<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="sqs-block-html sqs-block html-block" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_12_1502904010148_114711" style="position: relative; height: auto; padding: 17px 12px; outline: none; box-shadow: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset; -webkit-transition: box-shadow 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: box-shadow 0.2s ease-in-out; clear: none;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none; cursor: auto;"><h2 style="font-family: proxima-nova; color: rgb(62, 21, 78); font-size: 30px; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 24px;" class=""><img height="156" width="640" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="64A99779-741D-4CC0-ACC6-793243A6D06E" style="color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-size: 15px;" src="cid:20DDD285-B159-445C-90FD-FBB895EC3CB3" class=""></h2><h2 style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 24px;" class=""><font face="proxima-nova" style="font-size: 30px;" color="#450e59" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;" class="">How sorted is</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;" class=""> your workplace environment?</span></font></h2><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font color="#2b2b2b" class=""><font face="proxima-nova" size="5" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;" class="">BC Alliance presents two essential workshops focusing on healthy work relationships</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font color="#2b2b2b" class=""><font face="proxima-nova" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font color="#2b2b2b" class=""><font face="proxima-nova" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 23px;" class="">November 8 and 15 • 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.</span></font></font></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><font color="#2b2b2b" class=""><font face="proxima-nova" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 23px;" class="">at BC Alliance for Arts + Culture (100-938 Howe St., Vancouver) </span></font></font></div><h2 style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 24px;" class=""><br class=""></h2></div></div><div class="sqs-col-6 span-6 sqs-block sqs-text-ready image-block sqs-block-image float float-left" data-block-type="5" id="block-yui_3_17_2_12_1502904010148_147591" style="float: left; width: 427.2793884277344px; position: relative; height: auto; padding: 17px 12px; outline: none; box-shadow: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset; -webkit-transition: box-shadow 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: box-shadow 0.2s ease-in-out; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-right: 17px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); font-family: proxima-nova; z-index: 10 !important;"><div class="sqs-block-content" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1509388909897_185"><div class="image-block-outer-wrapper design-layout-inline layout-caption-below sqs-narrow-width" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1509388909897_184"><div class="intrinsic" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1509388909897_183" style="margin: auto; 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padding-top: 18px;"><div class="image-caption"><p style="margin: 1em 0px 24px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.68em; text-transform: uppercase; color: initial; font-size: 10px !important;" class="">IMAGE: <a target="_blank" href="http://armyoftrolls.co.uk/wordpress/" style="color: rgb(62, 21, 78); text-decoration: none; display: inline;" class="">ARMY OF TROLLS</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="sqs-block-html sqs-block html-block" data-block-type="2" id="block-yui_3_17_2_12_1502904010148_147868" style="position: relative; height: auto; padding: 17px 12px; outline: none; box-shadow: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset; -webkit-transition: box-shadow 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: box-shadow 0.2s ease-in-out; clear: none;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none; cursor: auto;"><p style="font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); margin: 0px 0px 24px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">A great day at work begins with a well managed team. This pair of workshops focusing on human resources issues in the arts, culture and heritage sectors deals with ways to foster positive workplace relationships and best practices for conflict resolution.</p><p style="font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); margin: 24px 0px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">In <strong style="word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Managing Workplace Issues </strong>(November 8), participants will deal with ways to use progressive discipline; effectively manage issues such as absenteeism and harassment; and smart ways to ensure your workers’ performances are well managed. </p><p style="font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43); margin: 24px 0px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">The second workshop, <strong style="word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Managing Workplace Conflict </strong>(November 15) covers such issues as situations that lead to conflict; the communicative, Pinch model of conflict resolution; tools to manage conflict; and techniques for personal anger management.</p><div style="font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);" class="">The facilitator is <b class="">Greg Miller</b>, <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;" class="">president of Crowflight Consulting. Miller holds a Master’s of Applied Behavioural Science in Organizational Development and his Executive Coaching Certificate. He has delivered numerous courses on supervisor development, time management, stress management, networking, and managing change.</span></div><div style="font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);" class=""><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);" class=""><a href="http://www.allianceforarts.com/alliance-workshops/" class=""><b class="">Register today</b></a>. Each workshop costs $45/BC Alliance member or $85/non-member. Or take both for $75/member or $150 non-member. </div><div style="font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class=""><font face="Raleway" size="3" class=""><i class="">"The leaders of non-profits are often passionate and highly skilled but they are generally stretched too thin with heavy workloads and have little time for dealing with staff problems when they arise,” notes the </i></font><a href="http://crowflightconsulting.com" class=""><i class=""><font size="2" class="">Crowflight Consulting</font></i></a><font face="Raleway" size="3" class=""><i class=""> website.</i></font></p><p style="font-family: Raleway; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class=""><i class="">"They are often inexperienced in key areas of human resource management and do not have the time to keep up with legislative and legal changes that could affect the workplace. Problems that are not dealt with quickly can become more difficult and start to negatively affect other employees in the workplace."</i></p><div style="font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 15px;" class=""><a href="http://crowflightconsulting.com/publicposts/5-reasons-why-non-profits-need-human-resources-hr-advice-and-support/" class="">Click here to read Five Reasons Why Non-Profits Need Human Resources (HR) Advice and Support</a> </div></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="">
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