Calendar of Events

Mental health and its impact on performance and results is perhaps one of the fastest growing cost concerns for employers and the adage, “change is the constant” is more relevant today than ever before.  To successfully navigate today’s pace of change organizations need to better understand the impact of change on employee’s mental, physical, life, and work health and the critical connection between an individual’s coping skills and resiliency with their performance in the workplace.

In this half-day workshop, Dr. Howatt will engage delegates with an dynamic examination of the following:
•    Provide a primer on workforce health with emphasis on mental health, stress, coping skills and resiliency
•    Explore the factors impacting workforce health including change, generational differences & the respectful workplace
•    Share his views on the relationship between engagement and productivity
•    Provide practical resources for impacting workforce health, engagement and productivity

Description: We have seen significant changes to the Canadian immigration system including a much stronger enforcement system for ensuring employer compliance. This webinar will look at important changes while highlighting opportunities and how employers can mitigate the risks.

We will cover the full spectrum of an immigration file including:

• Various types of Work permits

• Compliance Reviews

• Considerations for permanent residence

Who should attend:

• Human Resource Managers and Staff or anyone engaged in the recruitment and hiring of foreign workers.

All employers want a healthy and safe workplace. Safety at work can be negatively impacted by many factors, one of which is the lack of understanding about the OHS Act.  The OHS Act applies to employers with 20 or more employees in New Brunswick.

In a strong safety culture, everyone feels responsible for safety, and they live it daily. Employees feel comfortable bringing up safety concerns with their employer. Effective safety leaders drive culture, which in turn, drives behaviours and sustains the change over a longer period.

Ensuring a safe workplace is an on-going responsibility for Business Leaders, HR Professionals, Supervisors and Employees. Today’s session will provide the link between the role of HR Professionals, the regulations, leadership, culture, engagement and a safe workplace.

Learning Objectives

Join us for this workshop with a WorkSafeNB Education Consultant who will prepare us as HR Professionals to address the critical issues within the workplace health & safety regulation framework:

• Roles & Responsibility of Employers & Employees (including Orientation)

• Rights of Employees

• Health & Safety program and it’s components

• The JHSC and their role

• Safety Culture - leadership and due diligence

All employers want a healthy and safe workplace. Safety at work can be negatively impacted by many factors, one of which is the lack of understanding about the OHS Act.  The OHS Act applies to employers with 20 or more employees in New Brunswick.

In a strong safety culture, everyone feels responsible for safety, and they live it daily. Employees feel comfortable bringing up safety concerns with their employer. Effective safety leaders drive culture, which in turn, drives behaviours and sustains the change over a longer period.

Ensuring a safe workplace is an on-going responsibility for Business Leaders, HR Professionals, Supervisors and Employees. Today’s session will provide the link between the role of HR Professionals, the regulations, leadership, culture, engagement and a safe workplace.

Learning Objectives

Join us for this workshop with a WorkSafeNB Education Consultant who will prepare us as HR Professionals to address the critical issues within the workplace health & safety regulation framework:

• Roles & Responsibility of Employers & Employees (including Orientation)

• Rights of Employees

• Health & Safety program and it’s components

• The JHSC and their role

• Safety Culture - leadership and due diligence

The conference objectives:

• Reduce workplace stress
• Learn simple and effective methods for a wellness-based workplace (values, cardiac coherence, concentration techniques, etc.)
• Apply methods to easily manage crisis situations and challenges
• Find out about new trends for a more productive and aware workplace
• Discover tools to maximize relationships with others

In this webinar you will learn about social procurement and why businesses should consider it as part of their purchasing strategies.  Stephanie Pronk will share information on tools, resources and an online community available to businesses through the Social Enterprise Institute online learning platform.  David Lepage, of Buy Social Canada, will take a closer look at what social procurement is, how to influence its growth in your sector and how to implement it in your organization. Don Palmer, Executive Director of Causeway Work Centre, will use a landscaping social enterprise as an example to demonstrate how businesses can support social enterprises as part of their purchasing strategies.

Reference checks, social media searches, and criminal records, oh my! There are a number of potential tools for employers to use when determining whether to hire a candidate or not. In this session, learn how to use these tools more effectively to hire the best talent and avoid liabilities.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• The privacy law implications of different types of background checks, including reference checks, social media checks, criminal record checks, credit checks and more

How human rights concerns can arise in these types of background checks. 

Who should attend: All levels welcome.

As of 2017, the Baby Boomer exodus from the workforce kicked into full gear and it’s only going to get worse over the next 10 years. But in spite of company’s efforts to implement succession plans, most don’t work. Find out why most succession plans fail and how to ensure your success.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• Why most succession plans fail and the culture required to sustain succession planning.
• Why HR’s obsession with "tools" is preventing real progress.
• The best, most underutilized, method for identifying leadership potential.
• The key to developing leaders (it’s not what you think!)

Who should attend: Senior HR and business leaders

Amazon. Pixar. CBS. Warner Bros. No company is immune to issues of workplace harassment and all employers are responsible for ensuring a safe and respectful workplace for workers. The failure to meet this responsibility carries with it significant consequences.

