Tailor-Made Products of the Life-Role Development Group

Below is a list of sample products that the Group has custom-designed to meet specific client needs. This will give you a range of the Group's repertoire. Your organisation may wish to have us adapt these products for your purposes, saving you time, money and risk.


NOTE: Some products below are owned by our clients. We may need their permission to adapt these products.

 

Product Title

 

Author(s)

 

Year

 

Client

 

Content

 

Description

 

Target Audience

 

Media/Format

 

Comments
Hard Work Barrie Day 2002 Internal Strategies for developing a high reliability organization Manual with descriptions, examples and exercises. Supervisors, managers and executives Print: coil-bound booklet See our product list to order
Everyday Coaching Redekopp & Day 2003 Internal Coaching concepts and strategies CD-ROM with descriptions, video examples and exercises. Supervisors, managers and executives CD-ROM (no installation) See our product list to order

Employee's Collaborator

Claire Fraser, Dave Redekopp & Barrie Day

2000

Internal

Strategies to help employees manage "up"

User-friendly software that allows employees to identify an issue they are having on the worksite and get strategies for effectively dealing with the issue.

All employees.

MS-Windows 95/98 software

See our product list to order.

Manager's Collaborator

Kris Magnusson

1999

Internal

Strategies for dealing with employee performance problems

User-friendly software that helps managers diagnose and address performance problems with employees.

All managers.

MS-Windows 95/98 software (loads with 2 diskettes)

See our product list to order.

Community Development from the "Inside-Out"

Barrie Day

1999

Internal

Community development strategies

An overview of "inside-out" approaches to community development, with thoughts regarding useful community development strategies.

Anyone interested in community development.

Print - booklet

See our product list to order, or download free from our site.

Circuit Coach

Dave Redekopp, Barrie Day, Wendy Fox, Claire Fraser and Sareena Hopkins

1999

Canadian Career Development Foundation

Career development training for youth workers

User-friendly, issues-based training software that teaches youth workers career development interventions to assist with youths' most pressing problems.

Youth workers.

MS-Windows 95/98 software

Currently in use across Canada (see www.thecircuit.org for more info)

Employment Equity Career Counselling

Helen Handcock, Kris Magnusson, Nancy Arthur & Mary Brodhead

1999

Employment Equity Career Counselling Office, Public Service Commission of Canada

Employment equity, multicultural counselling & career counselling

A full study guide, reading set and leader's guide for a 40 hour course integrating employment equity principles, multicultural counselling competencies and career counselling processes.

Employment equity coordinators & counsellors, senior undergraduate students and Master level students

Print. Soon to be available on CD-ROM

This is available to all post-secondary institutions free of charge!

Blueprint for Life/Work Designs

Lorraine Haché, Dave Redekopp & Phil Jarvis

1999

National Life/Work Centre & Human Resources Development Canada

Career development competencies required by Canadians

A binder of material that describes career development competencies at different levels of development, a description of planning and implementation processes, and appendices with career resources, checklists, portfolio information and much more.

Any individual responsible for facilitating the career development of clients, either directly or indirectly.

Print & web. Soon to be available on CD-ROM

Order from the National Life/Work Centre at www.lifework.ca

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The Manager as an Everyday Career Coach

Barrie Day

1999

Services Odette Dupuy

Coaching processes for managers

A booklet that accompanies a workshop, addressing the manager's role in employee career development and providing the manager with specific strategies for engaging in career conversations.

All managers.

Print - booklet

Career Coaching

Barrie Day

1999

Internal

Career coaching process

A manual that describes career coaching, differentiates coaching from counselling, and provides strategies and tools for the coach.

Career development practitioners

Print - manual

Drive-to-Work Feasibility Study

Dave Redekopp, Barrie Day & Elsbeth von der Burg

1999

Muttart Foundation

Business plan for an innovative employability/transportation project

A report on the feasibility of operating a garage that would (a) make roadworthy used minivans, (b) train social assistance recipients, (c) rent reliable minivans to single mothers and (d) sell used minivan parts.

Funding agencies for employment/employability projects

Print - report

Interactive Leadership

Day & Redekopp

1998

Alberta Justice

Leadership and management

Manual on leadership, feedback, collaboration, communication and visioning

Managers and supervisors

Print - 3 ring binder

Linking Career Development & Community Development

Marnie Robb

1998

Aurora College

Community development and career development processes

A course syllabus and outline (with assignments) for a 30 hour course examining the relationship between career and community development, and learning processes for linking the two.

Career development professionals, economic development officers

Print

A participant manual is currently being developed.

