Designing Your Corporate Workshops: Leadership & Development for Employee Retention
In order to design workshops and programs that best fit the needs of your company it is essential that be aware of where your “pain” is, as well as know the trends that may be impacting your business.
One question to consider: Is your corporate culture helping or hindering you? The trends in the marketplace are so pronounced that as companies you can no longer close your eyes to them. These trends will shape the way corporations do business in the future as well as retain and attract the top talent: from entry level to senior level.
TRENDS TO BE AWARE OF FOR THE NEXT DECADE:
* In the service producing sector there is a looming labour shortage for skilled workers: 2010 marks the start of the “talent-hunt decade” due to aging population & not enough immigration to meet these needs
* Employers must sustain an ongoing campaign emphasizing their brand in order to court and entice the best talent over a period of time
* Highly skilled people in todays job market are clear about what they want from employers – opportunities for development and promotion, good compensation and having a good work/life balance – and are UNWILLING to settle for less
* Creativity-oriented jobs and services that they spawn are Canada’s economic future: these jobs will make up almost 90% of new positions by 2016
My programs and workshops are “hands on/experiential” and are designed to engage, empower and enlighten both at the senior coporate level and employee; bringing both parties together to create changes that make sense for their business. The strength of the relationships within will determine the success of your company, as seen by your strong corporate culture.
DETERMINING YOUR CORPORATE CULTURE: CULTURAL ASSESSMENT:
This assessment, a self-reflection, allows you to dive deep and examine how the values and behaviours of your company align with where you as a company are trying to go, and determine where the gaps are. A cultural assessment can provide insights into the way your company works as a whole, and by functional area. As a facilitator I take you from questioning Who Am I? to knowing Who I AM!
WORKSHOPS: ON-LINE PRESENCE/MARKETING & SALES MATERIAL
I draw on my marketing and research expertise for this workshop. It is essential to look at your on-line web presence as well as marketing and sales material to make sure that as a company you are being consistent with “who you are – walking your talk”. Is this message being conveyed througout the company? COMMUNICATION. The web is a major tool that your future employees will use to find out about you as a company. You want to make sure that when a person comes to your site, you come across as an employer of choice, an organization they would aspire to join and want to stay in touch with. I will address “words”, clear vision and mission, your corporate social responsibility, training and development, your corporate culture and then your products and services. The clearer your message of WHO YOU ARE, the more enticing you will be to find the “right person” to fit in with your culure. I will also address SEO; the words you are using to drive people to your site.
It is known that a strong corporate culture, one where the leaders walk their talk and drive the values and behaviours of the company, outperform their peers. This helps drive sales and revenue! It also affects your ability to acquire and retain top talent.
WORKSHOPS – EMPLOYEE: TRANING, DEVELOPMENT, ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT
For this I draw on my human resources and training background. I know a company with a strong corporate culture is one that supports employee training, developement and engagement. My workshops focus on the soft skills and draw on life lessons and life skills that are brought into our work each day. I focus on authenticity, accountability and responsibility at the employee level and corporate level.
Below are some of the soft skill workshops that a company may choose to focus on:
* Teamwork, One-Teaming and Leadership
* Communication – Active Listening; Words, Tone and Body Language; Use of Technology; Learning to Say “No”
* Networking – creating and building relationships: externally and internally
* Tools to Reduce Stress & Keep you Focused
* Effective Presentation Skills – Art of story telling, how to use technology as a tool
By engaging and empowering your employees you are encouraging them to be an integral part of your team. The result is an employee that wants to be part of your company and will work hard to make sure that his/her position is one of value and give-back. This result is better flow of communication, team work, better relationships both within and with your customer/clients, increase in sales and revenue.
A strong corporate culture is a strategic competitve advantage: one where everyone benefits.
COSTS:
Each program is unique and will be priced according to the needs of the company.
Half day, full day and on-going programs and workshops are available.
Option: get a group of 8-10 people and I will come out to your office for a seminar/workshop.
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