Lisa Taylor

Is Jake the one for Aria? Sure. On paper. But there's competition for Aria's heart. The problem is, he's a guy in her dreams. Literally. An aspiring artist, Aria has always had an active imagination. But even she knows there's something strange about the dreams she's been having. Why do they feel so real? And who's the romantic stranger who appears again and again? When someone new comes into Aria's life, she can't help but feel a mysterious, special connection to him. Can he finally help her discover the meaning behind her dreams?Read more about July 19 at http: //july19novel.com

This resource is designed for organizations building stronger talent from within, including: executives, HR and talent leaders, L&D professionals, career development practitioners, and workforce or post-secondary partners focused on mobility, retention and long-term performance. Career Development as Strategy is a practical, evidence-informed playbook for organizations that want to make career development more coherent, visible and effective as a core part of workforce strategy. Many employers invest significantly in learning, leadership, internal mobility and employee well-being. Yet these efforts are often designed and delivered in silos, limiting their impact. Leaders struggle to see results, employees lack clarity about growth opportunities, and organizations miss the chance to align people development with evolving business priorities. This book introduces the concept of the internal career centre as essential workforce infrastructure. Rather than a new program or platform, the internal career centre is a co-ordinated system that intentionally connects existing career, learning and talent initiatives. When aligned, these efforts support internal mobility, capability-building and adaptability at scale, helping organizations respond more effectively to change. Designed for real-world organizational conditions, Career Development as Strategy focuses on strengthening what already exists. The playbook avoids one-size-fits-all solutions and instead provides practical frameworks, guiding questions and tools that help organizations assess readiness, prioritize action and make informed decisions without adding unnecessary complexity. Key topics include: Why fragmented career and talent efforts limit organizational impact How internal career centres support mobility, reskilling and workforce adaptability Assessing organizational readiness before investing in new initiatives or technology Building an evidence-informed business case, including ROI considerations Prioritizing actions that improve workforce performance and resilience Organizations use Career Development as Strategy in multiple ways. It can serve as a standalone guide to clarify thinking, align internal conversations and establish a shared language around career development as a strategic asset. It can also function as a diagnostic tool to identify gaps, assess readiness and determine where to focus first. For organizations ready to move from insight to action, the playbook provides a clear entry point into deeper, applied workforce development work, including more structured approaches such as the Internal Career Centre Bootcamp. Ultimately, this book reframes career development not as an individual benefit or isolated HR activity, but as a critical lever for organizational performance, adaptability and long-term success.

You're not failing. You're just caught in a trap designed for struggle. Modern parenting is drowning us. We have more information than ever, yet parents are more anxious, burnt out, and disconnected than they've been in generations. We're told to manage behaviour, enforce rules, and stay in control - but not how to stay emotionally present during meltdowns or manage the old wounds that get pressed when our children's behaviour hooks something deep inside us. After twenty-five years working with families, therapist Lisa Taylor knows the truth: the real problem isn't your child's behaviour. It's the invisible heartprints from your own childhood - the emotional imprints that still shape how you respond when stress runs high and nothing goes to plan. The Perfect Parent Trap offers something different. Not another technique to master, but an invitation to break free from inherited patterns of control, perfectionism, and fear. When you learn to respond to the child in front of you instead of reacting from the child within you, everything shifts. This isn't about doing more. It's about being more present - with yourself first, then with the people you love most. Your children don't need you to be perfect. They need you to be real.

The Talent Revolution has been pivotal in exposing work-life longevity as the most influential driver transforming today’s workplaces. It offers a competitive edge for organizations smart enough to capitalize on its lessons.In a rare turn from the norm, this book positions older workers as revolutionaries and reveals how intergenerational organizations that engage employees across all life stages will outperform their competitors. In this updated paperback edition, authors Lisa Taylor and Fern Lebo draw on their expertise in leadership and career development to offer a timely picture of the post-pandemic modern workplace – defined by hybrid arrangements, shifting expectations, and evolving employee-employer dynamics. With clarity and precision, they describe new models, debunk commonly held myths about older workers, demolish justifications for traditional structures and attitudes, and build the case for a reset that will help smart companies profit from their most valuable assets, all while taking into consideration our current realities. Through case studies, metrics, strategies, and tactics, The Talent Revolution explores the impact of supercharged workforce demographics on the future of work, and offers new, actionable strategies for transforming an aging workforce into a competitive advantage.Plotting new directions for both organizations and employees, Taylor and Lebo guide us towards the opportunities that come with leaving behind outdated career models and embracing longer working life expectancies in the workplace.

Charting a collaborative art-based project using carpet-making skills and the industrial heritage of the region, the book investigates how a cleaved ex-industrial community used arts methodologies as a cohesion strategy. Drawing on images from the company’s archives, the book mines the history of Firths Carpets Limited, a firm that carpeted interiors across the globe from the mid-1800s. Women’s labour and tastes were business critical to the production and sale of Firths carpets. Drawing on the author’s personal connection to the village, an ethnographic sensibility and novel research techniques, ex-worker responses to a village radically altered by ruination are explored. Ex-workers felt nostalgia for the dignity of work and a sense of homesickness in a village ghosted by industrial spectres of the past. Threads of Labour argues that left-behind deindustrialised places require acts of social re-making if their communities are to survive.

Whether you're a small business owner or corporate leader, The Canadian Guide to Hiring Veterans offers a clear and adaptable action plan to help you find the right talent for your team.Discover the untapped potential of Canada's military Veteran workforce with the second edition of The Canadian Guide to Hiring Veterans. This easy-to-use resource, now updated to reflect current labour market conditions, is your roadmap to becoming a Veteran Friendly Employer. Learn how hiring Veterans can help you meet your talent needs while improving your overall HR practices in today's challenging and evolving business landscape.Inside, you'll find practical hiring tools that improve your recruitment, hiring, and onboarding processes. Gain insights from relatable hiring scenarios and evidence-based research that dispel common myths about Veterans in the workplace. Using this guide, you'll understand why Veterans should be your next hire and how their skills and experience can benefit your organization.The Canadian Guide to Hiring Veterans is more than just a book. It's a complete toolkit compiled to help you become a Veteran Friendly Employer. Tap into this hidden talent pool today to gain a competitive business advantage and positively impact your organization, the lives of the Veterans you employ, and Canada's labour market as a whole.

Constructing Online Work-Based Learning Placements offers a step-by-step approach to understanding and applying the principles of design and delivery in online work-based learning (WBL) placements for students. A crucial component of employability strategies for higher education students, WBL placements are increasingly in need of adaptation to respond to today’s rapidly expanding online work environments. This evidence-based book explores the emergent properties and additional value that online WBL placements provide to student learning and employability prospects, focusing on effective pedagogy, design, planning and implementation. The book also presents the Peer Enhanced e-Placement (PEEP), a pioneering, positively evaluated and award-winning online WBL placement model that is underpinned by pedagogical research and theory. The PEEP has been adapted and adopted by numerous higher education teams organising online WBL placements, and the case example included in these pages will guide readers through their own implementation and collaborations.

Constructing Online Work-Based Learning Placements offers a step-by-step approach to understanding and applying the principles of design and delivery in online work-based learning (WBL) placements for students. A crucial component of employability strategies for higher education students, WBL placements are increasingly in need of adaptation to respond to today’s rapidly expanding online work environments. This evidence-based book explores the emergent properties and additional value that online WBL placements provide to student learning and employability prospects, focusing on effective pedagogy, design, planning and implementation. The book also presents the Peer Enhanced e-Placement (PEEP), a pioneering, positively evaluated and award-winning online WBL placement model that is underpinned by pedagogical research and theory. The PEEP has been adapted and adopted by numerous higher education teams organising online WBL placements, and the case example included in these pages will guide readers through their own implementation and collaborations.

Blind Marriage is a true story about a marriage that wasn't fully thought out. Neither of the participants were ready. She didn't know much about her spouse, and he didn't know much about her. Growing pains were quite evident in this marriage. The bride and groom had second thoughts on the wedding day, but the feelings were ignored. The wife soon finds out that those "red flags" should not be ignored. There was so much that she didn't know about him. He had surprising addictions that would threaten their marriage. Divorce was an option but not an option. She was determined to see the marriage through. His addictions were shared with family and friends, which made quitting difficult. There were lessons learned to never jump blindly into a marriage, especially with someone who doesn't have the same beliefs as you. It is important to get to know whom you are marrying before you marry them. This book will open the eyes of anyone who is considering ignoring signs that the person has things going on that is not conducive to a relationship. This book is not just for women, but men can also get a lot out of this story. The moral of the story is, if you want to get married, you should prepare Prepare Prepare

Une main-d'oeuvre qualifi e, inclusive, agile et outill e est essentielle pour les employeurs du secteur public au Canada. Ce guide novateur offre plus de 40 activit s conomiques (certaines se font en 10 min) utiles aux gestionnaires du secteur public pour attirer et fid liser le personnel. R dig comme un guide de voyage par Lisa Taylor, il met l'accent sur la diversit , l' quit et l'inclusion et reconna t l'unicit du secteur public. De plus, il fournit des mod les de planification et des liens vers d'autres ressources.La gestion de carri re - tous les niveaux de la fonction publique - procure un levier strat gique pour stimuler le rendement, et ses r percussions ne se limitent pas la satisfaction et la fid lit des employ s. Cela permet aussi d'am liorer la fonction publique, de cerner plus rapidement les moyens d'accomplir votre mandat et d' largir les possibilit s d'innovation.Ce guide s'adresse vous si, en tant que gestionnaire du secteur public, vous vous souciez de tels enjeux: Recrutement, r tention de talentsAide la transition (int gration, automatisation, planification de la retraite, etc.)D veloppement des comp tences et des candidats aux postes de directionPartage des connaissancesAgilit , r silience, mobilit R ducation/perfectionnement professionnels - un atout dans un monde du travail en volutionProtection/am lioration de la sant mentale et du bien- treAccent sur la diversit , l' quit et l'inclusionLes gestionnaires du secteur public canadien savent que le statu quo n'est ni acceptable ni possible - c'est d'autant plus vrai avec la pand mie de COVID-19 et son impact permanent sur le travail, les carri res et les priorit s du secteur. Ce guide vous aidera mener des discussions de carri re, tablir des strat gies de planification de carri re individuelles et organisationnelles et exploiter les ressources de gestion de carri re offertes dans le secteur public. Il vous aidera aussi favoriser la r silience et la r activit face aux changements de plus en plus fr quents.

