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Everyone in the meetings and events industry has been challenged to stay resilient this year as we all head back to in-person events. Join Jennifer Squeglia, CMP, FICP Board Chair, as she brings together our Meetings Professionals members and Hospitality Partners to moderate a discussion about staying resilient during these changing times. Topics include: • Maintaining resilience during challenging times • Stress management • Managing staff and responding to staffing turnover • Resetting for the new year

With the “Great Resignation” looming large, the question for team leaders is “How can we create an environment where our team is motivated to work, stay and prosper?” It’s not that employees don’t want to work. It’s that they want to work at a place that appropriately manages workload and deadlines, enables a feeling of control over their work, and fosters a feeling of meaning and connection to something greater than themselves. Employees want to shift from “surviving the pandemic” to flourishing and thriving in their lives. Have you introduced or enhanced wellness and well-being benefits and still face challenges with retention? It may be that your organization suffers from systemic leadership and cultural issues that lead to increased burnout, decreased engagement and elevated attrition. The opportunity of a lifetime is before employers to reinvigorate their workforce and empower them in a way that’s never been done before. This session will focus on 5 root causes of attrition and share corresponding best practices to create an ideal environment for greater employee productivity and engagement.

Learn from a panel of industry peers on impactful experiences that set them up to lead, how collaboration and partnerships have helped them succeed in their job path, and tips for leadership skill development that can be implemented at any stage of your career.

Communicating difficult decisions is never easy. The pandemic - with all its unknowns - makes those having those critical conversations and writing effective emails even more of a challenge. Join Sue Hershkowitz-Coore (SpeakerSue), Tom Foley (Atlantis Paradise), Holeigh Daniel (Aflac) and Brittany Boldizsar (Encore Boston Harbor) as they walk through the chain of communication and what this means to planners and suppliers. You’ll hear fresh ideas and practical tactics to initiate conversations and respond to tough questions. Get ready to apply more effective communication strategies to get best results.

We’re currently in the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, so it’s a matter of ‘when’, not ‘if’, we go into a recession. If cuts need to be made in your organization, who will be lobbying for you? Do executives know the value you bring to the business? If not, how do you insure your role is indispensable? A top sports statistic is VORP (Value Over Replacement Player), which measures how much more or less valuable someone is versus the average person who’d replace them. This session will focus on how to establish your Value Over Replacement Planner, and strategies for making you critical to the company’s success, making executives think they’d be crazy to get rid of you.

Join Liz Radzick, Leadership and Communications Coach as she walks you through expressing yourself with vocal confidence and understanding the five elements of voice.