Webinar Recordings
5 Keys to Master the Interview Process and Hire Right Every Time
Hosted by People Spark Consulting
The webinar focuses on:
- Save time (and money) in the interview process.
- Ask questions to learn how a candidate thinks and behaves before you hire.
- Interpret answers to determine who will be a good employee and who is just good at interviewing.
- Set your performance expectations with applicants and new employees from the beginning.
Setting Goals and Measuring your Success
Hosted by People Spark Consulting
This webinar focuses on:
- What differentiates successful and unsuccessful goals; and how these drive business success
- Key Performance Indicators and how management can use these to challenge their team, make impactful change, and get the business and employees fully behind it
- How to utilize progress on goals to create better future outcomes
By the end of this Webinar, you will have the knowledge and skills to create more direct business goals that help to align employees, make their work feel more meaningful, and ultimately drive business success.
3 Simple Tips to Give Effective Feedback
Hosted by People Spark Consulting
When leaders take the time to connect with, listen to, and give feedback to their team, employees feel more productive, loyal, and motivated. That’s great news for your company’s bottom line.
Truth is, simple, practical HR practices—like giving consistent feedback to employees can increase your profits and margin and make running your business easier.
What to expect:
This webinar focuses on:
- Setting up conversations so employees are open to getting feedback
- Structuring feedback so it’s clear, concise, and effective
- Incorporating key phrases to make your feedback more meaningful
- Holding your team accountable while maintaining strong relationships
The Hiring Process: You May Be Desperate, But Don’t Act Desperate
Hosted by Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce
Have you found that your process to hire employees has changed? Your standards have gotten lower? You focus more on whether a candidate has a pulse than if they have any relevant skills? If so, you are not alone.
Here’s the thing, as you lower the standard, new employees meet that lowered standard when they show up for work. In this session we will discuss how to structure the interview process in a way that communicates your expectations and how to listen in an interview to identify the best candidates. In addition, we will cover how to onboard new employees at the standards and expectations you need for your business to be successful.
Topics:
- Create interview questions to communicate your expectations.
- Listen to responses in an interview to identify ideal candidates.
- Onboard new employees based on your culture and expectations (beyond training for the job).
Keeping Your Best Talent
Hosted by Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce
It’s Tough to Recruit. It’s Even Tougher to Replace Your Key Employees When They Leave.
Who Will Leave You Next? And What Can You Do To Keep Them…
Engagement is a buzz word these days. You know that as a business owner or manager, you need to engage your employee so you can retain them. But what does that really mean? What specific steps can you take to engage them? And how much is it really going to cost you?
In this session we will discuss the 8 key factors for engagement and share specific steps you can take to impact the engagement of your employees (…..and they don’t have to cost you a thing).
Topics:
- 8 Key Factors of Engagement
- Align employee work with the goals of the business.
- Provide feedback and recognition to employees.
One Simple Tool to Attract More Candidates (Spoiler Alert: This Tool Does More Than Just Attract Candidates)
Hosted by Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce
Part 1 (One Simple Tool):
You drive through town and see the signs ‘Now Hiring’. Everyone is hiring. Have you ever noticed how all those signs look alike?
In a market where applicants are difficult to find, how do you differentiate yourself from the pack? In this session we will discuss a tool to better market your business to attract more candidates.
Spoiler Alert: The same tool will also help you KEEP the employees you have.
Topics:
- One Simple Tool: The Questions
- Gather information to better market your business to potential candidates.
- Use the same tool to keep the employees you have.
HR Basics When Growing from Start-Up to 20+ Employees – Session 1 & 2 – Zoom
Hosted by SCORE
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Session 1: Culture, Compliance Basics, and Recruiting & Interviewing
In this series, we’ll take you through the key HR actions and considerations for your business, whether you have one employee or fifty.
HR Basics When Growing from Start-Up to 20+ Employees – Session 1 & 2 – Zoom
Hosted by SCORE
Password: Gs$STV8r
Session 2: Hiring/Onboarding, Managing Performance, Engaging & Retaining Your Employees
In this series, we’ll take you through the key HR actions and considerations for your business, whether you have one employee or fifty.
Transforming Workplace Safety Culture
Hosted by NGFA
We’re discussing the first step of a successful safety program — establishing a workplace culture that prioritizes safety.
Join panelists Jess McCluer, vice president of safety and regulatory affairs at NGFA, Jason Eardley, director of process safety at ADM; and Kristen Ireland, co-founder of People Spark Consulting, as they discuss why harvest is a particularly important time to emphasize safety best practices.
People Spark Consulting is a Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN based consulting company that specializes in transforming business cultures through human resources and people strategies.
