September 18, 2024 – How Managers Communicate and Lead

October 3, 2024- Employee and Labour Relations

November 6, 2024 – Recruitment and Retention

November 28, 2024 – Employee Accountability

January 9, 2025 – Governance

January 22, 2025 – Financial Responsibilities

February 11, 2025 – Branding, Promotions & Engagement

February 25, 2025 – Legislation Impacting the Employment Relationship

March 12, 2025 – Fostering an Effective Team

September 24, 2024 – How Managers Communicate and Lead

October 9, 2024 – Employee and Labour Relations

November 13, 2024 – Recruitment and Retention

December 4, 2024 – Employee Accountability

January 14, 2025 – Governance

January 28, 2025 – Financial Responsibilities

February 13, 2025 – Branding, Promotions & Engagement

February 27, 2025 – Legislation Impacting the Employment Relationship

March 19, 2025 – Fostering an Effective Team

October 2, 2024 – How Managers Communicate and Lead

October 29, 2024- Employee and Labour Relations

November 20, 2024 – Recruitment and Retention

December 11, 2024 – Employee Accountability

January 16, 2025 – Governance

January 30, 2025 – Financial Responsibilities

February 20, 2025 – Branding, Promotions & Engagement

March 4, 2025 – Legislation Impacting the Employment Relationship

March 25, 2025 – Fostering an Effective Team

Strong communication is the basis of any successful leader. Explore a variety of topics that further promote effective workplace communication and assess leadership skills, traits, and styles. This session covers the following:

• Effective workplace communication
• How to foster a climate of open communication
• The different types of communication
• Effective listening
• Cultural communication
• The tough stuff
• The importance of strong leadership
• Quality leadership in the nonprofit sector
• Leadership styles and traits
• Leading change
• Promoting leadership in others

Delve deep into the employment relationship, management’s rights and responsibilities, and the technical elements of the grievance and investigation processes. Applicable to both unionized and nonunionized organizations. This session covers the following:

• The employment relationship
• Management rights and responsibilities
• The Duty to Accommodate
• The role of human resources/labour relations
• Roles and responsibilities of managers and supervisors
• Best practices in human resources policy/procedures and Collective Agreement administration
• The technical elements of the Investigation Process, Discipline Process, and Grievance/Complaint/Dispute Resolution procedure
• Basic case law

Attracting and retaining valuable employees can be challenging, but is achievable. This session discusses the employment process, the importance of orientation and onboarding, and provides practical tips on how to engage employees. This session covers the following:

• The staffing process
• Recruitment
• Competencies and prerequisites
• Job descriptions
• Attracting candidates
• Screening process
• Realistic job preview
• Interview process
• Selection process
• Retention
• When employees leave

How well an organization performs is a function of how well its employees perform. Learn more about employee accountability, and what is meant by performance management. This session covers the following: 

• Overview of a Performance Management Program
• Developing a Performance Management Program
• Performance Management implementation
• Orientating a probationary employee
• The probationary period
• Coaching and mentoring employees
• Performance Appraisals
• Common employee accountability issues
• The discipline process
• Grievance/Complaint/Dispute Resolution Process

An executive director must have a strong understanding and good working relationship with the organization’s board of directors. Even if you’re not an executive director, this session provides important information that everyone can benefit from knowing. This session covers the following:

• The nonprofit corporation
• Areas that govern your organization
• Bylaws and policies
• Working with a board of directors
• Communications and reporting
• Key board roles
• Board committees
• The board meeting
• Meeting management
• Supporting board effectiveness

Your organization has a very important mission. In order to fulfill that mission, your organization requires a strong identity and meaningful connections with all of its stakeholders. In this session, you will learn about the importance of branding and promotions for nonprofits, including its effect on your organization’s reputation, community relations, and success in fulfilling your mission. This session covers the following:

• Building, designing, and sustaining a strong and meaningful brand identity
• Identifying stakeholders by their level of interest and influence
• Promoting your organization through paid, owned, and earned forms of media (including digital media and social media)
• Promoting your organization on a budget
• Handling complex communications
• Understanding various promotional tools
• Measuring the impact of your communication efforts

Strong financial management is crucial for every organization. Attain a solid understanding in a variety of areas related to management’s financial duties. This session covers the following:

• Good financial management
• Best practices in financial responsibility
• Budgeting
• Addressing surplus and deficit situations
• The audit process
• Financial risks
• Reserve funds

Managers must have a thorough understanding of the legislative acts and principles that impact the workplace. This session covers the following:

• Overview of Legislation impacting the employment relationship
• Human Rights
• The duty to accommodate
• Return to work programs
• Saskatchewan Employment Act
• Harassment
• Workers’ Compensation Board
• Privacy in the workplace

