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Strategies to manage generational differences in the workplace
Generational perceptions and differences can contribute to challenges and conflict in the workplace, impacting culture and productivity. Explore some of the unique challenges small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are navigating in a multigenerational workplace and how business leaders can help bridge generational differences in this webinar hosted by Principal®.
Webinar key takeaways:
- The impact of a multigenerational workplace.
- Strategies to help manage culture and generational perceptions in the workplace.
- Practical tips from business leaders to be successful in a multigenerational workplace, including strategies for recruiting and retention, and offering benefits that meet employee life stage needs.
Summer economic outlook for small and midsize businesses
Learn from a diverse panel of visionary leaders, small business owners and champions about the current and future economic and employment trends they expect to impact small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) this summer and beyond.
Panelists:
Brian Moran, Founder and CEO, Small Business Edge
Geoff Foster, CEO and President, Core Technology Molding Company
Jill Johnson, Co-founder and CEO, Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Andrew Sherman, Partner, Brown Rudnick
Kara Hoogensen, Senior Vice President of Benefits and Protection
Supporting employee mental health in small and midsize businesses: strategies and solutions
Mental health has become part of our daily conversations – impacting employees, employers, and the workplace. Learn about the current state of mental health, and solutions employers can implement to better support employees and help reduce employee stress in the workplace.
Panelists:
Jean Chatzky, Founder and CEO, HerMoney
Lisa Zeeveld, CFO at flexible staffing firm BELAY
Amanda Clayman, Financial Therapist
Kara Hoogensen, Senior Vice President of Benefits and Protection
Leveraging Technology for Financial Wellness
Digital tools play a role in increasing financial wellness for employers and employees. Learn what financial wellness means to small business owners, how digital tools and resources can create efficiencies in business and the financial impact, and how digital tools and resources can help recruit and retain employees in this tight labor market.
Panelists:
Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Amy Friedrich, President of Benefits and Protection, Principal
Peggy Shell, CEO and Founder, Creative Alignments
Rachel Hunter, Owner, A Florae
How inflation and a potential recession may affect your business
With current economic pressures, many employers and employees are feeling the impact. Learn strategies to help prepare your business, and employees, for inflation and a potential recession.
Panelists:
Oscar Renteria, CEO, Renteria Vineyards
Anne Villamil, Henry B. Tippie Research Fellow in Economics and Professor, University of Iowa
Mark Zimmerman, VP of Finance and CFO, Baker Group
Balancing flexibility in the workplace
Is your organization offering the right work arrangements to successfully recruit and retain employees? Learn strategies for balancing flexibility in the workplace.
Panelists:
Crystal Granger, Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, Inc.
Peggy Shell, CEO and Founder, Creative Alignments
Dr. Radostina (Ina) Purvanova, Professor of Leadership and Management, Drake University and Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology