Work life expert, best-selling author, and internationally sought-after speaker Dr. Barbara Moses, is a visionary who is widely recognized as Canada’s pre-eminent forecaster of the trends that shape today’s working world. From the priorities placed on work/life balance to the urgency of taking charge of your own career, Barbara has astutely predicted many major themes that have come to dominate the workplace. 

In her books, articles and speeches she has shared her innovative and inspiring ideas on how to navigate the working world with people from all walks of life in her distinctive, engaging and stimulating style.

A highly respected organizational career-management consultant and internationally quoted media commentator, she has been widely profiled on workplace issues. She has appeared frequently on network radio and TV shows such as Canada AM, The Today Show, CBC, and Good Morning America.

She has written four internationally best-selling books, including What Next? Find the Work That’s Right for You, and Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships and the Rest of Life. She also writes a monthly column (called Career Intelligence) for The Globe and Mail. Among her many accolades, she was hailed as a “career guru” by Fast Company magazine, has been labelled a “thought leader,” and was recently chosen by More Magazine as one of the top 40 women over 40.

The president of BBM Human Resource Consultants Inc., Barbara offers her unique approach combining psychological insights with practical strategies for career management through speeches, workshops, presentations and tools to more than 2,000 organizations worldwide. She is the designer of the acclaimed Career Advisor, an online career-planning tool used by major organizations to counsel more than a million people worldwide; it has been likened to “having a personal coach on your computer.” 

Barbara holds degrees in psychology from McGill University, The London School of Economics and the University of Toronto.  She has a particular interest in issues related to women, demographics, and the psychological motivations that drive people in their work and personal lives.  A frequent keynote speaker, she is praised for her provocative insights, compelling delivery and unique style.

Career Intelligence for Women

Target audience: women at all levels who are grappling with such common issues as how to express their authentic self in your work; how to manage their career and life with grace; how to overcome typical barriers; and, how to find, create or design the right work. Selected points previously described are incorporated.

How to Attract, Retain & Manage the New Worker

Target audience: executives, managers, human resource professionals.

How to Manage an Intergenerational Work Force

Target audience: managers, executives and HR professionals. Never before have there been so many conflicting values and expectations operating together. Do twenty-somethings perplex you or drive you nuts? Understand the values and expectations of twenty-somethings, thirty-somethings, forty-somethings and beyond. Typical points of collision and how to respond. How to create work forces that promote intergenerational harmony.

Work Life Balance -- It's a Question of Focus

Target audience: individuals grappling with over-committed lives and/or leaders who need to respond effectively to the over-committed lives of staff. ·Squished, squashed, sliced and diced -- welcome to the new workscape.

·Forget "balance" -- focus is the key.

·You can have it all -- but not all at once -- think life "chapters."

·Be a career activist -- be reflective, know what's most important to you.

·Strategies for enhancing life satisfaction.

·Alternative work arrangements: Does your job lend itself to them? -- do you have what it takes?

·How leaders can create life-friendly organizations.

·How to career-proof your children

Eight kinds of new worker, and what motivates them:

Sociability seekers; Career builders; Authenticity seekers; Personal developers; Autonomy seekers/entrepreneurs; Novelty seekers; Stability seekers; Lifestylers

How to shape strategies for attracting, rewarding and retaining based on motivation typology.

Key work trends that impact the lives and employability of today's worker.

Managing an intergenerational work force.

Managing complicated, over-committed lives.

Principles for optimizing career management and satisfaction.

·How to create a life-friendly organization

The psychology of the new worker -- Who is she? What is he looking for?

What are the implications for rewards?

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