Beverly Beuermann-King

Vistage Speaker, Productivity and Performance Expert, Certified Executive Coach, and TEC Canada Speaker

For over 20 years, Beverly has used her S-O-S Principle™ with people and organizations who want to control their reactions to stress, build resiliency against life’s challenges, and develop an engaged and healthy workplace culture. Beverly appreciates that there is not ‘one way’ to deal with our business challenges or build resiliency. Beverly believes that it is about building a plan that works, and one that is unique to the person and team who builds it.

Beverly launched her company, R ‘n B Consulting, in 1995, and since then she has helped teams from a wide range of industries to shift from stressed out to resilient, enabling them to be happier, engaged, and successful. Beverly’s psychology, sociology, management, and adult education background combine to create her Work Smart Live Smart presentations, which are soundly based in research, and are enlightening and inspirational. Audiences discover the right strategies to improve their health, manage their challenges, and enhance their life’s satisfaction using three simple questions. Beverly is an author, and a sought-after media spokesperson and has made over 500 television and radio appearances on shows such as City TV and CBC, and in national publications from the Toronto Star newspaper to Chatelaine magazine.

Beverly is a highly respected speaker. Diverse organizations from Elementary Teachers Federation and the Ontario Veterinarian Association, to City of Kitchener and Yessian WorldWide, have partnered with Beverly when they want to protect their mental health. Beverly is one of less than seventy Canadians to have earned their Certified Speaking Professional designation and has been accredited as a Certified Virtual Presenter through eSpeakers and through Power Women WorldWide. Beverly’s ability to connect the theoretical to real life through her stories and humour, help her teams to move past the challenges and into a world of possibilities.

Beverly Beuermann-King

Vistage Speaker, Productivity and Performance Expert, Certified Executive Coach, and TEC Canada Speaker

For over 20 years, Beverly has used her S-O-S Principle™ with people and organizations who want to control their reactions to stress, build resiliency against life’s challenges, and develop an engaged and healthy workplace culture. Beverly appreciates that there is not ‘one way’ to deal with our business challenges or build resiliency. Beverly believes that it is about building a plan that works, and one that is unique to the person and team who builds it.

Beverly launched her company, R ‘n B Consulting, in 1995, and since then she has helped teams from a wide range of industries to shift from stressed out to resilient, enabling them to be happier, engaged, and successful. Beverly’s psychology, sociology, management, and adult education background combine to create her Work Smart Live Smart presentations, which are soundly based in research, and are enlightening and inspirational. Audiences discover the right strategies to improve their health, manage their challenges, and enhance their life’s satisfaction using three simple questions. Beverly is an author, and a sought-after media spokesperson and has made over 500 television and radio appearances on shows such as City TV and CBC, and in national publications from the Toronto Star newspaper to Chatelaine magazine.

Beverly is a highly respected speaker. Diverse organizations from Elementary Teachers Federation and the Ontario Veterinarian Association, to City of Kitchener and Yessian WorldWide, have partnered with Beverly when they want to protect their mental health. Beverly is one of less than seventy Canadians to have earned their Certified Speaking Professional designation and has been accredited as a Certified Virtual Presenter through eSpeakers and through Power Women WorldWide. Beverly’s ability to connect the theoretical to real life through her stories and humour, help her teams to move past the challenges and into a world of possibilities.

Beverly’s Topics

In these times of continuous change and challenge, we need to focus on mental health, resiliency and workplace culture and engagement. For over 20 years, Beverly has used her S-O-S Principle™ with leaders who want to control their reactions to stress, build resiliency against life’s challenges and develop an engaged and healthy workplace culture. Since 1995, she has spearheaded her own company, Work Smart Live Smart, and has helped teams from a wide range of industries, including technology, manufacturing, healthcare, government agencies, finance, and not-for-profit, shift from stressed out to resilient, enabling them to be more engaged, productive and healthy.

