Ceridian Canada’s EAP and Work-life Solutions
New Features and Enhancements in 2010
2010will be another challenging year for many, so Ceridian continues to enhance its EAP solution and develop new health and productivity services to help its customers, their employees and their families be resilient, stay healthy, and productive.
New Solutions!
Ceridian provides a comprehensive range of solutions to help organizations boost productivity, increase employee satisfaction, attract and retain top talent. We are very pleased to add the following additional services to our suite of solutions:
Learning Solutions
Ceridian Learning Solutions promotes organizational growth and development by providing comprehensive learning solutions that support corporate goals, and objectives.
This suite of professional learning and development programs is designed to provide a best-practice approach to training in areas such as Management Development, Employee Productivity, Change Management and Managing Employment issues. Learning Solutions is a blended approach to learning that integrates:
- Classroom training — Seminars are facilitated by a cross-country network of highly skilled professionals with subject matter expertise. We use a variety of proven instructional strategies such as classroom discussions, simulation exercises, videos, and self-directed action plans to bring concepts to life and enhance learning and retention.
- Group Telephonic Coaching — A partnership in which the coach provides objective listening and observation, focused inquiry, structure, and accountability for the purpose of expanding the participant’s capacity to take effective action and ensure real world application of their learning.
- Online Learning — Access to a custom learning portal which includes guided learning modules, business books and best practice guidelines that will be assigned as homework to further extend participant’s learning.
All Learning Solutions programs and seminars are available for delivery at your work site. Also available are multi-customer events at easily accessible locations scheduled across the country.
New Seminars!
Minimize absenteeism and keep your employees focused on work during working hours.
Ceridian hosts a full range of workplace seminars designed to fit into your employee’s busy work day. These sessions offer practical strategies and “take-away tips” that help your employees successfully balance work and personal priorities to improve overall well-being and workplace productivity.
New seminars include:
Managing in Today’s Economy
Money worries are one of the leading causes of stress. When the economy dips, people who are already concerned about their finances may worry that they won’t be able to handle any further strain on their budgets. It’s important to remember that the nation’s economy has experienced highs and lows in the past and will continue to do so in the future. The best way to weather the lows is to manage your money wisely and find ways to cope with the emotional uncertainty that you may be feeling at this time.
The Sandwich Generation
There is a growing trend towards “sandwiched” caregivers in Canada today. The growing senior population, combined with waiting until later in life to have children leaves many people caring for more than one person. In many ways, all caregivers’ experiences are the same; yet they are unique, just as we are unique people. This seminar will provide a variety of time-honoured strategies that you can apply to your particular situation.
A New Attitude: The Truth about Mental Illness
This seminar will discuss the facts and myths surrounding mental illness. By creating a better understanding of the most common mental disorders we are taking the first step towards breaking down the barriers and stigma surrounding this type of illness.
At the end of the session you will be able to:
- Identify the facts about the most common mental illnesses today: anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders and personality disorders.
- Detect the causes of stigma surrounding mental disorders.
- Recognize changes to thinking and behaviour that you can make to break down the barriers of mental disorder
- Learn about community mental health resources
Managing in an Emotional Climate
Mental illness is a leading cause of employee disability. Yet the shame and discomfort of identifying and responding to mental illness still remains for the suffering employee.
Early detection is paramount to the handling of mental illness. Employee motivation to address mental health concerns can improve with appropriate management support. However, most managers receive little or no training to enhance their skills and knowledge so that they can respond effectively to these sensitive employee concerns.
This course is designed to be an overview of mental health issues for managers in their dealings with employees who may have emotional difficulties.
New EAP Materials!
Innovative online tools, CDs and booklets provide employees and their families with expert advice and strategies anytime.
Ceridian has developed a full range of online tools, CDs, booklets, life articles all available through LifeWorks online. These materials provide advice and practical information from leading experts that help your employees cope with work, personal, family and health related issues.
New materials developed in 2009/10 include:
Men’s Health: New Section on LifeWorks Online
This section on the LifeWorks Online website includes downloadable articles and tips specific to men’s health issues. Topics include;
- Health Screenings for Men
- Hypertension
- Understanding & Practicing Preventative Health Care
Navigating Workplace Change - CD
This CD helps employees learn how to navigate the “waters of change” within their organizations and more importantly master the skills needed to thrive through change. Gregory Shea and Robert Gunther, the speakers on this recording and the authors of Your Job Survival Guide: A Manual for Thriving in Change share stories and valuable suggestions on how to thrive in today’s times.
The Divorce Toolkit
Divorce is considered the second most stressful of life’s experiences (after death of a spouse) and the emotional and physical toll people experience often effects every area of their lives. It can be confusing, frightening, painful and costly. A divorce or separation can also trigger intense feelings of guilt, anger, frustration, sadness, or fears about the future.
The Divorce Toolkit is a bilingual online kit of audioclips, life articles and checklists that includes two downloadable audio recordings featuring Deborah Moskovitch, a Canadian divorce consultant, educator, and author of The Smart Divorce: Proven Strategies and Valuable Advice from 100 Top Divorce Lawyers, Financial Advisers, Counselors and Other Experts. The Divorce Toolkit is available through LifeWorks Online as a “featured tool” on the right hand side of the screen on the home page.
The Complete Will Kit
Have you made a Will Yet? This complete will kit provides valuable information and guidance to help prepare a will and put together an estate plan. The Will Kit includes:
- Template of a Last Will and Testament with instructions to help complete the document;
- Guide to making a will in Canada, including information on legal requirements in each province; choosing an executor and a checklist of information needed.
Podcasts
We are continually updating and enhancing the content on the LifeWorks Online site and are developing a series of podcasts on a wide variety of subjects. Available immediately are:
Relationship Rescue
A three-part series with Owen Williams, an executive and relationship coach and author of The Relationship Revolution.
- Reducing the Baggage
- Making it Work
- Men, Women and Relationships
Three Steps to a Healthier You
Another three part series with Estelle Morrison, Ceridian LifeWorks Director of Health Management.
- Motivating for Change
- Get a Good Night’s Sleep
- Fit More Exercise Into Your Everyday Life
Understanding the H1N2 Flu Pandemic
A two-part podcast with Dr. Y Michael Markus, a leading Canadian consultant in occupational health and traveler’s health.
- All About H1N1
- All About Pandemics:
To learn more about any of these new solutions of enhancements, please contact your Account Executive.
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