This workshop is recommended for people leaders and human resources or labour relations practitioners wanting to refresh their skills.
During the workshop, participants will learn communication skills to help them set expectations and address workplace issues constructively, leading to positive outcomes. These skills will include active listening, empathetic communication, and conflict resolution techniques. By incorporating these skills into their day-to-day work, participants can become effective leaders who can successfully manage people's issues in a unionized environment.
Participants will learn how to navigate common people issues that can arise within unionized workplaces to promote positive outcomes for both management and employees.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Format: In-person
Date: March 6, 2025
Location: PSEA Office, 3rd floor, 2889 East 12th Ave, Vancouver
Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm PST
Lunch: Provided
Cost: $45.00 plus GST
Facilitator(s): Tom Teasdale, PSEA Director of Labour Relations
To RegisterChris is a senior labour relations and human resources professional with over 35 years of experience in both public and private sector settings providing strategic direction, achieving organizational objectives, and negotiating collective agreements. She has unique experience representing employers and unionized employees and acting as a negotiator on a sectoral basis for PSEA.
Linda is a consultant, human resources professional, and a labour relations specialist. Linda has over thirty years of H.R. experience with twenty-plus years of leadership experience, primarily in unionized environments within the public sector.
A particular area of Linda’s expertise is grievance management, collective bargaining and labour management relations.
Linda holds a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University and a Management Certificate, maj. Human Resources, from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