This workshop will provide you with an overview on how to manage workplace harassment and help minimize your liabilities in a way that meets your responsibilities.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• What constitutes workplace harassment, including sexual harassment;
• What responsibilities employers must meet to prevent and to address incidents of harassment at work;
• How to distinguish between workplace harassment and the legitimate exercise of management authority;
• What liabilities to expect for employers who fail to meet their responsibilities.

Who should attend:  All practitioners welcome.

“In a recent poll of HR leaders, 65% said their biggest challenges were related to people issues, and yet, only 8% of the respondents felt they really had the training to deal with these pressing problems.”

Workplace transformation is not about legal issues, job descriptions, payroll, or process evaluations…it’s about people.  Emotional intelligence competencies can lead to a deep awareness of how you collaborate with and motivate others; how you build rapport and trust, and most importantly, how you exert interpersonal authority. It is the ability to influence that will create the lasting workplace impact that every HR professional dreams about.

The emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) should be understood by every HR Department.  EQ has proven to save time and money while increasing the growth rate and efficiency of an organization.

Participants in this workshop will learn to utilize emotional intelligence more effectively, resulting in an increased ability to engage with others and expand their influence. Key elements of this highly interactive workshop and presentation include:

• What is Emotional Intelligence?
• Why does it matter?
• How do you know if you have it (or, if you don’t)
• How to develop it

Kathy promises that participants will walk away with a personal goal for further developing at least one important element of their own EQ. Her workshop is fast-paced and causes reflection on the part of recipients.

Paul Godin, of Katalyst Resolutions, identifies why workplace conversations and situations are challenging. Understanding the primary contributors to conflict is the key to then optimizing approaches to such difficult situations. The Katalyst Conflict Response Model will guide and inform your responses to difficult people and challenging issues. Real world workplace examples and chances to apply the principles will be incorporated. Learn how to deliver difficult messages more effectively. Based in Victoria, Paul Godin is one of the world’s leading dispute resolution trainers and mediators.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• To understand and recognize the primary contributors to conflict that recur again and again.

• To use a model for analyzing and responding effectively to difficult people and situations.

• To prepare quickly and effectively for difficult conversations

• To deliver hard messages.

Who should attend:

• Any HR Professional.

Everyone has the right to equal treatment in employment and cannot be discriminated against on the basis of actual or perceived disability. Accommodation is a way of helping employees work more effectively by overcoming limitations caused by disabilities, including mental illness.

Changes in labour law, occupational health and safety, employment standards, workers compensation, and human rights decisions are all pointing in the need for employers to provide a psychologically safe workplace. Join us on Wednesday, February 28th at noon ET as our guest speakers unpack these developments and share what employers need to know and do to support their employees in realizing their potential and contributing to their workplace and broader community.

Business professionals have described grants as a 'pie in the sky'; they know they exist, but they can’t seem to access them. Some have heard of grants or have even applied for one or two in the past, but the process can be challenging, confusing, and time-consuming. Many grants are relate to HR activities and can support hiring, training and market expansion needs. This presentation outlines best practices when preparing for upcoming grants and developing an effective grant strategy for your business. It also covers ongoing grant programs that are currently accepting applications to impact your company today.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• Types of grants available to businesses
• How to be successful in when applying for grants
• How does building a grant strategy impact your bottom line
• Which grants align with your HR role?
• Which grants are available now?

Who should attend:

• HR managers and decision makers who make hiring and training decisions. Companies in growth mode. Businesses that are invest in skill development for their staff. HR professionals who are too busy to deal with navigating through the complicated world of grants and want the benefit without having to do too much work.

An Introduction to Concepts of Gender Identity and Best Practices to Support an Employee Transitioning Their Gender in the Workplace

We are currently witnessing the increase of awareness about transgender issues in what Time Magazine (June 2014) has dubbed the "next civil rights frontier." In 2016, the Trudeau administration has introduced Bill C-16 to provide transgender people with full rights and protections in the Canadian Charter of Rights. As the political, social, and legal landscape improves, more transgender people feel comfortable to share their innermost truth regarding their gender identity within the workplace. Are you ready to support the transitioning employee as well as their co-workers and clients with this change?

Transition planning entails a systems approach to identifying and discussing a complex set of interrelated factors that require sequenced coordination to allow an employee, their co-workers, and possible clients to smoothly and to confidently transition their gender on the job. Through the use of transition guidelines you can work with the transgender employee to consider how to best engage co-workers and possible clients.

For many, transgender issues in the workplace are new territory. Concepts of gender identity may feel overwhelming. The presenters bring an open and friendly approach to provide a session that aims to be highly interactive and engaging. In particular, through evocative icebreakers we begin by situating attendees within their own experiences of gender identity to demystify, clarify, and reduce the trepidation and hesitation typically associated with this topic. Participants will be introduced to concepts of gender identity as well as the unique challenges and barriers faced by transgender employees. The session will also summarize broad themes of best practices and lessons learned from TransFocus’ work supporting companies and their transitioning employees.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand key terms, such as gender identity, transgender, gender variant and transition.
• How to respond and prepare for an employee approaching you with the intent to transition their gender in the workplace.

Identify keys areas where companies can ensure the workplace is inclusive to transgender employees and applicants.

