Human Resource Community of Practice (In-Person)

Tuesday, September 22, 2026-Thursday, January 14, 2027  9 AM – 12 PM

A partnership with Barry Jansen of JansenHR, this program consists of seven sessions between September 2026 to January 2027. The first session will be virtual through zoom; the remaining sessions will be in-person at United Way Winnipeg’s Learning Centre (580 Main Street).

Participants in the HR CoP will experience a blend of structured learning, opportunity to explore participant HR issues and challenges, peer support/networking, and skill building. Reflecting Imagine Canada Standards concerned with effective HR practice, participants will have increased knowledge of and skills in leadership, recruitment, high-performance teams, coaching, performance reviews, facilitating terminations, managing change/transition, and talent management.

The following topic areas may be explored throughout the seven sessions, though there may be others depending on what the group interest is:

• The realities of the nonprofit sector and community today.
• Building a high performing team: characteristics of high performing teams, stages of team development, the five dysfunctions of a team.
• Coaching for performance: establishing performance expectations for staff, how to effectively hold staff accountable, effectively delivering reinforcing and redirecting feedback, progressive discipline, strategies for having difficult performance-related conversations with staff.
• Conducing effective performance reviews: best practices on performance reviews and how to facilitate effective performance review meetings with staff.
• Introduction to succession planning: best practices on setting up a succession plan and how to identify high potential employees.
• Retaining and engaging your staff: best practices on creating a workplace where employees are engaged and motivated.