Human Resource Community of Practice (HR CoP) - 2026 Offering

Human Resource Community of Practice (HR CoP)

The program consists of six sessions between January to March 2026.

Session Dates:

• Session 1 (Virtual kickoff meeting): Wednesday, January 14, 2026, from 9am to 11am
• Session 2: Tuesday, January 27, 2026, from 9am to 12pm
• Session 3: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, from 9am to 12pm
• Session 4: Tuesday, February 24, 2026, from 9am to 12pm
• Session 5: Thursday, March 12, 2026, from 9am to 12pm (Virtual)
• Session 6: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, from 9am to 12pm

Cost to register: $265 per person

Location: The first and fifth sessions will be virtual through zoom; the remaining four sessions will be in-person at United Way Winnipeg’s Learning Centre, Main Floor, 580 Main Street, Winnipeg

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Program Overview

The HR Community of Practice Program is being delivered in partnership with Barry Jansen of JansenHR. United Way Winnipeg initiated the HR CoP to support learning, networking, sharing, as well as the development and the continuous improvement of effective HR.

Participants in the HR CoP will experience a blend of structured learning, opportunity to explore participant HR issues and challenges, peer support/networking, and skill building. Reflecting Imagine Canada Standards concerned with effective HR practice, participants will have increased knowledge of and skills in leadership, recruitment, high performance teams, coaching, performance reviews, facilitating terminations, managing change/transition, and talent management.

The following topic areas may be explored throughout the six sessions, though there may be others depending on what the group interest is:

• The realities of the nonprofit sector and community today.
• Building a high performing team: characteristics of high performing teams, stages of team development, the five dysfunctions of a team.
• Coaching for performance: establishing performance expectations for staff, how to effectively hold staff accountable, effectively delivering reinforcing and redirecting feedback, progressive discipline, strategies for having difficult performance-related conversations with staff.
• Conducing effective performance reviews: best practices on performance reviews and how to facilitate effective performance review meetings with staff.
• Introduction to succession planning: best practices on setting up a succession plan and how to identify high potential employees.
• Retaining and engaging your staff: best practices on creating a workplace where employees are engaged and motivated.

Space is limited to 20 participants. Given the limited space in this program annually, there will be a limit of three people per organization to participate.

Please only register if you can commit to all six sessions of the program between January to March.

Program Facilitator

Barry Jansen

Barry Jansen, Founder and President of JansenHR, is a senior human resources and sports leadership consulting professional. During a 35+ year career that has included operational and human resources leadership roles in both the for-profit and not-for- profit sectors, Barry has achieved many accomplishments that uniquely positions him to serve his business and sports clients effectively.

Barry has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Manitoba, a Certificate in Human Resources Management, and a Certificate in Adult Education. He has extensive experience in the use of many psychometric assessment tools and is recognized as one of the best in helping people increase their self-awareness in order to improve their performance. Barry has profiled almost 8,000 leaders, sports coaches, employees, and athletes over his career and considers this his passion in life.

As a sought-after performance consultant, Barry has developed an enviable reputation for his work with leaders, sports coaches, and teams from around the world. He specializes in leadership and coach development, one-on-one coaching, team building, and organizational effectiveness programs designed to increase engagement. Barry advises and coaches high performing leaders in business and sport and helps them develop cultures people truly want to be a part of. Barry’s passion, enthusiasm, and genuine desire to help others and to make a difference is infectious and quickly establishes him as a true partner with those he works with

As a professional, Barry is a member of The Leaders Performance Institute, Human Capital Institute, the Society for Human Resources Management, the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of Manitoba, the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce, the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, Manitoba Heavy Construction Association, and the Bioscience Association of Manitoba.

Barry is active in his community and has volunteered at numerous organizations over the years including Fort Whyte Alive, Winnipeg Harvest, and Manitoba Special Olympics. He has coached hockey, basketball, and archery and has volunteered at the Canada Basketball National U15 and U17 Championships and the World U17 Hockey Championships. Barry was also a past Board member of St. Mary’s Academy, Junior Achievement of Manitoba, and while a student at the University of Manitoba, he was the Past President of the Manitoba Chapter of The Wildlife Society.