Define resiliency in the context of preventing burnout and increasing happiness.
Building resiliency allows us to bounce back after stressful situations, minimize the negative impact of that stress on our health, and feel more in control of our life. How do you stay healthy, boost energy, restore focus and bounce in the face of challenge and uncertainty? Success and longevity in our high-pressure-world hinges not just on our knowledge, but also on our ability to recover and remain energized during challenging situations and organizational changes. Research shows that burnout and role overload are pervasive and that our mental health is at risk. Resilient people know that the key to keeping healthy and productive is to understand what engages and renews them. Resiliency can be learned. Small shifts can have a major impact. With three simple questions, this interactive webinar helps you to choose the most effective strategies based on the S-O-S Principle™ that will allow you to bounce back after a stressful situation, minimize your negative stress symptoms and reactions, and engage fully in your life. Focus will be on identifying positive opportunities, utilizing practical approaches and solutions, and integrating these resiliency strategies into your new reality.
Agenda
What is health, What is resiliency,
10 Traits of Resilience,
Hustle Culture, Monkey Mind, Energy and Fatigue Management,
Resiliency and Connection,
Best Life, Managing Thinking, Enoughness, Strategic HOPE,
SOS Principle

Accompanying Workshop Description:
Review 10 Traits of Resilience.
SWOT analysis of the 10 Traits of Resilience. What are they good at/already providing, where do they need to focus, and if nothing is done or changes, is this a current opportunity or threat for their mental health and/or within their organization.
Develop their Personal Action Plan

Member Action Item:
Emerging Leaders Action Plan
Fill out reasons why resilience matters to them and their team
Review 10 Traits of Resilience
Evaluate the impact of current climate on mental health – sources of stress/impact
Develop your Start – Stop – Continue plan – Determine what strategies that they can implement and reinforce

Presentation Description:
Define resiliency in the context of preventing burnout and increasing happiness.
Building resiliency allows us to bounce back after stressful situations, minimize the negative impact of that stress on our health, and feel more in control of our life. How do you stay healthy, boost energy, restore focus and bounce in the face of challenge and uncertainty? Success and longevity in our high-pressure-world hinges not just on our knowledge, but also on our ability to recover and remain energized during challenging situations and organizational changes. Research shows that burnout and role overload are pervasive and that our mental health is at risk. Resilient people know that the key to keeping healthy and productive is to understand what engages and renews them. Resiliency can be learned. Small shifts can have a major impact. With three simple questions, this interactive webinar helps you to choose the most effective strategies based on the S-O-S Principle™ that will allow you to bounce back after a stressful situation, minimize your negative stress symptoms and reactions, and engage fully in your life. Focus will be on identifying positive opportunities, utilizing practical approaches and solutions, and integrating these resiliency strategies into your new reality.
Agenda
What is health, What is resiliency,
10 Traits of Resilience,
Hustle Culture, Monkey Mind, Energy and Fatigue Management,
Resiliency and Connection,
Best Life, Managing Thinking, Enoughness, Strategic HOPE,
SOS Principle

Accompanying Workshop Description:
Review 10 Traits of Resilience.
SWOT analysis of the 10 Traits of Resilience. What are they good at/already providing, where do they need to focus, and if nothing is done or changes, is this a current opportunity or threat for their mental health and/or within their organization.
Develop their Personal Action Plan

Member Action Item:
Emerging Leaders Action Plan
Fill out reasons why resilience matters to them and their team
Review 10 Traits of Resilience
Evaluate the impact of current climate on mental health – sources of stress/impact
Develop your Start – Stop – Continue plan – Determine what strategies that they can implement and reinforce

Establish communication strategies that effectively inform and support your team.
Interpersonal communication skills are essential workplace skills. Communication—how, what, and when—can be a significant hurdle to convey during stressful times, and even more critical during chaos, crisis, and uncertainty. How do you ensure that you are delivering your key messages in a way that can be heard and understood by your team as you move forward through these uncertain times? During chaos, crisis, and turmoil our communications skills can be tested and if not focused on, can lead to negativity, distrust, misunderstandings, conflict, and increased stress. Research is showing that many leaders admit they were underprepared for the level, the needed consistency, and the new mediums required for communicating during this most recent global crisis. The resulting lack of communication caused fear with employees, decreased productivity, and reduced engagement. Going forward, leaders who continue to focus on effective communication are far more likely to have an engaged team. The key is to recognize what effective communication looks like, and how to deliver and connect during times of crisis and uncertainty.

