Erica Pinsky is a creative, dynamic, results-oriented speaker, author and consultant whose passion is promoting respectful workplace cultures where employees feel engaged, comfortable and focused on their jobs. Erica has worked with a myriad of organizations to assist them in successfully managing the complex issues of discrimination, harassment, bullying and destructive conflict in the workplace.

Erica’s work history includes the public, private and non-profit sectors in both federal and provincial jurisdictions. She is a gifted and passionate presenter, possessing specific strengths in training, dispute resolution, diagnostic and analytic thinking, with a track record of policy development, implementation of organizational practices and motivation of people and teams. Prior to starting her consulting practice in 1998, Erica was responsible for administration of the corporate harassment policy including adjudication of complaints of discrimination and harassment at Canadian Airlines International.

Erica also acted as the corporate advisor in the area of workplace conflict at Canadian Airlines. This experience combined with her prior work as a Labour Relations practitioner have allowed her to become accomplished at facilitating multi-party disputes, investigating and mediating complaints and in handling emotionally charged conflict situations.

Erica has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Sociology from the University of Toronto, a Masters of Science in Industrial Relations from the Université de Montreal and a Conflict Resolution Certificate from the Justice Institute of British Columbia.

Erica has received her Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation through the British Columbia Human Resources Management Association, and the CHRP designation is recognized throughout Canada.

Erica is a professional member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. She is also a member of the Canadian Conflict Resolution Network, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the BC Human Resources Management Association.

Erica’s first book: Road to Respect: Path to Profit (How to Become an Employer of Choice by Building a Respectful Workplace Culture.