts, and schedule them to be posted later to simplify your life as an entrepreneur. Discover how easy using Meta can be to make your social media journey easier and more organized, saving you time and stress as an entrepreneur.
9:30 am – 10:30 am
You may be able to receive this workshop free of charge. Create an account or log in to your dashboard to check your eligibility.
You are a businessperson, not an accountant. But your accountant and banker talk to you in riddles and jargon. You aren’t going to become an accountant in this workshop. Still, you will know the difference between assets and liabilities, negative working capital impact, leverage, and debt support ratios, and the importance of cash flow forecasts instead of budgets.
Most business people cannot meaningfully read a balance sheet. Most people look at the revenue and profit lines and consider their job done, ignoring a wealth of information at hand. Stats Canada collects information on businesses by industry that can act as a guideline and baseline for analyzing your business.
Learning Outcomes:
Here are three types of financial statements—profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, and cash flow forecast—and how they can help you manage your business.
9:30 am to
May 22, 2024
11:30 am
You may be able to receive this workshop free of charge. Create an account or log in to your dashboard to check your eligibility here.
- Introduction to Crucial Conversations
- Core Communication Skills
- Navigating Challenging Scenarios
- Practice Through Role-Playing
- Building Stronger Relationships
- Advanced Communication Skills
- Emotional Intelligence and Empathy
- Creating a Culture of Courageous Conversations
- Sustaining Relationship Building in Leadership
Learning Outcomes:
- Improved Leadership Skills: Enhance your ability to lead and manage effectively through open and honest communication.
- Confidence in Tough Conversations: Gain the confidence to address challenging topics tactfully and professionally.
- Boosted Productivity: Addressing issues promptly leads to improved productivity and goal achievement.
9:00 am – 10:00 am
You may be able to receive this workshop free of charge. Create an account or log in to your dashboard to check your eligibility.
An experienced lawyer leads this one-hour workshop and includes one hour of one-on-one time for each business to work on its own website terms of use. The workshop will empower you with the knowledge and tools to create robust and legally compliant terms of use for your website, safeguarding your online presence and protecting your business interests.
Think of a “Terms of Use” like a bouncer for your website, setting ground rules just like a “No shoes, no shirt, no service” sign does at a beach bar. It keeps your virtual dancefloor safe, outlining what’s acceptable and what’s not for users. Plus, it acts as a legal safety net, offering protection for your small biz if any issues arise. And that’s not all – it also helps you maintain ownership of your valuable content by setting clear rules on user interaction.
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will leave the workshop equipped with comprehensive, legally compliant, and user-friendly Website Terms of Use that effectively protect their small businesses online.
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
You may be able to receive this workshop free of charge. Create an account or log in to your dashboard to check your eligibility.
This workshop will provide you with an understanding of various types of business risk, the impacts of risk on your business, and how to mitigate a variety of risks to strengthen your business strategy and ensure that your business can flourish and become more viable and sustainable.
This workshop focuses on identifying internal and external risk factors and reducing business owners’ reliance on any one supplier, customer, or employee. Business and increasing your company’s value.
Combining the concepts of the Strategic Business Model Canvas with an Employee Stack Ranking and Customer Concentration Matrix will create an action plan to reduce overreliance on key employees, suppliers, and/or customers.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding types of risk
- Identifying risk in business
- Recognizing how to limit risk
- Creating a risk registry to highlight risks in a business
9:30 am – 10:30 am
You may be able to receive this workshop free of charge. Create an account or log in to your dashboard to check your eligibility.
Your phone DOES NOT take photos that are as good as your camera’s – at least they won’t be after this workshop!
What are:
- ISO
- Aperture
- f/Stop
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will walk away with the confidence to use their cameras in manual mode – taking the gamble of shooting on auto out of the picture so they can capture great images for their businesses whenever needed.
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
You may be able to receive this workshop free of charge. Create an account or log in to your dashboard to check your eligibility.
- Understand your fears and doubts.
- Visualize your desired experience.
- Create your mindset plan.
Learning Outcomes:
- You have unshakeable self-confidence.
- You say yes to the things that scare you.
- You have the tools to manage imposter syndrome.
For many business owners, the service contract is the single most important contract they will have. As such, content is specifically tailored to the legal framework and business practices of British Columbia. This ensures that the information is interesting, highly relevant, and applicable for BC-based business owners.
- Negotiation Fundamentals: Key principles in a BC context
- Effective Communication Strategies: Techniques for clear, assertive bargaining
- Negotiation Simulations: Hands-on practice in real-life scenarios
- Discussion & Feedback: Interactive participant engagement
- Service Contract Basics: Understanding crucial clauses
- Avoiding Pitfalls: Identifying and mitigating common errors
- Interactive Case Studies: Analysis of BC-specific business scenarios
- Q&A and Wrap-Up: Addressing specific queries and summarizing
Learning Outcomes:
Key benefits include:
- Enhanced Negotiation Skills: Participants will gain practical skills in contract negotiation, which is crucial for building successful businesses.
- Practical Applications: Through interactive case studies and simulations based on real BC business scenarios, attendees will apply learning directly to their business context, enhancing practical understanding.
- Risk Mitigation: Insight into common legal pitfalls will empower participants to avoid costly mistakes, saving time and resources.
