Training, Facilitation and Consultation Services
Our faculty routinely provide facilitation and consultation services specific to labor/management initiatives in both the private and public sectors. The JLMI faculty team hold advanced degrees in labor relations, adult education, and organizational development. Team members each have at least 20 years of experience working in unionized organizations.
Some detailed examples of recent facilitation and consultation services can be found in Project Profiles.
Following is a listing of the types of events/projects we are called in to either facilitate and/or consult for:
- Interest-Based Bargaining
- Organizational Competitiveness
- Organizational Assessment
- Strategic Planning
- High Performance Work Systems
- Organizational/Work Redesign
Joint Labor/Management Initiatives also offers a wide range of open-enrollment workshops and site-specific interventions. These include but are not limited to:
- Unleashing the Potential of Positive Joint Labor-Management Change — Six workshops for union and management leaders
- Improving the Effectiveness of Joint Labor-Management Relationships
- Strategic Planning and Training for Labor and Management Leadership
- Teaching and Training Techniques
- Organizational Climate Assessment
- Team-Based Group Process Skills
- Harnessing the Power of Workplace Teams
- Facilitation Skills and Techniques
- ADA in the Workplace: Joint Management of Disability Programs
- Approaches to Work and Family Initiatives
- Exploring and Designing Workplace Teams
- Lean Production