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Are you on track for 2017?
2017 might be winding down, but there’s still time to turn over a new leaf in your professional life. Many of us get our cars tuned up as the seasons change. How many of us consider a career tune-up to keep things running smoothly and to stay ahead of potential obstacles? There’s still time to address work-related issues that you committed to follow up on in 2017. I’m pleased to report that employers, including the federal public service, will consider paying for professional development from I/O Advisory Services. Whether your work year ends on December 31 or March 31, I invite you to contact me to set yourself up for short and longer-term success.
It’s a breakthrough.
If you’ve been following the news lately you will have noticed that we are having a watershed moment regarding dealing with sexual harassment and other abuses in the workplace. As a woman who specializes in using I/O Psychology to improve careers and workplaces, I have addressed this topic in a recent blog – from the perspective of employees and employers. – Read More
How to Avoid Being Replaced by Technology, Including Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
Another theme plucked from the headlines is the changes that are coming into the modern workplace. I’ve been writing about and discussing how automation, AI, and robots are coming our way faster than many professionals can keep up. In this article, I talk about how numerous tasks and jobs are now being completed by technology. Educated and high-earning professionals are now concerned that their work might become less relevant and that this may happen sooner than they anticipated. Part of my role is to keep on top of these emerging issues and help my clients work around them. Here are some ideas you can use to help keep yourself relevant and valuable, regardless of technology. – Read More
NEWS AND UPDATES
On Friday, November 10th, I’ll be speaking about Career-Related Support to Help with Various Personal Challenges that Affect the Workplace as part of a YMCA Career Week Series. This interactive workshop will offer career-related information to help employees, employers, and mental health professionals manage work-related situations that are affected by issues including anxiety/depression, workplace harassment/bullying, separation/divorce, and workers thriving with ADD/ADHD, or inclusion on the autism spectrum, etc. For good reason, cybersecurity and preventing ransomware have become international obsessions. But, there are other, even more common, types of security breaches that start inside organizations. These are called Insider Threats. Last month, I was invited to write an article on How Corporate Security Hinges on its People for FrontLine Security, a magazine that caters to the national defence/national security industry. In the coming weeks, I’ll be a guest on a Washington, DC podcast The Insider Threat (episode 26 or 27). Stay tuned! 
