Speaker Profile
Bob Oberstein
Bob Oberstein is uniquely qualified with over 50 years of Labor Relations experience on both sides of the table in both the private and public sectors and is the recipient of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director's Award for lifetime achievement in promoting positive Labor Management Relations. Bob was also the Director of the Labor Management Relations BA and certificate programs at Ottawa University, Phoenix where he developed and taught Labor Relations and Human Resources related courses on both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Bob has several published articles to his credit in addition to his arbitration awards and has also been recognized in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. Additionally, Bob has served on several boards, commissions, and panels where he participated in resolving or adjudicating all manner of workplace issues in a variety of industries. Moreover, Bob also holds a Master of Jurisprudence in Labor and Employment Law from Tulane University's School of Law. Bob has and continues to serve the management community as well as other groups as an Arbitrator, Mediator, Facilitator, Investigator, Trainer and Educator. Further details about Bob’s unique
qualifications can be found on his LinkedIn profile at Linkedin.com/Linkedin.com/in/boberstein

Bob Oberstein
February 25 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
90 Minutes
Detecting Truth, Lies and Deception During and Investigation
Truth can be elusive! Especially if someone’s lips are moving because there is always more to know if they are being less than truthful. If the focus of your investigation is to establish the facts how then is it possible to find out the truth when the information you are receiving might be concealed or if known, not be accurate? Being able to know when, and if someone is being forthright/candid a..

Bob Oberstein
March 26 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
90 Minutes
Workplace Privacy Issues
If you, do not know what an employee and employer’s privacy rights are and do it wrong, are you prepared to face the consequences of actual, compensatory, or punitive damages and damage to your own professional reputation and standing within your work community? And what about COVID-19 or the next pandemic? For the foreseeable future, the workplace will be raising issues about an employee’s privacy ri..

Bob Oberstein
April 28 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
90 Minutes
Labor Relations Crash Course
Attendees will have the opportunity to widen their skill set enough to be able to hit the ground running to meet the challenges of most labor-management environments. Among the areas to be explored will be the groundwork and guidelines for positive labor management relationships along with an examination of the roles of the Union and its representatives/Stewards as well as the management side of the equatio..

Bob Oberstein
May 14 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
120 Minutes
How to Make the Most Out of and Resolve Conflict A-Z: Part 1
Attendees will learn about the skill sets and processes necessary to “get over it” regardless of what it is and to change it for their mutually beneficial future so all can move on. Among these processes are mediation and arbitration, including the various subsets of each and the different styles and techniques both mediators and arbitrators apply to assist the parties, but which anyone can also use informa..

Bob Oberstein
June 24 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
120 Minutes
How to Make the Most Out of and Resolve Conflict A-Z: Part 2
Attendees will learn about the skill sets and processes necessary to “get over It” regardless of what it is and to change it to “what was” so all can move on. Among these processes are mediation and arbitration including the various subsets of each and the different styles and techniques both mediators and arbitrators apply to assist the parties but which anyone can also use informally and successfully. Add..

Bob Oberstein
July 24 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
120 Minutes
How to Make the Most Out of and ResolveConflict A-Z: Part 3
As in the previous two webinar sessions, this third session, as well as in all four webinars in this series, we will continue to focus on how to become “unstuck” rising above the quicksand and move beyond the danger by using the conflict as an opportunity to resolve the impasse/dispute. As previously noted, it’s all about the skillset and processes necessary to do so, and that is where this four-part webina..

Bob Oberstein
August 26 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
120 Minutes
How to Make the Most Out of and Resolve Conflict A-Z: Part 4
This fourth and final webinar in our “How to Make the Most out of and Resolve Conflict A-Z” series continues with a brief examination of the Uniform Arbitration Act and defines the differences and uses of the two major forms of arbitration (Rights and Interests). Attendees will then focus on a review of the basic foundational factors present in disagreements along with the different types of conflict specif..

Bob Oberstein
Recorded Webinar
90 Minutes
Labor Relations Survival Crash Course
Attendees will have the opportunity to widen their skill set enough to be able to hit the ground running to meet the challenges of most labor-management environments. Among the areas to be explored will be the groundwork and guidelines for positive labor-management relationships along with an examination of the roles of the Union and its representatives/Stewards as well as the management side of the equatio..

Bob Oberstein
Recorded Webinar
120 Minutes
The Everything You Need to Know About Labor Relations Survival Guide A-Z: Part 1
Attendees of Part 1 of this 4-part webinar series will have the opportunity to widen their skill set enough to be able to hit the ground running to meet the challenges of most labor management environments. Among the many areas to be explored will be the groundwork and guidelines for positive labor management relationships along with an examination of the roles of the Union and its representatives/Stewards,..

Bob Oberstein
Recorded Webinar
120 Minutes
The Everything You Need to Know About Labor Relations Survival Guide A-Z: Part 2
Click here for the Webinar Series: Mastering Labor Relations: Your Essential Survival Guide - A Webinar SeriesIn this second of four Labor Relations Survival Guide A-Z webinars attendees will continue with the opportunity to widen their skill set enough to be able to hit the ground running to meet the challenges of most labor management environments. Attendees will gain a greater understanding and enhanced ..

Bob Oberstein
Recorded Webinar
120 Minutes
The Everything You Need to Know About Labor Relations Survival Guide A-Z: Part 3
Click here for All Webinar Series: Mastering Labor Relations: Your Essential Survival Guide - A Webinar SeriesAttendees will have an increased understanding and where appropriate, skill set of the following:How to be as fully prepared as possible for negotiations, not only at the table but for the support team(s) from the field to the corporate office and board room as well because LR must always be viewed ..

Bob Oberstein
Recorded Webinar
120 Minutes
The Everything You Need to Know About Labor Relations Survival Guide A-Z: Part 4
Click here for All Webinar Series : Mastering Labor Relations: Your Essential Survival Guide - A Webinar SeriesBuilding on the three previous webinar sessions in our Labor Relations Survival Guide A-Z this fourth and final webinar will tie all four webinars together into a comprehensive understanding and improved skill set that can set an attendee above and beyond colleagues. Those who complete this..

Bob Oberstein
Recorded Webinar
90 Minutes
Writing the Investigation Report
Participants will learn: How to structure and write a clear, concise, well-organized, objective, and credible investigation report from complaint to conclusion?How to identify and use the models of proof/standards as a guide in your investigation report for issues of discrimination, harassment, and bullying (violence/threats)? How to provide parties with an analysis of the facts, conclusions, and or recomme..