Presenter: Paul Pelletier, LL.B., PMP 

Note: Paul Pelletier will also be presenting at this year's Professional Development Day on November 20!

Paul is a business executive, corporate lawyer, project manager, and international professional public speaker. A recognized leader and global influencer in the project management profession, Paul served on the Project Management Institute’s Ethics Member Advisory Group. In addition to being a technology lawyer, he is an advocate, author, consultant and trainer in workplace leadership, respect, and managing bullying. He is a regular presenter at global conferences and events.

Paul’s recent book, The Workplace Bullying Handbook – Identifying, Preventing and Stopping a Workplace Bully and his 2016 book Workplace Bullying – It’s Just Bad for Business, are designed to help organizations and their staff address workplace bullying. For more information, see Paul’s consulting firm’s website is http://www.paulpelletierconsulting.com.

Want to know more? Play Paul's video message to the chapter here.

Morning Workshop: "Diversity Intelligence: Inspiring By Including" 
8:30 am - 12:00 pm ⋅ 3.5 PDUs - Leadership

Workshop Background
Todays’ team leaders feel constant pressure to innovate and position their products, services, teams and themselves more creatively than ever before. However, in our highly diverse workplaces, cultural and diversity intelligence are critical to success. Diversity extends beyond race or ethnicity, religion, culture or newcomer status to include factors such as geography, language, politics, gender, beliefs, economic status, abilities, skills and interests. A diverse workplace reflects our communities. By aligning diversity intelligence with leadership values, strategies and communication practices to ensure a truly collaborative, inclusive and engaging work culture environment, we can inspire our high-performance teams to thrive at work.

Afternoon Workshop: "Fierce Conversations – How to Strategically Manage Conflicts in Your Projects"
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm ⋅ 3.5 PDUs - Leadership

Workshop Background
Conflict happens. It is inevitable. It is going to happen whenever you have people with different expectations or views. If ignored or handled badly, conflict can devastate a project, team or organization like a wildfire. If handled early and effectively, relationships and workplace culture will be enriched. Innovation and project team engagement improves. This makes conflict management critical – it takes skill to effectively avoid arguments, clarify misunderstandings, deal with disputes, and repair relationships. Simply put - conflicts require fierce conversations.