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  "We came away with new information, new skills and a plan to take back to the workplace."

Alan Cavell, Executive Director, Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Central East District
 
     

     
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Healthy Workplace Relationships

Do you want your employees to support one another and have a renewed sense of purpose and motivation for their work? Do you want to see your employees take more initiative, take some calculated risks and be creative in their thinking? Are you wondering how to strengthen employee engagement and build a positive organizational culture? If so, you'll want to consider bringing this workshop to your workplace.

You’ll learn how to:
  • Identify successful engagement practices that support healthy workplace relationships
  • Use participatory tools that draw on the very best from each employee
  • Increase employee motivation through processes that foster renewed meaning
  • Develop creative and innovative strategies to address current workplace challenges

Dynamic Tools for Workplace Change

Are you looking for ways to build successful change? Do you want your employees to have a shared purpose and understanding of their work? Do you want to build employee commitment and accountability? Are you looking for ways to discover your organizations best practices? If so, you’ll want to consider bringing this workshop to your workplace.

You’ll learn how to:
  • Use the tool of Appreciative Inquiry to build on strategic planning for change.
  • Put together a shared purpose and best practices with Open Systems Learning.
  • Decrease resistance to change through meaningful employee participation.
  • Plan, initiate and evaluate actions that increase staff commitment, initiative and accountability using Outcome Mapping.

Wired For Diversity

Does your organization lack diversity: cultural, linguistic, or otherwise? Is your agency's demographic profile out of synch with the community with which you work? Do you want to improve your outreach to a broader range of people in your community? Do your workplace practices fall short of your organizational policies and goals? Do staff members struggle to understand each other's perspectives? Do you experience conflicts within your organization because of diversity-related issues? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you will find "Wired for Diversity" very useful for you and your organization.

You’ll learn how to:
In the half-day workshop:
  • Assess the value in recruiting a diverse workforce
  • Identify vital areas of operation where diversity and inclusion play a key role
  • Gain individual competency in dealing with diversity
In the full day workshop, you will also learn how to:
  • Build policies and procedures that support diversity and inclusion
  • Create an overall organizational culture that fosters diversity and inclusion
  • Ensure that everyone’s talents are used to their fullest
  • Become an organization of choice, attracting skills from a broad range of people

Our Approach

At Compass Training we devise customized workshops to help overcome current challenges. Through practical hands-on learning, our expert facilitators ensure that participants gain knowledge and useful approaches that can be transferred to the day to day work environment.

Compass Training services focus on three areas:
  • Diversity/Inclusion
  • Positive Workplace Culture
  • Organizational Learning

We begin by meeting with managers and staff to find out as much about the organization as we can. We look at an organization's unique challenges, what they're doing right and what can be strengthened.

The workshops are devised to increase employee motivation, improve manager/staff relations, foster innovation and more.