Workforce Summit
Monday, May 20
Full-day, Pre-Conference Intensive:
Shift Your Thinking to Solve Workforce Problems
8:45 - 9:15 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast with Pre-Conference Exhibitors
9:15 - 9:45 a.m.
Welcome: The High Cost of Recruitment
Ellen Quinn, Vice President of Human Resources, LeadingAge New York, Latham
10 a.m.- Noon
The Case for Change: Critical Workforce Insights for the C-Suite
Excessive employee turnover is impacting the bottom line, and executives are now making workforce retention a priority. This session discusses the primary workforce issues and how to prioritize retention initiatives for the greatest return on investment. Discover the current and projected employment landscape and its impact on business practices while gaining insight on why today’s workforce has incredibly different expectations of their leaders. Determine ways to achieve productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction with a short-term workforce with a new set of expectations of their leaders.
Leah Brown, Retention Strategist, Crescendo Strategies, Jeffersonville, IN
Noon -12:45 p.m.
Lunch
12:45 - 1:15 p.m.
Dessert with Pre-Conference Exhibitors
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
How Leadership Values Drive a Positive Culture of Retention
Whether they realize it or not, organizational leaders at all levels create the pulse of employee engagement, motivation and retention. Their values, behaviors and actions can make or break why good staff choose to stay or leave. In this session, hear from leaders who have demonstrated and proven that organizational values that live and breathe with each staff person create amazing places where people WANT to work.
Katie Kirkpatrick, Chief Talent Officer, St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment and Recovery Centers, Saranac Lake
Pat Tursi, Chief Executive Officer, Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, Yonkers
2:15 - 2:45 p.m.
Refreshments with Pre-Conference Exhibitors
2:45 - 4:45 p.m.
Best Practices to Keep Good People on Your Teams
Hear from LeadingAge New York members who have invested in retention initiatives with great success in keeping and developing talent, reducing the cost of turnover and gaining a reputation as a great place to work.
Mike Helbringer, President, Bristol Home, Buffalo
Jennifer Ackyrod, Assistant Administrator, Peconic Landing, Greenport
Laurelle Cassone, Director of Marketing, Peconic Landing, Greenport
Robert Bourg, Sr., VP of Human Resources, St. Ann’s Community, Rochester
Shelley Amato, Chief Strategy Officer, The Wesley Community, Saratoga Springs
Edwin Rodriguez, Jr., Director of Public Relations and Marketing, Lutheran Social Services Group, Jamestown
5 - 5:30 p.m.
Wrap Up: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going
Ami Schnauber, Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy, LeadingAge New York, Latham
Register for this program by visiting https://s1.goeshow.com/leadingage_ny/2019Annual/ereg136559.cfm and selecting the Full-Day Pre-Conference Intensive Fee.