Our Clients Serving over 600 client organizations over 23 years, we have applied our skills to a broad range of industries, and all types of groups. Our satisfied clients include agriculture corporations and organizations, companies in the oil and gas sectors, petrochemical firms, wholesalers, retailers, financial institutions, government agencies, and professional services firms. AgResource Agri-Trend Andrukow Group Solutions Inc BP Canada BrettYoung Bayer Crop Science Canada Pacific Rail Canola Council Canterra Seeds Cargill Ltd. Co-operators Insurance Defence Construction Canada Doctors Eyecare Network Dow Agro Sciences DuPont Animal Health DynAgra Fas Gas Oil Ltd. Federated Co-operatives Ltd. General Mills Canada Corp Great West Life Habitat for Humanity Health Canada Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Kal Tire Library & Archives Canada Manitoba Hydro Merial Canada Meridian Industries Monsanto MTS Communications Parkland Industries Pfizer Animal Health Province of Manitoba Purolator RBC Dominion Securities Shell Canada Sioux Lookout First Nations TD Canada Trust Thompson Dorfman Sweatman, LLP Transport Canada Unisource Canada UFA Vale Inco Vetoquinol Viterra Workers Compensation Board Testimonials "Orlyn was very personal and kept my interest at all times. Thank you very much. The SB program has helped with my confidence, and enabled me to increase my sales significantly, as well as work through problems with more ease. Being able to read the customers for behaviors and tendencies has gone a long way to make me a more effective sales person. The knowledge of the buying/selling cycle has allowed me to be more assertive in day to day dealings with custom ers." - Federated Co-operatives participant "Orlyn is engaging, intere sting, funny and personable, always held our interest. He is a great guy, really knows his stuff! He did an excellent job of getting us engaged. Great job! He is one of the best facilitators I've had!" - Andrukow Group Solutions participant

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Leadership Breakthroughs The Art of Leading Effective Teams As organizations grow, one of the biggest challenges is effective leadership. Often people are moved into leadership positions as a result of superior performance in a non-supervisory role or because they possess the competencies and attributes of a leader or because of their academic expertise and/or experience. Either way, in order to excel as a performance result-oriented leader, new skill sets must be developed. This customized program is designed to teach and support the development of the critical skill sets necessary to overall success of those we lead, the team and our organization. Phase I—Pre-Workshop Package A pre-workshop package is emailed out with a personal behavioral style self assessment and Leadership skills assessment to be completed online. The book “Zapp” is included for a quick read on leading people. Phase 2—Workshop This customized workshop introduces the foundation principles from which leadership concepts are built. Participants will combine the concepts with their own experience, role plays, and group interaction to learn from the following potential topics: Managing change Attitude is key The role of a supervisor Leadership style—DISC Appreciating and adapting to the differences in others Workload management— balancing urgency with importance Planning is the key Decision making Influencing others Questioning & listening techniques How to handle conflict and difficult employees Delegation to ensure results How to run productive meetings Positive reinforcement The process of learning Using Feedback to improve Phase 3— Virtual Team Series Monthly 1.5-hour virtual sessions c/w pre and post components will follow the workshop to reinforce the learning, build on the concepts and ensure participant implementation and behavioral change.

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Our Learning Partners Our partnerships with leading international providers of training services and products allows us to deliver world-class learning opportunities to your organization. We tailor our training programs to meet the need of your organization. We deliver comprehensive packages of training courses with your long term vision in mind. We uncover your goals, and then help you achieve them. Through our national and international affiliations, we deliver the power of world's best training services and products. Performance Strategies delivers learning solutions in partnership with several supplier organizations, including: We understand how successful people work Priority has been working with the world's most successful compa nies and individuals for 40 years, allowing us to develop a deep understanding of what works. Our programs benefit from our best practice business process, proven to deliver results, and simple enough to implement at every level of your organization. Anyone can enjoy the benefits of more time and reduced stress. Solve Your Organization’s People Problems TTI Success Insights assessments create cohesion in the workplace, make performance management, employee evaluation, and employee development easy. Our research-backed, award-winning behavioral assessments for employees and leaders will bring the team insights your organization needs to thrive.

