Business Guide

How-To Guide for Business offers step-by-step instruction for preparing your workplace for a prosperous and sustainable future.

Download your free copy of the Tomorrow’s Workplace Guide for Business

TOMORROW’S WORKPLACE BUSINESS GUIDE

Community Guide

Enjoy a Community Guide of the project scope and context for your Community/Business project.

Learn how community services and business can collaborate to enhance the workplace and integrate diversity in a variety of contexts.

Download your Free copy of the Community Guide For Tomorrow’s Workplace.

Facilitators Guide

Chambers and HR Consultants: Enjoy a Power Point Presentation of the project scope and context for your Business/Community project.

Tomorrow’s Workplace projcet was driven by the needs of business owners and revealed:

• * the importance of addressing priorities identified by the business
• * levaraging workforce diversity

* the importance of partnership with community and employment service providers to improve the competitive edge

Diversity is the new competitive advangtage for sustainable business.  Rethink, reshape and renew your business community.

Download your free Tomorrow’s Workplace Overview Presentation.  Learn the scope of the project and what is needed to initiate your community/workplace/business collaborative model.

Research Guide

Enjoy an extensive Literature Review of the project scope and context for your Business/Community project.

Download your free copy of Tomorrow’s Workplace Literature Review

PRESS RELEASE – BUSINESS GUIDE TO BE LAUNCHED

AWARD WINNING BUSINESSES MODEL FOR TOMORROW’S WORKPLACE
A Party to Celebrate Collaboration, Community and Business Success

Following 18 months of research, consultation with business leaders, workshops, seminars, conferences and surveys, and in collaboration with leaders in HR, Best Business Practices, Diversity and Community Development, the Tomorrow’s Workplace team unveils the GUIDE FOR BUSINESS LEADERS: Business – People – Community – Diversity, at a launch event on May 20, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel, Surrey, BC (Guildford). Festivities begin at 4:30 pm and conclude by 7:30 pm.

The Canadian workforce is changing significantly, with the gradual retirement of the Boomer generation. Baby Boomers represent 40% of the workforce in North America, and business leaders are now looking at a new workforce model that includes diversity of age, ethnicity, physical disability, and gender.

New expectations in the workplace will have a profound effect on the longevity and sustainability of Canadian small and medium sized business. Factors include:
• Workers in their forties are caring for aging parents,
• Adult children often still live at home,
• Boomers are increasingly caring for grandchildren.
• Cultural distinctions require flexibility in family care, benefit selections, meal provisions and holiday extensions.
• Educated and highly trained young adults are seeking employment that fits around individuality and personal goals.

Tomorrow’s Workplace has worked with businesses in the Surrey area to learn, educate and collaborate in an effort to identify changes that are needed to create a high performing workplace, and develop effective methods for managing change in our business culture.

The event includes: an early evening of networking, short educational presentations, brief informative stories from local business leaders, live music, complimentary appetizers (cash bar), exhibits from Community Employment Service Providers, door prizes and a gift copy of the Tomorrow’s Workplace Guide for Business for each guest.

Admission is complimentary, but pre-registration is required. Please call
Heather at the Surrey Board of Trade at 604.581.7130 – or register online

Learn more about the Tomorrow’s Workplace Project

CONTACT: Bill Beatty                                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Telephone: 604.866.2203
Email: Bill Beatty [bill.seni2@telus.net]

Background Information:

Tomorrow’s Workplace; funded by the Canada – BC Labor Market Agreement, Western Economic Diversification Canada, and Coast Capital Savings, is the brainchild of S.U.C.C.E.S.S, a Vancouver based multicultural training and service organization. S.U.C.C.E.S.S. partnered with the Surrey Board of Trade, Simon Fraser University , and Kwantlen Polytechnic University to research, and document the face of employment in BC and its relationship to privately owned small enterprise in the next decade and beyond.

