How is the role of HR professionals changing in the era of big data and analytics? Most HR professionals are aware that their industry is becoming increasingly data-driven, and it’s time to develop better data and analytics skills. However, most HR leaders still feel ill equipped to take on a more data-driven role within their organization.

Join Deep Litt, CPHR, SHRM - SCP , People Operations & Analytics Manager, and Steve Crozier, HR Business Partner at Visier to learn about the role of an HR analyst, and why you don’t need to become an analytics expert to use people analytics!

In this presentation, you will learn:

• What is HR analytics? How is it different from HR reporting?
• How is an HR analyst different from an HR business partner?
• How can HR utilize a people analytics solution to improve workforce challenges?
• How can I grow my business and improve my people strategies with analytics?

The first of three eLearning workshops in the RESET series. Slow Down to Move Ahead addresses: The societal reasons, contributors to individuals not slowing down; how you work against yourself/team with exceptions; how incongruent values feed into frenetic energy; daily RESET tools, practices to increase productivity, results and ease.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• The power of a RESET approach to Slow Down to Move Ahead
• The Signs and Contributors of Society’s Addiction to "Stress is Normal"
• Why We Resist Slowing Down to Move Ahead?
• Rake the Leaves! Disrupting Stress Energy to Create Success Habits

Be Prepared: The Top Five HR Trends of 2020

It’s a new year, and that means there are new trends emerging in the ever-evolving world of human resources. In this webinar, we discuss the five biggest human resources trends for 2020 and provide you with actionable ways to integrate these trends into your workplace. Don’t fall behind the times and let your workplace become stagnant! Stay in the know by joining us on Thursday, February 20, from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

We will discuss:

• The top five HR trends for 2020 as determined by our experts;
• Why they matter to you; and
• Advice on how to navigate these trends in your workplace.

In many models of transformational leadership Authenticity is a critical component. Join David Cory as he discusses what Authenticity is, why it matters, and which of the EQ Competencies of the MHS Model of EQ (based on the work of Dr. Reuven Bar-On) correlate with Authenticity and how/why Authenticity is critical for effective leadership in the 21st century.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• What we mean by Authenticity and why it is critical for effective leadership
• The relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Authenticity
• Tools to take away immediately to improve your own Authenticity

This webinar is designed as a 1-hour overview of employee benefit plans in Canada. Designed for employers who are considering offering coverage, as well as those who manage policies in their workload and would benefit from a greater knowledge on structure, design, taxability, and administration.

This 1-hour webinar will give an overview of:

• Canada’s network of social programs
• Employer-sponsored benefit plan design
• Provincial health program structures
• Taxability of benefits
• Best practices re: benefits administration.

The second of three eLearning workshops in the RESET series. Why Can’t I Just Focus? addresses: Contributors influencing your inability to be consistently laser focussed; how everyone can cultivate the "focus habit"; to increase working on vs in your leadership role; when old-worn out habits are running the show and creating a success habit to flip your mindset story.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• The power of a RESET approach to become laser focused
• Know the internal/external triggers creating lack of focus + bust them!
• Focus IS a cultivated habit; tools/practices to cultivate yours!
• Practices to cultivate discipline and commitment
• How to flip your mindset story toward success habits

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by news about the novel coronavirus, you’re not alone. Many employers and HR professionals like you are struggling to keep up with the whirlwind of this pandemic and how to respond appropriately.

This webinar investigates the top concerns that you may have about the coronavirus as an employer or HR professional. It explains your responsibilities for employee health and safety, highlights best practices, and provides guidance on how to successfully navigate these issues.

Join us for our webinar as we discuss:

• The top six concerns about the coronavirus for employers and HR professionals;
• Appropriate ways to address each concern; and
• Appropriate tools and resources.

What a year this week has been . . . Things are changing faster than we can consume and comprehend the information. It is a situation like never before creating all kinds of new stresses and experiences for leaders, business owners and employees. Having talked financial and economic avenues in Wednesday’s webinar, this session will focus on the well-being of our employees AND employers and how organizations can quickly learn to work efficiently & productively in their new work realities.

The third eLearning workshop in the RESET series. The Next Best Version of Me! addresses: the ROI of investing in the next best version of you/team members; why so many don’t take action to goal achieve; the #1 sabotage to goal-setting for results; the power in reverse-engineering the next best version of you.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• The power of a RESET approach to become laser focused
• The ROI’s of investing time/energy in creating the next best version of you/your team
• Why the goal-achieve gap (hint = you’re envisioning way too small!)
• How your thinking short-changes your next best version of you!
• The #1 sabotage to goal-setting for results! (it’s not what you think!)
• What is reverse-engineering the next best version of me?

Join our expert panel of labour lawyers from Mathews Dinsdale and a QEII medical doctor specializing in infectious diseases on March 27, 2020.

With COVID-19 appearing prominently in news headlines these days, both federal and provincial governments are encouraging preparedness. What is an employer’s responsibility to employees in the event of wide-scale infection? What steps can an employer take in advance to ensure preparedness? While specific guidelines and responsibilities exist for those working in health care, an employer in any industry can benefit from having a workplace pandemic plan in place.

In the event COVID-19 spreads widely within Canada, employers have the same legal duties under occupational health and safety, employment standards and human rights legislation as they would with any other illness impacting employees. One of the primary considerations will be whether employees can reasonably refuse to attend work for safety reasons if and when COVID19 is present in the workplace.

This session will provide an overview of the obligations employers will have in the event there is a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia and will address the occupational health and safety; human rights; and employment related responsibilities employers should be aware of in the coming months.  Importantly, this session will also feature important information on the medical aspects of COVID-19 from Dr. Brent Culligan.  Dr. Culligan is a is a specialist in Internal Medicine at the QEII Health Sciences Centre. 

Learning Objectives

In this session, participants will learn:

• The most up-to-date medical perspective on the origins and spread of COVID-19;

• The various ways in which employers can address the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace, including restricting the activities of its employees;

• The circumstances in which an employer may prevent an employee from reporting to work;

• Whether an employer needs to accommodate lengthy absences from the workplace;

• When an employer should permit an employee to work from home;

• The circumstances in which an employee can refuse work under the Occupational Health and Safety Act; and

•  What obligations an employer will have in the event it must close its business for a period of time.

About the Panel

Tara Erskine, QC is a partner in the Halifax office of Mathews Dinsdale & Clarke LLP. Working from the Halifax office, Tara provides strategic advice to employers across Canada and works as a partner with human resource professionals and in-house counsel. 

