These samples and templates are starting points for creating your own specific materials. The tip sheets are concise references on a variety of topics; many are excerpted from CCCO's HR Tools series.
Alcohol and Drug Use
Career Skills
- Tip Sheet: Action Plans Activity List (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Negotiating (Jim Biros, Toronto Musicians Association)
- Tip Sheet: Presentations With Pizzazz (consultant Micheline McKay, Opera.ca)
- Sample: Self-sustaining Organizations and Leadership (with permission from The Banff Centre, Leadership Development)
- Tip Sheet: For Surviving or Thriving in Difficult Times (Jane Marsland, consultant)
Coaching, Motivating, Mentoring
- Tip Sheet: Top Ten Tips Transitioning to Leadership (Robert Sirman, director Canada Council)
- Template: Mentoring Agreement (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Mentoring Benefits & Risks (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Mentoring Problems(CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Role Model & Facilitative Mentors (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Are You a Natural Coach (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: How to Be an Effective Coach (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Performance Coaching Fundamentals (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Myths About Motivating People (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Top 10 Tips Moneyless Motivating (Hot Docs)
- Tip Sheet: Succession Planning Mistakes (CCCO)
- Sample: Policy on Career Development (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Staff and Supervisory Responsibilities for Professional Development (Southern Ontario Library Services)
Compensation
Confidentiality and Privacy
Conflict of Interest
- Sample: Conflict of Interest Definitions (Toronto School of Art)
- Sample: Conflict of Interest Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Employee Conflict of Interest Policy (Magazines Canada)
Conflict Resolution
- Tip Sheet: Communication Skills for Resolving Conflicts (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Conflict Styles (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Handling Difficult People (CCCO)
Employment Standards
- Sample: Bereavement Leave Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Employment Equity Policy (Magazines Canada)
- Sample: Equal Opportunity Statement (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Harrassment Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Human Rights Policy (Theatre Company)
- Sample: Overtime Policy (Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery)
- Sample: Personal Leave Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Pregnancy, Maternity & Parental Leave Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Progressive Discipline Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
Health and Safety
- Sample: Emergency Leave Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: First Aid Kit Requirements (Theatre Ontario)
- Sample: Health and Safety Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: The Occupational Health and Safety Act Notification Procedure (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Preventative Medicine Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Sick Leave Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Template: Emergency Contact List (Theatre Ontario)
- Template: Employee Emergency Contact Information (Theatre Ontario)
- Template: Workplace Accident Report (Theatre Ontario)
Human Resources General Information
- Tip Sheet: Top Tips Professional Development (Margaret Genovese, senior partner, GVA and Associates)
- Tip Sheet: Top 10 Tips HR 101 (Ontario Museums Association)
- Sample: Personnel Responsibilities of Executive Director (Toronto School of Art)
- Sample: Employee Committment to Personnel Policies (Toronto School of Art)
Independent Contractors
- Sample: Working with Independent Contractors (Hot Docs)
- Template: Confidentiality Agreement for Non-Staff (Theatre Company)
Job Descriptions
- Sample: Job Description Box-Office Assistant (CCCO)
- Sample: Job Description Development Officer (CCCO)
- Sample: Job Description Director Marketing & Audience Development (CCCO)
- Sample: Job Description Administrative Assistant (Canadian Artists Representation - Ontario)
- Sample: Job Description Office Administrator (CCCO)
- Template: Job Description (Toronto International Film Festival)
Organizational Performance
- Template: Appreciative Performance Review (Tafelmusik)
- Template: Performance Goals (Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery)
Performance Reviews
- Sample: Performance Appraisal Policy (Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery)
- Sample: Staff Behaviours and Skills Considered in the Review Process (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Supervisory Behaviours and Skills Considered in the Review Process (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Template: Review Questions for Last Year (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Template: Review Questions for Planning Next Year (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Template: Performance Development Plan (Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery)
- Template: Performance Development Process Plan (Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery)
- Template: Performance Review Form A (CCCO)
- Template: Performance Review Form B (CCCO)
- Template: Performance Review Form C (CCCO)
- Sample: Performance Review Policy (The Creative Trust)
- Tip Sheet: Documenting Performance (CCCO)
- Sample: Exit Interview Policy (Toronto School of Art)
Professional Development
- Sample: Secondments, Acting Positions & Job Sharing Policies (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Professional Development Policy (Southern Ontario Library Services)
- Sample: Professional Development & Training Policy (Hot Docs)
- Sample: Sabbatical Policy (Hot Docs)
- Sample: Staff Training and Development Policy (Toronto School of Art)
Recruiting & Hiring
- Tip Sheet: Top Tips Interviewing for Fit (Toronto International Film Festival)
- Sample: Telephone Pre Interview Screening Questions (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Finding Candidates (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Reference Checks (CCCO)
- Template: Job Posting (Toronto International Film Festival)
- Template: Reference Questions (Toronto International Film Festival)
Terminations
- Tip Sheet: Exit Interviews (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Preparing for Termination (CCCO)
- Tip Sheet: Reasons for Termination (CCCO)
Work Life Balance
- Sample: Work Life Balance (with permission from The Banff Centre, Leadership Development)
- Sample: Stress and Breath-Watching (with permission from The Banff Centre, Leadership Development)
- Tip Sheet: Balance and Body Mechanics (Ginette Hamel, physiotherapist - Artists Health Centre Foundation, CCCO HR Swap Meet)
- Tip Sheet: Eating for Energy (Susie Langley, nutritionist, CCCO HR Swap Meet)
- Tip Sheet: Creating Emotional Resilience (Anne Carbert, career and transition coach, CCCO HR Swap Meet)
- Tip Sheet: Making Your Money Work Better (Amanda Mills, financial consultant - Loose Change, CCCO HR Swap Meet)
- Tip Sheet: Surviving Winter Blues and Slow Work Seasons (Anne Carbert, career and transition coach)
Working With Your Board
- Template: Board Member Self-Assessment (Hot Docs)
- Template: Board Effectiveness Survey (Hot Docs)
- Sample: Executive Director Selection Process (Toronto School of Art)
- Sample: Responsibilities of Directors (Hot Docs)
- Sample: Board Responsibilities (Hot Docs)
- Sample: Board of Directors Commitment to Personnel Policies (Toronto School of Art)
Volunteers & Interns
- Sample: Volunteer Manual (Hot Docs)
- Sample: Intern Definition & Responsibilities (CanStage)
- Sample: Volunteer Benefits (CanStage)
- Sample: Volunteer Information Manual (CanStage)
- Sample: Volunteer Opportunities (CanStage)
- Tip Sheet: Rewarding Volunteers (CanStage)
- Tip Sheet: Top 10 Tips for Rewarding Volunteers (CanStage)