The project assists Greater Vancouver area businesses through a series of business analysis and constructive consultation exercises, including: a 360-degree view of operations, financial plans and marketing/sales structures, clarity of mission, vision and values, employee workplace design and human resources strategy, and community service connections and effectiveness. Finally, the process is video documented for future study by Simon Fraser University and Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Surrey Employment Service Providers Empowered

Have you been challenged to reach the decision makers in your Employer organizations?

• Do you find yourself frustrated when your calls aren’t returned?
• Find yourself hesitating or resisting picking up the phone to make a call because you are tired of hearing ‘no thanks’.
• Do you hear ” no thanks, we’re not hiring right now” or, ” we have our own process for handling that, but thanks – why don’t you just send me a brochure?”
• Has someone said….”Gee, don’t you people ever talk to each other? We just had a call from someone else today about exactly the same thing!”

Join Us and Learn How to Turn the Tables

If you answered ‘yes’ to more than one of these statements, then mark your calendar for next Tuesday, May 4th- because this session is for you!

Building Professional Skills: Sales, Messaging, Networking Consulting – How to Present Your Value to Business

May 4 2010 – SFU (Surrey Campus)  Room 5100

Registration and Coffee 8:30 am – Workshop from 9am – 4pm   (A light lunch will be provided.)   Sponored by Tomorrow’s Workplace – The Workshop and refeshments are complimentary.

Learn More – Download Info Sheet: Surrey Employment Service Providers Professional Skills Workshop

Tomorrow’s Workplace: Guide for Business Leaders Launch Party

Prepare Your Business Workplace for the Future

You are invited!

After 17 months of research, consultations, application and cooperation, the Tomorrow’s Workplace team, with the partnership of S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and the Surrey Board of Trade, (sponsored by Service Canada, Western Diversification, and Coast Capital, and documented by SFU and Kwantlen Polytechnic University), are happy to launch the legacy of the project: Tomorrow’s Workplace: Toolkit for the Future.

Guests will be received by the entire team including Bill Beatty, project director and Gayle Hadfield, project manager, along with the Surrey Board of Trade at the Sheraton in Surrey BC.

Enjoy with a wine bar, appetizers and live music and the chance to network with familiar and new faces. Community employment service providers from the surrey area are  featured guests for the evening. Learn what they have to offer your business to help you save money, time, and HR challenges.

A short program will include featured speakers, a video presentation, and a chance to hear from businesses that experienced the 360 mirror.  Following the program, do participate in the chance to win valuable business door prizes!

The event begins at 4:30 pm – 5:30 with networking, show tables, music and nosh. Around 5:30, the program will begin and from 6:30-7:30, you are free to meet new faces of business, organizations, service providers and the opportunities they represent.

All guests are asked to register at the Surrey Board of Trade by calling 604-581-7130

There is no cost to the event, except for the wine bar, and membership in the SBOT is not required!

Community Employment Service providers are warmly invited to come and network with your event table and explain how you can be of assistance to the various businesses and their needs.  Registration for a table is required at 604.581.7130

Each participant will leave with a gift, the Tomorrow’s Workplace: Toolkit for the Future to empower you with the tools necessary to prepare your business for the diverse and complex work environments of the future.

Come Join the Party!

WHEN: Thursday, May 20, 2010 –  4:30 pm -7:30pm

WHERE: Sheraton Guilford – 15269 104^th Ave, Surrey

WHY: It’s a Party!  And a great chance to network with new contacts.

If you have any questions, call us or leave a comment below.  We will be notified of your comment immediately.

Community Service Providers Invited

Employment Service Providers Free Networking and Development Workshop

The workplace of tomorrow will be very diverse, comprising individual differences in generations, education levels, cultural, and ability/disability. As an employment service provider, you’re aware of these realities, and are focused on connecting your clients with satisfying work situations.

Through the Tomorrow’s Workplace project, we are supporting the connection of businesses with community groups in order to source and recruit job-ready individuals in Surrey. We are helping organizations explore their “Business Case for Diversity” to help them sustain and grow into the future.