Who should attend:

All HR Professionals

The need for semi-skilled and high-skilled workers is on the rise and will continue to rise in NB according to various sources. Where will these workers come from?  This will be a 3-part presentation about Immigration Recruitment.  We will learn about WHY Economic Immigration should be considered followed by information on WHO, HOW, and WHAT programs, opportunities, and local organizations who can provide support, information, and more including:

• Population Growth & Post-Secondary Education Training and Labour will provide information on the various streams available to employers to hire newcomers including an update on the funding opportunities available.
• Now that the AIPP – Atlantic Immigration Pilot Project is approaching the half-way mark of this 3-year pilot project, organizations tasked with services of newcomers in Greater Saint John will provide info on their work with AIPP and an overview on their work with job-seeking newcomers, employers and the community.  This will include challenges & successes experienced by employers and some of the clients of these organizations, the Where.
• You can learn about the supports available to aid newcomers in their transition to a Canadian way of life and the supports available to Employers who might be interested in hiring immigrants.

Learn more about immigration as a recruitment option and join us on March 20^th.

All employers want a healthy and safe workplace. Safety at work can be negatively impacted by many factors, one of which is the lack of understanding about the OHS Act.  The OHS Act applies to employers with 20 or more employees in New Brunswick.

In a strong safety culture, everyone feels responsible for safety, and they live it daily. Employees feel comfortable bringing up safety concerns with their employer. Effective safety leaders drive culture, which in turn, drives behaviours and sustains the change over a longer period.

Ensuring a safe workplace is an on-going responsibility for Business Leaders, HR Professionals, Supervisors and Employees. Today’s session will provide the link between the role of HR Professionals, the regulations, leadership, culture, engagement and a safe workplace.

Learning Objectives

Join us for this workshop with a WorkSafeNB Education Consultant who will prepare us as HR Professionals to address the critical issues within the workplace health & safety regulation framework:

• Roles & Responsibility of Employers & Employees (including Orientation)
• Rights of Employees
• Health & Safety program and it’s components
• The JHSC and their role
• Safety Culture - leadership and due diligence

Description:

Have you been using LinkedIn to its full advantage to build your network and share your brand? If you’re looking for some practical hands-on advice to take your profile to the next level, join us in this interactive 60-minute lab where we’ll do a live "best practices" tour of the tool and show you how to optimize your profile.

Please have your LinkedIn profile open, and edit actively during the course of this webinar.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• Setting and features
• What "all-star" status is and how to achieve it
• What LinkedIn is and how to use it
• How to promote your on-line professional brand
• How to leverage LinkedIn as a source of news and insights

Who should attend:

• Any beginner to intermediate LinkedIn user will benefit from this session.

All employers want a healthy and safe workplace. Safety at work can be negatively impacted by many factors, one of which is the lack of understanding about the OHS Act.  The OHS Act applies to employers with 20 or more employees in New Brunswick.

In a strong safety culture, everyone feels responsible for safety, and they live it daily. Employees feel comfortable bringing up safety concerns with their employer. Effective safety leaders drive culture, which in turn, drives behaviours and sustains the change over a longer period.

Ensuring a safe workplace is an on-going responsibility for Business Leaders, HR Professionals, Supervisors and Employees. Today’s session will provide the link between the role of HR Professionals, the regulations, leadership, culture, engagement and a safe workplace.

Learning Objectives

Join us for this workshop with a WorkSafeNB Education Consultant who will prepare us as HR Professionals to address the critical issues within the workplace health & safety regulation framework:

• Roles & Responsibility of Employers & Employees (including Orientation)
• Rights of Employees
• Health & Safety program and it’s components
• The JHSC and their role
• Safety Culture - leadership and due diligence

All employers want a healthy and safe workplace. Safety at work can be negatively impacted by many factors, one of which is the lack of understanding about the OHS Act.  The OHS Act applies to employers with 20 or more employees in New Brunswick.

In a strong safety culture, everyone feels responsible for safety, and they live it daily. Employees feel comfortable bringing up safety concerns with their employer. Effective safety leaders drive culture, which in turn, drives behaviours and sustains the change over a longer period.

Ensuring a safe workplace is an on-going responsibility for Business Leaders, HR Professionals, Supervisors and Employees. Today’s session will provide the link between the role of HR Professionals, the regulations, leadership, culture, engagement and a safe workplace.

Learning Objectives
Join us for this workshop with a WorkSafeNB Education Consultant who will prepare us as HR Professionals to address the critical issues within the workplace health & safety regulation framework:

• Roles & Responsibility of Employers & Employees (including Orientation)

• Rights of Employees

• Health & Safety program and it’s components

• The JHSC and their role

• Safety Culture - leadership and due diligence

For those tasked with investigating complaints in the workplace, this half day session is aimed at equipping Managers and HR professionals with practical tips to gather, evaluate and report the findings of crucial workplace investigations.

Helping organizations change can be challenging work. Sometimes it is simply because change itself is hard. More often it is because most organizations aren’t very good at it. So when they are trying to change, they are rarely at their best.

If you are internal to the organization, you may think you already know what is going on. You do, to a point; but you don’t have as clear a picture as you need. If you are a external you have some assumptions about what is going on, but you know you need to learn more. Both perspectives benefit greatly by using a comprehensive framework to fully understand the situation in a changing organization.

