Training Doyens

OVERVIEW Bad attitudes, jealousy and destructive behavior in the workplace will sabotage hospital morale, lower self-esteem and reduce teamwork and productivity. When toxic behavior infects a department, managers may be tempted to ignore it or give in; the wrong thing to do, but tolerating it is not a solution! This session will show you how to neutralize gossip in the workplace and put a system in place to ensure it does not re-occur, starting with that of Zero Tolerance and workplace reprimands. The destructive effects of blaming others, griping, pessimism and of always passing the buck needs to be stopped. In this session, you will learn about the HR considerations for returning to work after COVID-19 and how keep emotional control and tame disruptive and destructive behavior. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND With all the disruption and stress everyone has been under from the COVID-19 pandemic, the workplace culture has changed. So many people have been working remotely, that people skil...

OVERVIEW COVID-19 is a new disease. It’s hard for employers to know what to do or what they are expected to do as the situation changes daily. State law may affect an employer’s obligations. However even in currently unaffected states, employees expect employers to do what they can to keep them safe and be able to answer “what if.” With all types of risk assessment and emergency planning the best first line of defense is elimination of hazard. So  today is the day for making a plan and getting your workplace ready for COVID-19 crisis  because elimination of hazard can’t be accomplished in hindsight. The second most effective way of eliminating risk is substitution, meaning to substitute the source of the hazard by something else. Such as a bank could substitute waiting on customers in person by better utilizing drive-up windows or remote teller stations, thereby providing a way to put social distance and physical barriers between customers and employees. There are...