Webinar

No human being can be entirely objective:  Our unconscious biases can inadvertently influence our decision-making when it comes to day-to-day HR issues like hiring, mentoring, promoting, staffing, developing people and engaging with clients.

This session will help participants understand and identify and manage their unconscious biases, through an engaging mix of insights, exercises, illustrations and activities. 

Participants will leave with specific strategies and tactics they can deploy to maximize intuitive strengths and minimize unintended fallou

This webinar will provide strategies for managing employees both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Virtual work has challenged onboarding strategy and the employee experience in many ways.

There is little doubt that 2020 will be remembered as tumultuous, and 2021 has not started much differently. 

Issues such as the devastating insurgence and destruction of our Capitol, the pandemic, economic turmoil and issues of racial injustice are all demanding our attention.

Employers increasingly have to confront the issues of employees engaging in speech both in and out of the workplace.  Company policies regarding political speech have come under fire, and the use of social media only serves to complicate matters further.

On June 25, 2019, Connecticut state legislators signed off on a comprehensive paid FMLA leave insurance program for employees…the most generous paid-family-leave benefit in the country.

This new program offers another option to employees who need medically-related time off, and will co-exist and interact with other statutory leaves:   CT State Family Medical Leave, the federal Family Medical Leave Act, Connecticut’s new Paid Sick Leave program.

We could all use a laugh right now, but did you know that a little laughter can actually help adapt to change and prepare your workplace for the disruption of the 21st century workplace?

Because of the pandemic, managers are being forced to pivot on the fly, leading to an increase in workload, stress, and pessimism.

Our chapter has partnered with the Staffing Management Association of Southern New England to offer this next webinar:

As we move through the different phases of the COVID pandemic, we're entering a period of even more operational complexity.  Many organizatons have implemented various stop-gap measures.

Join us for a fun networking and happy hour event!

You'll need your cell phone to participate in our 1st Virtual Trivia Happy Hour! 

Topics will include both HR and general trivia. Breakout rooms will be available for networking. 

Pour yourself a beverage (BYOB of course) and come have some fun with your HR colleagues!

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The COVID pandemic led to an unprecendented economic contraction and disruption in the labor market.  Some industries will bounce back as soon as the pandemic is over, some will take longer to recover, while still others will see fundamental change. 

This presentation will provide an update on the current state of the economy and labor market, as well as some information about long-lasting effects of the crisis.

Join us for our next event:

Building Your High Performance Team

Learn how to help every team make faster and better decisions, dramatically improve employee engagement, and identify and eliminate time-wasters, like confusion, confict and company politics!

Key takeaways

• 5 components to achieve outstanding team outcomes

• Negative impacts on team success and how to avoid them

• Action steps to see improvement on any team