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Teresa-Lynn Martin, Leadership Program Manager, and Julia McLaughlin, Coaching Services Team Lead
This session will provide an overview of the development of the Managing at UBC program and a progress report. The presenters will also highlight and discuss some of the newest initiatives, such as Conflict Theatre and the upcoming Strategic Planning Session, to be opened to the broader community in March, 2012.
Lindi Frost, Associate Director, Employee Relations, and Mike Vizsolyi, Employee Relations Mananger
Our October HR Roundtable will be an interactive discussion around certain topics related to employee relations. Lindi Frost, Associate Director, Employee Relations, will facilitate conversation and we will be reviewing some case studies together.
As part of Focus on People, UBC is developing healthy, sustainable workplaces. Creating a healthy workplace comes from more than encouraging faculty and staff to eat more carrot sticks and lift more weights. There are ways that each person can make health intrinsically part of their workplace culture. In this interactive presentation, participants will learn theoretical concepts of health promotions and how they can be applied in practical ways to workplaces. Participants will walk away knowing how to address and identify health issues, current and upcoming UBC resources and essentially how to support and develop a healthy workplace without adding more stress to their lives.
Suzanne Jolly (M.Ed.) coordinates health programs for the staff and faculty of the University of British Columbia (UBC) as the Health Promotion Coordinator at UBC Human Resources. As part of her role, she plans and implements the coordination of university-wide events, workshops and policies to create workplace cultures that support healthy decisions at UBC, such as the Healthy Workplace Initiatives Program Fund and UBC Thrive.
All of Suzanne’s professional positions have focused on the development of healthy communities. As the Director of Northfield Drug-Free Communities in Northfield, Vermont, she coordinated substance abuse prevention for teens and families. During her graduate studies, Suzanne coordinated student health promotion events, such as the University of Vermont’s Women’s Wellness Week.
Suzanne received her Masters of Education from the University of Vermont and her Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University. Suzanne has been a keynote speaker and presenter in the U.S. and Canada.
Professor Tom Knight, Ph.D., CHRP
One of the failings of the traditional adversarial model of labour relations has been its failure to include line managers as informed participants in the process. All too often, line managers are not trained to play an effective role in labour relations and are left out of critical decisions regarding the collective agreement and grievances. Instead, the “sensitive nature” of labour relations issues has led staff experts and legal counsel to dominate the administration of the collective agreement. As a consequence, managers often feel frustrated and annoyed at how decisions are made and learn little to guide their own actions in the future.
This presentation will challenge the traditional approach and advocate an informed, active role for line managers in labour relations that in turn places renewed emphasis on the coaching role of HR professionals. The speaker will discuss the roots and nature of adversarial labour relations and suggests ways in which line managers need to be prepared to play a role that is principled, pro-active and positive in labour relations. The group will then have the opportunity to discuss and share ideas for how human resources staff members can facilitate development of the role of line managers in labour relations.
Tom Knight received his Ph.D. in Industrial Relations from Cornell University in 1982. He has been a faculty member in the Sauder School of Business (formerly Faculty of Commerce) since then and is currently an Associate Professor in the School’s Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources Division. Tom teaches, conducts research and consults in a variety of industrial relations, human resources management and organizational development areas. He was founding Director of UBC’s Centre for Labour & Management Studies from 1992 to 1997. His work focuses on fostering more constructive workplace interactions by developing more capable union-management relationships.
Understanding the dynamics of change, especially the elements of success and failure is essential for organizations operating in today’s constantly evolving economic environment. While the concepts of change management have been prevalent for several decades, organizations still struggle to put the theory in practice. The most frequently cited barrier to successful change is winning over the hearts and minds of employees at all levels of the organization. Learn three steps that will help you navigate the waters of change, and how they are being applied at UBC IT.
“In a typical large change program, it is not a matter of sending out the new organization chart, or the new budget or the new strategy with a few projects. It’s about changing people’s behaviour, often a lot of people, and this is not trivial.”
Professor John P Kotter, Harvard Business School
Julie Kothlow came to UBC IT under contract in 2009 to assist with their IT Transformation program and lead the change management effort. She brought with her years of experience in management as well as a sound formal educational in consulting methodologies from Anderson Consulting and Deloitte. She has faced the challenges of start-ups, mergers and acquisitions, centralization and regionalization, growth and change in many large and diverse organizations, and now brings this expertise to UBC IT as their Director, People Leadership and Change Management.
Breeonne Baxter, Web Communications Specialist, UBC Human Resources, and Linda Ong, Director of Communications, UBC Library (former Communications Manager, UBC Human Resources)
Presentation
Word of mouth recruiting has “gone viral” with the increasing use of Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to attract the best talent to organizations. In this interactive Roundtable, find out how you can use your department’s existing social media vehicles to help with your recruitment strategy and how job seekers are leveraging social media to understand their prospective employers.
We’ll spend this Roundtable with a presentation, break-out and group discussion. Come with your questions, examples and curiosity!
