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TalentCon Virtual Conference: Talent Management During Times of Uncertainty - On-Demand

Now Available On-Demand.

Program Length: 7 hours

TalentCon provides the information your organization needs to keep your corporate culture alive during times of uncertainty by focusing on engagement, retention, and employee productivity strategies.

TalentCon Virtual Conference: Talent Management During Times of Uncertainty provides the information your organization needs to keep your corporate culture alive during times of uncertainty by focusing on engagement, retention, and employee productivity strategies.

The workforce of the future is finally here! For decades, experts were predicting that digital disruption would impact workplaces, but nobody predicted a pandemic would be the ultimate driver of this change. From remote work to corporate culture and everything in between, COVID-19 has changed the way we work and interact with our colleagues for the foreseeable future.

On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 brought about renewed interest in racial justice and inequality with the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others. As a result, HR professionals are now taking a second look at their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs to make sure all employees are being represented and respected in the workplace.

With so much change in such a short amount of time, the future is clearly uncertain, but you can set your organization and your employees up for success by planning ahead. The TalentCon Virtual Conference: Talent Management During Times of Uncertainty delivers the strategies you need now to:

• Create a diverse and inclusive culture.
• Build teams in the age of social distancing and remote work.
• Bridge the generational divide to create one cohesive workforce.
• Establish a hybrid culture for distributed workers.
• Train employees for future success.

After participating in this education, you will be able to:

• Discover how new talent can successfully collaborate with your existing workforce.
• Implement strategies for creating a more inclusive culture.
• Create peer resource groups and other networking outlets to help aid workers.
• Utilize peer-to-peer learning to develop and retain talent.
• Recognize the difference between the internal and external characteristics of pressure and obstacles.
• And more!

During the TalentCon Virtual Conference: Talent Management During Times of Uncertainty, you can earn valuable CEUs and have the opportunity to connect with speakers and get real-time answers to your most pressing questions during our live networking Q&A session at the end of each day.

*Registrants will have access for 60-days from purchase.

TalentCon Virtual Conference: Talent Management During Times of Uncertainty - On-Demand

Agenda

(1 hour)
Opening Keynote: Navigate the Rapids of Change
Presented by Greg Hawks, Corporate Culture Specialist and Keynote Speaker

The three elements that create rapids in a river are the same that create rapids in the workplace: pressure, obstacles, and terrain change. These also happen to be the three greatest challenges in the workplace. We've had A LOT of change in 2020 and 2021. How do we effectively navigate these tumultuous times and stay on course?

In every raft, there is a guide. Their model of leadership gives us a perspective about how we can effectively contribute to the success of our teams. In our TalentCon Opening Keynote, Hawks will show you how to:

• Recognize the difference between the internal and external characteristics of pressure and obstacles.
• Learn to love obstacles.
• Gain insight into leading like a guide, which appears contrary to standard leadership thinking.

(1 hour)
Move Over, Millennials: How to Engage and Retain Next-Gen Talent for Long-Term Success
Presented by Ira Wolfe, President and Chief Googlization Officer, Success Performance Solutions

Millennials are the largest generation of workers in the United States, and at one point, employers were trying every trick in the book to attract and retain this age group. But now a new generation has emerged: Generation Z. How does Gen Z talent differ from Millennial talent? What makes Gen Zs tick?

In order to attract and retain Gen Z talent, you must understand the generation as a whole and then create a game plan that will keep this talent pool retained for their entire careers. But where do you even begin? This session will help get you started!

After attending, you’ll be able to:

• Understand the difference between Gen Z and Millennial talent.
• Discover how new talent can successfully collaborate with your existing workforce.
• Develop strategies for engaging Gen Z workers.
• Incorporate learning opportunities into the employee life cycle for career development.
• Implement a corporate culture that encompasses all ages of workers.

(1 hour)
Simple Steps for Creating a Seamless, Hybrid Corporate Culture
Presented by Lisa Jackson, President, Corporate Culture Pros

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many businesses and organizations were forced into remote work settings to help combat and contain the virus, and as this remote work “experiment” becomes the new way of life, employers must come to terms with the fact that corporate culture has been forever changed.

If your workforce is divided among remote workers and in-house staff, you may be wondering how you can create a corporate culture that seamlessly combines these distributed teams into one united front. Well, you’re in luck! In this session, an industry expert will provide you with the tips and tricks you’ll need in order to create an optimal hybrid culture. You’ll also learn:

• The importance of corporate culture as it relates to talent attraction and retention,
• How to respond to negative Glassdoor reviews and implement change for a better culture,
• The significance of using employee feedback to help improve your culture,
• Steps for bringing remote workers and in-house staff together to create a cohesive culture,
• And more!

