Speaker:
Heather Polivka, Founder & CEO
Awesome People Leaders
PHONE (OFFICE) 612-208-8587
EMAIL: Heatherp@awesomepeopleleaders.com
WEBSITE: https://www.awesomepeopleleaders.com/
Description:
Companies of all sizes are struggling to keep great talent, employees are experiencing burnout at unprecedented levels, and HR teams simply can’t keep up with the people challenges.
So what if companies hopped off the merry-go-round of talent and solved for root cause?
While we would never suggest that a single solution will solve all of a company’s people pain points, there is a solution that begins to address these pain points in an ongoing, sustainable manner. There is an investment that businesses can make that produces greater customer satisfaction and an enviable ROI.
Interested in improving retention? Interested in cultivating high-performing teams that people want to be a part of? Interested in your employees contributing the full breadth of their capabilities? Interested in slowing down the revolving door of interviews, hiring, onboarding, training, rinse-and-repeat?
During this session, we will explore the ways of operating that inhibit attracting, keeping, and engaging great people. More importantly, we will dive into what to do about it.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand the critical role that people leadership plays in business outcomes.
- Learn the primary practices, hurdles, constraints, and roadblocks that are pervasive within organizations, leading to retention and engagement gaps.
- Explore why people-centric leadership models are the access to high performing teams.
- Appreciate why the investment in cultivating great people leaders creates an increased ROI in the bottom line, and how to make it happen.
Bio:
Heather Polivka helps leaders create workplaces where people thrive, great talent stays, and businesses grow.
Whether clients are responding to a changing talent market, fueling high growth, or navigating accelerated change, Heather guides leaders to cultivate a way of working that fuels their business and empowers their people. She has been doing that for over two decades at companies of all sizes.
In 2022, Heather founded Awesome People Leaders (APL) which increases manager effectiveness in less time and in the flow of work, using neuroscience. INC Magazine recognized APL as a 2023 Power Partner to help businesses succeed. APL was chosen as one of four companies to participate in national Butler University Gener8tor accelerator for Workforce Innovation.
Heather was recently named the Minnesota SBA Encore Entrepreneur of the Year in 2023, was selected as a 100 Women to KNOW in America, and recognized as a Top 10 Finalist for NAWBO’s Business Women Owner of the Year. She holds an MBA from Purdue University.
Location: In Person: Entegris, 101 Peavey Road Chaska, MN 55318
Time:
7:30-8:00 A.M. Check-in & Member Networking
8:00-8:15 A.M. Welcome, Annual Meeting Review & Board Member Voting
8:15-9:25 A.M. Speaker Presentation
9:25-9:30 A.M. Announcements
9:30-10:00 A.M. Optional Roundtable
To Register: Log into www.swmhra.org and click “Events”. Note: You must be a SWMHRA member to attend
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