Capitalizing on Critical Skills - Your Real Competitive Advantage

Join Charlotte Larocque, President/Executive Director of Spirit Staffing & Consulting Brandon as she talks about Capitalizing on Critical Skills - Your Real Competitive Advantage.

We are experiencing a paradigm shift from an employer's market to an employee's market. As employers try to attract and retain quality people while preparing for the perceived skilled labour shortage of 2020, we must take a hard, honest look at where we are today. Soft skills are what fosters great team performance, and leads people to contribute strongly to the organization's vision and strategy, thus, creating loyalty, engagement and retention a positive culture. That is what will move your workforce into the Future!

With soft skills, individuals can excel as leaders. Problem solving, delegating, motivating, and team building are all much easier if employees have good soft skills. Knowing how to get along with people and displaying a positive attitude are crucial for the individual's success and the success of the company. The problem is, the importance of these soft skills is often undervalued or overlooked, and there is far less training provided for them than hard skills.

When your workforce has lots of technical skills and few soft skills, you have a dry soft skills ravine. Soft skills are what accompany the hard skills, and help your organization maximize on its technical expertise.

If you have lots of staff turnover and have to keep retraining people, chances are you have a dry soft skills ravine. Each new hire costs approximately 3 months salary to train.

The fact is the act of listening, communicating effectively, presenting ideas, resolving conflict, and fostering an open and honest work environment all comes down to knowing how to build and maintain relationships with people. It's those relationships that allow people to participate fully as a team, show appreciation for others, work collectively towards the common goal and prosper within a company.

Hosted by:
Brandon Chamber of Commerce
Entrepreneurship Manitoba
Economic Development Brandon

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Date and Time

Wednesday Nov 20, 2013
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM CST

Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
9:00am - 12:30am

Location

Royal Oak Inn & Suites
3130 Victoria Ave.

Fees/Admission

$25 - plus GST
Lunch will be provided

Website

http://www.embevents.ca

Contact Information

For more information or to register please visit http://www.embevents.ca or call (204) 726-6250