This insightful webinar provides a deep insight into how you can help your organization change more effectively. The critically important skill you must master when helping organizations change is to objectively understand the situation. Bring your work home, take this webinar and learn how to shape the right perspective for your next move in your changing organization.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• Explore 7 lenses of enquiry that provide a comprehensive understanding of any changing organization. They are:
    1) Overall System
    2) Change Model & Support
    3) Strategic Message
    4) Project Management Capability
    5) Communication
    6) Archetype
    7) Life Cycle
• Apply each of these lenses to your own organization and determine what gaps exist in your current understanding of the situation.
• Outline some next steps you can take to add more value in your changing organization.

Who should attend:

• If you currently are, or soon want to be, involved with helping organizations change, this program is for you. Internals and externals, HR / OD / T & D / L & D professionals are all encouraged to attend. Regardless if you are new to this work or have been involved for decades, you will find the information shared very useful.

Please note that the deadline to register for the upcoming CPHR National Knowledge Exam is April 3, 2018.

If you are writing the NKE, please note that CPHR New Brunswick is proud to offer our revised CPHR NKE Preparatory Session. This program, developed by the British Columbia Human Resources Management Association is now the official NKE preparatory program provided by five provincial HR associations including CPHR New Brunswick. It has been revised to reflect the new CPHR Competency Framework that became specific to the NKE beginning in 2015.

This two-day course is designed to help you consolidate the knowledge you already have and - more importantly - identify where you need to focus additional studying in order to be successful in the National Knowledge Exam.

During this interactive workshop, you will receive, review and discuss important HR theory for each competency area. You'll also receive the terms, definitions and sample exam questions, which will enable you to identify and rectify knowledge gaps.

YOU WILL LEARN
• The structure and format of the CPHR knowledge exam - components and weightings
• An overview of the updated body of knowledge covered by the exam
• To apply the knowledge using sample questions and group activities
• How to design and implement an individualized learning plan

YOU WILL RECEIVE
• a 300+ page manual containing concepts, terminology, principles, legislation and practices from the eight discipline areas covered in the exam
• glossary exercises for each of the new nine functional areas of knowledge (over 350 terms and definitions) you can use to enhance your understanding of HR terminology
• sample questions

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
It is important to note that the preparatory session is designed to give you direction on how to prepare for the exam as well as providing a source of study materials. Success in writing the National Knowledge Exam requires understanding of a vast body of knowledge. Participating in this session alone will not guarantee success. It will require on-going studying to ensure that you are as prepared as you possibly can be for the exam.

Learn how to Bring Your Best Brand to Life!

You have complete control over the first impression you give. Make sure it's a good one. Tell your story on your terms through an online brand that recreates the in-person experience. Based on years of working with people and projects around the world in almost every industry, this webinar breaks down branding and promoting yourself online in actionable tips that will help you bring your best brand to life.

In this presentation, you will learn about the actionable tips to make your best brand come to life.

Who should attend: All levels of HR professionals are welcome

Change is permanent!  Needing to adapt is much more than a rule, it’s the law of nature!

Conference Elements:

• During the conference, we will learn why we are resistant to change and how we can put strategies in place to overcome it.
• We will also discover how to harness the creativity, the commitment and the collaboration of each team member during the transformation process.

Description:
Onboarding is an emotional process for a new hire. How do you create the optimal emotional environment to ensure success? What ‘best practices’ are leading edge? Join David Cory, founder of The Emotional Intelligence Training Company Inc., as he discusses what HR professionals can do to support new employees, so organizations can see their ROI sooner.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• What is emotional intelligence and why is it critical to onboarding?
• What are all the ways emotions are involved in the onboarding process?
• How can an HR professional make the onboarding process more emotionally intelligent?

Participants will take away:

• A practical model of emotional intelligence they can use
• A list of all the ways emotions are involved in the onboarding process
• A step-wise approach they can use to make the onboarding process more emotionally intelligent

Who should attend:

• Any HR professional involved in onboarding will get additional ideas to improve their current onboarding process

Please note that the deadline to register for the upcoming CPHR National Knowledge exam is September 5, 2017.

If you are writing the NKE, please note that CPHR New Brunswick is proud to offer our revised CPHR NKE Preparatory Session. This program, developed by the British Columbia Human Resources Management Association is now the official NKE preparatory program provided by five provincial HR associations including CPHR New Brunswick. It has been revised to reflect the new CPHR Competency Framework that became specific to the NKE beginning in 2015.

This two-day course is designed to help you consolidate the knowledge you already have and - more importantly - identify where you need to focus additional studying in order to be successful in the National Knowledge Exam.

During this interactive workshop, you will receive, review and discuss important HR theory for each competency area. You'll also receive the terms, definitions and sample exam questions, which will enable you to identify and rectify knowledge gaps.

YOU WILL LEARN
• The structure and format of the CPHR knowledge exam - components and weightings
• An overview of the updated body of knowledge covered by the exam
• To apply the knowledge using sample questions and group activities
• How to design and implement an individualized learning plan

YOU WILL RECEIVE
• a 300+ page manual containing concepts, terminology, principles, legislation and practices from the eight discipline areas covered in the exam
• glossary exercises for each of the new nine functional areas of knowledge (over 350 terms and definitions) you can use to enhance your understanding of HR terminology
• sample questions

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
It is important to note that the preparatory session is designed to give you direction on how to prepare for the exam as well as providing a source of study materials. Success in writing the National Knowledge Exam requires understanding of a vast body of knowledge. Participating in this session alone will not guarantee success. It will require on-going studying to ensure that you are as prepared as you possibly can be for the exam.