(25 minutes)
Live Networking Q&A
Presented by Greg Hawks, Lisa Jackson, and Ira Wolfe

If you had questions from the day’s event, here’s your opportunity to get real-time answers from the speakers themselves in this live Q&A networking session. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with speakers and their peers in an informal, virtual setting.

(1 hour)
Peer-to-Peer Learning and Mentoring: Your Ticket to Better Institutional Knowledge
Presented by Thomas A. Toth, Managing Director and Founder, dWeb Studios, Inc.

While Baby Boomers still make up a portion of the workforce, organizations must start planning now for their eventual mass exodus. And if your Boomer workers have been at your organization for years, you’re probably panicking about all the lost knowledge they’ll take with them when they leave.

Fear not! There are a few ways you can overcome the knowledge gap, and it starts with utilizing your existing workers. Enter: peer-to-peer learning and mentoring. These training methods are a great way to boost your employees’ skill sets while keeping institutional knowledge in the workplace. In this session, you’ll learn:

• How to implement a peer-to-peer learning program,
• What major components must go into this training,
• How to match employees up so they can create the perfect knowledge partnership,
• What to do with the information that is learned, and
• How to develop employees to take over for retiring leaders.

(1 hour)
We Want Working Moms Back in the Workforce!
Presented by H. Juanita "Nita" Beecher, Esq., Counsel, Fortney Scott, and Yolanda Hunter, HR Consultant

Throughout 2020, employers across the globe turned to mass layoffs as a way to reduce costs and stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, but unfortunately for women, this talent pool makes up the largest portion of unemployed workers in the United States.

By January 2021, nearly 80% of all unemployed workers over the age of 20 were female. Layoffs aren’t all to blame; some working women decided it was better to not work at all and just stay at home to keep their families safe. As we slowly begin to return to “normal,” one thing is clear: We want working moms back in the workforce!

As we know, having a diverse talent pool is great for business for a variety of reasons, but given the trajectory of the pandemic, some workplaces are starting to revert to being entirely male-dominated. How can you attract and retain working mothers and other female talent? After attending this session, you’ll be able to:

• Recognize the importance of having female talent in the workplace.
• Implement strategies for hiring and retaining working mothers.
• Understand how peer resource groups help diverse talent needs.
• Create peer resource groups and other networking outlets to help aid workers.
• Develop a culture that supports all female talent, especially working mothers.

(1 hour)
Unconscious Bias Training Doesn’t Work—Try This Instead!
Presented by Jason Treu, Chief People Officer, Unstoppable Workplaces

Unconscious or implicit biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own conscious awareness. While you may not think you’re discriminating against someone, your actions and words could be saying otherwise, and the consequences of these actions can have a lasting negative impact on your organization and its brand.

To overcome these biases, many organizations have tried to implement training programs, but as Starbucks learned back in 2018, this training may end up missing the mark. The company conducted unconscious bias training after one location called the cops on two innocent black men waiting for a friend. While Starbucks employees appreciated that their company acted and did something about unconscious racial bias in the workplace, they still felt that the training was lacking in some areas.

Starbucks’s experience has shown that unconscious bias training just does not work! So what can HR professionals do to help improve DEI in their organizations? This session will explore a variety of options to help you understand and overcome unconscious bias, and you’ll also learn:

• The importance of DEI in recruitment and talent retention,
• Examples of what unconscious bias looks like,
• Strategies for creating a more inclusive culture,
• And more!

(25 minutes)
Live Networking Q&A
Presented by Thomas Toth, Nita Beecher, Yolanda Hunter, and Jason Treu

If you had questions from the day’s event, here’s your opportunity to get real-time answers from the speakers themselves in this live Q&A networking session. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with speakers and their peers in an informal, virtual setting.

TalentCon Virtual Conference: Talent Management During Times of Uncertainty - On-Demand

