FULL! Success in the “Now Normal” for Professionals
Presented by:
Merge Gupta-Sunderji
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 10:00am
Zoom meeting platform
For professionals
Focus Area: Personal Leadership
Program Summary
On March 15, the world of work as we know it shifted. Within a matter of days, most of us were working virtually, and the workplace and personal protocols we were accustomed to had changed. If you feel like 2020 has been a whirlwind, then you’re not alone. We’re certainly in a “new normal,” but the new normal isn’t static. It continues to change, week by week, sometimes day by day. It’s not a “new normal.” It’s the “now normal,” subject to repeated mutations and variations. This means that your critical success factors are now your flexibility and your adaptability – how you roll with the punches, bounce back, and keep going. But it’s more than just that. If the “now normal” is changing all the time, what will it take to deliver results and get things done? If you want to be effective and productive, then you need to be more strategic about doing things differently than before.
Join Merge Gupta-Sunderji in a fast-paced and highly relevant virtual seminar specifically designed to address your challenges as a professional staff member. You’ll get insights into how you instinctively operate in our new working reality and how you can leverage your strengths and overcome your weaknesses to continue to thrive no matter what kinds of challenges come your way.
Audience
AAPS members in professional roles who are seeking tools to be more effective and efficient with their peers and supervisors in the current virtual and dispersed working environment. This session is designed for members who do not have direct staff reports. Now sure if this session is right for you? Contact aaps.pd@ubc.ca.
We will be hosting this session on the Zoom meeting platform. It is a participatory session, and the expectation is that you will have video and audio on for most of the session. We will also be using your breakout rooms. If you do not wish to actively participate in the live session, please contact AAPS for the recording instead of registering for the session itself.
What you will learn
• An insight into your individual ambiguity tolerance number and what that means to your career success
• Specific actions you can take to build your adaptive capabilities, no matter what the work climate
• Explicit ideas on how to build strong, productive relationships with your peers, even from a distance
• Tips on ways to prioritize and manage your workload in a virtual or hybrid working environment
• Suggestions on how to get agreement and commitment from others on your team as priorities shift due to altered work environments
• Best practices to communicate with your coworkers, even if you feel Zoom’d out
• Practical approaches to asking for help when you need it, without feeling like you’re showing weakness
• A six-point plan to keep your boss in the loop while continuing to build your reputation for getting things done
How you will learn
This will be a virtual session delivered via the Zoom meeting platform. Merge is known for delivering content-rich programs that inspire, engage, and give people the tools to take action. Expect high-energy and virtual interaction, with concepts illustrated through a blend of examples, anecdotes, analogies, humour, props, and virtual-friendly activities. Be ready to participate!
About your Facilitator
Merge Gupta-Sunderji turns managers into leaders. A highly-respected leadership expert and columnist, Merge gives people specific and practical tools to achieve leadership and communication success. Over 71,000 managers in eight countries have attended her fun, content-rich keynotes and facilitated workshops. A leader at one of Canada’s premier oil and gas companies and a Board leader at a Credit Union for a combined total of over seventeen years, Merge offers a unique blend of realism and humor that consistently engages and entertains her audiences! She is called upon frequently to mentor high-potential leaders in a variety of organizations.
Previously, she was the well-known voice behind the national CBC radio column The Softer Side of Business. She’s an award-winning published author, writing for many well-known organizations and publications, including the very popular Merge’s Monthly Mega Minute and a regular monthly column in The Globe & Mail, Canada’s most respected and widely-circulated national newspaper. Her first book, Why Does the Lobster Cast Off Its Shell? is now in its third edition, and her last book, Generations Exposed – Unexpected Insights Into the People You Work With, is in its second printing.
Registration
Success in the “Now Normal” for Professionals: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 from 10am-12pm (waitlist)
Success in the “Now Normal” for Professionals: Thursday, December 3, 2020 from 10am-12pm
Please carefully consider your schedule and your ability to participate before registering for this session. While we understand that emergencies happen, the virtual platform makes it difficult for us to fill spaces at the last minute. Please remember that the AAPS PD Program is open to AAPS members only.