Labour Market/Work Dynamic Analysis

Marnie Robb

1998

Aurora College

Work dynamic

A participant's guide for a university course on work dynamic information

Career development specialists

Print-

booklet

Maintaining Momentum

Barrie Day

1998

Concordia University College of AB

General career

development

Tools and techniques that increase the likelihood of completing short-

term goals required to enhance a preferred future

Career Development

Specialists

Print-

booklet

News You Can Use

Various

1998

The Edmonton Sun

General career development

Weekly articles on career development thoughts, compiled into a book for public consumption

Any worker

Newsprint

Available in print form as Career Digest (http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/careershop/) in English and French

Perspectives

Fox, Handcock Redekopp, Day, & Haney

1998

Health Canada

General career development

A workbook designed to introduce skills and practices of career building

Any workers

Print - Booklet

The Leader as Motivator

Day

1998

RCMP

Leadership and management

A text designed to assist RCMP managers/supervisors

Managers and supervisors

Print - 3 ring binder

Must be tailor made

Career Management Portfolio

Day

1998

Various

General career development

A collection of handouts aimed at arriving at one's preferred future

Any worker

Print - booklet

Introduction to Management

Day & Redekopp

1997

RCMP

Leadership and management

A text describing all facets of leadership and management to today's changing workplace

Managers and supervisors

Print - 3 ring binder

Must be tailor made

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Within Reach: A Career Development Guide for Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities

Handcock & Redekopp

1997

Alberta Association for Community Living

General career development

Booklet describing "whys" and "hows" of career development so that parents may help their children with developmental disabilities

Parents of children with developmental disabilities

Print - booklet

Available from the Alberta Association for Community Living. The Group has rights to adapt for specific audiences.

Feedback: Yours to Give and Receive

Redekopp

1997

Human Resources Development Canada

Feedback

Facilitator's guide with lesson plans and participant's guide for a one day workshop on the provision of feedback

Any worker

Print - binder for facilitator's guide; booklet for participants

An adaptation of Supervision based on Self-Initiation and Self-Analysis

Supervision Based on Self-Initiation and Self-Analysis

D. Redekopp & J.P. Redekopp

1996

RCMP

Supervisory Skills

A practical guide for RCMP supervisors and managers who help individuals improve themselves

Managers

Print - Booklet

Must be tailor-made for each organization

LearnScape: Comprehensive Learning and Performance System

LRDG, Marathon Multimedia, Canadian Career Development Foundation, Human Resources Development Canada

1996, 97, 98, 99

Human Resources Development Canada, Alberta Advanced Education and Career Development, Athabasca University,

Health Canada

Learning, career development, professional development

LearnScape enables users to manage their own learning, helping with career development, needs analysis, learning strategies and the demonstration of learning.

Any worker

Software with supporting print materials, including facilitator's guide for workshops

Must be tailor-made for each organization. "LearnScape Lite," developed for Health Canada, is a less expensive version of LearnScape focussed on self-assessment and learning.

Going On Your Own: Consulting

Contracting & Self-Employment

Day & Redekopp

1996

Various

General career

development

Tools and techniques to help manage

your career in today's rapidly changing economy.

Any worker

Print - Booklet

Passion-Based Hiring

Redekopp & Day

1989

CareerInFocus

Magazine

Hiring Process

A guide to the recruitment, selection and retention process from a career developmentalist's perspective

Managers, supervisors & human resources specialists

Print - Booklet

Order as a booklet or download free on this site.

Everyday Career Development: Elementary Version-Participant's Guide

Redekopp, Day &

Stechynsky

1995

BC School Districts

Career Development

A guidebook aimed at elementary school teachers that infuses career development throughout day-to-day teaching activities

Elementary school educators

Print - Booklet

Everyday Career Development: Elementary Version - Facilitator's Guide

Redekopp, Day &

Stechynsky

1995

BC School Districts

Career Development

The facilitator's guide provides examples, activities, discussions and practice sessions aimed at bringing structure to the Everyday Career Development course

Facilitators

Print - Booklet

Everyday CareerDevelopment:

Secondary Version-Participant's Guide

Redekopp, Day, Garber-Conrad, Lemon & Fiske

1994

BC School Districts

Career Development

A guidebook aimed at secondary school teachers that infuses career development into their day-to-day teaching activities

Secondary

school educators

Print - Booklet

Everyday Career Development: Secondary Version-Facilitator's Guide

Redekopp & Day

1994

BC School Districts

Career Development

The facilitator's guide provides examples, activities, discussions and practice sessions aimed at bringing structure to the Everyday Career Development course

Facilitators

Print - Booklet

Effective Proposal Development

Redekopp & Day

1990 (updated in 1999)

Internal

Proposal Writing

This booklet describes a tested process for writing proposals, provides a structure for doing so, and gives examples as it walks readers through a proposal, step-by-step.

Almost anybody

Print-

Booklet

Order as a booklet or download free on this site!

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