Speakers

	Nita Beecher is a nationally recognized expert on Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) matters.  She is Counsel to Fortney & Scott, LLC with a focus on OFCCP regulatory affairs.  Beecher’s primary focus is labor and employment law with substantial experience with class investigations by the EEOC and OFCCP.  She has more than 30 years of experience in labor and employment law particularly with class investigations by the OFCCP and the EEOC. From 2000 to 2015, she led networks of senior diversity, EEO, and affirmative action corporate practitioners as well as senior in-house labor and employment lawyers. In 2011, Beecher was selected by the National Research Council of the National Academies to participate in the Expert Study on Measuring and Collecting Pay Information from U.S. Employers by Gender, Race, and National Origin. Requested by the EEOC, the report by the panel was issued in 2012. Beecher has been a regular speaker at the ILG National Conference since 2004 and she moderated the opening panel for the 2015 conference in New York City.
	As a Corporate Culture Specialist, Greg Hawks shapes environments where everyone gets to contribute their best daily! For 2 decades he has mentored leaders, developed teams, crafted culture, and empowered employees. As a Keynote Speaker, he is an enthusiastic character. His style, wit, and energy consistently capture the attention and imagination of audiences. His forward thinking contributes fresh perspectives that work. He’s annoyingly optimistic, contagiously energetic, and slightly mischievous. People tend to like him. As a Virtual Conference Producer, he shapes an entirely different landscape. Designing the days, providing production, hosting the event, working with speakers, and vendors—Hawks fashions turn-key experiences that produce a virtual conference rivaling in-person gatherings!
	Yolanda Hunter is a Senior Human Resources Consultant with over 16 years of Human Resources experience assisting small to mid-size organizations. Hunter brings a wealth of experience and expertise across a diverse range of industries. With extensive experience in talent management, recruiting, training, employee development, and employee engagement, she also has an in-depth understanding of employee relations, benefits, and compliance issues. Her portfolio includes providing HR services for a diverse clientele to include law firms, not-for-profit organizations, government contracting firms, and hospitality management organizations. In addition, Hunter has consulted with federal clients on best recruitment practices and design to include diversity and inclusion initiatives and regulatory requirements that impact recruitment processes and develop strategies to facilitate compliance, mitigate risk and create a fair, equitable, and productive work environment.
	Lisa Jackson is President of Corporate Culture Pros—a boutique consulting firm focused on helping companies grow during disruptive change.  She is author of two books on culture change, editor of Attraction Culture magazine, and a keynote speaker on leading positive change for people—that fosters both profit and performance. Since 1998, Jackson has been helping organizations reinvent the definition of work—who, what, when, where, and how it’s done—to help leaders foster agile workplaces to navigate the modern world.  She lives and works in Denver, Colorado; a place where work, life, and well-being are inseparable.
	Thomas Toth has over 25 years of global experience in the design and development of training programs and educational technology. He has led the creation and implementation of global learning initiatives for companies like Western Union, Janus Capital Group, and SafeNet. As a consultant, he has designed training programs for clients such as CHANEL, DiSH, Kelly-Moore Paint, Swarovski, Newmont Mining, the Walmart Foundation, Airgas, Murale, and Trizetto. Toth is the author of the books “Technology for Trainers,” first and second edition, and a contributing author to both the “ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals” and Michael Allen’s “eLearning Annual 2012”. His work in the area of leadership program development led to an ASTD BEST award for training and development in 2008.
	Jason Treu is the Chief People Officer at Unstoppable Workplaces and leadership and teamwork expert. He helps executives, managers, and HR departments develop unstoppable leaders, talent, and employee experiences. He provides virtual/in-person coaching, training, keynote speaking, conflict resolution, and other services. He spent 15+ years in leadership positions working with industry-changers such as Steve Jobs, Reed Hastings (Netflix CEO), Mark Hurd (HP), Mark Cuban, and others. He’s the best-selling author of Social Wealth which has sold more than 60,000 copies. Treu has his law degree and master’s in communications from Syracuse University.
	Ira S. Wolfe is a “Millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer body.” Fueled by his fierce passion for embracing exponential change and his commitment to understanding its impact on people, jobs, and work, it’s not surprising Wolfe has emerged as one of HR’s most prominent and influential leaders in Human Resources today. His enthusiasm and engaging approach inspires his clients and audiences to challenge preconceptions about what it takes to attract, select, manage, and retain top talent and take the initiative to make change work for them. Wolfe is an accomplished speaker/author and President of Success Performance Solutions, one of the most prominent pre-employment test and leadership assessment consulting firms. As a hiring expert, he has presented on the prestigious red carpet of TEDx and on the stage of DisruptHR. His first book The Perfect Labor Storm launched him into national prominence. This was followed by Geeks, Geezers, and Googlization. His 2016 TEDx Talk "Make Change Work for You" became the inspiration for his latest book Recruiting in the Age of Googlization: When the Shift Hits Your Plan.

TalentCon Virtual Conference: Talent Management During Times of Uncertainty - On-Demand

Pricing

Retail Price: $249.00

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• 4-10 attendees = each attendee receives 10% discount off retail price
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• 21 + attendees = each attendee receives 25% discount off retail price

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TalentCon Virtual Conference: Talent Management During Times of Uncertainty - On-Demand

Credit Information

CREDIT INFORMATION: HRCI® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that BLR®—Business & Learning Resources meets the criteria for preapproved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.

This program has been approved for 7 (HR (General)) recertification credit Approved Provider toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through the HRCI.
These credits expire 12/31/21.

BLR®—Business & Learning Resources is recognized by SHRM to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). This program is valid for (7) PDCs. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org.
The on-demand credits expire 12/31/21.