Date/Time
20/03/2012
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Event Center 119C, UofC Downtown Campus
906 8th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB
Total Spaces: 0
Booked Spaces: 0
Available Spaces: 0
Abstract: When immigrants come to Canada, they usually try to manage their careers the way they would have managed them in their home countries, at least at the beginning. Because Canada and South Asia including Pakistan operate according to different sets of unwritten rules, many South Asian immigrants experience significant frustration in Canada – they feel that their careers are not progressing nearly as fast it should. This presentation is meant to help understand how Canadian organizations operate and how they can improve their ability to influence people.
Cost: Free
Speaker: Dr. Lionel Laroche, P.Eng. (ON)
Biography: Lionel Laroche, Ph.D., P.Eng. (registered in Ontario)
Over the past 13 years, Lionel Laroche has provided cross-cultural training, coaching and consulting services to over 25,000 people in 11 countries. Lionel specializes in helping professionals and organizations reap the benefits of cultural differences in their work. Lionel is a very dynamic, entertaining and educational speaker / facilitator who presented at over 250 conferences and venues, organized by a wide range of business, government, academic, professional and non-profit organizations. He has written two books, “Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions” and “Recruiting, Retaining and Promoting Culturally Diverse Employees”, and he is working on his third one. Born in France, Lionel obtained his “Diplôme d’Ingénieur Polytechnicien” from the Ecole Polytechnique de Paris, France and his Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, USA.
After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Diagnose, on there own, the cross-cultural issues they are facing when these issues arise
• Determine what practical approaches are most likely to be effective when dealing with the specific issues they have identified
• Develop effective coping skills to deal with the emotional challenges due to cross-cultural issues often associated with the assignments
• Obtain the most, career-wise, of the professional experience during assignments involving cross-cultural challenges
Registration Process:
If you are interested please send your response at [email protected] and [email protected] not later than. February 29th 2012. With your Full name, Contact # and email Address. The registration based on first come first Serve basis.
