Workshops / Training

Successful employees make successful businesses. Organizations who recognize that people are their most important resource invest in training to increase employee productivity, confidence, skills, and abilities. And this investment has many benefits—enhanced health and well-being, increased productivity, and reduced absenteeism—all good news for the bottom line.

Kathleen Johnston, Certified Stress & Wellness Consultant is available to deliver workshops and training on various topics related to stress resiliency, workplace wellness and career satisfaction. With a focus on core personal competencies, each workshop is custom designed to deliver meaningful results. Training content encourages the development of indviduals and teams-. The result is increased energy and productivity, and enhanced interpersonal effectiveness.

Workshops are designed to meet the unique needs of each client group. Your ideas and suggestions are both welcomed and encouraged. Here are just a few examples of the more popular workshop and training sessions.  Contact Kathleen today to review your unique requirements.

Success Not Stress: How to Thrive in Hectic Times

Workshop, 3 or 6-Hour Option
When stress gets out of control it saps vitality and weakens the immune system. Stress overload has become the leading contributor to absenteeism and diminished productivity in today's workplace.  In this workshop participants learn the health risks from stress overload, have access to the best stress assessment in the field,  identify current coping strategies, and learn several strategies for building stress resiiency. Learners develop a personalized wellness plan designed to safeguard and improve long-term health and vitality.

Preventing Burnout

Workshop, 90-Minute or 3-Hour Option
Burnout describes a crisis in one aspect of people's lives-their relationship with their work. Stress overload, work overload or work addiction all eventually lead to burnout. The concept of burnout is not restricted to the social or human services fields-the important variable is the intensity of the work.

Research in the field of mind-body medicine has shown that people need to regularly replenish their energy and rejuvenate themselves if they are to maintain their health and vitality. Based on the principle that burnout is reversible and can be prevented through intentional monitoring and self-care, this experiential workshop is designed to help participants understand the warning signs of burnout.  Participants will also be provided several practical self-assessment tools and meaningful discussion.

Taking Charge of Your Career

Workshop, 3 Hour
How do you rate your career progress? Are you where you want to be? Are you doing the type of work you want to do? In this workshop, participants will examine the purpose and values they wish to express through their work and what motivates them to do well. They will articulate their knowledge, skills, abilities and experience, and clarify their ideal work environment. The result will be a plan for ongoing fulfillment in an authentic career that supports living life to the fullest.

Leading From the Inside Out

Workshop, 3 Hours
The foundation for effective leadership lies in knowing oneself. This workshop explores the leader within.  Participants will clarify their personal values, principles, vision, and goals. Learning how to apply an ethics-based decision-making model is just one core objective of this session. Each individual will also be able to recognize the changes they want to make in order to enhance both workplace and personal success.

Change Your Life Forever With One Powerful Skill-Assertiveness

Workshop, 3 Hours
Assertiveness is the ability to express yourself clearly about what you need and want. Sounds simple and it is once you learn the secret and practice the skill. This workshop helps participants understand their current assertiveness style or lack thereof and introduces them to the skills needed to increase their effectiveness. Each individual will learn the difference between assertive, aggressive and passive behaviors, and how to consistently apply assertive behaviours. The result is life changing.

Work / Life Balance Satisfaction

Workshop, 3 or 6-Hour Option
Balance is a hot topic in today's work world. Many people think they can divide their work and personal lives up into tidy little compartments of commitments and if they do it just right, they will achieve a magical balanced state. This erroneous belief is the source of much of the dissatisfaction people feel about their work/life balance. In this workshop participants discover a new perspective: balance is simply the feeling of satisfaction that comes from concentrating on what really matters most. Participants will clarify their vision, values, priorities and goals in relation to their current roles and responsibilities. They'll also identify role and priority conflicts and create strategies for increased satisfaction.

Don't Shout to be Heard: The Power of Effective Communication

Workshop, 3 Hours
We tend to assume that communication is a natural skill. In fact, effective interpersonal communication is a learned skill and accompanies behaviour that significantly affects your ability to work effectively with others. This experiential workshop is designed to advance your interpersonal communication skills. Effective communication increases your self-confidence and your competence-two critical factors for career success.