Ever have a candidate who accepts a position and then doesn’t show up for orientation? It’s unbelievable, but more common than ever today. This program explores the New Hire Experience and ways to make your organization more attractive and make new hires want to stay longer.

• Discover ways to improve your employer brand to increase the number of qualified applicants
• Learn best practices for welcoming new hires and ensuring they have a great experience entering your company
• Take away tips for improving your onboarding and training

• She’s “The Undisputed Warrior of Resilience”, having battled burnout and lived to teach busy, ambitious women leaders how to combat it.
• She’s a servant leader, transformational speaker, and working mom of three. (#twinmom)
• She’s spoken to top leaders across the globe, both virtually and in person.
• She’s a workforce culture and emotional intelligence thought leader published and quoted in the media and publications.
• She has 10 + years’ experience providing strategies for workplace efficiency and regulatory compliance.
• She cultivates an intra-preneur mindset in top talent, creating alignment of company and individual core values.
• She’s equipped with a CPA to merge people's strategy with profit strategy and quantify her works impact on the bottom line.
• She’s planned conferences with global attendees and designed dynamic events and experiences that leave the audience equipped to take meaningful action.
• She is experienced in multiple industries and is keen on the pain points that keep leaders up at night.
• She was named Milwaukee Magazines Risk-Taker of the Year (2019).
• She received Congressional Recognition from Gwendolyn Moore for her tireless dedication to working moms and youth.
• She authored the 2022 book, On My Shift: How Leaders Can Elevate Happiness, Engagement, and Resilience at Work.
• She earned the EQI and Predictive Index (Talent Optimization) Certifications in the midst of the pandemic.
• And her PLAY To Win and Roadmap To Resilience Frameworks encourage executives to think differently about the new world of work.

• She is passionate about closing the promotion & retention gaps for high potential women of color.
• From leadership behavioral coaching to strategic visibility training to executive voice development, her firm Gravitas helps companies that are serious about stopping the talent revolving door prepare top diverse female talent to authentically lead themselves and others well in high visibility roles.
• She spent 20 years working as a corporate attorney for Wall Street law firms and Fortune 100 companies.
• She has coached professionals at Colgate Palmolive, Glaxo Smith-Kline, Delta Airlines, Ernst & Young and many other companies.
• She can confidently capture the attention of almost any audience, making her a highly sought-after speaker.
• She has a unique ability to candidly curate difficult conversations, making her an extremely effective facilitator.

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• She is an international keynote speaker, corporate trainer and success strategist.
• She is the founder of ModaVida, a personal development consulting and coaching firm, which serves clients and audiences worldwide, through immersive strategy sessions, personalized coaching, corporate trainings and keynotes (both in-person or virtual).
• She is also a TEDx presenter and bestselling Amazon author.
• With almost 20 years as an attorney, Emem blends her education, expertise and experience in an actionable and transformational way, as she serves clients and audiences globally in the areas of self-mastery, professional growth and personal excellence.
• She has the gift of being able to “spot the lesson” in everyday occurrences and experiences, as evidenced by her TEDx talk titled “Life Lessons My Iron Taught Me About Overcoming Adversity.”
• She is notorious for being an excellent listener, with an uncanny ability to also hear what’s not being said, in order to provide unique solutions and strategies.
• An unapologetic optimist, her favorite things include “blue-sky days”, fine-tipped pens of any color, and scribbling random ideas on anything she can write on (napkins included).

• She is a problem solver, a sister/confidant, leader, encourager, mentor, and an awardee of the 2021 Trailblazer Award for her mentor/STEM work.
• She has nearly 20 years in the engineering, quality assurance, supervision and management departments with such companies as General Motors, Avery Dennison and Westinghouse Electric Company.

• Over the years, she has developed her company and carved out her
  expertise and niche to assist small to medium-sized businesses in developing and implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) that will improve the customer base perception and improve the quality of
  product or service provided, and improves competitive advantage.

• She is also a founding member and current State Chair for the Board of Directors for Million Women Mentors, South Carolina Chapter.

• Her volunteer experience includes working with Women in Nuclear, Society of Women Engineers, American Society of Quality, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, United Way (Youth In Transition
  steering committee), VP of Volunteers for Miracles in the Midlands and State Chair of Million Women Mentors of South Carolina.

For those who’ve managed people they could see for years, the transition to more flexible work times and work environments can be a challenge. This session will help leaders at all levels better communicate with their team members working remotely to get the best results for everyone.

• Learn how to check IN with staff instead of checking ON them
• Discover when and how to hold effective virtual team meetings
• Identify ways to avoid favoritism and other new concerns as a manager

While some of today’s workforce is made up of deep-rooted, dependable staff, a larger number of positions are now a revolving door of employee turnover. Workforce thought leaders from Playmaker Solutions will share insight on why staffing is so challenging today and additional ways to gain greater staffing stability. Learn how to slow the revolving door, more effectively manage the impending shorter-term workforce, and maximize the time you have with each employee.

