Upcoming Webcasts

This webcast will introduce the concept of the cognitive interview and show how it can be of benefit to HR professionals and other managers when conducting the more complex disciplinary and grievance investigations. It will be of particular interest in disciplinary and grievance cases with elements of bullying, harassment, discrimination, theft, assaults, drug dealing and serious health and safety violations plus any other serious issues of misconduct.

Cognitive interviewing has been shown to produce up to 40% more accurate evidence from eye witnesses, even when events occurred some time ago. It also reduces the need for costly re-interviewing and can result in a higher quality evidential base from which to make a disciplinary decision thus reducing the likelihood of appeals and even costly litigation

This webinar will provide key insight from the July 2012 Bersin & Associates research, “Leadership Strategy, The Link between Business Goals and Leadership Development Solutions.” In addition each participant will receive a leadership development template that can be modified to fit the specific need of their organization. This leadership strategy template will outline a plan for finding leaders, aligning them with the business, training/developing them and rewarding them. This practical insight gained from this webinar is applicable to companies of all sizes. If your part of a team is responsible for creating a plan for a large corporation or if you, the single source, are charged with creating a plan for developing a single leadership team, this webinar is for you.

What’s on the mind of CEO’s? They want to drive innovation and have a solid strategy for managing their human capital, which, after all, is the organization’s greatest asset. Join us for a demo of Epicor HCM to discover how an HRIS can make it easy for you to manage your workforce, leverage competencies to get the right talent you need now and in the future, and engage key talent for innovation! The Epicor HCM demo will show you: • How to improve the quality of candidates applying online; • An easy way to empower employees to take charge of their career development; • How to mine your employee database for talent and prepare key employees for leadership roles; • How to link the organization’s strategy directly to employee efforts. Please join us to learn how the right HRIS can help your organization easily manage your human capital, and see why you should consider Epicor HCM the next time you evaluate HRIS.

How often have you hired someone with a great track record who turned out to be a bad hire? By discovering what a candidate’s previous managers and colleagues candidly say about their work style, skills and behaviors, you can objectively assess the candidate’s ability to be a top performer. Through this session, you will learn how technology has introduced a way for talent acquisition professionals to capture behavioral feedback from five references in just two days for each job candidate, and how to avoid candidates who score low with references. Also, see an overview of how this technology infuses compliance, consistency, reliability and validity into each reference-check and obtains feedback that identifies developmental needs of candidates.

“Creating a high-performance culture” – as learning and talent management professionals, this is something we hear about often. But what is the best way to achieve this?

Through the alignment of learning and performance processes including cascading goals, linking personal goals to organizational goals, learning and talent management leaders can communicate required competencies and identify potential skill gaps. Learning priorities are then based on performance goals and from identified skill and competency gaps a personalized learning path can be created that provides tailored development linking back to performance goals.

Sound like talent management Nirvana? Not sure where to start? It’s more attainable than you think. Join us as we discuss how your people and your organization can benefit by connecting performance and learning to create a high-performance culture. During this webinar we will discuss how you can:

• Connect learning and talent processes to tie learning to goals and performance
• Leverage Talent Expansion technologies to cascade goals throughout the organization, provide contextual learning and give people the tools they need to be great at their jobs
• Set and measure learning and talent management results with integrated analytics
• Start building your integrated learning and talent management program immediately with a few easy steps

Watch "6 Steps to Improving Employee Retention" to find out the best ways to establish a culture of employee career growth, satisfaction, and shared commitment to teamwork and company success.

The cost of high turnover is not merely quantified by the money spent to fill vacant roles; the tacit knowledge lost in the transition can be equally as devastating.

Organizations with high turnover should be able to answer the questions: What is it about our organization’s value proposition that is not resonating with employees? What can our organization do in 2013 to retain valued employees?

Learn how to inspire a culture of retention in your organization and reverse your high-turnover trend in just 6 steps.

Workplace mental health issues present significant costs to Canadian businesses. Estimates are as much as $1,494 per person per year. How much does that add up to at your organization? These costs are not obvious, and are hidden in places like turnover, drug plans, absence, disability claims and presenteeism. However, they can be tackled while also improving employee engagement—if you have an integrative mental health program.

Whether your goal is to understand the impact of the recently released National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace, to develop a new strategy and plan or to improve what you are doing now, this webinar will provide the guidance you are looking for. Three industry experts will demonstrate how an approach that is measurable, integrative and flexible is able to deliver financial ROI and employee engagement.

Our presenters will identify successful approaches to identifying risks, building a business case, increasing leadership awareness and developing and training people managers and employees. During this webinar you’ll have an opportunity to compare your mental health readiness to the average of your competitors—getting instant, confidential results—with Morneau Shepell’s free Mental Health Pulse Check tool.

Truly integrated talent management impacts every level of the business from the C-level all the way down to the last employee, leading to reduced turnover, higher revenue, and increased employee engagement.

In this 3-part webinar series, we’ll dig deeper into what specific value integrated talent systems bring to three different roles; the Business Leader (May 30th), the Manager (June 13th), and the Employee (June 27th).

Three different companies will share how integrated talent management:

• Allows senior leaders to guide their business growth
• Enables managers to better assess and develop their teams
• Makes employees feel more appreciated, encouraging them to work harder

Do you know whether rating disparities exist along race, gender or age, which may then translate into pay and promotion disparities in a pay-for-performance organization?

Attend this session to help ensure that your company can defend itself on an organization-wide basis against claims of employment discrimination arising from tainted performance ratings? All attendees will gain actionable insight to help you:

• Identify strategies for pay-for-performance organizations to utilize in striking a balance between workforce effectiveness and workforce compliance
• Tips to simultaneously encourage high performing employees while mitigating legal risks
• To spot and avoid potential legal liabilities before they arise

This session will also provide HR leaders the insight needed to arm your business managers with the knowledge necessary to avoid discriminatory practices within performance evaluations. Register for this session today to ensure that your performance processes protect your people and your organization.

We often get requests for information on how to manage difficult people. Our work environment inevitably creates conflict situations on a daily basis. Conflict can be about the work (e.g. my approach versus yours, schedules, priorities) or about relationships (e.g. I don’t trust you, your style is different than mine). Conflict can be a source of creative solutions... but only if people understand both the value of conflict and how to resolve it. Join us to learn how you naturally respond to conflict and how you can leverage conflict for win-win outcomes. Say “Goodbye” to anxiety when conflict arises!! As women we have an underutilized resource that can be leveraged to improve safety and environmental performance—our feminine energy that projects caring and empathy. These are key to preventing and resolving conflict. Research consistently shows that women have leadership strengths and frequently receive higher performance reviews than men. Yet many women in EHS express frustration that their observations, opinions and ideas are not taken seriously, even in areas as basic as safety design for women’s bodies. Now be honest ... not one woman in EHS can honestly say they don't experience conflict with co- workers and business associates. Do you understand the cause of conflicts in starting new programs, implementing solutions or finishing projects? If you're concerned with these questions ... or your response to these questions ... you're not alone. Our webinar is strongly recommended for any woman in EHS who faces more work in less time and higher expectations from top management.