A member of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, the Law Society of Ontario and the Law Society of Alberta, Tara is a Certified Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) (formerly CHRP).  She has completed negotiation training at Harvard Law School and the Canadian Mediation Institute.  In 2003, she spearheaded the founding of the Canadian Association of Counsel of Employers (CACE) and was its first director.  Tara  served as a Commissioner (Part-time) of the Canadian Human Rights Commission from 2014 to 2017. 

Tara was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2016.  She has been recognized as a leader in Labour and Employment Law in Canada in Who’s Who Legal – Canada since 2017 and by Best Lawyers in Canada in the field of Labour and Employment Law.  

 Dr. Brent Culligan, FRCPC,  is a specialist in Internal Medicine at the QEII Health Sciences Centre and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University.  He received his medical degree from McMaster University and completed residencies in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine at Dalhousie University with fellowship training in Critical Care and Infectious Diseases. He has a diploma in Tropical  

Medicine from the Gorgas School of Tropical Medicine in Lima, Peru. 

Kyle MacIsaac is a partner in a partner of Mathews Dinsdale & Clark LLP working out of its Halifax office.  Kyle advises employers in all areas of workplace law.  He understands the realities of business and the issues facing employers and provides timely and practical advice and solutions to his clients.  Kyle represents provincially and federally regulated employers concerning both labour and employment matters, including those concerning human rights issues, employment standards and employment contracts, wrongful dismissal, occupational health and safety, union organizing, collective agreement interpretation, grievance handling, progressive discipline and investigations into employee misconduct.  He has appeared before various courts and tribunals throughout Canada.

Agenda

Friday March 27, 2020

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  $20 for members

Client/student mental health predictably improves as a result of career development. In this one-hour webinar, we summarize the broad ranging effects of career development and their associated mental health benefits. We also review some of the mechanisms underlying career development’s role in mental health and describe how, by adjusting one’s intentions, these positive mental health outcomes can be achieved more effectively in your career development practice.

Why You Should Attend

The mental health movement is highlighting the importance of mental health. Career development is rarely part of mental health discussions, yet it can be a key pillar in the support and promotion of positive mental health. As a career development practitioner, your work will be well served and strengthened by building your capacity to recognize and communicate your role in positive mental health.

Webinar Learnings:

• How career development intervention is mental health intervention
• The distinctions between mental health and mental illness
• The effects of career development that are related to mental health
• How stress is a universal connector of career development intervention and mental health
• How the use of key skill sets common to career development practice can be used in service of positive mental health

Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP is a proud member of Advocates for Employers of Canada (AEC). AEC is an alliance of management-side labour and employment law practitioners from across Canada. We advocate for clients in every sector of the economy, from large multi-national corporations, mid-size national and local organizations, to entrepreneurs, not-for-profits, and we advise at all levels of government.

As COVID-19 continues to spread, employers are faced with an increasing number of challenges which range from maintaining workplace health and safety, to ensuring ongoing business viability. Join us for an informative online session with AEC lawyers from each jurisdiction across the country. In this session we will review:

•Government and employment standards initiatives in each Canadian jurisdiction
•Tips and best practices for maintaining health and safety – social distancing initiatives, temperature checks, schedule changes, etc.
•Use of salary reductions, leaves, temporary layoffs, and wage subsidies to deal with closures and revenue challenges
•Available alternatives – Work Share Program, Supplemental Employment Benefit Program, etc.

With the current worldwide pandemic and the strong emphasis on social distancing and isolation strategies, it has become crucial for most employers to look at alternative work arrangements, one of the most widely used has been to allow employees to work from home. Whether or not an employer has had any experience with this type of work arrangement before, many are facing new territory with the COVID-19 crisis. Please join Janet Salopek and Cindy Sidhu of Salopek & Associates as they provide you with tools, tips and resources on how to effectively manage a remote workforce. Everything from motivating and engaging remotely working employees and how to manage productivity and performance. Other topics to be covered include effective communication, the importance of staying connected and promoting and maintaining the health and wellness of employees working from home

This webinar will begin with a discussion of corporate trustworthiness and characteristics of trustworthy leaders before diving into applicable tools and skill building. Attendees can expect a candid and applicable discussion on the ways in which trust is eroded and built, incorporating the unique circumstances that we face as we learn to work and communicate remotely in a time of heightened uncertainty and unease. Attendees will emerge better equipped to build trust in their own work relationships, and to support their leaders and employees as they build trust among their teams, no matter where they work!

La majorité des entreprises et des organismes éprouvent ces jours-ci une variété de défis imprévus dus à la COVID-19 et ne savent pas nécessairement comment y faire face. Les leaders francophones sont invités à participer à deux webinaires sur le thème « Diriger en temps de crise » les jeudis 9 et 16 avril prochains de 13 h à 14 h 30.

Le RDÉE NB, conjointement avec le CÉNB et ses partenaires canadiens, offrent gratuitement ces webinaires grâce à la collaboration de Marc-André Alary, propriétaire et président-directeur général de DirecSys qui animera les séances.

Il s’agit bien de deux ateliers différents, chacun adressant des sujets précis. Il est possible d’assister à l’un ou l’autre des ateliers ou aux deux. Ceux-ci seront livrés par l’entremise de la plateforme en ligne Zoom. Lorsque votre inscription sera terminée, vous recevrez les directives techniques

Given the state of current global COVID-19 pandemic, CPHR BC & Yukon has organized a webinar to help our HR professionals navigate the added stress and anxiety on everyday life, not only in supporting their organizations, but for themselves as well.

The sessions will be facilitated by Sean Raible, a Mental Health advocate/speaker/consultant who brings his 20 years of global HR experience and personal experience to this field.

The session will focus on self-care, care for others, working remotely (including leading teams), and common behaviors that can show up during a pandemic. The intention is to both acknowledge current state and to provide top tips to stay connected and maintain health and well-being during these times. In addition, Sean will also share advice on how mental health can be integrated and better aligned to broader Benefits, I&D and business strategies.

Learn key tips for participants and their organizations that can be applied during a pandemic but also can be used in any significant change or business continuity impact.

1. Self Care
2. Care for Others
3. Remote working - including leading others
4. Common Behaviors from a pandemic
5. 4 Key Pillars of 'Change One Life' and how to improve mental health in the workplace

Over the last decade Symplicity Designs has helped organizations out of crisis, their team has a combined experience of more than 200 years helping organizations out of crisis and thrive.

