The ACR Workplace Section is dedicated to the professional development of its members through networking, workshops, meetings, and sharing of information on employment and labor Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and other workplace conflict resolution topics including conflict coaching, facilitation, and training.

Interested in getting more involved in Leadership Activities? The WPS has numerous committees and projects to support the professional development of its members. Click here to learn more  

UPCOMING CONFLICT COACHING TELESEMINAR

CONFLICT COACHING IN HEALTH CARE

Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 5:00 – 6:00 pm Eastern.

Please join the ACR Workplace Section’s Conflict Coaching Committee for their next 60 minute teleseminar on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 5:00 – 6:00 pm Eastern.  T

Effective conflict management is literally vital to the work of health care professionals. Conflict coaching can be a powerful new addition to the conflict management mix, especially as it is carefully integrated. This teleconference will briefly overview the authors’ model of conflict coaching, explain how it was introduced in a hospital nursing environment, and broadly explore additional opportunities for conflict coaching in health care. The teleconference will include academic justifications for the expansion of conflict coaching in health care along with specific suggestions for practitioners. 

Ross Brinkert, Ph.D. is assistant professor of Corporate Communication at Penn State Abington and partner in Conflict Coaching Matters. Ross is co-author of the book Conflict Coaching: Conflict Management Strategies and Skills for the Individual. He has related articles published in Conflict Resolution Quarterly, International Journal of Public Participation, and Journal of Nursing Management (forthcoming). Ross regularly presents at conferences and in various organizational settings.

Tricia S. Jones, Ph. D. is professor of Psychological Studies in Education at Temple University and partner in Conflict Coaching Matters. She has authored five books, including Conflict Coaching: Conflict Management Strategy and Skills for the Individual, and written many articles on conflict management. She has spoken extensively at national and international conferences. Tricia served as editor-in-chief for Conflict Resolution Quarterly (2001-2007) and she received the Jeffrey Z. Rubin Theory-to-Practice Award from the International Association for Conflict Management (2004). 

NOTE:  Advanced Practitioners (ACR) who attend this teleseminar in its entirety, qualify for one hour credit. 

If you plan to attend, please arrive on time and mute your phones once you join the call. Sometimes, calls made from other than land lines cause disturbance on the call. If possible, please call from a land line. Thank you. 

To join ACR’s Conflict Coaching Committee and for further information on this group, please contact Chair: Cinnie Noble at 1-866-335-6466 (toll free in Canada & U.S.) or 416-686-4247 or cinnie@cinergycoaching.com.

UPCOMING WORKPLACE SECTION TELESEMINAR

Developing Conflict Competence

Presented by Tim Flanagan and Craig Runde

March 26, 2010

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm (Eastern)

9:00 – 10:00 am (Pacific)

Conflict Competence is the ability to develop and use cognitive, emotional, and behavioral skills that enhance productive outcomes of conflict while reducing the likelihood of escalation or harm.  It also involves developing conflict norms for teams and improving conflict cultures and systems in organizations.  

In this teleconference, authors Tim Flanagan and Craig Runde will discuss how to develop Conflict Competence and describe how it can enhance the quality of relationships, boost creativity, and produce higher quality decisions. 

Tim Flanagan and Craig Runde are authors of Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader (2006), Building Conflict Competent Teams (2008), and Developing Your Conflict Competence (2010). Both work at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL.  Tim is Director of Custom Programs and leads the design, development and delivery of projects for corporate, government, and nonprofit clients.  Craig, Director of the Center for Conflict Dynamics, oversees manages the Conflict Dynamics Profile assessment instrument and other Center work. Both regularly instruct, coach, consult, and speak on the topics of leadership, conflict, teams, and other organizational development issues.

PLEASE NOTE: This program is a benefit to dues paying WPS members of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Workplace Section (WPS), so we request that you please do not forward this message to non-members. Those who would like to join ACR or the Workplace Section may do so by clicking on this link. 

APs who wish to get CEU credit for participating in this Teleseminar will need to attend the full Teleseminar program. For more details, please contact Sandi Adams at sandia@ec.rr.com.

Workplace Section Tri-Chairs: 

Susan K. Conner, skconner@verizon.net (Tri-Chair, 2008-2010)

Julie Denny, Juliedenny@resolutionsforyou.com, (Tri-Chair, 2009-2011)

David Stiteler, dwstiteler2@comcast.net,  (Tri-Chair, 2009-2011)

The Section Leadership Thanks and Recognizes outgoing Tri-Chair Vicki Knudsen, vknudsen@mt.gov(until October 2009)

  Photos from 2009 ACR Conference, Atlanta, GA

Julie Denny and David Stiteler, Workplace Section Tri-Chairs

Rudy Cadney,  Stirling Phillips, Pattie Porter

Debra Dupree, WPS Leadership Council, David Stiteler, WPS Tri-Chair

Workplace Section 2009 Annual Membership Luncheon

Workplace Section 2009 Annual Membership Luncheon

Rita Callahan, WPS Leadership Council,  David Stiteler,  WPS Tri-Chair

Orientation to WPS Section - ACR Conference 2007, Pheonix AZ
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Section Activities and News!

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