Focus is on 4 Principles: #1 Communication And Interpersonal Skills Correlate To Our Ability To Be Successful And Resilient, #2 Communication And Interpersonal Skills Take Insight And Practice To Improve #3 Some People Will Push Your Buttons #4 If You Want The Dynamics To Change, You Must Be The One To Make It Happen

Accompanying Workshop Description:
Review current communication challenges – this may relate to remote workers/hybrid/on-site teams
Review the Managing Complex Change Communication chart – where have they seen issues so far and what can they do to ensure that these are avoided as they address future changes.
SWOT analysis of the Roadblocks To Effective Communication, Bias, Faulty Assumptions, and Conflict styles, around communication. What are they good at/already providing, where do they need to focus, and if nothing is done or changes, is this a current opportunity or threat within their organization.
Practice the ALEC model for holding supportive conversations.
Develop their Personal Action Plan

Member Action Item:
Emerging Leaders Action Plan
Fill out reasons why supportive conversations matter to them and their team
Review communication roadblocks, bias, and styles that impact your team’s communication
Practice the ALEC model for supportive conversations
Develop your Start – Stop – Continue plan – Determine your communication guidelines for moving forward

Presentation Description:
Stress, uncertainty, and crisis impact how we communicate and how we interact with our colleagues and customers. Negativity is on the rise. How do you ensure that this negativity is not toxic and contagious within your team?
How you and your team effectively deal with negative and difficult people can mean the difference between having a toxic, drama-filled workplace, and an engaged, collaborative, and productive organization. We all have people who push our buttons and create drama in our lives. Within our team, these interactions can drain our energy, take us off track, and infect the other areas of our life. By focusing on effective ways to work with negative and difficult people, you will be able to increase productivity, collaboration, customer service, and overall engagement. Learn successful strategies and tips for building a positive, productive workplace by knowing WHAT to focus on to move these interactions forward, HOW to effectively respond, and WAYS to manage the impact of their behaviour. End frustration. Act rather than re-act, and ensure a respectful, effective, and collaborate team.
Agenda:
4 types of Attitudes,
Impact of Irrational Beliefs,
Why Do Negative Attitudes Develop,
7 Basic Assumptions in Dealing With Attitudes and Behaviours,
8 Typical Behaviour Patterns and Strategies

Accompanying Workshop Description:
Review current challenges facing around negative attitudes and difficult behaviours in relation to the 8 Typical Behaviour Patterns and Strategies
SWOT analysis of the 8 Typical Behaviour Patterns and Strategies. What are they good at/already providing, where do they need to focus, and if nothing is done or changes, is this a current opportunity or threat within their organization.
Practice holding conversations with these 8 Typical Behaviour Patterns with a particular focus on understanding the payoff.
Develop their Personal Action Plan

Member Action Item:
Emerging Leaders Action Plan
Review the 8 Behaviour Patterns
Evaluate the impact of current climate on mental health and attitudes of your team
Determine what strategies you can implement and reinforce within your team
Develop your Start – Stop – Continue plan – Determine your communication guidelines for moving forward

Presentation Description:
Burnout and role overload are pervasive during times of change and crisis. How do you ensure that your team and colleagues are feeling safe, supported, and productive? Research shows that failing to meet the essential needs of your team will result in burnout, mental health challenges, increased absenteeism, disengagement and lost productivity. Leaders who understand their team’s essential needs will have teams that can thrive during uncertainty. Small shifts can have a major impact. By focusing on these 10 Essential Needs, you will be able to choose the most effective strategies to help your team move forward through change, challenge and crisis, minimize their negative stress reactions, and protect their mental health now and in the future. Learn to choose the most effective strategies that will help your team stay engaged, balance the uncertainty, and build resilience.
1. Respect and Appreciation
2. Knowing What’s Expected
3. Freedom To Speak Up
4. Freedom From Hostility
5. A Sense of Belonging
6. Leadership Support
7. Necessary Resources To Get The Job Done
8. Ability To Use Their Talents
9. Periods Of Calm
10. Strategic HOPE