If any one tells you they have the answer to a global pandemic, they are not being truthful. We have developed a toolkit for helping organizations separate what matters from what doesn’t. We have removed the paywall in an effort to help all small and micro businesses to make it to the other side of this. Take the opportunity for you to get ahead of the curve.

Uncertainty. That is the word that seems to be on everyone's lips these days. As leaders, we know we need to minimize uncertainty for our teams but that feels easier to say than do when we're all operating without a script. We're all being bombarded with information everywhere we turn. With all this noise, distraction and rapid sprint to a new way of working, it's easy to feel unfocused, unproductive and challenged with having to manage the latest news about this global pandemic while keeping the wheels on at work.

This is not a CPHR NB event. You need to register on there site. No PD hours will be added to your log, you need to track them on your own. 

Dr. Ryan Todd will be speaking about the importance of resilience during times of adversity. He will discuss how skill-based behaviours can be trained and will create marked shifts in mindset and mood to drive behaviour change and improve mental wellness. Dr. Todd’s mission as a psychiatrist and a CEO is to help people get ahead of adversity.

This webinar is put on by CPHR Nova Scotia

La majorité des entreprises et des organismes éprouvent ces jours-ci une variété de défis imprévus dus à la COVID-19 et ne savent pas nécessairement comment y faire face. Les leaders francophones sont invités à participer à deux webinaires sur le thème « Diriger en temps de crise » les jeudis 9 et 16 avril prochains de 13 h à 14 h 30.

Le RDÉE NB, conjointement avec le CÉNB et ses partenaires canadiens, offrent gratuitement ces webinaires grâce à la collaboration de Marc-André Alary, propriétaire et président-directeur général de DirecSys qui animera les séances.

Il s’agit bien de deux ateliers différents, chacun adressant des sujets précis. Il est possible d’assister à l’un ou l’autre des ateliers ou aux deux. Ceux-ci seront livrés par l’entremise de la plateforme en ligne Zoom. Lorsque votre inscription sera terminée, vous recevrez les directives techniques

The labour market has shifted significantly over the last decade, pushing Canada’s workforce growth to near zero. This coupled with the rise of social media and a meteoric gig economy has created candidates with a wide degree of individual choice.

So, what do you do when "You don’t select the talent – the talent picks you."

You attend an HR management webinar – and see first-hand the brand building and recruitment strategies and tactics adopted by today's top tier Canadian employers.

With over 40,000 Canadian clients, Jennifer will share data exclusive to ADP - unavailable anywhere else. Participate in the conversation, compare the data to yours and your colleague's work-place reality, and leave with practical HR solutions you can implement today.

The key ingredients for continued industry success are in place. If you’re planning how your company can adapt and leverage the needs of the future workforce – then this is the session for you.

In this presentation, you will:

• Learn how to amplify their brand as a destination employer
• Identify the social media channels where candidates are active
• Learn the biggest mistakes when it comes to employee retention; and
• Return to the office with the beginnings of a business case to achieve best-in-class recruitment, engagement and retention

Join Sandra Boyd and Lori Dyne of Optimum Talent as they share best practices for facilitating virtual notification meetings, tips to train managers on how to have difficult virtual conversations and share insight into how other Canadian businesses are supporting employees as they exit their organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is a CPHR Alberta even (not NB)

In this unprecedented and uncertain time, many leaders and managers are wondering what they can do to help the people in their charge. To a certain extent, this will depend on the circumstances you face.

Regardless of your situation, we will discuss these three simple recommendations:

• First, be exceedingly human
• Second, be persistent
• Finally, be creative

Most importantly, we will create space and time to respond to and discuss your questions and concerns.

This is NOT a CPHR NB event. You need to register on the Alberta site.

HR provides structural and personal leadership to an organization. Does it hold up during a time of crisis? During this session, Rob will share how the HR team was mobilized to provide support to the front-line managers and workers, how they became the go-to group for removing barriers, how to manage on-the-fly changes to process & procedures, and how decisions were made while staying true to organizational values.

The rapid unfolding of today’s global health crisis, resulting quarantine, social distancing, and mandatory work from home measures have left many businesses looking for tools, best practices and inspiration on how to move forward during the COVID-19 outbreak. Join OneLogin’s Chief Executive Officer, Brad Brooks, and Chief Human Resources Officer, Courtney Harrison on April 23 at 11am PDT (2pm EDT) for a question-lead discussion on

• How to lead with confidence and compassion: lessons from the past
• Trends we are seeing in the marketplace and across the OneLogin customer base
• Best practices for managing transformational change
• What the future of work might hold

Space is limited - reserve your spot now!

This is not a CPHRNB webinar. You will need to register on the presenters site.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dramatically impact the global economy, employers are rapidly evolving their short- and long-term hiring strategies. Indeed is here to help. In this bi-weekly webinar series, we’re exploring the concerns and challenges facing Canadian businesses and HR professionals today.

Join Brendon Bernard, Indeed Economist, along with Saeed Sadooghi, Senior Recruitment Evangelist, for the next webinar in our series, The State of the Economy: How the labour market is responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Explore the latest economic trends in Canada, what they mean, and the next steps you should take to navigate the changing world of hiring today.

This is not a CPHRNB event. You need to track you PD hours.

What are the benefits of attending this webinar? You will gain an in-depth understanding of stress and the plethora of situations and interactions that cause stress. You will identify the situations in your life causing stress that can be changed and those that cannot be changed. Then you will choose strategies to improve your coping skills. 

You will come to the realization that:

• Stress is unavoidable in life
• In some situations, stress is necessary and positive
• Small adjustments can make a major difference in your emotions

If stress in life is unavoidable, you will learn strategies to help you:

• Recognize symptoms that are signaling your body that you are entering stress overload
• Identify those situations in your life that make stress unmanageable and cause you to break down
• Identify the circumstances in your life that can be changed
• Deal with conditions that cannot be changed
• Overcome perfectionism
• Implement 5 strategies for reducing stress

As the pace and complexity of life dealing with the aftermath of the Coronavirus continues to increase in the 21st century stress, meeting simultaneous demands is the norm and a challenge. To help you with work stressors, this instruction gives tips for handling stress at work from a time management viewpoint. You will get tips for:

• Preserving your time
• Working through a task list
• Planning forward
• Reducing procrastination

Not only does your task load cause stress, but so do relationships. In this webinar you’ll get tips for:

• Saying “no” when appropriate
• Managing interpersonal negative emotions
• Finding an outlet to express your feelings
• Eliminating stressors when possible

COVID-19 mental health crisis impact on the workplace

Experts have projected a mental health crisis is underway in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Employee well-being and productivity will be severely impacted. It's time to be proactive and respond with an abundance of care. Recently, Qualtrics published The Other COVID-19 Crisis: Mental Health surveying 2,000 employees and found:

• 67% of people report higher levels of stress since the outbreak of COVID-19.
• 42% report their overall mental health has declined.

