Sarah McVanel

Contrary to popular belief, remote workplaces are NOT disconnecting your people. The problem is not slow wifi, or videos turned off, or people in sweatpants. The problem is that before the rise of remote workplaces, we did not have authentic recognition practices hardwired into the cultural fabric. What we know today is the need for clarity and conviction to make recognition practices strong, authentic, sustainable, and owned by all. The good news is that recognition is one of the most practical, accessible, and cost-effective ways to fuel healthy working relationships, trust, and retention. It allows your people to connect across the digital divide to participate, voice their opinions, brainstorm, and collaborate. And guess what? You can do it from anywhere! Consider recognition to be your cultural glue whether you're in-person or online. Let Canada's Recognition Expert, Sarah McVanel, walk you through her three key remote recognition ingredients: nutritious, delicious, and luscious. Never has recognition been more important and as digestible. Learn the most practical, virtual-friendly ways to appreciate an individual, team, and organizational level Hear what the most recognition-rich remote workplaces are doing to boost collaboration and deepen the connection Develop greater confidence in giving and receiving authentic virtual compliments Transform your face-to-face rituals that worked and amplify them into virtual practices that are sustainable and infectious Understand the data and evidence substantiating the exponential power of recognition from a neuroscience, behavioral economics, and work psychology lens

If you had the easiest, fastest, simplest, and no-cost strategy to engage, unite, and retain everyone in your organization, would you want to know about it? Many passionate, brilliant, hard-working people want to do their best yet feel unappreciated and overworked. Similarly, there are well-intentioned leaders who wish to show appreciation to their people, but they're busy and unsure if their efforts will make a difference. Add to that a stale and misaligned corporate recognition program, and what you have is the perfect recipe for disengagement and turnover! How do we bridge the gap between what employees need and what organizations are prepared to do? Recognition is the answer. And it's easy! All you need to know are the 3 universal strategies that work instantaneously. As a result, you're going to raise trust, boost satisfaction, deepen a sense of belonging, and you will go down in history as the best boss and colleague ever! This work is magical. And it creates a ripple effect. It gets leaders, employees, and everyone in between excited again. It gives people hope that they can LOVE work again. This session will introduce you to a proven process for self, team, and organizational recognition called F.R.O.G. Forever Recognize Others' Greatness„¢. You will walk away ready to take action to shift your culture right away. Tap into this universal need that everyone has and isn't getting enough. Join Canada's Recognition Expert, Sarah McVanel, in creating a recognition movement that will be so contagious it will cascade through your event and beyond. Learning outcomes: Develop greater confidence in giving and receiving sincere and authentic acknowledgments Understand where your organization is wasting time and money on recognition programs that do not work (and what to do about it) Be inspired to apply simple recognition habits at home and work Understand the data and evidence substantiating the exponential power of recognition from a neuroscience, behavioral economics, and work psychology lens Explore what retention-rich organizations do that transforms their employees into an army of recruiters

Failure is a tough nut. Either we treat it like the other f-word,or we're espousing its virtues for learning. Let's face it. We don't have much resilience when failure comes crashing into our lives and careers. Most often, we play it safe. We avoid it or feel shame or blame when failure inevitably happens. We've had plenty of experiences that tell us to avoid failing at all costs. Before you think this is your unmotivational