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Working Collaboratively To Create Excellence

Collaboration requires that we look at the challenges from different perspectives without falling into the seductive traps of judgment, blame or frustration. Teams and Departments must work in cooperation to achieve the best results when there are gray areas as to responsibility and limits on budgets. Collaboration can be achieved, and excellence realized if you have the tools to use.

Learn how to develop and maintain inter/intra-department collaboration without sacrificing results. Bring your colleagues, bring your direct reports, and bring enough of your team to make the leap from personal professional development to organization improvement.

We will learn, laugh, & action plan. 

The HR Certification Institute has pre-approved this activity for 2.75 General recertification credits.

Bio for Carol Bowser -

In 2002 Carol Bowser founded Conflict Management Strategies, a company emphasizing training, mediation, and consulting on conflict resolution in schools and workplace. Organizations hire Conflict Management Strategies Inc. to increase productivity by easing workplace conflict and tension, to train employees in conflict resolution skills, to evaluate internal conflict resolution processes, to facilitate tangible change within the working environment, and to coach key employees to higher levels of performance.

Workplace Conflict Expert - The source of workplace conflict are as diverse as each workplace. As a close, but independent advisor to organizations, Ms. Bowser assesses the interpersonal sources of conflict, perceived lack of respect, cultural differences, clashing values among employees and departments and works with her clients to create sustainable change and high functioning workplaces.

Professional Trainer - Ms. Bowser works with her clients to train personnel at all levels on the skills to address and navigate through workplace conflict. Her style is highly interactive, facilitative, and designed so that participants can put the skills to immediate use in the workplace. She is highly engaging, AND highly knowledgeable.

Mediator - Ms. Bowser began her mediation career in 1994 through training at the Pierce County (Washington State) Center for Dispute Resolution. The training was a huge influence on her life and professional career. She has mediated hundreds of cases with particular emphasis on employment matters and working relationships and trains others in mediation skills. Ms. Bowser served as a mediator for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 2004-2009.

Attorney - After several years of practicing Employment Law, Ms. Bowser decided to become an entrepreneur and work with organizations to prevent costly workplace conflict and share the gospel of “Managing Conflict—Empowering People.” She knows the difference between what employees perceive to be unfair and what is illegal.

Key Employee Coaching - Leadership coaching to increase conflict management awareness and situational leadership skills to higher levels of performance.

To register and RSVP with your $30 payment contact:

Lisa Whited, BMHRMA Treasurer

PO Box 1890

Walla Walla, WA  99362

509.526.6822

lwhited@oddfellows.com