The top two things respondents reported impacted their mental health decline were more anxiety (24.0%) and more stress (20.1%)

What is Workplace Mindfulness? 

The modern workplace is not a physical location, it is the place, whether physical or online, that people come together to work. Mindfulness is a human ability to be present that is developed through various practices, primarily meditation.

Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. (from Mindful.org)

Workplace mindfulness programs have proven to be cost effective measures to reduce anxiety & stress while boosting resilience and fostering mental well-being. The Center for Disease Control's Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19 page lists one of the top methods to cope with stress as meditation. The National Institute for Health offers this resource on "What the Science Says About the Effectiveness of Meditation".  And the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) offers this resource on Workplace Mindfulness. 

What is the Workplace Mindfulness Summit?

We've created the Workplace Mindfulness Summit to help you discover insights and learn best practices on how to grow and expand workplace mindfulness programs. Curating the top sessions on workplace mindfulness from our in-person and online events over the last 2 years, we've assembled sessions from 11 world-class experts and case studies from 24 non-profit, government, mid-sized, & F500 organizations. You'll come away with implementation strategies & tactics that you can apply now to help boost resilience and foster mental well-being with workplace mindfulness. 

This 5 day Free & Online Summit is for leaders, HR professionals, coaches, wellness professionals, and internal champions. 

Recruitment and retention are HR functions that require strategic thought and planning. While lower unemployment rates, an aging population, and skill shortages are challenging, HR professionals are faced with the additional impact first impressions and gut feelings can have on recruitment success. How can we be aware of our (un)conscious bias and minimize them not only in the recruitment cycle but post hire when making development and compensation decisions?

Join us as we discuss how to prevent unfair, inaccurate judgments that may lead you to overlooking talent, or at worst discrimination. We will also look at what kind of biases influence your decision and how biased hiring and management decisions result in less diverse teams and cost your organization money and talent.

In this presentation, you will:

• Establish a foundational understanding of how bias affects decision-making and long-term talent management decisions
• Explore the impacts of the kinds of biases that impact recruitment and people management
• Learn about best practices for awareness and overcoming unconscious bias
• Learn tips to enhance your organizations Diversity and Inclusion strategy

As we settle into the reality of the COVID-19 Pandemic, CPHR Alberta realizes that HR professionals and the business community still seek guidance on how to navigate these dramatic changes to our workplaces. Our goal with part two of our HR Pandemic Essentials Webinar Series is to continue to connect you to leaders and industry professionals who can help address your concerns, provide guidance for challenges you’re facing, and give you a sense of normalcy with our regular programming.

This workshop will help participants assess the potential for violence and respond with a diverse set of interpersonal tools and strategies designed to defuse potentially violent situations.

The Pandemic has been an agent of change, likely having a permanent impact on workplace practices and realities that we need to be prepared to understand and navigate.

To begin to understand our new reality, we need to make sure we have good information, which is why we will open the webinar by sharing an easy to digest summary of medical and scientific literature, including links to citations and resources that everyone can use for future reference.

Navigating this new world will also require practical and sound advice from bright minds. In this webinar, we will spend time with an Occupational Medicine expert, sharing and discussing how to assess your current workplace practices and identify resources to support your workplace reintegration plans.

Our conversation will also delve into how we need to work through the implications stemming from the pandemic and how to encourage and support your employees through the uncertainty and dramatic shifts in how we live and work.

In this presentation, you will:

1. Summary of the current scientific thinking and literature regarding COVID
2. Returning your work force to the workplace – employees, high risk employees, pregnant employers
3. Considerations regarding close contact, practices for COVID exposed employees & practices for COVID positive employees
4. Return to work plans after self-isolation
5. Links to resources, literature and guidelines to support and advise employers

For those who work in an environment where there is potential for violence, it is important to develop the skills needed to defuse dangerous situations. This webinar is designed to teach people to de-escalate potentially violent situations through assertiveness and interpersonal communication. Viewers will develop a clear understanding of how to assess the potential for violence and respond with a diverse set of interpersonal tools and strategies designed to defuse potentially violent situations.

Join us as we unpack the results of the COVID-19 Business Impact Survey and gain insight from industry experts on the impacts, challenges, and opportunities faced by key sectors in the Greater Saint John region as a result of the pandemic.

Speaker Lineup:
Opening Remarks - Andrew Oland - EDGSJ/Moosehead Breweries
The Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce - David Duplisea
Tourism sector - Victoria Clarke - Discover Saint John
Cruise industry - Danielle Timmons - Aquila Tours
Business service centres - Mike Rublack - ONB
Manufacturing - Ron Marcolin CME
ICT - Cathy Simpson - TechImpact

This workshop explores the Critical Incident Group Debriefing (CIGD) process as a method for lessening the likelihood of people experiencing symptoms of trauma and stress after a critical incident.

Please join in for this free webinar presented by RBC Group Advantage where you will hear from NB RBC Advisors who will provide expert insight on what's happening in the world exonomy and tips on how to keep your finances in order.

HR professionals are key drivers of employee experience, and right now, with everyone so isolated, it's never been more important. Knowing this, we've developed a track of content at Experience focused on improving employee experience, including sessions that dive into critical changes currently impacting employees.

In particular, we're thrilled to welcome Josh Bersin, Industry Analyst and EX Thought Leader, joining us to discuss how new signals and behaviours are affecting experiences of all kinds.

For more information, contact Molly Williams at mwilliams@medallia.com

Join us live online for our Virtual Legal Symposium 2.0.

Our expert speakers will engage you with the most recent legal issues, case law updates and developments, and future trends to watch for... Just as they would at one of our popular in-person symposiums.

Experiential learning placements enable an organization to connect with prospective employees before they graduate from post-secondary studies. Through thoughtful recruitment and onboarding, organizations can use experiential learning to create a pipeline of Generation Z talent.

 In this webinar, you’ll learn how an organization can maximize its return on investment when engaging students, early.

You’ll come away with practical tips on how to:

• Attract qualified, enthusiastic students to an organization
• Develop an onboarding framework that will enable a student to ramp up quickly, especially if they’ll be working remotely
• Provide the kinds of support Gen Z employees need to thrive, online and offline
• Connect with university staff who can help with recruitment, hiring, and ongoing support

This webinar is being presented by FutureReadyNB, a province-wide experiential learning initiative, in collaboration with the New Brunswick Business Council and the Conseil Économique du Nouveau Brunswick.

