About us... A little about us... Our team of professionals works with your organization to develop and implement best practice behaviours. We bring our expertise and experience to you, helping you to assess your skills. We work with your team to implement necessary change or enhance skillsets in a way that is understandable, interesting and valuable in terms of return on bottom line. How we got started... Orlyn Kostenuk, President Orlyn Kostenuk is the President of Performance Strategies Inc . and is based in central Alberta with an office in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Performance Strategies has partnered with various learning development organizations to bring world class learning models, processes, and concepts to Performance Strategies clients. The mission of Performance Strategies Inc. is to help individuals implement best practice behaviors to maximize personal and organizational effectiveness. This is accomplished through the utilization of assessments tools, skills training, and personal and team coaching. Orlyn and his firm have developed partnerships, alliances and relationships with various individuals, and international organizations to bring world class learning initiatives to h is agriculture clients in the areas of: Sales - Negotiating Skills - Behavioral Science - Team Building - Strategic Planning - Time Management - Interpersonal Communication - Creative Thinking - Customer Service - Networking Skills - Leadership - Influencing - Presentation Breakthroughs - Workforce Management - Coaching Orlyn has worked with over 800 different organizations across Canada, USA, Mexico, and Australia. His personality, sensitivity and unique sense of humor has earned him a rating of 9.6 / 10.0 as a facilitative trainer. Orlyn has been featured in various media for his work on enhancing performance in organizations. Orlyn is community minded. He has been a member of various local organizations including the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce, Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, and Rotary Club. Orlyn and Lori, his wife/partner of over 30 years have four adult children and six grandchildren. To balance off life, he enjoys flying, motorcycling, beekeeping, cycling, and pursuing the best home-roasted espresso shot! Contact Us Let's chat... Get in touch so we can start working together. First Name Last Name Email Message Phone Send Thanks for submitting!

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Behavioral Selling Skills Building Customer Relationships with DISC Behavioral Styles The Challenge: Have you ever wondered why you just don’t “click” with some people? Chances are, their behavior style is different than yours. They look at life differently, they think differently, consider different things important and are motivated by different factors. You can either withdraw from these people and argue or ignore them, or learn to understand the way they are, accept them and sell to them on their wavelength! If you are not selling behaviorally, you are only 25-50% effective. The Opportunity: Trust, co-operation, understanding and acceptance are the key attitudes to strengthening your organization and making it more productive and competitive. Understanding your behavior style and the styles of those you communicate with, will go a long way towards building your team, improving customer service and assisting you in sales and negotiating. This material can have just as much impact on your personal life as well. The Learning: Participants in this workshop will learn how to: Identify their own behavioral style Capitalize on their strengths Increase their appreciation for different behavioral styles Anticipate and minimize potential conflicts with others Learn how to adapt their behavior for increased understanding, communication, and sales You will be light years ahead of the competition with your new ability to understand others! Program developed by Target Training International Ltd. The Golden Rule: “treat others as you would have others treat you” The Platinum Rule: “treat others as they wish to be treated”

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Orlyn Kostenuk President and Founder Phone: (403)304-7122 Email: orlynk@performancestrategies.ca A Bit About Me Orlyn is a partner in Performance Strategies. and founded the business in 1992. He has facilitated training programs for over 400 client organizations across Canada, the USA, Australia, and Mexico. Orlyn's dynamic style, sensitivity and unique sense of humour brings out the best in people. His work for enhancing organizational performance has been featured several times in both newspaper and television. Orlyn is community minded and is a strong supporter of the Chambers of Commerce, and Rotary International. He is married to Lori and they have four adult children, aged 22-27 Work Experience Let's Get Social