Description:

Emerging technologies facilitate working from remote and de-centralized locations. Bring in subject matter expertise, provide training, and host team meetings without travel. Enhance productivity, strengthen engagement, and offer your team the flexibility they need to effectively integrate complex life roles and responsibilities. Join this webinar to explore how virtual technologies can also expand work opportunities, build strategic partnerships, and foster solid professional relationships with very limited "face time." Hear inspiring case examples and examine the joys/challenges of working virtually. Leave with practical tips for managing staff and projects in an increasingly interconnected virtual world.

In this presentation, you will:

• Understand how the benefits of providing flexible work scheduled/structures to staff can improve engagement, performance, and satisfaction
• Learn how technology can support working virtually within your organization
• Explore strategies for blending traditional face-to-face meetings and training sessions with web-based technologies

Who should attend:

• HR practitioners interested in embedding virtual technologies within their organization.

The Mental Health Commission of Canada and CPHRNB invite you to participate in a workshop that will provide you with support for leading mentally healthy workplaces. This workshop opens with an overview of the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace and key elements for implementation. Participants will be involved in discussions to learn from each other and presented with new tools and resources, including a toolkit to assist with implementation of the Standard and an orientation tool for employees, to support their journey towards better positive mental health in the workplace. Whether you are just getting stared or continuing your organization’s path toward advancing psychological health and safety, this workshop will equip you with the latest supports to effectively move forward.

For more information on the Mental Health Commission of Canada and its services, check out their website.

The 2018 CPHRNB Conference, Horizons, will be held May 9th & 10th, 2018 at the Saint John Trade & Convention Centre in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Presented by the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of New Brunswick (CPHRNB), this conference will offer the perfect blend of networking, education, and technological solutions for issues facing HR professionals today and in the future. Priorities, plans, and economic realities have changed dramatically across every business sector.

This conference will assist HR professionals, business leaders, executives, managers, service providers, and other HR stakeholders in transforming and re positioning to meet the needs of their organizations.

Join us in Saint John to share ideas with industry leaders and professional colleagues!

Technology: BYOD Policies, Departing Employees and Protecting your Confidential Information - Learn how to stay within the law and protect the rights of the company.

Employers are vulnerable to the whims of departing employees, particularly where they have not taken concrete steps in advance to clearly outline and plan for technology, confidentiality, security and privacy issues that arise when an employee leaves. This vulnerability increases the more senior, and long serving the departing employee is, especially if personal technology was used by the employee to fulfill job responsibilities.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• The importance of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) policies where employees use personal technology for work
• The scope of an employee’s right to privacy at work
• Other policies and contractual terms to consider to secure your business and mitigate risk

Who should attend: All levels welcome.

Event offered only in French.

This webinar will provide you with insights on practical and effective ways for mid-sized firms to get business benefits from an analytics-savvy HR function.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• A strategic framework to end the confusion around analytics
• How to organize your existing staff to do more analytics
• Clear case studies you can replicate in your own business
• Tips for avoiding the landmines that derail analytics

Who should attend:

• C-suite leaders in mid-sized or large companies which compete on the quality of their talent, as well as HR professionals who are directly tasked with delivering analytics.

As an HR Professional working in a dynamic environment, you engage with and support others through conflict on a regular basis. This webinar will assist you to improve your dispute resolution skills to address workplace conflicts with confidence and proficiency. An emphasis will be placed on furthering your understanding of Alternative Dispute Resolution and its relevance to Human Resources Management.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• Develop and enhanced understanding of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR);
• Understand the importance of recognizing and addressing conflict in the workplace;
• Distinguish between positions and interests to optimize HR interventions;
• Understand the importance of developing trust for supportive relationships;
• Understand the benefits of completing the ADRIC National Mediation Course to enhance your ADR competencies.

Who should attend:

• Human Resources practitioners working in a generalist role or in a position where they are supporting managers and/or employees in workplace conflict.

When leaders learn the specific tools for building accountability, and positive energy in everything they do, the paradigm shift is profound; the results astounding. Employees in today’s job market want very different things from their working lives and corporate experiences. Creating The Accountability Culture and understanding the Science of Life Changing Leadership is at the core of this session. Yvonne shares the fundamentals of building an organization where there is no blaming, no deflection, where every leader, employee and contributor truly engage in responsible self- management and accountability; where full ownership of emotions, behaviors, performance and ultimate outcomes are simply part of the culture. The Full Accountability Model will be shared and explored with each participant.

In this presentation, you will:

• Have a clear understanding of the shift from Old Energy Organizational culture to a New Energy Organization.
• Will gain additional knowledge in the new sciences that inform positive psychology in the workplace and how it contributes to the Accountability Model.
• Will gain specific knowledge in the Accountability Model and how it is sequenced and taught in order to get the greatest shift in leaders approach
• Will understand the importance of the daily practices and will begin to consider how to implement in their unique environment
• Will receive a copy of The Accountability Model for future reference.

