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EAPAT EVENTS
Date:
Thursday,
June 5 , 2008
The Employee Assistance
Program of Toronto
(EAPAT) Presents:
Virtual Teams
What exactly IS a Virtual Team?
Do you want to know how Virtual Teams can enhance your organization’s effectiveness?
Welcome to the 21st Century!! We have many efficient means of communication and many creative ways of becoming cost effective in order to compete in the global arena. Face-to-face contact may not necessarily always be the “best” way to share information and work together on common goals and projects.
Virtual Teams are made up of individuals with specific skills to perform specific work tasks but members are from diverse locations, sometimes even working in different cities and countries. The team communicates largely via internet, teleconferences and webinars, and are supported by only occasional on-site meetings.
HOWEVER, geographic, ethnic and cultural differences can impact the effectiveness of how these teams operate.
Please join us in a dynamic and informative session with Claire Sookman on how to develop virtual teams and establish rules of engagement or “Team Operating Agreements” in order to minimize the potential for conflict and reap the benefits that Virtual Teams can bring to the table.
Claire Sookman has over a decade’s worth of corporate training experience. Claire specializes in virtual team building and communication strategies. Some of her clients include: Bell Canada, AT&T, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Campbell Soup, TD/Canada Trust, Siemen's, and the Hospital for Sick Kids.
Location:
The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club
44 Price Street (Phone 416-922-1105)
Yonge/Rosedale; Rosedale Subway Station
Parking Available, cost included with registration
7:30 - 8:00 am Networking and Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 am Seminar
Fee: $35 for
non-members, complimentary to members
RSVP to EAPAT at: (416) 410-8913
or e-mail us at
rsvp@eapat.org
Sponsored by: Ceridian EAP
PAST EVENTS
Date:
Thursday,
March 20 , 2008
The Gathering Storm
Are you feeling the pinch of too many departing older workers and too few younger skilled replacements?
Did you know that there is a great deal of value to your organization in looking at the over-50 talent pool?
You are not alone. All provinces are now experiencing skills shortages and are looking to their older workforces to fill the gap.
Please join us for a dynamic discussion with Barbara Jaworski, BSc., MBA, who will introduce us to an innovative business model to help organizations become employers of choice by focusing on the over-50 talent pool. Barbara will also further your understanding of how workforce planning is critical for employers in their accountability to other members of the business team.
Ms. Jaworski is the President of the Workplace Institute, a Canadian centre of excellence for research and education concerning mature workers and intergenerational matters. Barbara is also the founder of the 5th annual Best Employers Award for 50 Plus Canadians and Chair of the annual 4th annual Summit on the Mature Workforce. Organizations and governments come to Barbara for her expertise, research, consultation, and use of best practices in the emerging discipline of managing mature organizations. She is the well known author of KAA-Boom! How to Engage the 50-Plus Worker and Beat the Workforce Crisis.
Sponsored by: Family Services Employee Assistance Program
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2008
Work and Eldercare
Did you know that ONE THIRD of all absences in workplaces are due to care-giving issues?
We are all becoming aware that the 21st century will be marked by a dramatic increase in the size of the older population as the baby boom generation ages.
The “sandwich generation” or employees, who are faced with the challenges of providing care for an aging parent, also have the difficult task in remaining productive at work and effective in caring for their children.
It is at this intersection that many of these employees begin to feel the high levels of stress which can ultimately lead to “caregiver burnout”.
Please join us in a dynamic and informative session with Gillian Joseph on the timely topic of Work and Eldercare. Gillian will also discuss effective coping strategies for this group.
Gillian’s academic career and research interests are in the area of Gerontology, and more specifically around issues relating to aging and older workers. During her career, she has lived and worked in Canada, New Zealand and Hong Kong. For the last five years Gillian has worked as a full-time Research Associate with the Centre for Families, Work and Well-being – a dedicated research unit at the University of Guelph.
Sponsored by: Homewood Employee Health EAP
Date: Thursday,
November 1, 2007
The Employee Assistance
Program of Toronto
(EAPAT) Presents:
a seminar on: Psychological Harassment
A growing trend toward respecting diversity and protecting
people’s dignity in the workplace is leading to new thinking around the issue of
psychological harassment. Unlike physical aggression or violence in the work
setting, psychological harassment is often ambiguous and vulnerable to
interpretation. In fact, many behaviours that traditionally were not thought of
as ‘harassment’ can today qualify as such under most organizations’ Harassment
Policies. When managers and supervisors lack information and training on how to
handle these sensitive situations, there is increased risk for both employees
and organizations.
