Event Details

How to Come Back Together When We Come Back Together

SHRM Olympia is proud to present Carol Bowser, President of Conflict Management Strategies Inc.  She will provide tips for lessening anxiety, conflict, and bad juju. 

Biography:
Carol Bowser: mediator, facilitator, trainer and coach. She finds this work so much more meaningful and fun that practicing employment law. Loves conflict, but hates arguments.

Program Information:

People and Workplaces are experiencing huge changes. Remote work. Furloughs, Terminations. Pivoting because of necessity or opportunity.  It can feel like whiplash for employees. Some things that we likely have taken for granted such as Who, What, Where, When and How are shifting. Human Resources can help themselves, the managers, the staff, and leaders reintegrate the people back into the workplace.  This ls not how to be CDC compliant. This ls about helping the people redefine the Goals, Roles, Guidelines and Ground Rules of the Workplace as it continues to transform.

• Learn top causes of stress on employees.
• Articulate 4 elements that are present ln every working environment.
• Assess how ambiguity with current economic climate impacts people and processes.
• Develop language to use and questions to ask to support and consult both organizational leaders and managers to avoid unnecessary conflict.
• Learn tools to address the emotional aftermath of organizational change brought on by COVID-19.

1.0 General HRCI Credit - PENDING!

1.0 SHRM Credit - PENDING!