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Companies of all sizes are struggling to attract, keep, and engage 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 people pain points, there is a solution that begins to address a majority of these pain points in an ongoing, sustainable manner. Effective people leadership.
Great people leadership isn’t something that most people are born with, it is developed. It is also easier said than done given foundational practices about who, how, and why we promote people into leadership, the changing workforce expectations, and the dynamic nature of dealing with human beings. In this series, we will take a strategic look at people leadership, why it is so challenging, what is changing in how we lead, and how to use science to understand and develop people leadership skills.
Learning Objectives
Understand the critical role that people leadership plays in delivering great client experiences and business growth.
Learn the primary practices that are pervasive within firms and across industries that hinder great people leadership.
Explore how people leadership is evolving to meet the changing needs of a multi-generational workforce
Discover how neuroscience can be leveraged to more effective develop the leaders in your firm.
Learn foundational practices the more effectively navigate conflict to strengthen relationships and deliver outcomes.
Session Dates & Times
May 14th from 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Navigating Conflict More Effectively
Location:
West End Conference Center
1600 Utica Ave S, Suite 100
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
May 14th from 12:30pm to 2:30pm - Navigating Conflict More Effectively
from $65.00
Lunch Included
Registration Closes May 7th
Wherever humans interact, conflict will inevitably surface. Too often, people work so hard to avoid conflicts that a challenging situation becomes worse. In this session, we will explore root causes, lifecycles, conflict management styles, and tools to deconstruct conflict. Ultimately, participants will come to understand how to more effectively navigate conflict to strengthen relationships and teams.
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About Your Facilitator
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), a manager development experience, to address the prevalent gap in employee retention and engagement at most companies; a lack of training and development in people-skills for frontline and middle managers using neuroscience. INC Magazine recognized APL as a 2023 Power Partner as one of the best companies to help businesses succeed. Additionally, Awesome People Leaders has been recognized as a 2023 Fire Award Honoree for putting Minnesota on the map for innovation and a 2022 MNCup Start-Up Competition Semi-Finalist.
In 2023, Heather was selected as a 100 Women to KNOW in America, recognized as a Top 10 Finalist for NAWBO’s Business Women Owner of the Year, and became an alumni scholar of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. She is a SCORE mentor and holds an MBA from Purdue University.