About the presenters:
Breeonne Baxter and Linda Ong were early adopters using Twitter and blogging as a means to connect UBC HR directly with faculty, staff and prospective employees two years ago. They were the first HR department of a Canadian post-secondary institution to use social media to enhance communications with employees. Breeonne currently sits on the UBC Social Media Committee. Linda still struggles with tweeting, blogging, and using Apple products.
Everyone is predicting a labour shortage as Baby Boomers reach age 65. However, organizations who are prepared to create a welcoming and supportive environment for these highly skilled and experienced workers may actually find that the pool of qualified employees is as large as ever.
In this interactive session, you will engage in activities that will help you to reflect on issues facing mature workers, and learn about some of the research on the ageing workforce, including the myths of retirement. Engage in a discussion of ways in which UBC can encourage valuable senior employees to continue to contribute, and how the university can attract new “Elder Workers.”
Dr. Elizabeth Wallace is the Manager of the Graduate Pathways to Success in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at UBC. She has a Masters in Organizational Development and a PhD in Adult Education from OISE/University of Toronto. As someone who has enjoyed a long and eclectic career, Elizabeth is very familiar with the issues facing mature workers. She is an advocate for taking the “Normal” out of Normal Retirement Date, and creating productive, intergenerational workplaces for the benefit of all.
Would you like to understand more than just the basics about Staff Finders - such as business practices, our union obligations, the ‘exclusive’ back-up agency, and our UBC mandate - and what it means for you department? And how does your department sort through it all to effectively fill temporary vacancies?
Join Laurie Mitchell and Kristi Latell for an interactive presentation about Staff Finders. Engage in a discussion about:
Laurie Mitchell has been the Manager of Staff Finders for the last six years and with Staff Finders for the last 10 years in various roles. Her current role involves recruiting and placing temporary and permanent staff, managing performance and attendance, and interpreting collective agreements and UBC policies. Laurie has an Hons BA in English and Philosophy and is working towards her CHRP certification.
On January 1, 2011, we’ll be implementing a new benefit program, called a Health Spending Account (HSA), for Management and Professional staff at UBC. It’s an exciting new approach to benefits that adds flexibility and more choice for the staff member on how to spend their health benefit dollars. Get a high-level overview of what a Health Spending Account is, what it covers, and how it works. Learn more about our communication plans on the new benefit program launch and how you can help get the word out to M&P staff.
Natasha Malloff has been the Benefits Manager in UBC’s Human Resources Department for the last 10 years and prior to this role, has had various administrative benefit responsibilities within HR. Her role involves the contract, financial, communication, and vendor management of the various benefit programs including relocation and the extra-ordinary expense fund. Natasha has a BA in Psychology as well as, is a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist.
Did you know that Coaching has become the most effective tool to accelerate results in learning and professional development? That it is becoming the most effective tool in building engaged workplaces and lives? This presentation will be of interest to anyone who is already using, or who is looking to adopt, an inquiry, strengths-based approach in their professional and personal lives. Hear about UBC’s award winning 1 on 1 Professional Coaching Services available for FREE to staff and faculty. Then let us share our vision for the future of Coaching@UBC. Julia McLaughlin, new Lead for Coaching@UBC, and Jenna Whitehead, Program Manager, will be presenting the strategic plan, and looking for your feedback.
Julia McLaughlin is the new Lead for Coaching@UBC. Julia completed the Executive Coaching program at Royal Roads University in 2007; has just completed her Apprenticeship with Integral Coaching Canada (ICC); and will be pursuing her Certification with ICC in 2011. As an Internal Coach with UBC’s 1 on 1 Professional Coaching Services, Julia has coached many UBC faculty and staff. She adapted her coach approach in the dual roles she previously held as Advisor for the UBC Respectful Environment initiative and as Lead for the Focus on People Integration Teams in Vancouver and the Okanagan. Julia is also a member of the design and facilitation team for Managing at UBC and is piloting two initiatives to support participant learning: Coach-on-Call and Learning Triangles.
Curious and want to be in the know about benefits? Learn from Natasha and Stephanie about HR Benefits’ new communications launch “the benefits of knowing”, get an overview of our new microsite (see www.hr.ubc.ca/benefits), how we got here, what tools are available for your reference, and where we want to go from here. There will also be an opportunity to provide your feedback and tell us what you think. This presentation will be useful for those who want to promote benefits programs in the recruitment process, receive lots of questions from faculty and staff about various aspects of their benefit programs as well as gain a general understanding of where to find useful information.
Following the benefits communications, Natasha will provide a high-level overview of the extra-ordinary expense fund and relocation program.
Natasha Malloff has been the Benefits Manager in UBC’s Human Resources Department for the last 10 years and prior to this role, has had various administrative benefit responsibilities within HR. Her role involves the contract, financial, communication, and vendor management of the various benefit programs including relocation and the extra-ordinary expense fund. Natasha has a BA in Psychology as well as, is a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist.
Stephanie Mah has been the Benefits Analyst in UBC’s Human Resources Department for the last 8 years. Her role involves providing support in the management of the benefit programs, with a focus on communications with our faculty/staff and departments. Stephanie is currently Chair, EFAP Committee. Stephanie has a BA in Economics as well as is a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist and recently earned her Certificate in Peer Counselling through UBC Continuing Studies.