Have specific questions about experiential learning? The webinar facilitator, Dr. Dawn Henwood, welcomes questions in advance. Just email them to dawn@dawnhenwood.com

Sign in to join this webinar on Zoom at least 5 minutes early

 https://zoom.us/j/7050918820

There have been may payroll and human resources implementation disasters when outdated legacy systems are replaced, most notable example here in Canada is the Federal Government’s Phoenix Project. Modern payroll and HR systems today are utilizing the digital, software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud-based platforms which has resulted in a shift to standardizing legacy processes to a more simplified best practice process structure. This in turn is having effect on the financial management, payroll and HR processes organizations are utilizing in this modern digital age.

This session will address how to mitigate your risks from today’s modern HR and payroll systems; gain better benefits realizations and avoid disastrous implementations.

There are significant economic advantages to be found in moving processes such as HR / Payroll to the cloud first in a hybrid strategy:

• Self-service opportunities & immediate access to real time data
• Standardized reporting & standardized business processes
• Reduced hardware & software costs
• Seamless updates re: Payroll standards & government changes
• OCM requirements are more readily accepted corporately for personal & self-service opportunities

Provinces are reopening and people are returning to work, but that doesn’t mean the danger is past, or that questions don’t remain. Even if provincial governments say it’s safe to resume normal operations, what does that actually entail? COVID-19 is still a real and present danger, so how can you keep the public and staff safe once they’re back at work? The pandemic has massively altered our lives, and getting 2020 back to a recognizable shape is going to take time and planning. Canadian businesses want to know what to do next as the pandemic response enters this latest phase, and we’re here to help.

This webinar will help employers plan to resume normal operations without compromising their responsibilities towards health and safety in the workplace.

Join us as we talk about:

• Bringing employees back from remote work or emergency leaves;
• Recalling employees from layoffs;
• Adjusting emergency plans in case of further shutdowns;
• Understanding how resuming operations affects government programs like CEWS; and
• Meeting obligations for vacation time.

Our workforce is changing. It’s time our hiring practices changed too. Have you experienced challenges filling entry-level roles at your company? Are you missing out on the diverse young talent? Worried you are losing new hires too quickly? Even if you’re not hiring right now, it’s a good time to refresh your HR practices.

Linda Weichel, Vice President, Initiatives, CivicAction will speak about how hiring young, diverse talent can give your company a competitive edge, share practical ways to create a more youth-inclusive destination, and highlight free tools cost-effective ways to get the best results from this un-tapped pipeline of talent.

Join McInnes Cooper Labour and Employment Lawyers Jack Graham, Q.C. and Alex Warshick as they discuss best practices and pitfalls in drafting employment contracts, managing employees’ expectations, and avoiding risks as the world begins its transition to a post-COVID-19 order.

In this session, our lawyers will review the value of probationary periods, properly drafted termination clauses, non-competition and non-solicitation clauses, and lay-off provisions, and discuss how to amend employment agreements. They will also reserve time for an open floor discussion where they can address your questions and concerns.

This is not a CPHR NB event, you need to track your PD hours.

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In this unprecedented and uncertain time, many leaders and managers are wondering what they can do to help the people in their charge. To a certain extent, this will depend on the circumstances you face.

 CPHR chapters across Atlantic Canada have teamed up and partnered with Steve Armstrong to bring you a webinar focusing on Leadership in Times of Crisis.

Regardless of your situation, during this educational event we will discuss these three simple recommendations:

• First, be exceedingly human

• Second, be persistent

• Finally, be creative

Most importantly, we will create space and time to respond to and discuss the your questions and concerns.

Register in advance

The way organizations work has changed. While some trends were emerging, like remote work and digital transformation of HR technology, all eyes are now on the workforce and how to safely and effectively return to work. Hear from ADP experts, leveraging unique research and data, on hard-hitting topics across business continuity, evolving legislation, navigating compliance and activating a workforce in flux.

Register today for the complimentary ADP Virtual Summit.

https://www.adpinfo.com/Beyond-the-Curve-Registration_May29

This is not a CPHR NB event, you will need to track your PD hours. 

COVID-19 has taken something from all of us. But what it hasn't taken is our passion, imagination and 'can-do' attitude for our workplaces - big or small - to excel in the face of adversity.

CPHR Canada is proud to bring together for the first time ever, the nine provincial and territorial HR associations for an event that will teach you how you can get your people back to work, because it's the people who will see us through this uncertain time.

This three-day virtual series is intended to bring Canadian HR together, collective; to reenergize, reset and reimagine how we lead through these uncertain moments. This series will provide key takeaways and essential solutions on how to navigate these unchartered waters as well as ways to empower your people in a post-pandemic workforce. We hope you can join us. Canadians and the Canadian economy need HR now more than ever.

This is a must attend revolutionary event for anyone looking for advice, knowledge and skills to get their organization back on track. Check out the lineup of presenters below.

May 25- RE:ENERGIZE

For more than two months, employees have managed the duality of work and home life in ways they never anticipated and without the benefit of supports such as babysitters, housekeepers, personal space and takeout! As we come back into the workforce, we are changed. What was is no longer. What will need to be is unclear. What we want may be different.

This webinar offers insight how we think and why there’s conversations that will be really important to have. Participants will take away 2 conversation frameworks that they can immediately apply.

This is not a CPHR NB event, track your hours.

Our workforce is changing. It’s time our hiring practices changed too.

Have you experienced challenges filling entry-level roles? Missing out on diverse young talent? Losing new hires too quickly? Even if you’re not hiring right now, it’s a good time to refresh your HR practices.

Tamara Balan, Interim CEO, CivicAction and Griffith Dias, Recruiter–Early Talent Acquisition, Royal Bank of Canada will speak about how hiring young, diverse talent can give your organization a competitive edge, share practical ways to create a more youth-inclusive destination, and highlight free tools and cost-effective ways to get the best results from this under-tapped talent pipeline.

During this webinar you will…

• Learn about the benefits of youth-inclusive hiring and an HR approach that embraces a more diverse workforce
• Get a crash course on CivicAction’s set of free HireNext tools and resources designed to help you better attract, select, onboard, and retain young, diverse talent
• Hear Griffith Dias, Recruiter–Early Talent Acquisition at Royal Bank of Canada share his insights on RBC’s sourcing and recruitment methods for hiring diverse youth - and the benefits they are seeing

Before the webinar, register here to take a free HireNext assessment!

