Product Development Projects

• Career Development Resources (2009)
  Client: Government of Manitoba, Entrepreneurship, Training, and Trades division
  Development of resources, used by Manitoba's career practitioners, to serve the career development needs of youth and adults. Click here to read more.
• Comprehensive Career Development Curriculum (2008)
  Client: South Texas Nuclear Operating Company (STP)
  In an effort to increase employment engagement and reduce turnover, this project explored an organizational career development initiative.
• Curriculum Standards Guide/ Technical Manual and Career Related Workshops (2009)
  Client: Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC), BC Training Centre
  A curriculum standards guide was designed for all CLAC training materials; three workshops were developed, focussing on core personal and professional competencies.
• Employer Resource Guide for Supervisor Competency Training (2011)
  Client: Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table (APGST)
  The goal of this project was to create an easy-to-use Employer Resource Guide for employers and employees that identified relevant training to develop supervisory skills, knowledge, and attributes.
• Essential Skills Curriculum Development (2009 - 2011)
  Client: S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Employment Service
  This project involved the development of a workplace-based training program focussing on the development of relevant Essential Skills.
• Instructor Development Program (IDP; 2007)
  Client: The Education Company (TEC)
  An online program to develop TEC instructors, which included lesson, course, and curriculum development.
• Look Before You Leap: Self-Employment Survival Strategies (2011)
  Client: Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC)
  The "Leap" project was made possible through a partnership between CERIC and Life Strategies Ltd.; it included a 2-week (20 hour) facilitated e-learning course focused on self-employment. To supplement this training and provide ongoing support, the project also included a book useful for those considering self-employment and those supporting self-employed persons. To support in-person delivery, a facilitator's guide and a PowerPoint were also developed (contact us for details). The dedicated "Look Before You Leap" website (www.lookbeforeyouleap.ca) included annotated links to relevant resources for the self-employed and those supporting the self-employed, and a Blog that shared relevant self-employment tips/strategies and stories.
• Personality Dimensions® Topical Toolkits and e-Learning Development (2004-2012)
  Client: Career/Life Skills Resources (CLSR)
  As part of our Personality Dimensions® consulting work with CLSR, we have developed curriculum and toolkits for trainers.
• Recruitment and Retention Guide and Workshop (2008)
  Client: Community Social Services Employers Association (CSSEA)
  This project focussed on the implementation of various strategies identified in a 2007 CSSEA report on recruitment and retention issues.
• Recruitment and Retention Strategic Plan (2008)
  Client: Powell River Association of Community Living (PRACL)
  Life Strategies developed and supported the implementation of a recruitment and retention plan to provide services to individuals with disabilities.
• Supporting Employers Embracing Diversity (SEED; 2009)
  Client: Success Employment Services
  In order to support employers in recruitment and retention of diverse workers, we developed a comprehensive diversity toolkit that focused on identifying existing resources.
• Where's the Work? Helping Career Practitioners Explore Their Career Options (2012)
  Client: Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF)
  With the support of the CCDF and the 2012 Building for the Future Endowment Fund, Life Strategies developed timely and affordable resources to help Career Development Practitioners (CDPs) understand the wide range of opportunities available for those with their specialized skills.