This recorded webinar series was hosted live in spring 2026 and explored practical and behavioural coaching tools to help career practitioners support youth employment success.
What you'll learn
Today's youth face rapidly changing workplace challenges, from technological disruption and artificial intelligence (AI) to social-emotional and behavioural skill gaps that can impact employment success. As employers increasingly value adaptability, communication, resilience and self-awareness, career practitioners play a vital role in helping clients develop these essential workplace behaviours.
This recorded webinar series equips practitioners with practical behavioural coaching tools, strategies and resources to support youth in building the confidence, resilience and social-emotional skills needed to succeed in today's evolving labour market.
Understand how social-emotional skills differ from hard skills and why they are critical for long-term career success
Apply practical behavioural coaching techniques using observation, feedback and discussion to strengthen workplace readiness
Implement strategies to overcome barriers to embedding behavioural coaching into your day-to-day practice
Utilize tools, frameworks and resources to support confidence, motivation, resilience and employability
And much more!
Webinars Overview
Build a foundational understanding of social emotional skills and how they shape workplace behaviour and employability. In this webinar, you will:
- Define social emotional skills (SES)
- Explain how SES are both similar to and different from other "hard" skills
- Explore Futureworx skills framework and relate it to Skills for Success
- Appreciate how behavioural norms vary by culture, sector, etc.
- Balance employer and employee needs and expectations related to behaviours
Explore how to integrate behavioural coaching techniques into your existing practice through observation, feedback and team-based assessment. Through this webinar, learn how to:
- Understand and explain the importance of consistent skill definitions and clear examples of behaviours that employers expect
- Appreciate the benefits of integrating behavioural coaching into programming
- Explain the role of observation, feedback and discussion in behavioural coaching
- Discuss why applying social emotional skills (SES) assessment requires a team approach
Identify what gets in the way of embedding behavioural coaching into day-to-day practice and develop strategies to move forward with confidence. In this webinar, you will:
- Identify common organizational, structural and barriers that prevent practitioners and leaders from embedding behavioural coaching into day-to-day practice
- Examine how personal beliefs, comfort levels and past experiences can unintentionally limit professional growth and effective coaching
- Apply practical strategies to overcome resistance and implementation challenges, strengthening your confidence and consistency when working with youth
- Access tools, frameworks and resources to support the integration of behavioural coaching into your practice
Registration Includes
• 3 one-hour long recorded webinars to learn at your own pace
• A downloadable certificate upon completion
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Register
$90.00
Meet the Presenter
Randy Lindsay
Chief Executive Officer of Futureworx, Randy is a passionate social entrepreneur who believes that strong social and emotional skills are the key to helping people unlock their potential. His vision for what is possible in this realm has earned Futureworx a prominent role on the national and international stage.
Randy and his team have provided expertise on social emotional skills to the Federal Government and the development of its Skills for Success model, the Nova Scotia Government, the Conference Board of Canada, Skills Canada and numerous non-profit employment service providers, colleges and agencies across Canada. He continues to be a strong advocate for putting the needs of Canadians facing obstacles to employment first.
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About CERIC
CERIC is a charitable organization that is dedicated to the advancement of education, research and advocacy in career counselling and development. We fund projects and provide innovative resources and learning opportunities that build the knowledge and skills of diverse career and employment professionals.