This is not a CPHR NB event, registration is off site. You will need to track you PD hours.

REGISTER HERE

Learn Why Organizations, Leaders and Practitioners Should
Know, Teach and Practice Wellness Competences Post COVID-19

Secret #1 - Discover how to cope with the new realities of COVID-19, how to stay well so you can do grocery, banking, see the doctor, go to work and preserve your mental  health, through it all.

 Secret # 2 - Is there a way to enhance your work with employees and clients in the wellness era?

​Secret #3 - Learn how you can boost your career in a slowed down economy.

​Secret #4 - Gain clarity on key wellness mindset tools and strategies

​Secret #5 - Discover the 9 wellness competencies you can teach others to help them thrive and gain professional influence.

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This webinar will address practical Human Resource strategies and best practices for helping employers and employees adjusting to the new “total workplace ecosystem”.

 In this webinar, you will learn:

• Tips for effectively reintegrating employees to the workplace
• Steps for dealing with employees who may not be willing or able to return to the workplace 
• Tips for creating an effective COVID-19 communication strategy
• HR policies to revisit
• Options for 2020 performance reviews
• Wellness & safety procedures to share with employees
• Tips to consider when recruiting
• Points to consider when terminating an employee during the pandemic

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Covid-19 has provided an opportunity for us to shift how the way we work, how our communities organize and communicate, and the overall approaches of workplace and technology in our lives. Companies are presented with the opportunity to rethink traditional workplace structures and this extends not just to physical offices, but also how leadership supports employees and evolving expectations for how work can get done, where work can get done and the benefits that have been considered sufficient in the past, but may no longer be sufficient coming out of the workplace experiment that Covid-19 has required. Let’s discuss what the future may hold for employees and companies.
Join CPHR Alberta as we discuss with Anette about “What the future may hold” and join the conversation.

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This workshop provides a communication and decision-making model to help businesses, schools, organizations, and communities become more effective in their management of threats.

Some of the Topics Reviewed
·          Types of Threats
·          Typical Stages of Violence
·          Threat Assessment Team and Plan Development
·          Guiding Principles in Assessment
·          Considerations Related to Anonymous Threats

Optimum Talent is offering a new service that focuses on the impacts of mental health in the workplace. Through a variety of offerings, we can help leaders learn how to support employees mange difficult personal issues to ensure compassion, engagement and performance.

We know that many managers and leaders either have difficulty or lack the skills to have basic conversations in regards to Career Management, Feedback and Performance, so how do we expect them to handle employees coping with mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and burn out?

Through Workplace Emotional Health, Optimum Talent will equip leaders with tips, tools and techniques that can be immediately applied in order to recognize when an employee is suffering, offer unbiased support and guide their teams with compassion and clarity.

COVID-19 has changed the world. It has changed how we do business. It has changed how we operate. It has changed how we engage and interact. For how long… no one knows. It could be a few months or a year. Or it could mean a permanent new way of functioning. Uncertainty is the new normal.

But exclusion doesn’t take a break during a pandemic. In fact, there are many examples of people and organizations falling back into old patterns that are sometimes subtly, and sometimes overtly exclusionary. Now more than ever, we need to maintain our focus on diversity and inclusion to ensure people that have traditionally been marginalized are not further pushed to the edges.

CPHR New Brunswick is proud to have partner with the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion to present a free webinar called The business case for diversity and inclusion in a crisis. This webinar will outline the business case for why it is critically important for employers to maintain, and in fact expand their focus on diversity and inclusion to ensure that this new normal doesn’t exclude anyone.

Registration is required, go here to register.

This is a four day presentation.

This is not a CPHR NB event, if you want more information

Read more here  refering to: Mediation Module: Mediating Cannabis Related Disputes 

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted our world of work, and employers are rapidly evolving their short- and long-term hiring strategies. Indeed is here to help along the way. In this webinar series, we’re addressing HR professionals’ most pressing challenges and questions.

Join Elise Marcotte, Recruitment Evangelist, and Bryan Chaney, Director of Employer Brand, Talent Attraction at Indeed, for the next webinar in our series, “How to Pivot Your Employer Branding Content During a Crisis.” Gain key insight into developing a content strategy that is effective during times of crisis, and learn how to make your employer brand work for you – regardless of whether or not you’re hiring right now.

We want to hear from you!
This 45-minute presentation will include content and discussion that is largely based on the questions submitted by attendees. Don’t forget to submit your questions and vote on the ones you’re most interested in, as the most popular questions will be prioritized during the webinar. 

There is a tsunami of personal crises showing up in the workplace and many leaders are struggling with how best to support their team. Research shows that mental health is costing Canadian businesses over $50 billion dollars per year. When employees are affected by conditions such as anxiety, depression, or burnout, corporations suffer. Our goal is to help organizations create a culture where employees feel safe asking for help in times of need by equipping leaders with tools and techniques to recognize when someone is struggling, to communicate with compassion, and to offer the necessary support to ensure engagement and performance.

Join us for a complimentary 2-part webinar where we will explore the impact mental health is having on organizations and introduce some tips & techniques to help leaders guide their employees through difficult personal matters.

This is not a CPHR NB event, you need to track your PD hours

There is a tsunami of personal crises showing up in the workplace and many leaders are struggling with how best to support their team. Research shows that mental health is costing Canadian businesses over $50 billion dollars per year. When employees are affected by conditions such as anxiety, depression, or burnout, corporations suffer. Our goal is to help organizations create a culture where employees feel safe asking for help in times of need by equipping leaders with tools and techniques to recognize when someone is struggling, to communicate with compassion, and to offer the necessary support to ensure engagement and performance.

Join us for a complimentary 2-part webinar where we will explore the impact mental health is having on organizations and introduce some tips & techniques to help leaders guide their employees through difficult personal matters.

This is not a CPHR NB Event, track your PD hours

Read more here and register.

Racial discrimination is an ongoing global issue that has been commonly ignored. Within this historic year surrounding the pandemic, and now, the uprising against racial injustice happening around the world, HR professionals and business leaders need to create anti-racist workplaces. Companies will actively begin, or continue, facilitating discussions about equity and racism amongst their teams. Join our expert speakers for this special online event. This carefully selected group will help prepare us to get the discussions started in our own workplaces, to ensure racism has no place in our society.