Accompanying Workshop Description:
SWOT analysis of each of the 10 Essential Needs. What are they good at/already providing, where do they need to focus, and if nothing is done or changes, is this a current opportunity or threat within their organization.
What are their steps for moving forward on these 10 areas?
Additional conversation could see an evaluation of the 13 Psychosocial Risk Factors in light of the 10 Essential Needs as per the resource handout provided.
Develop their Personal Action Plan

Member Action Item:
Emerging Leaders Action Plan
From the presentation, you now have insight into the various changes and challenges that are zapping energy and negatively impacting your employees and putting them at risk for burnout and other mental health issues. You also have some recommended strategies and resources from the S-O-S Principle to design your own plan.
Develop your Start – Stop – Continue plan

Building resiliency allows us to bounce back after stressful situations, minimize the negative impact of that stress on our health, and feel more in control of our life. How do you stay healthy, de-stress, decompress, regain focus, and bounce in the face of challenge and uncertainty? Research shows that burnout and role overload are pervasive and that our mental health is at risk. Resilient leaders know that the key to keeping healthy and productive is to understand what engages and renews them. Resiliency can be learned. Wisdom and research shows that small shifts can have a major impact. Learn practical approaches and solutions and integrate these 10 RESILIENCY TRAITS into your new reality. Discover how to effectively respond to challenges, cope through change, and recharge your energy, so that you can focus on being an engaged and successful leader.

Leading a team is challenging, and dealing with toxic behaviour can make it even more so. When toxic behaviours go unaddressed resentment grows, respect dwindles, and these toxic behaviours can infect the entire team. Challenging employees test your patience and drain your energy, but turning the tide requires skillful management and patience. The way you and your team effectively deal with toxicity can make or break your workplace culture. In our transformative program, we reveal valuable insights to tackle employee attitude issues head-on. Discover the secrets to building a positive, productive workplace by learning what to focus on, how to respond effectively, and master the art of moving conversations forward. Become the leader who inspires lasting change and cultivates an engaged, collaborative, and thriving team.

Have You Ever…
• felt at a loss for words, awkward or afraid to speak to someone about mental health issues?
• wondered how stress or the blues was different from a mental illness diagnosis?
• felt that there was more that you could do as a leader to support those in your company who were experiencing a mental health issue?

1 in 5 currently lives with a mental illness and according to the WHO 1 in 4 will experience one at some point in their lifetime. That means that every person will have a family member, friend or colleague that will struggle with a mental illness, yet most leaders have received very little training on how to promote a psychologically healthy workplace. Research shows that many of your employees would feel uncomfortable speaking up if they were experiencing a mental health issue. Over half of respondents feared that making such a disclosure would jeopardize their chances for promotion and future success in their organizations.

This fear and stigma can have disastrous consequences and negatively impact your bottom line. Many leaders feel that they are lacking in meaningful tools to offer any assistance. The key to breaking down barriers and eliminating the stigma around mental health is in our ability to have supportive, honest, caring conversations. Discover how to be supportive when you suspect that someone is struggling, so that you can promote a productive, engaged, and psychologically healthy workplace. Learn strategies using the A-L-E-C model for addressing the issue of mental health in a caring, compassionate, and confident way.

With an impressive track record spanning over 25 years, Beverly has been guiding individuals and organizations toward mastering their reactions to stress, cultivating a culture of resilience, and achieving thriving, successful lives through her innovative S-O-S Principle™.

As the driving force behind WorkSmartLiveSmart.com since 1995, Beverly has been at the forefront of transforming teams across diverse industries, including healthcare, education, government agencies, finance, and not-for-profit sectors, from overwhelmed to resilient powerhouses. Her presentations, rooted in extensive research and drawing from her background in psychology, sociology, management, and adult education, are both enlightening and practical, offering audiences the precise strategies needed to improve mental health, tackle workplace challenges, and amplify overall life satisfaction.

Beverly’s influence extends far beyond her speaking engagements. She is a prolific author, podcaster, and a sought-after media and brand spokesperson, gracing over 500 television and radio shows. Recognized as one of the esteemed Certified Speaking Professionals, a distinction held by less than 70 Canadians, she has also made history as the inaugural Certified Virtual Presenter through eSpeakers and Power Women WorldWide. As a TEC Canada speaker for over a decade, Beverly empowers you to conquer stress, cultivate resilience, and unlock the secrets to an engaged and productive team.

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