MASSACHUSETTS DISCRIMINATION PREVENTION TRAINING SERIES
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
This hands-on three-hour training explores employers’ responsibility to provide disability, religious and pregnancy accommodations at every stage of the employment relationship. It presents effective methods for considering and implementing accommodation requests; this course is a truncated version of our three-day “Responding to Accommodation Requests 301” course for EEO professionals. Prerequisite: Employment Discrimination 101.
Are you ready for your next project interview? Your team gets invited to interview for a project, and now you scramble to assemble the best team possible, prepare the most impactful presentation and win the project!
Marriott Boston Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Instructor
David Ashcraft, President, Advantage Learning Systems Project Management
Project Management
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION TOOLS:
Client Communication Strategies: Call, Write, Text, Visit?
Wednesday,
October 13, 2021
Do you make every client call, email or visit a productive and efficient one? Communicating with your clients includes providing information, gaining their trust and solving problems.
Marriott Boston Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Instructor
David Ashcraft, President, Advantage Learning Systems
Project Management
MEETING PLANNING TOOLS:
Project Kickoff and Pre-Con Planning Meetings
Thursday,
October 14, 2021
Managing meetings – especially kickoff meetings and subsequent preconstruction planning meetings — is one of your most important tools for guiding a project’s progress.
The project manager is a risk manager, and his or her ability to manage all of a project’s documentation is critical to the success and profitability of a job.
Marriott Boston Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Instructor
David Ashcraft, President, Advantage Learning Systems
Leadership
Be the Best Leader!
A Personal Assessment Workshop
Wednesday,
October 20,
2021
This four-hour session will guide you through an assessment process to help you gain a better understanding of your leadership behavioral style and the way you respond to situations.
Marriott Boston Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Instructor
Bill Curran, Leadership and Talent Consultant
Leadership
Building People Who Build the Work:
Wednesday,
November 3, 2021
Your competitive edge is your talent. So how do you build the best people to build your work? Join Mark Breslin, nationally acclaimed construction expert and influencer, and find out how.
Marriott Boston Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Instructor
Mark Breslin, CEO, Breslin Strategies Inc.
Instructor
Process:
Construction Project Process Improvement
Tuesday,
November 9, 2021
This session gives the contractors a detailed look at operational excellence for construction projects and the process, tools and key performance indicators (KPIs) needed to drive it.
NECA Boston Training
Center, 2 Heritage Drive,
Suite 1 Quincy, MA 02171
Instructor
Gregg Schoppman, Partner, FMI
Project Management
Bystander Intervention
101
Wednesday,
November 10, 2021
Bystander intervention is a philosophy that encourages all people to accept personal responsibility when they witness an uncomfortable situation at work and intervene to ensure the well-being and/or safety of others.
Marriott Boston Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Instructor
Willie Mae Veasy, President, Covenant Business Concepts LLC
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The Leader in You:
A Leadership Development Workshop
Wednesday,
November 17, 2021
Are You a Great Leader?
This workshop is a personal journey session that allows participants to explore their strengths and areas for improvement while learning what great leadership is all about.
This three-hour session will examine basic elements of an effective supplier diversity program to achieve and exceed your MWBE, DBE and SDVOB goals. It will also explore the role of locally-based businesses as an important part of your program.
Marriott Boston Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Instructor
Tanya Pope Founder and Principal Owners The Pope Consulting Group
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
PROFITABILITY:
DRIVING PROJECT AND COMPANY-WIDE PROFITS
Tuesday,
December 7, 2021
This session will take financial management of a project outside of the accounting department and guide attendees to understand the project manager’s responsibilities for the overall profitability of a project and how that impacts a company’s operations and success.
NECA Boston Training Center
2 Heritage Drive, Suite 1
Quincy, MA 02171
Instructor
Gregg Schoppman, Partner FMI
Project Management
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE 101
MASSACHUSETTS DISCRIMINATION PREVENTION TRAINING SERIES
Wednesday,
December 15, 2021
This comprehensive training focuses on sexual harassment in the workplace. After an overview of Massachusetts anti-discrimination law, we take a deep dive into techniques and tools for addressing sexual harassment. Topics include: nuances in the sexual harassment legal standard, reviewing your organization’s sexual harassment policy and code of conduct, and bystander intervention. This course is for all staff members and could be used as your annual sexual harassment training.