During the workshops and discussions we’ve had with employment service providers, one common theme expressed is their challenge in building relationships with businesses.

Please join us for exploration and discussion

We invite you to join with peers in your community as Dr. Neault and Ms. Pickerell share tips and techniques for building collaborative relationships with the business community. This is about moving forward, taking some risks, and recognizing how employment service providers are uniquely positioned to meet the immediate needs of our business community.

More About the Speakers

Dr. Roberta Neault is president of Life Strategies Ltd., an Aldergrove-based firm specializing in diversity, international/global careers, and career management as a recruitment, retention, and engagement solution.  She is a counsellor-educator at Athabasca, Yorkville, and Trinity Western Universities, and an award-winning keynote speaker, trainer, presenter, and facilitator.

In 2009, working with SUCCESS, she was instrumental in developing a toolkit: SEED: Supporting Employers Embracing Diversity. This comprehensive toolkit guides employers in recruitment, retention, and training a culturally diverse workforce.

Deirdre Pickerell, Life Strategies’ senior consultant, received the BC HRMA Award of Excellence for her innovative work in career management within organizations. Ms. Pickerell is a sought after speaker and an international expert on using career management as an employee engagement strategy.

Meeting Details

YOU MUST CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDENCE – RSVP to Heather Scragg at the Surrey Board of Trade   Email: heather@businessinsurrey.com   Call: 604.581.7130

Wednesday, March 3, 3:00-5:00pm

(network/register 2:30-3:00)

Sheraton Guildford, Surrey BC

Hosted by the Tomorrow’s Workplace project:

Gayle Hadfield, Project Manager,  Lynn Corrigan, Workplace Design Consultant

15th Annual Cultural DIVERSEcity Awards for Business

Gala Event for Diversity – Business to Win Award

Tomorrow’s Workplace is happy to promote the upcoming Annual Cultural DIVERSEcity Awards for Business: April 13, 2010 at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel in Surrey, BC.

Businesses from the lower mainland who exhibit leadership qualities in the application of diversity values and practices are eligible for nomination.  There are a variety of business size categories; small business, non-profit, youth-owned, government funded, etc. to insure inclusive opportunities.

Judges will be looking for:

• Cultural Expertise
• Community Involvement
• Employee Initiatives
• Marketing Strategies

For More information, visit their website at DIVERSEcity.

Click here for a quick  FAQ on the event.CDA FAQ

Tomorrow’s Workplace: Mission, Vision and Values

Applying Mission, Vision and Values in the Tomorrow’s Workplace Project

One area our team is continually promoting to business and community providers is the overall importance of a clear mission for the company or organization, the subsequent vision that accompanies it, and the values that drive it.  To illustrate we asked our Project Director, Mr. Bill Beatty, to outline the MVV for our project and demonstrate what it looks like.

Mission

Tomorrow’s Workplace Partners and Team provide a container that focuses creative, practical, and logical skills on developing resilient small and medium sized businesses, reflecting a diverse workforce, demonstrating strong community support.

Vision

Surrey is a nationally recognized community where business, government, and service organizations collaborate, around the Surrey Board of Trade, to create a vibrant local economy based on sound business practices, community-supported sustainability, and employment representative of the diversity of its workforce.”

Values

The Tomorrow’s Workplace collaborative believes:

♦        Business values community

♦       Community partners will change what they do and how, if it makes personal, professional, and spiritual sense

♦        Local government, educators, and service organizations value business

♦        Business drives community wealth and stability

♦        The entire community benefits when businesses employ citizens reflecting our diversity

♦        Everyone in Surrey wants to see business success

♦        Small and medium sized businesses need community based support to thrive

♦        Surrey can be a model of business  development for our province and nation

♦        The Surrey Board of Trade is a leader in innovative business and community practices

♦        Tomorrow’s Workplace is a key resource for business and community

♦        Together we will succeed

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