Conference Day Two
8:30 am Conference Registration & Networking
8:50 am Chair’s Welcome & Recap of Day One
Creating a Genuine Community Between Employees & Students on Campus
9:00 am Discover: Creating Relationship Intelligence (RQ) Between Students & Employees to Achieve Shared Goals
Synopsis
- Talent development for staff during work hours as a strategic imperative for career progression, employee retention & personal growth while managing limited university budgets.
- Engagement of collaborative ecosystems through language departments with faculty & students developing innovative learning opportunities by equipping employees & fellow students with essential workplace skills.
- How Texas Christian University builds community through language with student-led programs to help Spanish Language Preferred staff acquire stronger English skills, & ‘Spanish In the Workplace’ classes for supervisors & community-facing departments. Programs result in increased Spanish & English acquisition for staff, career progression, while providing undergraduate credits to Spanish major through campus service-learning courses & Human Resources teaching internships.
9:20 am Develop: What Does It Mean to Have a Great Culture & Community Focus?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
9:30 am Action: How Are You Going to Create a Focus on Culture & Community?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
9:50 am Networking & Refreshments
Turbo-Charging the Institutions Brand to Increase Talent Acquisition
10:10 am Discover: Re-Branding Your Institution Internally and Externally to Recruit & Retain Top Talent
Synopsis
- How can we compete with private industry for staff?
- Understanding the importance of internal marketing & education to current staff and external marketing to future staff.
- How Stevens Institute of Technology rebranded their university to educate, promote & market to their staff about the rewards of working in their environment, while also effectively marketing to candidates to compete with private industry, becoming a ‘Great Place to work’ instead of ‘Great College to work’.
10:30 am Develop What More Can We Do to Compete with Other Universities for a Shrinking Talent Pool?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
10:40 am Action: What Changes Are You Going to Make to Give Your University a Competitive Edge?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
11:00 am Refreshment Break
Constructing Creative Compensation & Benefits to Reinvent Retention
11:20 am Discover: Constructing a ‘Culture of Care’ to Address the Increased Mindset of Employees Demand for Healthcare
Synopsis
- How can we offer valuable benefits without increased cost?
- Looking at trends & claims data
- How DeVry University reshuffled their benefits packages by assessing their trends & claims data to discard wasteful spending & allocate into more valuable benefits, while reducing costs.
11:40 am Discover: Nurturing a Wellness-Focused Workplace: Meeting the silent needs of employees
Synopsis
- Cultivating a Supportive Culture for Family Caregivers: Fostering a workplace culture that values family caregivers
- Strategic Benefits Realignment for Talent Attraction: Align benefits to attract and retain top talent, support healthcare costs, and enhance employee well-being.
- What do employees want: Uncovering what employees want through research
12:00 pm Discover: How to Remain a Competitive Employer While Addressing Demands for Increased Salary
Synopsis
- How can we ensure institutional pay is competitive in a job market that is evolving & changing?
- Identify & reach a consensus on relevant market pay competitors.
- How Towson university identifies market competitors when establishing transparent pay programs to justify salary & remain competitive.
12:20 pm Develop How Can We Be Creative With Compensation & Benefits?
Synopsis
Question & Answer Session Facilitated by the Focus Day Chair
12:40 pm Action: How Are You Going to Change Your Compensation & Benefits?
Synopsis
Output Focused Action Session Facilitated by the Chair
1:00 pm Networking Lunch
Speed Learning
2:00 pm Speed Learning
Synopsis
In this quick fire session, each table will be hosted by an HR leader who will share the secrets of their most high-impact leap; you then get the opportunity to question the host before moving on to your next table.