Who should attend:

• This session provides critical information for anyone who wants to facilitate high performance, great profitability, and low work-related healthcare costs. Human Resource leaders at all levels from small entrepreneurial business to large complex corporations will benefit as specific tools and techniques are described and shared to create a true culture of accountability and self-responsibility. Anyone wishing to enhance culture and shift towards a culture of personal responsibility and self-regulation should attend this session.

The presentation is highly interactive, thought provoking and guaranteed to generate good, deep, discussion about how Change is, and should be, implemented in an organization. It is also, unavoidably – fun.

What must we do to bring about a Change initiative as smoothly as possible? Communicate! Communicate! Communicate! How much, and for how long do we do this? Until we get sick and tired of the sound of our own voice – then we take a deep breath and a drink of water and we start all over again. Communication isn’t something that stops and starts; it’s a constant activity before, during and after any Change initiative.

This isn’t exactly news. We sort of get this. I can ask any audience in the world to tell me the ‘secret’ to good Change and they repeat back “Communicate, Communicate and Communicate some more!” as if it’s been forcefully injected into their cerebellum. The problem arises when the questioning becomes a bit more detailed, “What exactly should we communicate?”

The response to that question is usually either a blank stare or the reasonable recitation of the reporter’s standby; Who, What, Where, When, How and Why. Not a bad start. If we’re writing a news article, then these are good solid questions. The Change Management problem requires all of those, and a few others besides. It’s not that the reporter’s questions are a poor tool; it’s just that they don’t address the peculiar psychology of the Change challenge.

When faced with Change – here are the questions that demand answers: 

1. WHY? – Why is this particular Change necessary now?
2. WIIFM? (What’s in it for me) – If we don’t address this? They’ll listen to nothing else.
3. MONDAY? – What exactly will we be doing differently tomorrow?
4. WON’T? – What won’t Change?
5. MIGHT? – What might go wrong, and what are our plans to mitigate that?
6. WILL? – What will be difficult and what will we do to make that easier?
7. SIGNPOSTS? – How will we know we’re making progress? 

Modern HR departments need an adaptable and relevant toolkit of approaches to resolving conflicts. From front line negotiation to mediation to investigation to arbitration, there are more than a dozen other approaches that HR professionals need to have available. Learn about the multitude of approaches, and their advantages and disadvantages, so that you can make cost-effective and workplace-effective choices to manage and deal with any conflict that arises.

Paul Godin, the author of "A Practical Guide to Conflict Management System Design" will illustrate the factors relevant to your dispute resolution process choices, adding to your toolkit and honing your ability to choose the right tool for each conflict. Don't spend $15,000 on an investigation when peer coaching or mediation may be more effective and less costly.

In this presentation, you will learn:

• Identify a wide range of HR conflict resolution tools.
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of the dispute resolution approaches available to you.
• Identify the value of rights-based approaches, and their challenges.
• Identify the value of interest-based approaches, and their challenges.
• Understand the preventative tools available to you to minimize the degree and frequency of conflicts

Who should attend:

• Any HR Professional.

It’s an easy stereotype: the self-centred, social media-obsessed Millennial who rejects the idea of climbing a corporate ladder.  But it’s not really a fair picture and it’s certainly not a helpful one. 

There is only one certainty about the future – those of us still above the grass get a year older every year.  So it’s 100% certain that the Boomers will soon leave the workplace and Millennials WILL be our leaders.

In this presentation, George Raine will discuss practical steps that HR professionals can take to prepare their organizations to exploit the many strengths of Millennials and support their succession into senior roles.

• A brief discussion about 'why' bring mindfulness into the workplace
• The roles that HR can play in this initiative
• Approaches for getting started and self-sustaining long-term
• A roadmap for implementation
• Bonus topic: See results from The Calm Monkey’s latest ‘Dealing with Change meditation study’ to learn how mindfulness can be used to help people through difficult change.

Organization Culture is one of the most talked about subjects in HR circles today. But what is Organizational Culture – and more important – why should we be concerned about it? Everyone in the workforce is impacted by the culture of their particular organization. Organizational Culture affects such important outcomes as employee engagement, service & product quality, and group & individual motivation. In other words, Culture has a direct impact on the long-term viability of your organization.

In This Presentation, You Will Learn:

• What Organizational Culture is and why it is important
• The main Causal Factors of Culture
• The Organizational Outcomes of Culture
• How to measure and assess the culture of your organization
• How to change the culture of your organization

Participants Take Away:

• Participants will leave with a tangible strategy on how HR professionals can contribute to the overall success of the organization by focusing on measuring and improving their organizational culture.
• As a unique feature of this program, participants will have an opportunity to complete an assessment describing their view of their organization’s culture using the famous, Human Synergistics Organizational Culture Inventory™ -- one of the most valid and reliable culture assessment instruments in the world.

• What is an A / B / C Goal? / Why a Game-Changer Goal?
• Utilize Conversations, Commitments, Choices to Goal-Achieve
• Resolve Habitual Stress: Shift your Time-Worry Habit
• The 6/12 month MasterPlan; Effective Monthly/Daily Goal-Achieve System
• Why Rewards Inspire Action and Results

OVERVIEW

This workshop is designed to help participants implement strategic HR in their organizations. Strategic HR is defined as: Integrating human resource management strategies and systems to achieve the overall mission, strategies, and success of the firm while meeting the needs of employees and other stakeholders.