Developing a skilled, inclusive, agile and equipped workforce is a necessity for public sector employers across Canada. This Playbook identifies 40+ low-cost tips, activities and actions that public sector managers can take starting today (some in only 10 minutes a day) to attract, engage and retain staff. Written in an innovative "travel guide" format, author Lisa Taylor integrates a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) throughout and recognizes the unique context of public sector workplaces. The Playbook, published by CERIC, also provides planning templates and links to additional resources.Career management - at every level of government - offers a strategic lever for stronger organizational performance and success. Indeed, career management affects more than just employee satisfaction and loyalty. It drives better public service, faster identification of ways to deliver on your mandate and increased opportunity for innovation.This Playbook is for you if, as a public sector manager, you are concerned about any of the following workforce needs: Recruitment and retention of talented employeesTransition support (e.g., onboarding, automation, retirement planning, etc.)Development of new leadership candidates and skill setsKnowledge transferCareer agility, resilience and mobilityReskilling or upskilling that is increasingly needed in the rapidly changing world of workSafeguarding and improvement of mental health and well-being

A Conversation Guide for Employment and Career ProfessionalsHaving future-focused conversations with your team(s) is difficult, especially in uncertain times, but they've never been more important. This is the moment when new systems, structures, and priorities are starting to shape a new Future of Work. There's a wealth of experience, case studies, and wisdom in the employment services and career development sector that urgently needs to be part of the ongoing conversation. And so we invite you-leaders, counsellors, coaches, educators, activators, and trailblazers-to take up a pivotal role in developing, synthesizing, and implementing the ideas that will shape the Future of Work.This Conversation Guide will lead you and your team, big or small, through a series of activities that challenge you to proactively and collaboratively shape the Future of Work. From the equipment you'll need, to agenda and discussion items, to printable handouts, this Guide will take care of the planning and preparation-so you can focus on having innovative and meaningful conversations. The second edition has also been modified to enable remote delivery during COVID-19 times.

Is the garden a consumption site where identities are constructed? Do gardeners make aesthetic choices according to how they are positioned by class and gender? This book presents the first scholarly analysis of the relationship between media interest in gardening and cultural identities. With an examination of aesthetic dispositions as a symbolic mode of communication closely aligned to peoples' identities and drawing on ethnographic data gathered from encounters with gardeners, this book maps a typology of gardening taste, revealing that gardening - how plants are chosen, planted and cared for - is a classed and gendered practice manifested in specific types of visual aesthetics. This timely and original book develops a new area within cultural studies while contributing to debates about lifestyle and lifestyle media, consumption, class and methodology. A must read for anybody concerned with or intrigued by the cultural construction of identification practices.

The definitive guide to maximizing workforce value, The Talent Revolution exposes work-life longevity as the most influential driver transforming today’s workplace – a competitive edge for organizations smart enough to capitalize on it. This is a first – a book that positions older workers as revolutionaries and reveals how organizations that engage employees across all life stages will outperform their competitors. With clarity and specificity, it describes new models, debunks commonly held myths about older workers, demolishes justifications for traditional structures and attitudes, and builds the case for a reset that will help smart companies profit from their intergenerational workforce. Through case studies, metrics, strategies, and tactics, The Talent Revolution explores the impact of workforce demographics on the future of work and provides new, actionable strategies for turning an aging workforce into a competitive advantage.

This Playbook identifies 40+ low-cost tips, activities and actions that non-profits and charities can take right now (some in only 10 minutes a day) to attract, engage and retain staff. Written in an innovative "travel guide" format, author Lisa Taylor includes special sections on new graduates, the aging workforce and precarious employment, and provides planning templates and links to unique resources. The Playbook, published by CERIC, also features research, facts and statistics that shed new light on Canada's non-profit workforce.Career management - even for the smallest non-profits - offers a strategic lever for stronger performance. Indeed, career management affects more than just employee satisfaction and loyalty. It drives better client service, faster identification of ways to deliver on your mission and increased opportunity for growth - for staff as well as for your organization.If as an Executive Director or people manager, you worry about any of the following, this Playbook is for you: Engaging and retaining employees Finding the right talent and recruitment Developing new leadership candidates and managers Providing career development for employees Compensating and rewarding employees The Playbook shows you how to address your most critical employee challenges by debunking the common misconception that non-profits with flat organizational structures, and limited time and resources, can't establish good career practices. It provides practical career management tools for you to use with employees in ways that advance thriving careers and build the capacity of the non-profit sector.