May 1, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Performance Management Essentials:

• Elements of the performance management cycle.
• Process for planning the timeline of activities.
• The structure the documentation process.
• The structure of the performance appraisal meeting.
• Dos and Donts of performance management.

Help Your New Hires Hit the Ground Running:

• The definitions onboarding, orientation, assimilation and organizational culture.
• Research on the importance of onboarding and productivity and retention.
• How to assimilate new leaders and new team members.
• Strategies for the first 90 days.

Creating a Culture of Integrity:

• Integrity generally, including definitions and the importance of integrity in the workplace.
• The general steps required to build a culture of integrity.
• Common examples of incorporating the five-step process to build a culture of integrity in a workplace.
• Strategies for balancing integrity with business challenges.

Culture of Ownership:

• Definitions of responsibility, accountability, entitlement, employee satisfaction, employee engagement, culture and ownership.
• Essential elements of a culture of ownership.
• Building a culture of ownership.

How to Support and Engage Your Team During a Crisis:

• The risks associated with a crisis and how to create a crisis management plan and response team.
• Best practices for in-person and remote work during a crisis that focus on communication, schedules, management, and technology use.
• Methods of motivating in-person and remote employees using time management, stress management, recognition, team building, and cross-training.
• How companies can act as a resource for employees during difficult times, establish a support network, and prioritize health and safety.

Psychological Safety: Creating Safe Spaces for Employees to Thrive:

• The workplace stressors that employees face.
• How to fight against bias in the workplace.
• Learning how to make the workplace a place of psychological safety.
• Strategies to handle workplace scenarios.

Millennial Leaders:

• The characteristics of the millennial leaders generation.
• The different types of leadership jobs millennials hold and the trends over the last several years.
• Millennial leaders management style and the skills they will need to be successful in the future workforce.

Talent Management and Succession Planning:

• Definitions and trends.
• Talent management.
• Succession planning and using the 9-box grid.