BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.14//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:39-867@lerachapter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T131500 DTSTAMP:20260917T154103Z URL:https://lerachapter.org/texas/events/remedies-to-prevent-bullying-in-t he-workplace/ SUMMARY:Remedies to prevent BULLYING in the WORKPLACE DESCRIPTION:Remedies to prevent BULLYING in the WORKPLACE\nApproved for TX Attorney MCLE's and SHRM Recertification Credit -1.25 hours\nProgram: FREE - Virtual Only\nThe targets of workplace bullies often suffer long after the bullying stops. Resentment\, anger\, emotional pain\, and even physica l ailments can prevent them from moving forward with their lives.  How ca n people who have been bullied at work grow from victim to survivor?\nThes e questions and others will be addressed in the program to be conducted by LaVena Wilkin\, Ph.D.\, Dean of Conflict Management programs at Sullivan University\, a respected authority on the issues that arise from workplace bullying.  Her presentation will delve into what workplace bullying is\, its costly impact on both the target and organization\, and strategies on both how to avoid workplace bullying in the first place and how to addres s incidents of bullying in the workplace when they do occur with appropria te action.  Accordingly\, the program will provide authoritative assistan ce to Company and Union attorneys and advocates\, and Human Resources prof essionals who advise their clients on workplace bullying issues and the po tential workplace safety and disability issues that may arise as a result. \nDr. Wilkin’s book “Thriving After Workplace Bullying – Journey fro m Victim to Survivor”\, tells the stories of the survivors of workplace bullying focusing on their resilience\, how they moved past the hurt\, and crucially\, how they changed from perceiving themselves as a victim to fe eling empowered.  Thriving After Workplace Bullying is essential reading for organizational leaders\, Human Resources professionals\, Attorneys and anyone invested in employee welfare.\nhttps://www.peacefromconflict.com/a bout-dr-wilkin.html\n\nDate and Time\nSeptember 17\, 2026\, Time 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm CST\n\nLocation\nVia Zoom\nZoom link will be sent with registrat ion confirmation.\n\nProgram Speaker\n\n\nLaVena Wilkin\, PhD\nDr. LaVena Wilkin is the Executive Dean of the College of Business and Technology and the Coordinator of Ph.D. programs at Sullivan University. Before joining Sullivan\, she spent twenty-six years in the construction industry\, and t hree of those years she co-owned a masonry sub-contracting company.\nDr. W ilkin has facilitated numerous workshops on communication\, conflict\, emo tional intelligence\, forgiveness\, P.E.A.C.E. from Conflict\, and workpla ce bullying for a myriad of organizations. She also created a basic confli ct management course for the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiati ve (CITI). And she conducted a Webinar for Collaborative Institutional Tra ining Initiative (CITI) entitled Managing Conflicts With Your Dissertation Chair. She has done numerous motivational talks for Unity of East Louisvi lle and Unity of Louisville.\nDr. Wilkin published an article on workplace bullying in the International Journal of Business and Social Science\, an d for several years she wrote a quarterly column for Business First. She c ontributed a chapter in The Handbook of Mediation: Research\, Theory\, and Practice. She is also co-editor of a book entitled Organizational Conflic ts: Challenges and Solutions. She is the Editor for the Journal of Conflic t Management\, a scholarly journal that publishes research in many of the multidisciplinary areas of managing conflicts. She co-edited a book\, enti tled From Discord to Harmony: Making the Workplace Hum\, which was publish ed in March 2020. She also contributed a chapter entitled “From Disrupti on to Connection: How Mindful Conflict Management Builds Bridges During th e Pandemic and Beyond” in the book\, Back to a New Normal: In Search of Stability in an Era of Pandemic Disruption. Her co-edited book\, The Handb ook of Organizational Conflict Management\, was published through De Gruyt er Publishing in September 2022. Her book\, Thriving After Workplace Bully ing: The Journey From Victim to Survivor is based on her dissertation rese arch\, and it was published in October 2024. It was a finalist for the 202 5 Bookfest Book of the Year in the Motivational Category. Her newest co-ed ited book\, Conflict Management in Higher Education\, will be available in Fall 2026.\nShe is a certified mediator\, conflict coach\, and employee e ngagement facilitator. Dr. Wilkin earned her bachelor’s and master’s d egrees from Sullivan University. She earned her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale\, Flor ida.\n\nContinuing Education Credits\nTexas Attorney Accredited MCLE hours and SHRM Recertification credits applied for.\n\nConnection via Zoom\nOnl ine Webinar - Registrants will receive Zoom link prior to the event.\n\nPr icing and Registration\nFree!\nWe hope you will be able to join us for thi s informative discussion. Please log into your LERA account and let us kno w if you will be participating in this event.\nThere is no charge for this program\, but we do ask that you reserve your spot by submitting a bookin g.  The Zoom link for this meeting will be provided to program registran ts prior to the meeting. If you have trouble registering\, please contact Mickey Brock (281-732-6918). 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