Moving from ME to Community

In this talk, Nikki will share strategies for how to bridge the generational gaps of employee' mindsets, moving from a fixed and scarce "Me" focus, to a "Community" centric view of our interconnected success at work.  She will discuss Creative Adaptability exercises that can be used in virtual and hybrid workforces across the globe. Through key improvements in communication style and tools from Asynchronous to Synchronous, a new dialog can begin between management and employees.

Key Objectives:

1. Change Management - Creative Adaptability

2. Employee Engagement & Retention- Strategies to bridge the generational gaps of employees' mindsets 

3. Managing a Global Workforce - The importance of personalized communication in a virtual work world.  Moving from Synchronous vs Asynchronous communication.

Nikki Green left the tech world to inspire the next generation to do things differently. She partners with graduating college students to create a 'syllabus for life' designed to help them pursue their passions rather than just a paycheck. Through her book "I Laugh in the Face of Danger" and her weekly podcast Stand Up & Stand Out, she coaches the Chameleon Mindset, teaching her audience how to adapt to their ever-changing environment.

Developing Cultural Intelligence to Create a More Inclusive Workplace

A diverse workplace does not necessarily mean an inclusive culture.  Cultural intelligence is a skill for all managers to better understand and address their employees' cultural differences.  Through cultural intelligence managers and employees can create a more welcoming, inclusive, and respectful work environment.  

The learning objectives of this session are: 

*  Learn the 4 components of cultural intelligence and how they work together.

*  Understand the 10 cultural value dimensions to see how cultures think, act, and communicate differently.

*  Identify 5 ways to develop cultural intelligence.

*  Learn 6 things that can be done now to demonstrate cultural intelligence.

These objectives address the SHRM competencies of Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Culture and Operating in a Culturally Diverse Workplace.

Richard Lombard gives talks, conducts training workshops, and provides consulting on cultural intelligence.  He is a certified cultural intelligence (CQ) instructor through the Cultural Intelligence Center.  He developed and led cultural intelligence programs while working in information technology at JPMorgan Chase and Nationwide Insurance.  Richard has given cultural intelligence presentations or webinars to the Central Ohio InfoSec Summit, ISACA, National Church Residences, Expesite, and other organizations. 

Through cultural intelligence training, organizations can improve hiring, raise employee engagement scores, and increase retention by creating a work environment where all employees and client feel welcomed, recognized, and respected.  Richard encourages organizations to take advantage of their cultural diversity to enhance creativity and innovation.   

Great Resignation 2.0 - Solutions that actually work.

We are a year and a half into the Great Resignation and the numbers show it is getting worse not better.  An unavoidable conclusion then is that the compensation and benefits based solutions instituted in the last year have been ineffective.  The pandemic changed people’s thinking on personal happiness and until employers address that effectively resignations will continue.  Some desperate employers are luring employees by increasing salaries 30% and more sparking new resignations.  This webinar will teach you cost effective strategies that do work to achieve employee happiness and reduce resignations.  You will also have data that will get the C-Suite on board and learn how HR can re-define their organizational role to a new advantage.  Lastly you will leave the webinar a happier employee yourself. 

Learning Objectives:

1) The actual cause and solution to the Great Resignation.

2) HR department's new role in solving the GR.

3) Statistics and strategies to get C-Suite buy in.

4) Three specific strategies to make you and your employees happier starting today. 

Rob Dubin is serial entrepreneur who created multiple 7 figure businesses before retiring at 42 years old. He and his wife then sold their home, moved onto a 40ft sailboat, and spent the next 17 years sailing around the world studying human happiness and fulfillment. Rob went from sharing his life with billionaires and CEOs to meeting barefoot villagers in over 100 countries and learned from both groups. Rob interweaves lessons learned while sailing with his business experience resulting in memorable talks with applicable strategies for his audiences. Today Rob gives back by teaching courses in human happiness.

Creating Outstanding Team Culture

Company culture is one of the most important mountains every business needs to climb. During this session we will discuss what culture is and how we each have to take personal responsibility for building the culture we want.