Source: Herman Schwind, Hari Das and Terry Wagar, Human Resource Management: A Strategic Approach.

Achieving this definition has been difficult because traditionally HR has been seen as “the office down the hall”. The first step in implementing Strategic HR is understanding both what it is and why it is rare. 

This workshop will be interactive and draw on the experiences of all participants. Sharing of best practices will enable all participants to walk away with an action plan.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Participants who complete this workshop will:   

• Understand the importance of Strategic HR
• Explore the benefits to the organization
• Build strategies to gain a seat at the senior table
• Understand the links between the organizational plan and the corresponding HR plan
• Learn to measure and account for HR programs and initiatives
• Learn to think in terms of business return on investment (ROI)

 COURSE OUTLINE

• Defining Strategic HR
• The Evolution of HR
• Tactical vs Strategic Management
• HR “At the Table” o Linking to the Organizational Strategic Plan
• Benefits of Strategic HR
• Creating HR Mission/Vision and Values
• Developing the Strategic HR Plan
• HR Forecasting
• Measurement and Accountability
• ROI for HR- Building the Business Case
• Personal Action Plan for Implementation

Learn about ‘mindfulness-in-action’ and how Take 5 can positively contribute to a psychologically healthy and safe work environment by helping busy professionals be focused, engaged, and less stressed in the middle of whatever they’re doing.

Looking to grow, build or readjust your department or business? Need to attract qualified applicants when there is an industry shortage?  Looking to develop your skills in recruitment and make this your best year ever? Would you like to reduce turnover?

It is not a secret that poor recruitment can make or break a workplace culture and can be a very costly mistake!  Attracting, hiring and retaining the right people for your organization can be a challenge at any time.

Join industry leader Michelle Alcorn for this invigorating and informative half-day session that will reinforce your knowledge of industry trends and the impact of strong recruitment practices, explain how you can improve rates of attraction and recruitment, as well as clarify how you can foster a desired place to work resulting in a more productive, healthy and happy staff. People make the difference!!

The presentation will feature a review of recent legal cases in the areas of labour and employment law from courts and tribunals, including decisions which are likely to be of interest to HR professionals. We will also address the recent legislative amendments to the Employment Standards Act with respect to leaves for the purpose of dealing with domestic violence which came into force as of September 1, 2018. As well, amendments to the NB Occupational Health and Safety Act will impose new obligations on employers in New Brunswick regarding harassment and violence in the workplace. The changes come into force on April 1, 2019 and require employers who do not have a written harassment policy to implement one, with some specific features and training requirements as well as the involvement of the joint occupational health and safety committee (JOHSC). It will also mean that employers who have a harassment policy in place will need to review it to ensure it complies with the Regulation in terms of content, training and frequency of reviews. Finally, all employers will be required to conduct an assessment of the risk of violence in the workplace. Where a risk is present, there is a requirement to implement a policy. The session will give HR professionals the information they need to ensure that their workplace complies with the new Regulation.

Looking to grow, build or readjust your department or business? Need to attract qualified applicants when there is an industry shortage?  Looking to develop your skills in recruitment and make this your best year ever? Would you like to reduce turnover?

It is not a secret that poor recruitment can make or break a workplace culture and can be a very costly mistake!  Attracting, hiring and retaining the right people for your organization can be a challenge at any time.

Join industry leader Michelle Alcorn for this invigorating and informative half-day session that will reinforce your knowledge of industry trends and the impact of strong recruitment practices, explain how you can improve rates of attraction and recruitment, as well as clarify how you can foster a desired place to work resulting in a more productive, healthy and happy staff. People make the difference!!

Description: 

In October 2017, the #MeToo movement was born on social media to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, especially in the workplace. The movement went viral, with millions of women coming forward with their own stories of abuse. While allegations against high-profile celebrities such as Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K. and Bill Cosby may dominate headlines, #MeToo has moved millions of women to collectively say "Time's Up".

The increased awareness of sexual assault and harassment is certainly something to celebrate, however it should also indicate to many employers that workplace practices also need to evolve with the times. This presentation will focus on the legal and practical implications of #MeToo. 

In this presentation, you will learn:

• Bullying and harassment in the workplace;
• Discrimination on the basis of gender;
• Constructive dismissal;
• Damages for non-compliance;
• Best practices in promoting a workplace a harassment free workplace

Who should attend:

• All levels are welcome.

We have all heard the hype about AI (Artificial Intelligence) and that is professes to do a great deal of work for HR teams. For those of you in the area of talent acquisition, what does this mean for your recruitment and how does it impact Applicant Tracking Systems. This session will provide an overview of what Artificial Intelligence is doing for recruitment and how it will impact your HR team in the years to come.

Employee relations is what defines the relationships between the employer and the employees. We know that the quality of the employee relations in an organization will dictate how people behave in the workplace. We also know that people’s behaviours can be influenced by our actions. Therefore, there are principles; some do’s and don’ts in employee relations that will help us improve our teams and workplaces.  In this breakfast meeting, Maxime Labbé of Montana Consulting Group will share with us some key practices he has learned over the last 20 years. Through cases, Maxime will challenge us and facilitate productive discussions that will help identify effective practices for positive employee relations.