Working Sm@rt Method Working Sm@rt is a flexible and practical combination of behavior changing methods, best practice tools and process that can transform the way you work. With the Working Smart method, you will gain control over your day, find balance, reach your goals, and focus on the tasks that are important to you and your company. Easily applied and simply sustained, the Working Smart method can give lifelong benefits to individuals, teams, and entire organizations. WorkingSm@rt + Teams Effective teamwork, collaboration and communication At some point, every team feels a disconnect in collaboration and communication, but if it's a lot of the time, then you and your team n eed a road map to improve the process and get better results. Explore> WorkingSm@rt + Outlook Take control of your workload and competing priorities. Receive practical hands-on skills instruction to help you a bsorb proven techniques for a total time-m anagement solution. Integrate communications, tasks, activities, planning and apply the WorkingSm@rt® method using Microsoft Outlook. Explore> WorkingSm@rt + Meetings Get your meetings on time, on track, on purpose. Learn not only how to plan, organize and run a successful meeting but also how to get the most o ut of the meetings you are required to attend. Immediate benefits are: a 'business planning' approach to meetings, increased meeting effectiveness, saving time, improved meeting outcomes. Explore> Working Sm@rt OneNote Make collaborating with your team as easy as 1-2-3 The key to success lies in the ability for teams to work together without the constraint of being together. Whether the challenge is virtual, where geography is the issue or the reality of team schedules not lining up. Now it is possible to collaborate in a way that maximizes flexibility and minimizes the places you need to look to find key information or data. Explore> WorkingSm@rt as a Remote Leader Remote leadership essentials: keeping them engaged collaborative & productive Steps to contain the current world events may require many employees who normally work from an office to now work from home. This presents challenges to stay connected, engaged and productive. These challenges are magnified for people leading remote teams since they can no longer rely on many of their proven face-to-face leadership techniques. Explore> WorkingSm@rt in a Hybrid World Build the skills and mindsets to excel in a Hybrid World Organizations and workers were thrust into a transformational change that left both work and home environments in a state of chaos. The need to understand the impact of the shift from the traditional workplace to a hybrid world provides you with the opportunity to realign and navigate how we work. Traditional work/life balance strategies will need to shift to a more integrated lifestyle to support the hybrid working model. Explore> Working Sm@rt + MS Project Manage the complexities of multiple projects more efficiently and effectively Carry out multiple project execution plans developed through the Project Planning Breakthroughs method accurately and effectively with MS Project using common resource pools and external dependencies, along with detailed reporting and updating. Produce standard and customized reports, and develop a process for tracking and updating project plans. Explore> WorkingSm@rt + Outlook for MAC Take control of your Inbox and workload Receive practical hands-on skills instruction to help you absorb proven techniques for a total time-management solution. Integrate communications, tasks, activities, planning and apply the WorkingSm@rt® method using Outlook for Mac. Explore> WorkingSm@rt + Google Turn your intentions into actions and your actions into results Tame the Digital Deluge and increase your productivity. Receive hands-on skills instruction to help you absorb proven techniques for an effective time management solution that integrates communication, tasks, activities and planning. Explore> Working Sm@rt + iPhone & iPad Tame the digital deluge and increase your productivity Turn your intentions into actions and your actions into results. Receive hands-on skills instruction to help you absorb WorkingSm@rt® methods for a total time management solution that integrates communication, tasks, activities and planning. Explore> Working Sm@rt from Home Maximizing productivity in a remote working world Our World is changing. Success in a remote working environment requires individuals to use a shared set of communication, collaboration and planning processes and tools that are far more refined and defined than in a non-virtual workspace. Explore> Working Sm@rt as a Leader The art of leading an effective team. As organizations grow, one of the biggest challenges is effective leadership. Often people are moved into leadership positions as a result of superior performance in a non-supervisory role or because they possess the competencies and attributes of a leader or because of their academic expertise and/or experience. Either way, in order to excel as a performance result-oriented leader, new skill sets must be developed. Explore>

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