For those who work in an environment where there is potential for violence, it is important to develop the skills needed to defuse dangerous situations. This webinar is designed to teach people to de-escalate potentially violent situations through assertiveness and interpersonal communication. Viewers will develop a clear understanding of how to assess the potential for violence and respond with a diverse set of interpersonal tools and strategies designed to defuse potentially violent situations.

MAKE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY HIRING CHOICES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

At the rate technology is changing, finding the right talent can be tough. Understanding technology professionals’ backgrounds and professional experiences so you can connect them with the right opportunity can be extremely challenging.

We’ve put together a course that is designed for recruiters, HR professionals, employment counselors, and others to overcome these challenges and help you make the right referrals to your hiring managers and clients. 

The tools you will learn in this four-module course will provide you with the knowledge and tech “know-how” necessary to interpret today’s ever-changing technology resume. With modules focused on tech terminology and technical concepts, intake meetings and job descriptions, and hiring outside of your comfort zone, you’ll be better able to understand your candidate and their skill sets, enabling you to make the best recommendations to your hiring managers and clients.  

MODULES AND TICKETS

*Please note: Tickets are non-refundable. This training will be presented in English.

Module Training: $125 + HST each

If you register for all four training sessions, we will refund you $50 plus tax.

June 22, June 29, July 8, July 15

REGISTER for Module one

Presented by/ Présenter par: Robert Basque & Jean-Sebastien Thériault

*** Note: This speaker series is offered in English only. French version to come soon.

This is a free webinar, you must register in advance. 

Zoom link will be sent out the morning of the event. Please keep an eye on all your mailboxes (including junk mail).

REGISTER 

MAKE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY HIRING CHOICES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

At the rate technology is changing, finding the right talent can be tough. Understanding technology professionals’ backgrounds and professional experiences so you can connect them with the right opportunity can be extremely challenging.

We’ve put together a course that is designed for recruiters, HR professionals, employment counselors, and others to overcome these challenges and help you make the right referrals to your hiring managers and clients. 

The tools you will learn in this four-module course will provide you with the knowledge and tech “know-how” necessary to interpret today’s ever-changing technology resume. With modules focused on tech terminology and technical concepts, intake meetings and job descriptions, and hiring outside of your comfort zone, you’ll be better able to understand your candidate and their skill sets, enabling you to make the best recommendations to your hiring managers and clients. 

MODULES AND TICKETS

*Please note: Tickets are non-refundable. This training will be presented in English.

Module Training: $125 + HST each

If you register for all four training sessions, we will refund you $50 plus tax.

Register Module Two

Read more and register

MAKE THE BEST TECHNOLOGY HIRING CHOICES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

At the rate technology is changing, finding the right talent can be tough. Understanding technology professionals’ backgrounds and professional experiences so you can connect them with the right opportunity can be extremely challenging.

We’ve put together a course that is designed for recruiters, HR professionals, employment counselors, and others to overcome these challenges and help you make the right referrals to your hiring managers and clients. 

The tools you will learn in this four-module course will provide you with the knowledge and tech “know-how” necessary to interpret today’s ever-changing technology resume. With modules focused on tech terminology and technical concepts, intake meetings and job descriptions, and hiring outside of your comfort zone, you’ll be better able to understand your candidate and their skill sets, enabling you to make the best recommendations to your hiring managers and clients.  

In the midst of a global crisis, most of us no longer have to imagine what it would be like for our lives to be completely changed by unexpected bad news.

 How do we cope when life throws us a curve ball? How do we move forward from it? How do we learn to thrive in our new realities?

 Larry Linton, B.A., LL.B, C.S., was progressing steadily through his career as a corporate immigration lawyer when he came face-to-face with a life altering diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease in 2012.

 In this engaging and entertaining webinar, Larry will take us on his life’s journey after his diagnosis and how he reinvented himself emotionally and physically to live a life with Parkinson’s Disease that, in many respects, is more rewarding, fulfilling and meaningful after his diagnosis than before.

 Dr. Geoff Soloway, MindWell Founder, will speak with Larry about:

• How he coped during the dark days following the diagnosis

• How he deals with the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s (exercise!)

• How a daily mindfulness practice has helped him deal with the non-motor symptoms of the disease

 By sharing his life story and the coping skills that he has developed, Larry hopes to inspire others faced with a chronic illness or life changing event to live their most authentic lives, too.

REGISTER

This is from CPHR Nova Scotia. This is not a NB event, track your PD hours.

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This is a live virtual event using Zoom, an online meeting platform. Please check system requirements prior to registering.

Dealing with issues related to mental health in the workplace can be challenging and difficult to navigate. It is essential that organizations have the capabilities to manage mental health because early identification and support typically leads to continued productivity and retention of employees. With the right support, people with mental health concerns can thrive in the workplace. This workshop provides a roadmap to help managers participate in conversations with employees who may require support when experiencing difficulties related to mental health. Participants will learn strategies for creating a more inclusive work environment that reduces stigma surrounding mental illness.

 Some of the Topics Included

• Why Mental Health Matters
• Common Mental Illnesses
• Assumptions About Mental Illness
• Signs and Symptoms of Mental Health Concerns
• How to Approach Someone About a Mental Health Concern
• Return-to-Work Strategies
• Employer Responsibilities and Rights
• Best Practices for Workplace Mental Health

Ever since Harvard professor, Amy Edmundson coined the term and since Google identified "psychological safety" as the number one correlation with high performing teams, the most progressive organizations in the world have been striving to ensure their workplace is psychologically safe. Join David Cory and Jill Cory, as they discuss the relationship between psychological safety and emotional intelligence and suggest some ways you can use to increase psychological safety in your workplace.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• What Psychological Safety is and why it matters
• The relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Safety
• Tools to take away immediately to improve psychological safety in your workplace

Do you feel stuck in how you approach certain issues impacting your organization? ACHIEVE Founder and Chief Vision Officer, Randy Grieser, will share his own journey of leadership and inspire you to think differently and grow as a leader. This workshop explores insights from his book, The Ordinary Leader: 10 Key Insights for Building and Leading a Thriving Organization, and provides unique perspectives on various issues that impact leaders. Participants will learn new and different ways of working through challenges and capitalizing on opportunities and be encouraged to think critically about their own approach to leadership.