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Pre-Employment Screening Does Pre-employment Screening Really Strengthen Your Workforce? When you think of organizational growth, one of the first aspects that come to mind is likely hiring. After all, how can you grow your talent pipeline without new talent? How can you find the right fit for a role in the most efficient way? That’s where pre-employment screening comes in. Here’s what you need to know about the pre-employment screening process, including options available to your organization and how to find the insight you need. What’s pre-employment screening? Pre-employment screening is the process of evaluating job candidates before hiring them. This process can include aptitude tests, skills testing, IQ tests, and behavioral assessments. Let’s hone in our focus on behavioral assessments; the other types of testing mentioned can be tricky to navigate, but assessments are key for pre-employment screening regardless of industry. What pre-employment screening is available? At TTI Success Insights, our work revolves around five sciences: DISC (Behaviors) DISC focuses on behavior, or “how you do what you do.” DISC is a universal behavioral model that goes over four separate factors: Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Compliance. It creates a language around observable behavior, and allows for insight into someone’s daily approach to communication and work for pre-employment screening. 12 Driving Forces (Motivators) 12 Driving Forces focuses on motivation, or “why you do what you do.” It measures the motivation (and strength) behind behaviors, using 6 different motivators. Discovering the motivation of candidates is key to successful pre-employment screening. Emotional Quotient (EQ, or Emotional Intelligence) Emotional intelligence is the ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the power of acumen of emotions to facilitate higher levels of collaboration and productivity. According to Forbes , a majority of employees believe in the importance of empathy in the workplace, but 92% feel empathy remains undervalued. By prioritizing emotional intelligence while building your talent pipeline, you will build your team out with candidates who have the soft skills that are increasingly important in the modern workplace. Competencies (DNA) The Competencies (DNA) assessment was created to manage and develop an individual’s career by identifying their top personal skills, based on how they score on 25 research-based skills required by any job. Competencies (DNA) is an excellent choice for pre-employment screening since it directly addresses the skills needed for a position. Acumen (ACI) The Acumen Capacity Index (ACI) report measures how a person thinks or processes information, based on a science called axiology. This assessment helps hiring managers to get a ‘big picture’ view of their potential hires. Now you know some of the assessments you can use for pre-employment screening, but you might be wondering what the benefits of using assessments in your hiring process look like. Testing Past the Usual When you look at behavior, motivation, and emotional intelligence, you unlock the true potential of individuals. It’s best to use a multi-science approach to get a more complete picture of your potential candidates. Utilizing pre-employment screening helps ensure an individual is a good cultural fit. If their personal Motivators are aligned with their role, they will be more likely to be fulfilled and engaged by their work, and that can make all the difference . Pre-employment screening can also help you to avoid a bad hire . Bad hires affect the structure, motivation, and overall success of an entire organization, but by using pre-employment assessments, you can ensure your organization thrives.

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Assessments "Understood employees are empowered employees" Our partner, TTI SI has been providing businesses throughout the globe with the finest assessment tools and talent analytics systems to hire, retain, develop and manage the best talent in the market. TTI SI was the first assessment creator to guide a person from selection to on-board training to job-related development. If it’s happening in the workforce, we have an assessment or a suite of talent analytics to understand it and address it, including: selection development of talent engaging teams leadership development job benchmarking communication workshops developing emotional quotient building business acumen Whatever the human resource need, our assessments address it. Innovative Assessments : TTI assessments have easy-to-understand, engaging reports that clearly demonstrate the human potential of each assessment taker. If you’re wondering how to improve employee retention and motivation, using the insights revealed by assessments is where you need to start. Research-Backed Tools: For 30 years, our in-house research team and independent validation have ensured that our assessments are the most reliable and accurate tools in the market. Data That Goes Deep: Our tools use predictive analytics to provide custom data that helps our customers best understand themselves and their teams. This data also increases employee satisfaction with the feedback process. Safe Tools for Hiring: Our assessment tools are safe and legal to use in the hiring process of your organization, due to our compliance under the Disparate Impact Rule. The D I S C Model uncovers insight into the “How” behind your “Why” It reveals the behavioral makeup that is unique to each individual. Taking and understanding a DISC assessment helps people: Minimize unnecessary conflict Increase productivity and engagement Enhance communication Maximiz e their strengths Develop self-awareness Understand your team/customer so enhanced relationships which equals to increased bottom line. Targeted areas - sales, customer service, team communications/dynamics, manager/employee relationships 12 Driving Forces is an assessment that measures "Why" a person does what they do It defines and identifies what motivates people. It m easures the motivation (and strength) behind behaviors, using 6 different motivators. Those motivators are Knowledge, Utility, Surroundings, Others, Power, and Methodologies. These 6 motivators are each divided into two distinct ways of measuring each factor. Based on a continuum, these 12 drivers make up a person’s cluster of Driving Forces. The EQ A ssessment i s key to uncovering self-development & improvement , measuring emotional intelligence. Utilizing this assessment in your organization will help your team discover how to improve emotional intelligence and assist with: Personal and professional development Hiring and benchmarking Employee engagement Workplace communication and conflict The new demand for ‘soft skills’ EQ is an emotional intelligence assessment that uses five factors to measure an individual’s emotional quotient (EQ). Emotional intelligence is the ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the power of acumen of emotions to facilitate higher levels of collaboration and productivity. D iscover t he TriMetrix® EQ The T riMetrix® EQ is designed to help individuals understand how th ey perceive the world, how they make decisions, and how these can all be applied towards job placement and success. The TriMetrix® EQ report is broken down into the following three areas: behaviors, emotional intelligence, and driving forces . The report examines the individuals strengths and weaknesses in these three areas which leads to both professional and personal growth. The TriMetrix® EQ is commonly used by educational institutions, educators, professionals, and human resources.