OMTRA WEBINAR - R.E.S.P.E.C.T: Promoting Civility in Local Government

Capsule

Internal incivility diminishes workplace culture, organizational performance and public confidence. Poor processes, complex challenges and difficult personalities can cause good people to exhibit bad manners. Join your peers to take way some personal and systemic strategies to promote respectful leadership and address incivility.

Learning Aims

• Under the 'respectful leadership' context - causes & consequences
• Address interpersonal and workplace incivility - remedial strategies  
• Develop strategies to promote workplace civility - preventive strategies

Learner Benefits

You will be able to help your organization by:

• Addressing the impact of disrespectful behaviours
• Developing proactive practices to promote respectful leadership
• Dealing with 'real time' matters you may be facing

Learning Approach

• Presentation of concepts, examples, and tools.
• Tool Kit for follow-up action

About the Facilitators: 

Meighan Wark, County of Huron CAO is passionate about supporting the next generation of municipal leaders. She serves on the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Board and as Vice President – International (Canada) on the International City Manager Association Executive Board.

Dr. Gordon McIntosh has over 45 years of executive, consultant and educator roles in local, regional and Indigenous governments. Gordon has conducted 1,700 involving 150,000 elected and appointed civic leaders throughout Canada and overseas.