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The Productivity Challenge: Working Smarter, not Harder More than just cliché, Working Smarter is imperative for every employee. And yes, the skills for higher productivity, control, and focus can be learned and integrated into your organization. Both the Gartner Institute and the American Management Association reported that the average office worker is spending over 2 hours per day in their inbox simply dealing with the deluge of email and electronic information. This coupled with constant juggling of priorities, meetings, deadlines, projects and commitments characterize today’s work environment. And the results are concerning; longer working hours, increased stress, errors, absenteeism and employee turnover to name just a few. By the time you leave, you will have: o Discussed the impact of the most common productivity challenges for your organization. o Reviewed the fundamentals of optimizing technology usage in the workplace, specifically Microsoft® Outlook, MS Exchange service and Blackberry. o Identified several productivity strategies which you can apply immediately following the session. o Link common productivity challenges to competencies within a workplace culture.

Please join us for an exclusive breakfast seminar designed for HR professionals, managers and supervisors on maintaining employee engagement in times of uncertainty. In today’s turbulent economic times, employee engagement is becoming a critical leadership challenge. Many organizations are forced into the challenging situation of having to make workforce reductions while simultaneously increasing the productivity of remaining staff. Even if your organization has not had to downsize, negative news in the media has left employees uncertain about their jobs, questioning their futures and finding it difficult to stay focused. As employee engagement declines, productivity suffers along with your organization’s ability remain competitive. Anita Belliveau and Anna Marenick from Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette will discuss key management strategies that will help you increase employee engagement. Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette is Atlantic Canada’s largest human capital solutions firm with offices across our region.

Enclosed is your personal Invitation to the HRANB Christmas Social evening taking place on December 15, 2009 from 5 - 7 PM. This is a holiday networking opportunity where you can enjoy Trio Carte Blanche have some finger foods and feel free to bring your spouse if you wish. On behalf of the Food DEPOT Alimentaire, a registered non-profit charity that services more than 20 food banks, community kitchens and agencies in southeastern New Brunswick HRANB encourages you to bring along a non-perishable food item with you. (A list of suggested items to bring are canned vegetables, flour & sugar, pasta (dried, canned, noodles, rice), canned meat & fish, peanut butter, baked beans, canned fruit, canned or powdered milk, soups, stews & breakfast cereal.) Each food item will earn you a door prize ticket. Come join us for some Holiday Cheer!