Instructor: Penelope Popp, P.Eng., MBA, PMP

Date: Monday, November 8 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Who should attend?  Anyone looking to increase overall resiliency and wellbeing, for both professional and personal success.

We all face difficult and different challenges. Resilient individuals face as many challenges as others while maintaining a high level of effectiveness and productivity. Implementing strategies with intention fosters an increase in resiliency and yields results that have a positive impact on an individual’s overall health, success, and happiness. 

This course will provide participants with insights into the common causes of stress and why human beings respond as they do when things fail to go their way. We will examine how to develop personal resiliency, find balance more quickly, and maintain motivation during times of change.

You will consider focused techniques to rebound from difficulties with renewed strength and consider how different approaches to managing difficult situations can either amplify or reduce your feelings of stress. 

Instructor: Emily MacRobbie, CHRL

Jennifer Goertzen, CRSP

Date: Wednesday, November 10 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Who should attend?  Workplace leaders including owners, employers, managers and supervisors with duties and responsibilities for human resources as well as workplace health and safety.

Gain an understanding of the legal human resources and health and safety framework in Ontario including important terms and concepts and the roles and accountability of key workplace parties. 

Human Resources 101: Receive an overview of the legal framework for Employers in Ontario including the Employment Standards Act, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA), Human Rights and Pay Equity. In addition, topics will include key considerations around recruitment/selection, onboarding, performance management, retention strategies, and terminations. Participants will work through scenarios to apply their learning and links to helpful resources.

Health and Safety 101: Learn basic requirements and concepts for risk mitigation and control, accident investigation, accommodation, and worker training. Topics include navigating applicable legislation and practical solutions for integrating safety into workplace operations. Participants will receive processes, tools, and strategies to implement in their workplaces to foster and promote an improved and proactive safety culture. 

Please note the content of this course will focus almost exclusively on the requirements in provincially regulated workplaces in Ontario.

Instructor: Penelope Popp, P.Eng., MBA, PMP

Date: Tuesday, November 16 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Who should attend?  Anyone looking to increase overall emotional intelligence and wellbeing, for both professional and personal success.

Humans are wired for connection. Now more than ever, there is a need to foster emotional intelligence skills to facilitate meaningful connections.

This course will offer the knowledge, skills and applications based upon the EQ-i 2.0 model of emotional intelligence.

Participants will come away with methods for increasing self-awareness and tools to expand your understanding and development of your own emotional intelligence, as well as insights for others.

Instructor: Leah Frizzle, CHRP

Date: Thursday, November 18 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

With approximately 30 minutes of pre-work

Who should attend?  All people leaders; business owners and supervisors/managers responsible for participating in the execution of the organization's succession planning process. 

This course will further develop communication and feedback skills, using tools to help identify and minimize gaps in leadership. 

Explore best practices and approaches to communication; build confidence in providing constructive and supportive feedback.

Ensure continuity of knowledge with strategies to build a sustainable and flexible succession plan by learning the tools to identify critical roles in the organization and build succession benches. 

Instructor: Leah Frizzle, CHRP

Date: Tuesday, November 23 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

With approximately 1 hour of pre-work

Who should attend?  Supervisors and managers interested in developing conflict management skills as well as those looking for tools to work with difficult employees. 

Examine skills and strategies for managing conflict through effective communication, as well as the role of a leader in conflict mediation and resolution.

In addition to exploring the fundamentals of performance management, this course will include how to manage a difficult employee or poor performer.