Registration is open for two new courses in the Future of Work/Hybrid Work Training Series. The Future of Work/Hybrid Work Training Series supports the campus community in navigating the hybrid workplace. The transition taking place as the campus adjusts to a flexible work environment poses challenges and opportunities for supervisors and employees. This training series provides the necessary mindsets, skillsets, and strategies to better thrive in this new environment. There is no cost to attend these programs.Â
Stay Interviews: The Proactive Strategy for Retaining High Performing Employees
A stay interview is an easy-to-use tool to uncover, anticipate, and resolve issues and concerns with employees to prevent them from leaving the organization. Stay Interviews do three things that exit surveys do not: they deliver information that can be used today; they provide time to adjust, and they provide managers with a reliable process for developing individual stay plans. If you don’t have 30 minutes now to conduct a stay interview, you don’t have the time to interview and hire a replacement.
In this session you will learn what a stay interview is, and why managers should be conducting them regularly. We will also practice conducting an interview. Participants will leave with an action plan of how and when they are going to follow up with their employees. Participants will also generate ideas for putting feedback into action.
At the end of the session, participants will:Â
Who Should Attend:Â This workshop is intended for supervisors who want to implement proactive strategies for retaining their employees.
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Developing and Sustaining Employee Engagement: Tools for Managers
Employee engagement encompasses serval aspects of the employee experiences in the organization - commitment, enthusiasm, connection, pride, to name just a few.
The term employee engagement relates to the level of an employee's commitment and connection to an organization. High levels of engagement promote retention and improve organizational performance. Aligning employees' values, goals, and aspirations with those of the organization is the best method for achieving sustainable employee engagement.
This session is designed to provide a framework that will help you move the needle on engagement. You will learn about the drivers of employee engagement, and strategies you can implement to retain employees in person, hybrid, and virtually and make movement toward your most important organizational goals.
At the end of the session, participants will:Â
Who should attend:Â This workshop is intended for supervisors who want to implement proactive strategies for managing and increasing employee engagement.