8:00 – 8:30 Networking

8:30 – 9:00 Business Meeting

9:00 – 11:00 Virtual Presentation:  

Link to Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/162331194
Format:  Virtual

Randy Martin, PhD, Clinical Director, CopeNYP EAP, Weill Cornell Medicine- New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Content:

This training will consist of break-out groups to discuss how organizations are handling potentially contentious workplace discussions amongst employees on divisive topics such as the upcoming U.S. Presidential and Congressional Elections, the Middle East Conflict, Diversity & Inclusion-related Issues, Racial Justice, Reproductive Freedom, LGBTQ+ Issues, etc. The break-out groups will summarize their discussions and thoughts of best practices for organizations.

Learning Objectives

1. To raise awareness on how organizations approach contentious non-work-related issues – in terms of offering guidance to employees on appropriate workplace behavior, as well as their stance on employees’ conduct outside of work (e.g., on social media, at in-person protests, etc.).

2 . To use scenarios and shared experiences to help members bring to their organizations their best recommendations for senior leadership on how the organization should best balance employees’ rights to free speech and open expression with the need to maintain a productive, non-conflictual, work-focused environment.

3. To consider the organization’s cultural climate, organizational principles, the current geo-political environment and investor’s concerns while landing on clear corporate policies and interventions led by the EAP, DEI, HR, Learning & Development, and other related departments. This could include the organization steering clear of “political stances, or could lead to thoughtful, carefully crafted forays into these admittedly risky waters.

2 PDH’s - Domain TBD

Presenter:

Randall Martin, PhD is a licensed psychologist and the Clinical Director at CopeNYP, the EAP for New York Presbyterian Hospital System in New York City. He previously had leadership roles at four other national EAPs – Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA), Corporate Family Network, FEI Behavioral Health, and Humana (formerly Harris, Rothenberg International. He received his B.S. in Psychology & English at Wake Forest University, M.S. in Counseling at State University of New York @ Albany, and a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Indiana State University.

Randy Martin, PhD, Clinical Director

CopeNYP EAP, Weill Cornell Medicine-New York-Presbyterian Hospital

466 Lexington Ave., 10th Fl.

New York, NY 10017-3140

T: 646.988.1763

rdm4002@med.cornell.edu