PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION: The Diversity Playbook
Jennifer Bouman-Steagall
Participants will love the war stories and scenarios, and the lively discussions about interpretations and expectations people have about appropriate conduct for the workplace. This session will cover harassment, discrimination, retaliation, bullying, social media and the hot topic issues in the media, and how all these issues apply to every employer across the country. Participants will leave this session with sample policies.
*PLEASE NOTE, the Pre-Conference Session is an additional charge and registration is required.
Jennifer Bouman-Steagall
Participants will love the war stories and scenarios, and the lively discussions about interpretations and expectations people have about appropriate conduct for the workplace. This session will cover harassment, discrimination, retaliation, bullying, social media and the hot topic issues in the media, and how all these issues apply to every employer across the country. Participants will leave this session with sample policies.
*PLEASE NOTE, the Pre-Conference Session is an additional charge and registration is required.
Vision. Mindset. Grit
Scott Burrows
Through the power of storytelling, Scott will show your attendees firsthand how to apply the same timeless principles of Vision-Mindset-Grit that have had a profound impact in his life. Three simple yet powerful words that, when put into action, can absolutely help you conquer adversity and master change, setting the stage for developing cutting-edge ideas and leadership strategies that will benefit your entire organization.
Scott Burrows
Through the power of storytelling, Scott will show your attendees firsthand how to apply the same timeless principles of Vision-Mindset-Grit that have had a profound impact in his life. Three simple yet powerful words that, when put into action, can absolutely help you conquer adversity and master change, setting the stage for developing cutting-edge ideas and leadership strategies that will benefit your entire organization.
How to Say Anything to Anyone
Shari Harley
Speaking up when we are frustrated is hard and, as a result, must of us don’t. Instead, we tell other people or say nothing and performance either stays the same or gets worse. You can say anything to anyone and have it be easy, you just need to lay the ground work to do so, and most of us don’t. Shari shares her tips on establishing trust in working relationships, setting expectation with employees, colleagues and supervisors, identifying motivations to help keep employees engaged, how to create working relationships to decrease silos and increase teamwork and partnerships.
Shari Harley
Speaking up when we are frustrated is hard and, as a result, must of us don’t. Instead, we tell other people or say nothing and performance either stays the same or gets worse. You can say anything to anyone and have it be easy, you just need to lay the ground work to do so, and most of us don’t. Shari shares her tips on establishing trust in working relationships, setting expectation with employees, colleagues and supervisors, identifying motivations to help keep employees engaged, how to create working relationships to decrease silos and increase teamwork and partnerships.
Train Your Brain to Listen
Tim Gard
Learn to Listen! Often we hear each other but we fail to truly be present and really hear and understand what the other person is saying. Attendees will engage in a fun interactive game designed to teach them how to pay attention and "be in the now" in sales, marketing and virtually any person-to-person communication. It's called the "last word exercise" and it helps people discover how to really pay attention and not attempt to multi-task when speaking with others. As a fun bonus Tim added a few funny travel stories that help the attendees understand how important it is to act and not react when confronted with stress.
Tim Gard
Learn to Listen! Often we hear each other but we fail to truly be present and really hear and understand what the other person is saying. Attendees will engage in a fun interactive game designed to teach them how to pay attention and "be in the now" in sales, marketing and virtually any person-to-person communication. It's called the "last word exercise" and it helps people discover how to really pay attention and not attempt to multi-task when speaking with others. As a fun bonus Tim added a few funny travel stories that help the attendees understand how important it is to act and not react when confronted with stress.
Pivot! Turn Change & Disruption into a Culture of Innovation & Agility
Adam Markel
Disruption is something we have come to expect more and more. If your organization is not prepared to manage and make the most of change, or is married to the status quo because the cost of failure is perceived as too high, your days are probably numbered. In fact, 88% of the Fortune 500 companies from 1955 are no longer in business. Constant and never ending innovation is the key to sustainable success. Our ability to reinvent and innovate - what Adam refers to as "pivotability" - is critical to business longevity. Without a pivot-ready culture, businesses run the risk of mediocrity creeping in, threatening an organization's long term profits and even its very survival.
Adam Markel
Disruption is something we have come to expect more and more. If your organization is not prepared to manage and make the most of change, or is married to the status quo because the cost of failure is perceived as too high, your days are probably numbered. In fact, 88% of the Fortune 500 companies from 1955 are no longer in business. Constant and never ending innovation is the key to sustainable success. Our ability to reinvent and innovate - what Adam refers to as "pivotability" - is critical to business longevity. Without a pivot-ready culture, businesses run the risk of mediocrity creeping in, threatening an organization's long term profits and even its very survival.