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At a time when recruiting, retaining employees and overseeing staff performance are priority issues for most, organisations must be resourceful and bold when attempting to attract, engage and retain staff. Management by strengths is an innovative and effective way of meeting this challenge. This type of management complements existing approaches used to optimize worker performance and development. What makes up this new approach? How can we specifically implement it within organisations? Learning Objectives At the end of the course, the participant will be able to: • Understand what is a strength. • Identify the three steps used to define strengths. • Describe the unique characteristics of each step used to define strengths. • State the means available to professionals and managers to identify the strengths of their clients / staff. • Describe the steps proposed in the major documentation on the subject to develop these strengths at work. Content • Why build on strengths? o Main benefits • What is a strength? o History of the approach and definitions proposed by each of the three steps • How to identify the strengths? o Main evaluation instruments o Other available methods • How to develop the application of strengths? o Scientifically proven methods; methods proposed in the major documentation on the subject • Draft an action plan to develop the strengths. Targeted Participants Human resources management professionals who coach managers on team management; or team managers Do you have any questions regarding this activity? Contact us by email at inscriptions@portailrh.org.

For a multitude of reasons, many consultants do not charge the true value or the full value of their professional services. First and foremost, this is not only a financial error, but also a strategic mistake! Specially designed for consultants, this webinar will show you the importance of being rigorous when applying fees and thus upholding your professional value. Learning Objectives • Demonstrate the strategic importance of fees in business relationships. • Apply best practices regarding billing and levying of fees. Content • Clients and external consultant fees: needs, expectations and operating methods. • Situations consultants deem problematic, and impacts on their attitude regarding their fees. • Negotiate, cut or reduce one’s fees? Important nuances. How far to go? • Goals for good business relationships when it comes time to setting and collecting fees. • Ways to have one’s fees respected. • Conclusion: fees, a question of professional pride! Targeted Participants Human resources or industrial relations management professionals who have an external or internal consultation role Do you have any questions regarding this activity? Contact us by email at inscriptions@portailrh.org.

The session will examine the legal consequences of drinking or using drugs in the workplace as well as the tools that allow employers to act in accordance with various applicable laws and higher courts decisions. Learning Objectives At the end of this webinar, the participant will be able to: • Understand the reasons behind implementing a policy on drinking and drug use • Draft a policy that will hold up in court • Understand employer and employee duties and obligations • Understand the limitations of screening tests • Understand the duty to accommodate regarding addiction problems • Properly use last chance agreements Content • Why implement a drinking and drug use policy in the workplace? • Is it a question of authority or of duty for a business where there are jobs at risk for health and safety issues? • Can drinking and drug use be prevented at work by implementing a policy? • What factors are applied by the courts to determine the validity of a policy? • What should be included in a policy and what should be its scope? • What are the limitations of different screening tests? Can an employer make them mandatory? • The duty to accommodate as it relates to drinking and drug use at work and its limitations • Last chance agreements as management tools: some guidelines and the role of courts regarding breached agreements Targeted Participants Human resources or industrial relations management professionals Do you have any questions regarding this activity? Contact us by email at inscriptions@portailrh.org.

For many people, trends are either for (1) the bean counters upstairs to find more reasons to slash our budgets or (2) the organizational leadership to find more reasons for us to do more with less. These perceptions could not be further from the truth.

Summary: Learn the links between leadership, followership & team building. Dr. Terry Fobbs has conducted groundbreaking work in the area of Leadership & Followership and will share with you, his insight into the links between exemplary followers, transformational leaders & team building. Includes: • Professional development activity towards 2 recertification points • 30 days to review the recording of this webinar • PowerPoint presentation with slides • Complete Question and Answer (Q&A) document • Supporting paper created by Dr. Terry Fobbs

Succession planning is critical to any organization's future success and as such, must be integrated with internal HR practices and clearly linked to business strategy. This webinar will provide participants with a step-by-step model that connects career development and succession planning processes in order to build a strong talent foundation. The webinar will introduce and explain processes and tools most commonly applied in best practice approaches when integrating career development into succession planning models. Includes: • 2 CHRP re-certification points • 30 days to review the recording of this webinar • PowerPoint presentation with slides • Complete Question and Answer (Q&A) document • Supporting paper created by Barbara Adams

Barbara Adams brings you practical advice, and will present innovative yet realistic practices that can be immediately put into practice. Learn about cutting-edge strategies, processes and practices for recruiting and on-boarding. The speaker will share her experiences with developing and implementing integrated recruitment and on-boarding processes that attract, hire, and retain the right candidate for the right job.

Employees are generally confused by the multiple online channels they face when trying to navigate employee programs. Each program (EAP, wellness, pension, savings, benefits, compensation, etc.) may have its own website and associated provider, and employees can’t find the right solution relevant to their particular needs. As a result, employees don’t recognize the value of the organization’s employee programs because they don’t know where to start, and employers lose a valuable tool in attracting and retaining talent. In the Webinar, Paul will demonstrate a Best Practice employee experience that includes single access point sign-on with issues-based navigation, rich decision-support and transactional tools, full support for all employee programs, and mobile apps for employees who are on the go. It all leads to better understanding of the value of total compensation & programs, increased engagement, informed decisions, and the ability to provide information and tools to employees so they can live a healthy life. In this webinar, learn about: •Key findings from employee focus groups •The downside of the ‘status quo’ •Foundations for an engaged employee population. This webinar includes a 10-minute Q&A.

Being able to make the right decision is the first and universal competency. Yet, none of us has ever been trained to do so. Participants in this lively webinar will learn a proven step-by-step process that shows you how to make better decisions faster. Make the unconscious conscious and add a life skill to your tool belt. Learn how you can bring effective decision-making to your HR team. Most importantly, learn a portable, trainable, impactful tool for HR business partners to deploy with their colleagues in the line. Objectives •Learn the hidden structure of decision making and how to separate any decision into manageable pieces. •Learn how to clearly and deliberately identify all the factors in decision-making and how to use that to drive to the right decision. •Improve performance and avoid surprises by making decisions consciously. •By making conscious decisions, ensure that the grounds for your actions can easily be made clear to others, including team members and managers. •Be able to show colleagues the process of your decision-making, enhancing communication and improving change management. Methodology •Instruction is based on a step-by-step building of understanding of, and skill with, a proven decision-making tool. Ideal Participants •HR professionals, at any level, interested in improving the performance of themselves and their team by improving tactical thinking skills.