September 29, 2010
Manager Session & Grand Rounds: Bully-Free At Work: Yes! You Can Build A Respectful Workplace
* For VCU Health System Staff

This Forum For Promoting Healthcare Excellence In Safety And Quality Grand Rounds and Manager Session will feature Valerie Cade of Calgary, Canada.

About The Presentation: Workplace bullying takes place on many levels in different forms. Stopping workplace bullying is everyone's responsibility. Workplace bullying can be draining on both employee productivity and morale, not to mention safety, and can affect our ability to serve our patients and clients.

This presentation will give you an overview of tactics a workplace bully may employ to harass and intimidate, and the tools to minimize and/or stop the destructive behavior. Ms. Cade will provide both leadership and staff with the best tools and strategies to create a healthy respectful workplace and provide behavior accountability. Tools will also be provided for subjects of workplace bullying to regain the confidence and respect that they deserve.

About the Speaker: Valerie Cade has earned worldwide acclaim as a Professional Speaker and Business Consultant and she is the author of “Bully Free at Work”, which is currently distributed in over 100 countries world-wide. Valerie has been noted as: Enthusiastically…subtle, Delightfully… engaging, Creative, Humorous and Genuine. In the past 15 years, Valerie has led hundreds of sessions throughout North America, Europe, China and Russia, combining relevant, humorous and heartfelt approach with business acumen. As CEO of one of Canada’s largest training companies, Valerie helped turn this near-bankrupt company into profitable success. In addition, her work in creating Inspired Workplaces, where People “want to”, helped raise satisfaction levels in hospitals, health care, the teaching profession, credit unions, universities and other businesses, to over 80 – 90% - sustained.

Ms. Cade has worked with all levels of business, healthcare, education, government organizations and non-profit groups. She is noted by clients as ‘relevant, well-researched and delightfully insightful’, and has been featured in numerous radio, TV and newspaper publications.

Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Contact Information: you may call us at (804) 828-0418; fax (804) 828-6479; or email: InstituteforNursing@mcvh-vcu.edu. We also encourage you to pass on information about this Grand Rounds to your nursing colleagues and any others who may be interested in the contents of this Grand Rounds.

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