Leading in a Unionized Workplace

Managers and supervisors responsible for leading unionized workforces, including: 

• New supervisors and managers new to a unionized workplace 
• Experienced managers who want to gain fresh insights on how to enhance union/management relations and the work environment 

• Enhance your capacity to interpret the collective agreement
• Anticipate and minimize conflict with the union over managerial actions 
• Develop positive approaches to performance management 
• Approach the grievance process constructively 
• Uncover root causes of chronic problems and grievances 
• Ensure a safe workplace environment 

• The organizational landscape: emerging leadership imperatives, situational leadership 101  
• The unionized workplace: the role of the union, key elements of the collective agreement, Labour Relations Code framework, union-management relations
• The work: schedules and conditions, employee expectations and responsibilities, supervisory commitments 
• Performance management: job descriptions and expectations, performance feedback, performance gaps and development  
• The team environment: employee behaviours and group relationships, workplace communication and collaboration 
• Grievances: the grievance process, grievance investigation and negotiation

Special features

This highly interactive program includes group solution-seeking activities, leadership videos and personal assessment exercises. You will leave with tools and tactics to use in your workplace, along with a clear sense of your leadership capabilities under a collective agreement and a set of goals for improving your performance. 

Note:  participants in this program may qualify for up to $10,000 in funding through the Canada BC Job Grant program. Find out if you qualify.