We want to believe... From The Vancouver Sun:
"Everyone is guarded about what does this mean,” said Chris Gardner, president of the Independent Contractors and Business Association about last week’s announcement that construction on the $7.4 billion project had officially restarted.
“Are we stopping and starting and stopping and starting,” Gardner said. “There has been so much uncertainty, there is definitely a degree of skepticism about some of these announcements and activity we see.”
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Economic winter is coming.
Economists had expected a 10,000 job gain nationally in November, but Canada lost 71,200.
BC lost 18,200 jobs. This is the 5th month out of the past 6 where BC lost jobs.
BC unemployment rate is still low, but it has topped 5% for the first time in a long time. 5.0% in November, up from 4.7% the month before.
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Are you an effective manager? Could you be better? Check out our last Effective Management Skills workshop of 2019 on December 11 in Burnaby! The most important asset of any organization is the human asset, and we want to help you achieve results.
How much untapped potential, energy, commitment and creativity currently exists within your organization, team or department? What would it mean to your culture and bottom line if you could learn to unleash just 10% more of the latent human potential?
This course is for all managers, supervisors, team leaders or anyone who is responsible for achieving results through people and who want to bring the best out in people.
Here’s some of what’s covered:
Understanding group dynamics and how to develop team synergy
Developing clear performance expectations for the team
The four core elements of a high-performance team
The principles of effective delegation
The vital importance of developing clear “outcome-based” performance expectations whenever possible
How to listen so that people feel understood
How disagree someone without being disagreeable
The essential difference between influence and persuasion
How to deliver reinforcing or positive feedback in a manner that makes it meaningful
And much more! Plus you’ll earn 1 Gold Seal Credit and 7.5 CPD Points from BC Housing.
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