Boston Mariott Newton
2345 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, MA 02466
Instructor
Kevin L. Dougherty
Consultant, Speaker, Author
RECOVERY WEEK
Monday,
April 25 - Friday, April 29,
2022
Coming in the spring of 2022, a special series of sessions will review how construction professionals at every level – jobsite, office and executives – can advance protections for their workforce to bolster well-being, confront substance abuse and bolster well-being. Sessions will include: wellness resources, standdowns, anxiety management, interventions and more.
BUILDING THE CASE TO WIN – CLAIMS AND CHANGE ORDERS
THE PROJECT MANAGERS’ TOOLKIT 2022 SERIES
Wednesday,
January 19, 2022
In this session, attendees will discuss contract risk management and preservation of rights to increase the chances of financial recovery during project execution.
Marriott Boston Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Instructor
Lorraine D’Angelo, Esq., CCEP, LPEC, President, LDA Compliance Consulting, Inc.
Instructor
BUILDING NEW, SUSTAINABLE AND DIVERSE LEADERSHIP
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
Thursday,
February 3, 2022
Who was at your last meeting? Times are changing and business development success will rely on increasing the diversity of your leadership and management talent.
Marriott Boston Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Instructor
Tanya Pope, Founder and Principal Owners The Pope Consulting Group
Instructor
PEOPLE
PURPOSEFUL CLIENT COMMUNICATION
Tuesday,
February 15, 2022
This session will provide contractors with a deeper understanding of how to create long lasting and meaningful client-focused relationships, regardless of the client or the construction delivery process.
NECA Boston Training Center
2 Heritage Drive, Suite 1
Quincy, MA 02171
Instructor
Gregg Schoppman, Partner FMI
Instructor
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION 101
MASSACHUSETTS DISCRIMINATION PREVENTION TRAINING SERIES
Wednesday,
February 16, 2022
This three hour session covers the following topics: disparate treatment, harassment, disability accommodations, religious accommodations and pregnancy accommodations. This is perfect for all staff members, supervisors and HR professionals who do not have a background in antidiscrimination law. This course includes only an overview of sexual harassment and should not be used to fulfill a sexual harassment training requirement.
Alison Caton, Acting Director of Training, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination [MCAD]
Instructor
BUILDING WINNING TEAMS
Wednesday,
February 23, 2022
From the Good Foreman, Bad Foreman publication series, join Nic Bittle, nationally recognized author and construction industry expert, as he shares best practices for leading effectively in today’s changing building market. The session will provide a roadmap of 12 principles and best practices that great foreman use on and off the job to lead effectively.
Renee Sacks, Ph.D. Executive Director, Women Builders Council, Inc. President, Sacks Communications
Facilitator
PRODUCTIVITY
LEADERSHIP AND TEAM PERFORMANCE
Tuesday,
March 22, 2022
This session will provide attendees with an understanding of the basics of leadership and management but also apply actionable standards for becoming an effective leader who will impact both on team and company-wide productivity.
Marriott Boston Quincy
1000 Marriott Drive
Quincy, MA 02169
Instructor
Mark Breslin, CEO Breslin Strategies Inc.
Instructor
SAFEBUILD
A NATIONAL SAFETY FORUM
Thursday,
April 28,
2022
Join hundreds of your colleagues from across the construction industry for the SafeBuild 2022 Industry Forum. The one-day program will offered construction professionals from both the public and private sector the opportunity to share best safety practices and learn how to manage jobsite safety conditions. You will also have the opportunity to learn more about the latest safety tools and technologies designed to advance your firm’s safety records and project performance.
MASSACHUSETTS DISCRIMINATION PREVENTION TRAINING SERIES
Wednesday,
May 11,
2022
This ninety minute review training is perfect for all staff members, supervisors, and HR professionals who have taken MCAD’s “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace 101” within the last year. During this ninety minute session, we will review the content covered in our 3-hour training through an interactive game. This training is not appropriate for new employees or employees who have not taken the three-hour “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace 101” course.
Alison Caton, Acting Director of Training, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination [MCAD]
Instructor
Modern Assistance Program Services
Modern Assistance is an Employee Assistance Program which provides case management, individual and group counseling to members and their families. There are no additional costs associated with Modern Assistance services and all engagement is 100% confidential.