Teamwork leads to successful organizations. Individuals will discuss how to develop, motivate, and lead a productive team, as well as the importance of cultivating the organization’s culture. This session covers the following:

• Interdisciplinary teams
• Team development
• Team roles
• Effective team characteristics
• Managing and promoting diversity
• Respectful workplaces
• Workplace culture
• Conflict resolution
• Motivating a team
• Team building
• Stress management
• Continuous learning in the workplace

Desiree Tirk, Trainer/Resource Developer – Leadership, SARC 

Spending the past 25 years working in community development in the nonprofit and government sectors, Desiree brings a variety of experience in facilitation and training, program development, strategic planning, board governance, and research. Desiree has over 20 years’ experience in business and holds a Bachelor of Indian Social Work and Bachelor of Arts in Native Studies.

Desiree started working at SARC in 2020 and is the Trainer/Resource Developer, Leadership. As a lifelong learner, Desiree continues to grow her skills with new learning opportunities wherever she can and values the relationships she has made along the way.

Desiree facilitates the How Managers Communicate and Lead, and Governance sessions.

Scott Mostoway, Senior Labour Relations Consultant, SARC

Scott joined SARC as a Senior Labour Relations Consultant and has been with the organization since the fall of 2022. Returning to his roots, Scott comes to us from Loblaw Companies Limited where he spent 7+ years as a Labour Relations Manager where he advised employer/management teams on a variety of labour and employment matters in numerous jurisdictions from Ontario to Vancouver Island. A true management side Labour Relations Practitioner, Scott’s interests and areas of expertise focus on labour relations, collective bargaining, human rights, occupational health and safety, arbitration, and investigation work. Prior to his work in the private sector, Scott started his career in the nonprofit sector in both a human resources and operational capacity. Scott holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Management and Human Resources from the University of Saskatchewan, Edwards School of Business.

Born, raised, and never left, Scott currently resides in Saskatoon where you can generally catch him at the ball diamond in the summer and the curling rink in the winter. Although he still plays, Scott is also a national level baseball umpire that has allowed him to get yelled at and call balls and strikes from coast to coast. When he’s not at a sports field, he enjoys travelling, live music, good food, and good company.

Scott facilitates the Employee/Labour Relations Basics, Employee Accountability, and Legislation Impacting the Employment Relationship sessions.

Sean Homenick, Manager of Communications and Culture, SARC/SARCAN Recycling

Sean has worked in the nonprofit world for 15 years and currently works with SARC and SARCAN Recycling as the Manager of Communications and Culture. He received his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan with a specialization in Marketing and Management. He has experience with designing and facilitating a variety of programs on customer service, leadership, and safety.

In his spare time, he enjoys volunteering with other nonprofits to help them realize their vision for a better Saskatchewan. Sean is proud to live in downtown Saskatoon with two exceptionally lazy greyhounds.

Sean Homenick is 6’9” in height. He did indeed play basketball and volleyball. Sean orders his shoes and pants online.

Sean facilitates the Branding, Promotions, and Engagement session.

Bobbi Janzen, Workforce Development Coordinator, SARC

Bobbi has been involved in the nonprofit sector in different capacities for over 13 years. With her studies in Human Resources Management with a particular focus on recruitment and retention, Bobbi has facilitated many topics and trainings over the years. Bobbi has also been a keynote speaker and panelist in many advocacy events and seminars.

Born and raised in Saskatoon, Bobbi loves spending time with her family and being outdoors whenever she gets a chance. Depending on the season, Bobbi can be found riding horses, or chasing her new found joy of adaptive hockey.

Bobbi facilitates the Recruitment and Retention, and Fostering an Effective Team sessions.

Janice Decelles, BA, CPHR, MNP

Janice is a Senior Consultant with MNP’s consulting team in Regina, a position she has held since 2005. In addition to advising clients on a wide range of human resource issues, Janice provides training design and facilitation to support MNP’s training offerings, including the Self-Employment Training Program. Janice has extensive experience with training design and delivery, career management, change management and organizational development. Janice holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, an Advanced Certificate in Human Resources and is a Certified Professional Human Resources. Prior to joining MNP, Janice was employed with a major Canadian insurance company. In her roles, she was involved in several system documentation and training projects including integration activities during a company merger. She also served as the training manager leading a team of training and development professionals and overseeing the company’s corporate learning institute. She has held leadership positions in previous organizations, responsible for building and monitoring departmental budgets and has held a board position with the Regina Humane Society. She also has hundreds of classroom facilitation hours and has built up a number of virtual facilitation hours over the past two years as a result of the Pandemic.

Janice facilitates the Financial Responsibilities session.