Take advantage of this unique opportunity to hone your skills from the worlds leading school on work, labor and employment. Now offering online versions of our programming in diversity and inclusion, human resources, labor relations, employee relations and labor law.
Cornell is now offering ILR professional education online
Workshops
Disability & Employment
Earn certification and develop leadership skills in disability and employment-support practices through virtual courses through our Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability.
Negotiation Skills for the Workplace
Through role-plays and simulations, gain insight into your own negotiation biases, weaknesses and strengths, and build negotiation confidence and competency.
Employment and EEO Laws
Learn best practices for understanding, identifying, preventing, and managing employee-related issues that have potential legal concerns. Gain up-to-date information on employment laws and court cases on employment practices.
Diagnostic tools for assessing conflict
Simulations and role-plays to practice skills
Feedback sessions
Courses offered in Buffalo, NY and NYC
Option to take some courses online,
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Key Features
Certificate Information
Benefits of Workshops and Certificates
The ILR School at Cornell University has the depth of knowledge and expertise to help you find solutions, regardless the workplace challenge.
We prepare leaders who are at the forefront of advancing the world of work, informing policy, and improving the lives of working people locally, nationally, and globally.
ILR offers the most comprehensive portfolio of professional and academic programs grounded in practice and focused on real-world application. We bring together the insight of leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners to deliver interdisciplinary instruction in labor studies, human resources, compensation, employment law, conflict resolution, and disability studies.
Ivy League Professional Education
Employment Law
Every aspect of work involves the law, and understanding how it affects your organization will give you an edge in your career. Our courses are designed to be of immediate use, and cover topics from understanding legal implications to handling investigations.
Leadership Skills for Success: Engaging Employees and Building Teams
Master communication and leadership skills to effectively manage employees, establish priorities and delegate responsibilities. . Become an effective leader with the ability to develop productive relationships and ensure alignment and collaboration.
Applying Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to Work
This course will cover common DEI terms and insight for scoping DEI strategy. We encourage everyone who has an interest in and desire to support DEI initiatives to begin with this primer course.
Susan W. Brecher
Susan W. Brecher, Esq. is on the faculty on the Scheinman Institute. She is an attorney who specializes in the field of employment practices, internal investigations and dispute resolution. In these area, Ms. Brecher advises, consults, coaches and facilitates. She brings her practical experience and expertise when designing and teaching in programs.
The Future of Unions in the Workplace
Why were unions created in the first place, what led to the explosion of their influence after WW2 and their steep decline in the 1980s, and what is happening now. Key focus is on the past and present: why, how and where workers are organizing now.
HR and the Future of Work
A deep, practical understanding of conflict management can position you uniquely within your enterprise. These courses train people to solve problems and design resilient systems for their organizations.
Union Leadership
Our institutional experience, world-class faculty, and deep relationships with labor organizations let us equip organizers to lead with labor's values, think strategically, and build collective-bargaining skills.
The Future of Work Certificate is designed to equip professionals with the skills needed to flourish in the changing workplace. Begin to collaborate across your organization with a deep understanding of the worker perspective. Learn how the modern workplace utilizes HR and its intersection with employment law, leadership skills, negotiation techniques, labor relations, and DEI practices.
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to hone your skills from the worlds leading school on work, labor and employment. Advance your career and your organization with our workshops in, diversity and inclusion, human resources, labor relations and employee relations.
"The nature of work is rapidly changing throughout the world and is impacted by the type of work, cultural differences and employment laws. Additionally, each issue or situation that arises in employee relations is unique. Our training gives organization's teams the tools to approach each situation using a process of thinking through the best way for handling it. The overall goal is to be fair and to have good reasons for the way a situation is being managed. "
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