Gayla R. Sherry
Instructor Gayla R. Sherry
Product Id 601718
Duration 60 Minutes  
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Original Price $295
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Innovative Recruitment and Retention Strategies to Increase Employee Engagement

Overview:

Employee engagement is more than a 21st Century buzzword - it is a real issue for today's employers. There are many factors for considering the business case for employee engagement. With the continuing retirement of one of the largest generations - the Baby Boomers - there is a tremendous risk of brain drain from organizations. And, successor generations have alternative views of work and different expectations of employers.

This webinar will help employers, business owners and HR executives prepare for the talent shortages created by Baby Boomer retirements, while simultaneously creating a work environment to inspire new leaders to replace those retiring. Tips for creating a succession plan will also be discussed.

The webinar will also provide examples of "symptoms" of disengagement and strategies for transforming disengagement into engagement. The key ingredients of job satisfaction will be discussed. Case studies of organizations who have successfully reduced turnover through successful engagement strategies will be discussed.

Why should you attend: Baby boomer retirements and high turnover are challenges to organizations because of the high costs of turnover, training and risk of losing customers or clients. Therefore, it makes sense to look at offsetting these direct and indirect costs through enhanced engagement strategies. By learning how to create a work environment that inspires employees to achieve optimum productivity, organizations can soar to success.

Areas Covered in the Session:

  • Employee Engagement - What's the Big Deal?
  • Financial, economic and strategic factors that affect employee engagement
  • The direct and indirect costs of employee turnover
  • Preparing for the "talent shortage" by identifying turnover metrics and developing a succession plan
  • Creating a work environment to inspire employees
  • Understanding today's workforce
  • Getting buy-in to organizational goals
  • Overcoming management mistrust
  • Understanding the drivers of employee motivation, loyalty and engagement
  • Identifying symptoms of disengagement and developing strategies to overcome them
  • Assessing morale
  • Planning and implementing a succession management process
  • Relationships of training and development and engagement

Who Will Benefit:
  • Human Resources Professionals
  • HR Directors
  • HR Managers
  • HR Specialists and Generalists
  • Department or Line Managers with significant responsibility

Speaker Profile
Gayla R. Sherry is President of Gayla R. Sherry Associates, Inc., an Oklahoma-based consulting firm established in 1995; the firm's mission is to improve employee engagement and productivity by providing human resources services. The firm has conducted many engagements with a wide range of clients, including financial services, health care, government, higher education, public, private and nonprofit organizations. Projects include HR Audits, developing policies, procedures, handbooks, job descriptions, Affirmative Action plans, management training, employee relations, mediating conflict, conducting internal investigations and succession planning.

Gayla is a well-respected human resources professional, accomplished speaker and facilitator, faculty member and published author. She brings a broad range of business experience in senior management positions in human resources, operations, marketing and customer service. Gayla's business background includes senior management positions in commercial banking and the Federal Reserve System.

Gayla offers a highly-credentialed background as a Senior Professional in Human Resources, an EEOC-trained Internal Investigator and Certified Mediator. She is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management. She is the author of numerous professional articles and books, including: "Employee Retention: Reducing the Risk and Cost of Employee Turnover," and posts an HR or management tip on YouTube, "Tuesday Tip." She is a Strategic Business Partner with Profiles International, the largest provider of assessments for hiring, development and succession planning.

Gayla's education includes Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Business Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma; she is an honors graduate of the University of Colorado,Boulder.

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