• Discover current employee turnover trends and future staffing projections
• Uncover the real reasons employees leave most organizations and ways to encourage them to stay
• Learn ways to become a Playmaker employer who attracts better applicants and keeps staff longer

Tired of hearing generational programs that list off mind-numbing statistics? You’ll love our award-winning unique approach to bridging today’s generational gaps! Our real-life first-hand stories about the real issues on the T.A.B.L.E. (technology, authority, balance, loyalty, and entitlement) fuel an eye-opening discussion about today’s changing workplace that will shift your mindset about those you work with.

• Define the updated generational cohorts and why their definitions of “professionalism” vary
• Uncover exactly why today’s new workforce thinks and acts so differently in the workplace than previous generations
• Learn how to see others’ views to reduce judgment and improve relationships and retention

Cheers to a goal attainment strategy that's easy to implement, repeatable, and drives action. Much like that junk drawer that you need to clean up, our lives require that we pause to unpack and plan to keep the things that mesh with our personal values and passions with our life & professional aspirations. That's how you PLAY to win at work, succeed at home & design lives that we absolutely love.

In the current workforce landscape, employees have the upper hand with “now hiring” signs on every corner. Staffing challenges and employee turnover are here to stay. It’s time for leaders to rethink staffing stability and set realistic goals, budgets, and business models around permanent turnover. The best way to increase employee retention is to plan for and adjust current operations to manage impending levels of employee turnover and make the proper long-term retention investments.

Playmaker Solutions' workforce thought leader will explore strategies for operationalizing turnover so organizations can plan for sustainable success. With a 12-month turnover reduction goal set, you can budget for the remaining turnover AND for the three unquestionable investments needed to hit the goal. As the saying goes, failing to plan is planning to fail. Make your organization a place where keeping people is an actual goal and not just a recurring discussion.

Learning Objectives:

• Discover current employee turnover trends and future staffing projections
• Learn ways to plan and implement strategies to prepare for on-going turnover
• Determine strategies to close the gap to keep people longer and improve profitability

Want to close the "execution gap"? You know the space between what people say they want to do and what they actually do? The answer isn't grinding, working more hours, or micro-managing people. The answer lies in cultivating a culture that encourages leaders to coach themselves their teams and their organizations to collective success. Play creates peace, calm, and space for creativity, innovation, and rejuvenation. Those things give you a competitive advantage from the corporate boardroom to the basketball court and classroom.

Excessive employee turnover is impacting the bottom line, and organizations are now making workforce retention an executive priority. This session discusses several critical factors when rethinking our approach to staffing, including:

• How the internal “blame game” keeps organizations from gaining the staffing stability needed to be more productive and profitable
• How the current and projected employment landscape is impacting our business practices
• Why today’s workforce has incredibly different expectations than their leaders
• Strategies for keeping people longer through adjusted incentives and creative advancement
• Ways to prioritize retention initiatives for the greatest ROI

Ready for immediately-actionable tactics to take back to your organization? This rapid-fire session shares transferable best practices we’ve learned from various leaders, organizations and industries. All attendees will receive Playmaker Solutions’ valuable list of “75+ Ways to Reduce Employee Turnover.”

• Discover how to improve the new-hire experience to reduce 30/60/90-day turnover
• Learn ways to offer more creative advancement opportunities to staff ready for the next level, even when promotions aren’t available
• Explore proven recognition and communication methods that keep staff longer

What’s the root cause of many of your internal issues and missteps causing a lot of productivity and profitability for the organization? Communication! People think and communicate differently, and with more communication channels emerging through technology, leaders need to expand their knowledge and comfort level in diverse ways of communicating.

• Assess individual communication styles to build better teams in the workplace
• Learn the evolution of workplace communication channels over the last several decades to adjust for more effectiveness
• Discuss various types of diversity and cultural differences that impact communication effectiveness and cause unnecessary misunderstandings

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is considered one of the most desirable characteristics in a leader, as it is the ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the power and acumen of emotions to facilitate higher levels of collaboration and productivity. Well-developed emotional intelligence skills make it possible to work well with a wide variety of people and to respond effectively to the rapidly changing conditions at work. This program will explore the five core factors of EQ: Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Motivation, Social Awareness, and Social Regulation.

• Learn how to take one’s own emotional temperature and manage various emotional states in a positive manner
• Explore how to observe and manage the emotional states of those around us and those we lead
• Determine how to use one’s individual emotional energy to move closer to desired goals
• Discover how to improve one’s EQ to become a better leader and communicator