Objectives include:

1. Understanding the concept of team culture. 

2. What's an individuals role in that culture.

3. How to take personal responsibility for the culture in your organization.

Over the past 50 years, Jay Thompson has welcomed every path that life has taken him on, and it has been quite a journey. He was a young teenage entrepreneur running a successful landscape business. He received a baseball scholarship to Georgia State University. He earned an Environmental Design/Landscape Architecture degree from Auburn University. He married the love of his life, he has been blessed with one son, one daughter, one son-in-law, and is a proud "Papa Jay" of the best granddaughter ever. He has served in ministry for over 30 years, working with teenagers, community leaders, and foreign missions worldwide. He is a John Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach and Seven Habits facilitator. He has spoken to community groups, real estate agencies, non-profits, and financial institutions about discovering their purpose and creating a culture based on their values. He has served as the Leadership Development Coordinator in the banking industry for almost a decade.

Jay lives just outside of Atlanta, Georgia, with his family. If he is not speaking and coaching companies and individuals on how to get FROM where they are TO where they want to be, you can find Jay out on a trail somewhere putting in the miles. Life is a journey, and one thing Jay has learned, no one should hike alone. So if you are looking for a great life hiking partner, he's ready to help you discover your path so you can enjoy your journey.

Expand the Circle: Layered Leadership That Can Boost Performance, Maximize Engagement, and Save the World

While most employers believe they're competing with other organizations who seek to poach top talent, the real threat is internal. The divide between employers and employees is widening, and both sides are dissatisfied. This can be solved.

Today, an employee's need to belong, to contribute in a meaningful way, and to feel valued is directly tied to their experiences at work. Leadership is the bridge that creates critical connections between the work, the workers, and one another, but only if we take a fresh approach to this timeless practice.

Key Objectives:  

1)  Recognize the 3 forces that are shaping employee needs and expectations.

2)  Reinforce the 4 critical talent optimization activities every organization must master.

3)  Build a 5-step leadership bridge that unites the two sides of the employment relationship.

Matt Poepsel, PhD is a leadership expert and "The Godfather of Talent Optimization". He serves as the Vice President of Professional Services at The Predictive Index. Matt has led product and consulting teams in rapidly growing Boston-area software companies for more than 20+ years. He holds a PhD in Psychology with a concentration in leadership and coaching as well as a Certificate of Management Excellence from Harvard Business School. He served as a cryptographic linguist in the US Marine Corps, and he's an IRONMAN triathlon finisher.

Conducting a Respectable Separation Conversation

Handling a separation goes beyond just doing it in a legally defensive manner. Regardless of the reason for separation, showing that the organization cares about exiting employees can take several different forms and entails careful planning of what to say and not to say, considering and coordinating various logistics and what steps to take after the conversation.  This session will provide necessary insight to prepare you or your managers to participate or conduct a respectable separation conversation.

Key Objectives Include:

1. Understand what to take into consideration as you prepare for the separation conversation.

2. Learn what to say and how to say it to reduce potential risks.

3. Identify common pitfalls that can occur during the conversation and how to avoid them.

4. Strategies to reduce separation stress and motivate exiting employee to focus on the future.

Lisa I. Perez is an Author, Speaker and the Founder & President of HR consulting company, HBL Resources, Inc., HR Support & Training Membership platform The Complete Manager Makeover and National Management Training Week.  She is on the mission of Transforming the Human in Human Resources®.

As a member of SHRM and holds two nationally recognized HR Certifications and her firm is designated as an approved provider of recertification credit programs from both the SHRM and HRCI.

Recognized throughout her 30-year HR career including two 2020 American Business Awards® Silver Stevie Awards for Entrepreneur of the Year and Human Resources Professional of the Year, she attributes the success to her passion for people and desire to give back to her community.  She volunteers for S.C.O.R.E. Broward, her local Chamber, Broward County's KAPOW Program and her family Church.

Originally, from Brooklyn, NY, she is a wife, mom, grandma and considers herself a craft geek.

For more info, check out www.lisaiperez.com