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Janis Foord Kirk's keynote presentations are known for providing practical, up-to-date information about the ways in which individuals and organizations can respond to changing times. Career Resilience Engaging the Mature Worker Creating Healthy Workplaces Work & Life: A Delicate Balance Survivability ® Skills for a Changing World of Work Career Self Manager Career Resilience Career Resilience is a mindset, a way of thinking that says: Okay life, throw at me what you will, I'll find a way to handle it. Behind this mindset is a blend of skills, attitude and learning grounded in personal responsibility. This dynamic, thoughtful presentation examines the myriad issues reshaping the Canadian workplace in the early years of the 21st Century and defines the approach needed to successfully maneuver in uncertain times. Audiences are asked to assess themselves and create a profile of their own Career Resilience, noting factors such as: Computer literacy, attitude, self marketing, communication, learning, problem solving, applied resourcefulness, personal initiative and self-management. Employers call such skills "employability skills". Educators, deem them to be "essential skills". From the individual's perspective, however, this is the range of skills, attributes and competencies needed to excel on the job and at the same time productively manage one's own career. One hour Engaging the Mature Worker The talent pool is aging, not just in Canada, but throughout the Western world. At the same time, fewer children are being born. By 2016, it's predicted, there will no longer be enough young people coming into the workplace to replace those leaving it. The "talent pinch", as it has been called, has been predicated for over a decade and is now being felt in industries and in regions across the country. Solving this demographic puzzle will take creativity and flexibility. One solution is to encourage mature employees to give up their visions of "freedom 55" and stay on the job. Another is to convince those who've already retired to hang up their golf clubs, re-organize their travel plans and head back to work. This presentation provides insights and strategies to assist employers to successfully compete in the hiring of mature workers and entice those already on the job to stay. One hour Creating Healthy Workplaces In the break-neck paced of 21st Century life, the price tag for unhealthy, dysfunctional workplaces has been marked up to billions of dollars each year. Disability claims and prescription drug costs are skyrocketing. Absenteeism is on the rise. Productivity is well below optimum. The concept of workplace health has evolved considerably since the 1970s when the safety of the physical workplace was its sole focus. In the 1980s, wellness and lifestyle support were added to the model. The newest frontier in workplace health is the "psychosocial" atmosphere in which people work; the intensity of work, the way people are treated and the manner in which they are trained and supervised can directly affect their health. A healthy workplace is a corporate advantage.

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