BIOS, PHOTOS DESCRIPTIONS

Winning the War for Talent
Getting and Keeping the Best Employees

Your employees determine where your organization goes, how you get there and how fast. Ensure your organization is staffed with the best talent, who are engaged and focused on the most important priorities, and are enjoying it, every step of the way.

Join 6 top American speakers for a day of talent engagement which will ensure your organization rises to the top.

Audience: People who lead individuals, teams and organizations, HR Recruiters, HR Generalists, HR Business Partners, and Training and Organizational Development Professionals.

Workshop Style: This will be an engaging, interactive and information packed day complete with easy-to-implement tools, techniques and opportunities to practice new skills.

Time Frame: All Day, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Reflecting her background as a television news reporter, songwriter, humorist and entertainer, Jana Stanfield’s Keynote Concerts are multi-dimensional. She combines laughter, wisdom, and her million-selling songs into an interactive experience that generates positive action. Jana is the perfect emcee to guarantee a humorous, upbeat meeting, making people feel energized, motivated and glad they attended the meeting.

Today’s program is filled with new ways to approach recruiting, developing and retaining key talent. Moving beyond what is familiar to what is possible requires a shift in both beliefs and behaviors. John Crudele will help ensure you are in a place to best absorb all that today has to offer.

• Focus on stronger relationships and healthy communication
• Guide the organization to the extraordinary
• Create a climate of higher expectations
• Raise the level of individual commitment
• Discover the roadblocks that stand in the way of the remarkable
• Help you fulfill your mission to success
• Become more aware of the capacity you have to make a difference
• Explore the impact our expectations have in our relationship with one another

John Crudele speaks directly to the heart of your business. The heart of any business is your most valuable resource - your people. John's powerful presentations reach individuals at their core. Reach each employee, and you'll affect change in the organization as a whole. His messages address the choices that determine our quality of life. His focus on “trusting and growing your own ability” can result in positive changes in the workplace and out. His candid blend of humor and hard-hitting facts reach through every level of your organization to inspire unity, life satisfaction, and personal and professional growth. Audiences are inspired by his stories, attracted to his authenticity and challenged by his honesty.

The most important thing successful leaders do is hire the right people. In this global marketplace, with thousands of new jobs listed on the internet every day, how do you keep up with the increasingly competitive employment environment? How do you continue to attract, evaluate, and hire the right people? Today, more than ever, companies must simplify their recruiting processes and shift their approach so that they can be creative and responsive in these rapidly changing times.

• Avoid the mistakes many hiring managers make, leading to bad hiring decisions
• Create “Wow! I want it now!” job descriptions
• Streamline the interview process
• Improve job satisfaction and increase employee retention

Laurie Lazar is a veteran and a bright light in the field of recruiting top talent. For over 13 years, Laurie has successfully matched hundreds of exceptional candidates with highly complementary working environments. Laurie has recruiting experience with both global multi-national and smaller organizations. She has recruited talent across varied markets for numerous skills sets including technical, telecommunications, legal, finance, accounting, marketing, human resources, operations management and aviation. In addition to tactical recruiting expertise, Laurie has been instrumental in strategic human resource process and planning initiatives. Currently, Laurie serves on the Deloitte Consulting Talent Acquisition Team. Laurie holds a Masters degree in Education & Curriculum Development.

• What is your role as the leader of a team or organization?
• Build a team and share the credit
• Have the vision, get it in motion, watch the team and ensure they don’t get off course
• We get what we ask for. We get what we reward. Know what performance you want to reward

Bill Stainton is an expert in the use of humor to get a message across more effectively. He’s won 29 Emmy awards for his work as a producer, writer, and performer. He’s written for HBO, Comedy Central, and The Tonight Show, among others. Bill has authored nine corporate training programs which are distributed worldwide, with topics ranging from Customer Service to Motivating a Team. He is also the author of the book The 5 Best Decisions the Beatles Ever Made: A Handbook for “Top of the Charts” Success, and a co-author of Humor Us: America’s Funniest Humorists on the Power of Laughter.

You spend a fortune recruiting and hiring the right talent. What do you do once they start to ensure they are successful and long term employees?

• Establish trust in working relationships; laying the foundation for future performance discussions
• Set expectations with employees, colleagues and direct supervisors – paving the way to long term success and commitment
• Identify the key drivers of employee engagement, retention and performance
• Determine what motivates your employees, so you can keep them engaged and motivated
• Establish relationships throughout the organization that will help you deliver results and manage your career
• Receive more feedback and implement it
• Create a regular practice of asking for feedback so that you know your reputation and how you are perceived

Shari Harley is an international talent retention expert. She has designed talent management, succession planning and training and development programs for large and small organizations in the financial services, manufacturing, technology, hospitality, government, education and healthcare industries. Shari has a Master’s Degree in Communication and teaches in the Organizational Leadership program at the University of Denver. She is the author of the forthcoming book How to Say Anything to Anyone. Shari’s style is energetic, direct and refreshing. Her programs are a unique blend of humour and rich information, tools and techniques that you will be able to apply immediately.

One of the most effective tools in engaging your staff is through the use of humor. By using humor professionals not only become more productive on the job, they enjoy their work more. A sense of humor translates into less burnout, improved communication, enhanced problem solving skills and better employee relationships. Humor leads to a more open and responsive workplace where staff are highly motivated and involved at work.

Author of Using Humor for a Change, and Punchlines, Pitfalls and Powerful Programs Scott Friedman, CSP, is one of the most unique motivational humorists on the platform today. As President of the National Speakers Association in 2004-2005, Scott created a new learning model for the association and hosted the first international speaker’s conference in Singapore. In Scott’s 23 year speaking career, he has spoken to over 2000 groups worldwide on employee engagement, customer engagement and using humor as a tool to reduce stress, build better relationships and stronger organizations. He will prove that those who laugh, last.

Jana Closes Out the Day

Too often we spend a day in a training program and hear many, many useful ideas, but do nothing with them when we return to work. Today’s program will be different. We have scheduled time to help you create an implementation and action plan, ensuring that the teachings, tools and techniques you’ve learned today become part of your work day tomorrow.

During this session, all of today’s speakers will be available to answer your questions and help you design your implementation plan.