Please join us in a dynamic, interactive session with Sharon Bar-David.
With 20+ years of international experience as lawyer, trainer, speaker,
consultant and family therapist, Sharon has helped over 20,000 people in Canada
and overseas improve their work lives through keynote speeches, training
sessions and coaching. Her expertise in organizational change is featured in a
book she has co-authored, Awakening the Workplace and her tips-packed blog have
become a destination for readers wishing to create positive work environments
for themselves and others.
Whether you are a Human Resources
professional or in other key positions within an organization, this session
promises to be an eye-opener that will take your understanding of this issue to
a new level.
Sponsored by: Ceridean EAP
Date:
Thursday,
June 7, 2007
New Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
EAPAT is pleased to invite
you to join us for:
Cocktails (note the time!!)
Networking
Final Season seminar
Annual General Meeting
Our half hour final season seminar is entitled:
Eldercare: “Running on Empty
presented by Ralph Kelly, Director of Business Development
for Home Instead Senior Care.
One third of all absences in the workplace
are due to care-giving issues.
As we all know, balancing Work/Life issues is a challenge. Many of us are part
of the “sandwich generation” that has to attend to the needs of both children
and older family members. At the same time, competitive demands in the workplace
foster additional pressures.
What’s an employee to do?
Annual General Meeting to follow.
Date:
Thursday,
February 22, 2007
The Employee Assistance
Program of Toronto
(EAPAT) Presents:
a workshop on:
Focus on a Healthy Workplace
Quality and a healthy workplace are
intrinsically linked to a successful corporate strategy, especially in today’s
highly competitive business world. Excellence through quality is less about
product and service quality, and more about better focus on employee health and
wellness. The healthy workplace has become a strategic issue linked to
productivity and competitiveness for a growing number of companies. Join us as
we welcome
Janice Smith
from
Delta Hotels
to speak on the topic of
The Healthy Workplace.
Janice will share information from
the National Quality Institute (NQI)
about the elements of a healthy workplace, and how these elements have played a
role in her company’s journey towards becoming a healthier workplace, including
he creation of a compelling business case to gain corporate support.
Janice is currently the Director of quality and recruitment at Delta Hotels, and
facilitates quality, recruitment, and learning initiatives at Canada’s leading
hotel management company. As a champion of the company’s quality initiative—in
itself a strategic approach to the continuous improvement of business activities
and outcomes—Janice developed the quality business assessment (QBA), a
diagnostic tool for measuring hotel performance that is based on the model of
excellence advocated by the NQI. She is a regular speaker on the topic of
quality for the National Quality Institute, and serves as a lead verifier with
the NQI in reviewing submissions from companies and organizations for the
quality and health workplace designations.
Sponsored by: Family Services Employee Assistance Program
Date:
Thursday,
December 7, 2006
The Employee Assistance
Program of Toronto
(EAPAT) Presents:
a workshop on:
The End of Mandatory Retirement -
Challenges & Opportunities
What legislation in Canada governs
mandatory retirement?
What are the details of Ontario's Bill 211?
How will this new legislation impact benefit plans, and how do changes to
Ontario's drug benefit system relate to the issue of providing benefits to
seniors?
How can EAPs support corporation and employees on this issue?
Please join us in a lively discussion with our speaker,
Amy Stahlke, Director, Legislation &
Compliance, Group Benefits, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada.
Sponsored by: Ceridian Lifeworks
Date:
Thursday,
October 12, 2006
The Employee Assistance
Program of Toronto
(EAPAT) Presents:
a workshop on:
Effective Return To Work
How can research help us in the actual practice of effective
Return-To-Work strategies?
The Institute for Work & Health in Toronto
has recently completed a systematic review of the literature on effective
return-to-work.
Jane Gibson, the Director of Knowledge Transfer and Exchange at the Institute
will share the results of this review and the seven principles of successful
return-to-work that emerge from this evidence.
Come learn and join in a lively discussion on how these principles may be useful
for your clients and their work settings.
For further information, please contact
the EAPAT office at (416) 410-8913
or e-mail us at
pres@eapat.org
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
ASSOCIATION OF TORONTO (EAPAT)
101 - 33 Hazelton Avenue, Lower Level, Box 35
Toronto, Ontario M5R 2E3
(416) 410-8913
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