Some of the Topics Included

• Passion Drives Success
• A Better Way to Hire
• The Secret to Employee Retention
• Use Vision to Guide You
• Healthy Organizations Win
• Leading for Productivity
• Always Be Developing Others

In this presentation, you will:

• Learn how a large Canadian employer responded to COVID and is keeping employee well-being at the forefront, now more than ever
• Gain ideas on how you can maximize and leverage existing resources to create compelling well-being offerings
• Understand the importance of data and insights in informing a high impact well-being strategy

Who should attend:

• Who should attend: All HR professionals

Tere is a common misconception that addiction and mental health disorders are easy to spot in the workplace. In reality, obvious cases are a rarity. We also know that there is a strong correlation between employer support and mental health, and in cases where employers are supportive, recovery rates can rise to 75-80%. Employers who are successful are those who are proactive in promoting their employees' wellbeing. This includes comprehensive policy development, referral to high quality treatment, and thoughtful return-to-work planning. Learn from our speakers as they share their insights on developing and applying effective policies around mental health and addiction in the workplace.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• Identify common blindspots in policy development for mental health and addiction in the workplace
• Learn from real-world examples of effective vs ineffective policy implementation
• Get advice on how to address policy gaps

Who should attend:

• Employers, HR professionals, senior management, and executives involved in workplace policy development, and who are invested in employee mental health.

As organizations prepare for the return to work during the COVID-19 pandemic, many questions will emerge about how to protect employees’ health and safety in this new normal. Employees may be returning to workplaces that no longer look or operate as they once did or they may be coping with physical and/or mental health issues that developed or worsened since the outbreak of the virus months ago.

Moving forward, organizations must plan for a novel approach to its worker health strategy that integrates both occupational health and safety and workplace wellness programs.

In this 1-hour webinar, we will discuss:

• A framework for establishing new norms for businesses to successfully and safely reopen in the post-COVID Canadian workplace
• The shift in work culture
• Expected changes in productivity
• New travel rules for work
• The pandemic’s impact on employees’ physical and mental health
• Strategies and tools to move forward

This is a live webinar event using Zoom, an online meeting platform. Please check system requirements prior to registering.

For those who work in an environment where there is potential for violence, it is important to develop the skills needed to defuse dangerous situations. This webinar is designed to teach people to de-escalate potentially violent situations through assertiveness and interpersonal communication. Viewers will develop a clear understanding of how to assess the potential for violence and respond with a diverse set of interpersonal tools and strategies designed to defuse potentially violent situations.

Eric is the Chief Executive Officer of ACHIEVE Centre for Leadership and co-author of the book, The Culture Question. He is a caring and insightful leader who believes that building authentic relationships is the best way to lead people effectively. Eric has provided leadership in the field of conflict resolution and mediation since completing a degree in Sociology with a focus on mediation and peacemaking. He is a Chartered Mediator and a past president of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Manitoba. Prior to working with ACHIEVE, Eric was an administrator, board chair, senior mediator, trainer, and lead negotiator for a variety of other organizations. He believes that the best leaders and employees turn their minds first to listening with curiosity, and never put operations before people. Eric is a gifted trainer and speaker who makes material come alive for participants through humour, storytelling, and real-world application. Eric’s thoughts on leadership and organizational culture can be found here. Contact Eric at: eric@achievecentre.com 204-783-2069

This is a live webinar event using Zoom, an online meeting platform. Please check system requirements prior to registering.

Critical incidents are situations that occur outside of our normal frame of reference and challenge us to understand and cope with what has happened. Critical Incident Group Debriefing (CIGD) is a short-term group intervention process that focuses on an immediate event. CIGD is one of several methods that may be utilized to lessen the likelihood of people experiencing symptoms of trauma and stress after a critical incident. This group debriefing process provides a place for participants to talk and share experiences, and for the facilitator to teach and provide information about the impact of critical incidents. While participants of this webinar will learn about facilitating a group debriefing, they will also learn how to discern when CIGD is appropriate for a group and when it might not be a suitable intervention

Join us for a fascinating, interactive webinar to explore research findings on the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on our personalities and mental health.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• What employees want during these times
• Challenges of working remotely/from home
• Mental health risk factors
• How our personality, behaviors and EQ might have changed
• Additional support needed from employers

The health and safety of teams has been one of the top priorities for employers during the pandemic. A new survey shows nearly seven in 10 employees are feeling uncomfortable about returning to the workplace and 60 per cent of them want to continue working from home. The challenge for HR as we develop go forward plans for the business will be to balance the needs of employees working on site and those working remotely. One thing is clear, leadership and culture will continue to be key in supporting teams as we establish a new normal.

Join Ralph and Diana from TELUS Employer Solutions as they share insights on how to address the changing nature of work with respect to employee expectations. They will also share their own journey with establishing a work styles program at TELUS highlighting the financial, social and environmental impacts of this cultural transformation.

In this presentation, you will:

• Get insight into the comfort levels of workers returning to work during the pandemic
• Explore the reasons why to address the changing nature of work
• Learn about strategies for engaging employees
• Establish an understanding of the transformational drivers that can support a remote workforce strategy

Description:
Hiring is the most important decision your organization will make in the tenure of an employee. Relying on over 50 years of combined experience, Chris Drinovz and Mike Weiler will walk you through the important but often neglected steps in hiring, and the essential steps you can take during an employment relationship to minimize legal risk for the employer.

We will review what employers should do at the hiring stage to find the best employees and limit employer liability, should the relationship turn sour.

In this presentation, we will cover:

• Job Descriptions not just for today but for the long run;
• Reference checks and legal considerations;
• Human rights issues in the selection process; Interviews and misrepresentations;
• Written employment agreements; Policy manuals;
• Post COVID issues, and more!

Toxic workplace behaviour is not a new concept, but it is constantly adapting to keep up with our evolving world of work. The presence of toxic behaviour is not always evident, as it can often be subtle and go unnoticed until it is widespread within the organization. Toxic behaviours can quickly turn into toxic culture and damage employee performance, morale, retention, and mental health and well-being.

This webinar will help employers and HR professionals understand the importance of weeding out toxic behaviours within their organization to improve employee engagement. We’ll also outline the parameters of what is considered toxic behaviours, what these behaviours look like in today’s climate, and provide practical steps to address toxicity.

This is a live virtual event using Zoom, an online meeting platform. Please check system requirements prior to registering.

After a violent incident, it is not uncommon to find that people were aware of clues that violence was being planned. This is because most violent incidents often follow an evolutionary process where signs and indicators can be seen. Yet, without a clearly defined process to gather information and assess the situation, violence prevention is extremely difficult. This webinar provides a communication and decision-making model to help businesses, schools, organizations, and communities become more effective in their management of threats. Viewers will learn strategies to help them identify, assess, and manage individuals who may be escalating towards violence.