Negotiation Training Consulting Speaking
Don W Ewart BAC, PMgr, CArb
631 Brookhurst Court
Saskatoon Sk S7V1E5
Direct Line 306 665-8162
Fax 306-665-8167
Toll free 877-665-8162
E-mail
don@laboursolutions.com
Management Analysis & Training
Consulting
Audits
Keynote Address/workshops
Surveys
Negotiations
Mystery Shopper
Personality Profiles
Don is our senior consultant and founder of Advanced
Labour Solutions Inc. (ALS) As a
labour consultant Don
advises our
unionized clients on such matters as applications for union
certification, unfair labour practices and collective agreement
administration and interpretation. He has been very effective in
helping clients to plan negotiating strategies and acts as spokes
person /negotiator for clients during the collective bargaining
process.
With an extensive reputation as a skilled negotiator, trainer,
speaker, manager, management consultant Don wears several
hats at ALS. Don has developed some industry-leading Human Resource
and Staff Development Programs, an area so important to any
business' future profit potential. A highly-skilled trainer, he is
able to train all levels of personnel. The key priorities include a
staff appraisal systems for business, management and team assessment
and development plans and programs.
Don has also developed a succession planning program which will
ensure development potential for management staff to enable business
to fulfill all future needs.
In addition to training, Don is responsible for developing and
implementing innovative, progressive and realistic personnel
policies and procedures for our clients that will not only keep
abreast of legislation, but be on the leading-edge of the industry,
a majour criteria for staff retention and Union prevention.
With excellent team-building skills, strong financial management
experience and a similar unique sense of humour, Don works
effectively as a liaison between clients and the employees, managers
or unions.
Back Ground
In 1998 after 17 years with the Royal Host Hotels Group Don decided
to chase his dream of assisting to develop junior managers and
negotiate collective agreements full time. Don held several
positions such as Restaurant manager, Hotel manager, Regional
Director of Saskatchewan, director of Saskatchewan and
Alberta, Director of Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia,
Colorado. Don Retired from Royal Host as Vice President of Royco
Services, a service company he developed within Royal Host.
Dons' talents were then utilized to create the Purchasing
department and the Labour Department while maintaining the director
responsibilities for the Saskatchewan operation. It was at this time
Don decided and received corporate backing to start a company
within the corporate structure, this little 2 person company named
Royco Services soon became a significant profit center, negotiating
all contracts both labour and service.
Don was the architect of the Positive Employee program which
reduce the staff turn over to levels never before believed possible
in the service industry.
Academic & Professional Achievement
- Negotiating University of British Columbia 1987;
- Negotiating, University of Saskatchewan 1988;
- Negotiating (Advanced) University of British Columbia 1992;
- Law of Contracts University of British Columbia 1993;
- Grievance investigation and negotiation University of
British Columbia 1993;
- Employment Contracts University of British Columbia 1994;
- Employment Law University of British Columbia 1994;
- Arbitration Preparation Ottawa; 1994;
- Arbitration Presentation Ottawa; 1994 - first overall;
- Law of Tendering; 1994;
- Commercial Law University of British Columbia 1995;
- Negotiation Harvard Law 1995;
- Breach of Contract 1995;
- Strategic and mutual gains negotiations Harvard University
(Faculty of Law) 1997;
- Breach of Contract 1997;
Professional Acknowledgment
- Honours, Foodex Institute of Restaurant
Management Development 1980
- Royal Host HotelsGeneral Manager of the Year 1986;
- Royal Host Hotels General Manager of the year 1987;
- Government of Canada Certificate of Merit for leadership
1988;
- Certificate of Appreciation from Corrections Canada for
five training sessions developed and given to inmates at the
Regional Psychiatric Centre 1989;
- Business Administration Certification (BAC)1993
- First overall in 1994 Arbitration Competition held in
Ottawa;
- Professional Manager Designation (PMgr) Canadian
Institute of Management 1998;
- Chartered Arbitrator January 2000 (C.Arb)(Canadian
Arbitration Mediation Association of Canada);
- Professional Speaker Trainer Facilitator 2001 (Canadian
Association of Professional Speakers);
Service professional and community
Present
- Member Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board
- Vice President Saskatchewan Administrative tribunals
Association
- Vice President Saskatoon Public Schools Foundation Board
- Past president Saskatoon North Rotary Club
- Past president Saskatoon Board of Crimestopppers
- Past president Canadian Association of Professional
Speakers (CAPS) Saskatchewan chapter
Past
- President Saskatchewan Association of Crimestopppers
Programs
- Vice President Saskatchewan Drag Race Association;
- President Saskatchewan Chapter of Canadian Association of
Professional Speakers;
- Vice-President, North Saskatoon Business Association;
- Vice President, Arbitration Mediation Institute
Saskatchewan;
- Board of Directors Member, Twenty-fifth Street Theatre;
- Founding Board of Director Member, Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame;
- Board of Director Member, and Business Manager, Combined
Events in track and Field - Canada vs USA;
- Co-chair of 1988 Olympic Torch Relay Committee;
- Co-chair of 702 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets;
- Vice-President, Saskatchewan Snooker Referees
Association;
- Purchasing Management Association of Canada;
- Vice President Saskatchewan Moto Cross Association;
- Class "A" Snooker Referee trainer and examiner;
- President Local 544 Retail Wholesale Department
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