Keynote Presentations and Workshops

The Guide to Defining DEI

Developing successful initiatives for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

DEI is a big topic these days. When DEI is seen as a strategic initiative, it strengthens the foundation of your culture. Yet 42% of employees find their organization’s DEI efforts to be divisive.

If we were to take Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and define them, we can quickly see that they complement each other, but are not intrinsically the same.

It’s time we develop individual initiatives for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Learn How:

1. Developing individual initiatives for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion leads to more successful implementation and employee engagement.
2. To properly consider and apply key attributes of your workforce when developing organization initiatives.
3. Common missteps that can lead to long-term organizational harm.

Retention is a Losing Game

Proactive Efforts that lead to a United Workforce

When engagement and retention are struggling, the issue often lands on the desk of HR to “fix.” Is it a cultural issue, or could the root of the problem run deeper?

Rather than working backward to try and solve retention challenges, explore the proactive steps organizations can take to prevent turnover.

When organizations design an employment brand that provides fulfilling work and performance incentives, they are then able to cultivate collective success. Discover how to build an engaged, committed, and more profitable workforce in this practical and lively presentation.

Key Takeaways:

1. How to prevent retention challenges by aligning recruiting efforts to organizational values.
2. The most successful implementations to bolster retention efforts for company leaders and managers.
3. Core strategies of onboarding and professional development programs that lead to more engaged, committed employees. 

Value-Based Polices

Create Foundational Company Standards that Invigorate & Inspire

When company goals and expectations are apparent and clarified, employees feel appreciated and heard, leading to higher productivity. But, getting buy-in is an uphill battle. No one loves rules.

Communication of rules needs to convey company values. If your policies and rules are phrased in a way that aligns with an individual’s values, the organization will experience better hires and stronger loyalty from employees. 

This program is ideal for executives looking to create a culture that enables the productive, collective pursuit of shared objectives. 

Key Takeaways:

1. How to create a system for foundational leadership that generates duplicatable organizational success. 
2. The importance of defining company values and where those values need to really shine through to build an aligned workforce.
3. Vital considerations when evaluating how and where company culture impacts the bottom line. 

Fearless, Functional Feedback

Create a fearless feedback culture

When feedback is seen as an essential function of business success, leaders and employees are able to deliver and receive feedback without fear or hesitation. As a result, a culture that fosters innovation, productivity, and accountability is created. 

To learn to deliver feedback without fear, managers must understand common communication pitfalls when having feedback conversations and how to avoid them. 

In this session, we’ll refine personal leadership values to enhance relationships and explore effective strategies for facilitating employee empowerment, productivity, and accountability. 

Key Takeaways:

1. How to empower your workforce to independently perform at their best.
2. The foundations for building trust in employee-manager and employee-employee relationships. 
3. How to teach and train accountability to reinforce and elevate employee autonomy, collaboration, and productivity. 

While HR can quickly become overwhelming, it is also an area that serves every sector of business operations. Your people are your strongest leverage point and by supporting them you will in turn be supporting the organization.