HR Education: Mediation, Human Trafficking, Leader Dogs for the Blind

220 Clinton Street,Charlevoix MI 49720

19 May, 2022

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Supervisors, HR directors and new managers, please join us to learn mediation skills and much more! 12:00 pm - Welcome! Lunch delivery12:05 pm - Mediation Skills - Part I1:15 pm - Human Trafficking in Hospitality Industry1:45 pm - Mediation Skills - Part II3:00 pm - Workplace Diversity - Leader Dogs for Blind Dr. Jane Millar Executive Director Northern Community Mediation Why mediation is an important skill • What does a mediator do; what are the key skills of a mediator • The basics of mediation, the role of the mediator, th Mediation is one of the soft leadership skills that help leaders build stronger teams, solidify their positions by earning trust, and navigate the troubled waters of adaptive challenges successfully. Change always entails adaptive challenges, and such challenges often lead to conflict. Unlike a technical challenge to which an intelligent leader always knows the solution, the answer to an adaptive challenge is unknown. Therefore, devising a solution to an adaptive challenge requires learning, updating attitudes, rethinking perspectives, and reshaping habits. The intelligent leader embraces change. Thus, he/she also embraces adaptive challenges as well as the resistance to change that breeds conflict. To lead through change effectively, a leader must be a good mediator. HUMAN TRAFFICKING NORTHERN MICHIGAN – HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY Look for: • Individuals show signs of malnourishment, poor hygiene, fatigue, sleep deprivation, untreated illness, injuries, and/or unusual behavior. • Individuals lack freedom of movement or are constantly monitored. • Individuals have no control over or possession of money or ID. • Individuals dress inappropriately for their age or have lower quality clothing compared to others in their party. One of the biggest barriers that blind people have to overcome in the workplace is negative employer perception. In fact, a study on employer implicit attitudes toward visually-impaired people highlights how most employers tend to automatically connect competence with sighted people and incompetence with those who are visually-impaired. However, this assumption has long been disproven, as visually-impaired people can perform most jobs sighted people can ⁠— given the right accommodations and adjustments. In addition, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 gives individuals with visual impairments access to vocational rehabilitation training programs, resources, and services. They prepare them to face any employment opportunities they might be interested in and help them find more success in the workplace. SPEAKER: Julie Haase, Petoskey Lions Club Ms Haas holds a leadership position with the Petoskey Lions Club and is a full time teacher consultant for the blind/visually impaired and deaf/blind. Additionally, she is a certified orientation and mobility specialist (cane travel).