Talent professionals know the allure of the exceptional hire, whose impressive resume, career path or charisma seem to guarantee high performance. We’ve been told that the workforce contains a finite pool of these invaluable employees – but does it? What if you could look beyond standard recruiting assessments to identify more candidates with a high potential to transform your organization? 

Join Indeed Recruitment Evangelist Saeed Sadooghi for a new look at the traits, values and behaviours of exceptional employees who inspire teams and invigorate businesses. Learn how you can apply these insights to craft inbound recruiting strategies that will attract transformational talent. 

In this presentation, you will:

• Gain insight into the key attributes that transformational people have in common and the impact they can have on your business
• Develop key tactics that will help you identify top performers
• Learn how to use Indeed tools and data to develop inbound recruiting strategies

This session will provide attendees with an introduction to the concept of developing one’s cultural competencies.  Throughout the presentation you will discover insights about working with and hiring individuals within our culturally diverse community, and address challenges you may be experiencing at work with regards to culture, religion, immigration and ethnic diversity.  

Please note:

Our presenter is looking for your input to personalize the session for you. Please send your feedback on one or both of the below questions to admin@cphrnb.ca 

 (Please put  "Fredericton Event Feedback" in the subject title

1. What do you expect to learn from this workshop?

2. Are there any challenges you have/are experiencing in your work related to culture, religion, immigration, ethnic diversity etc.?

Looking to grow, build or readjust your department or business? Need to attract qualified applicants when there is an industry shortage?  Looking to develop your skills in recruitment and make this your best year ever? Would you like to reduce turnover?

 It is not a secret that poor recruitment can make or break a workplace culture and can be a very costly mistake!  Attracting, hiring and retaining the right people for your organization can be a challenge at any time.

 Join industry leader Michelle Alcorn for this invigorating and informative half-day session that will reinforce your knowledge of industry trends and the impact of strong recruitment practices, explain how you can improve rates of attraction and recruitment, as well as clarify how you can foster a desired place to work resulting in a more productive, healthy and happy staff. People make the difference!!

Looking to grow, build or readjust your department or business? Need to attract qualified applicants when there is an industry shortage?  Looking to develop your skills in recruitment and make this your best year ever? Would you like to reduce turnover?

 It is not a secret that poor recruitment can make or break a workplace culture and can be a very costly mistake!  Attracting, hiring and retaining the right people for your organization can be a challenge at any time.

 Join industry leader Michelle Alcorn for this invigorating and informative half-day session that will reinforce your knowledge of industry trends and the impact of strong recruitment practices, explain how you can improve rates of attraction and recruitment, as well as clarify how you can foster a desired place to work resulting in a more productive, healthy and happy staff. People make the difference!!

The goal is to inspire and equip leaders so they may engage and mobilize their teams, exceed expectations and have the sense of accomplishment needed to accomplish meaningful work.

You will learn:  

The proven tips and tools that lead to a committed and mobilized workforce.

How to build healthy relationships while achieving balanced results.

How your words can inspire, influence and mobilize others.

This notice is to inform the members of CPHR New Brunswick that the Annual General Meeting of CPHRNB Fredericton Chapter is scheduled for November 29, 2018 at the Delta Fredericton.  The meeting will take place at 8:00am prior to our monthly professional development session featuring Cox & Palmer, Legal Trends in Human Resources.

Various reports will be given, including Financial, PD Events, Mentorship program, Students, CHRP and Marketing updates.

As a call for nominations will be made for various Executive roles, your presence is requested for voting.

This session will cover topics such as the #Metoo movement, the legalization of cannabis, upcoming changes to the OHS Regulations, and will provide attendees with relevant and recent case law. Jessica will review several cases that have arisen over the past year here in New Brunswick (as well as in other Provinces) providing advice, tips and take-aways you, as HR Professionals, can implement in your workplace.   

Please join us for a high intensity half day session that will cover legal trends in some of the most challenging areas facing HR professionals today. 

We encourage you to bring your business leaders along. For those of you in unionized environments, why not invite your union leadership!  

Recruiting via inbound channels has dramatically changed – and improved – how employers find, connect with and engage prospective candidates. And talent teams that do inbound recruiting well are continually optimizing their strategies to attract more of the right candidates faster. While every talent acquisition team approaches recruiting with the tactics that best suit their needs, the leading ones all leverage inbound recruiting practices. Learn how to develop captivating job content as the core of any inbound recruiting strategy, amplify your inbound traffic by using paid search tactics to reach more quality candidates, and use great storytelling to engage candidates.

The CPHR New Brunswick Moncton Chapter Executive cordially invites members and one guest each to our appreciation holiday celebration. This drop-in event will also be a fundraiser for the Food Depot Alimentaire. We will be accepting donations of non-perishable food items, and in return members will receive a free drink ticket while quantities last. Delicious hors d’oeuvres will be served to the sound of festive music. To cap off this wonderful evening, several door prizes will be given to lucky winners. We look forward to welcoming our members and their guest as a thank you for your support throughout the year.

Join George Raine from Montana Consulting as he talks about Risk Assessment for the HR professional.  In this session you will learn where HR risk can be found including:

Hiring and offers: negligent misrepresentation, inducing breach of contract, faulty contract, and human rights violations:

Investigations: due process, types of investigation issues, and privacy and disclosure issues:

Discipline and termination cases 

And in the second half of the session George will talk about how to present risk options to your ‘client.’