Meeting/Event Information

Winning Workplace Culture

As we continue to navigate the "Great Resignation," organizations now - more than ever - need to foster employee engagement and retention. Thankfully, research can help inform these efforts. In this interactive session, learn about and discuss several evidence-based disciplines practitioners can use to promote engagement and retention during this period of uncertainty.

Top Takeaways:

• Learn four disciplines of an engaged workplace culture
• Discuss together with your SHRM St. Louis colleagues what other HR leaders are doing to promote engagement and retention in their organizations

This session has been approved for 1.25 hours of SHRM and HRCI Certification credit.

About Our Speakers
Ashley Parker's focus is on empowering individuals to increase their job effectiveness and satisfaction. Since joining CMA in 2013, Ashley has honed her experience in many areas of assessment and organizational development services, including executive coaching, leadership assessments, team retreats, trainings, employee engagement surveys, succession planning, and organizational analyses. Given her prior experience in clinical settings, she possesses a deep understanding of individual change processes, which helps clients meet their goals.

Ashley earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Missouri St. Louis and her B.A. in Psychology and Anthropology with a minor in African-American Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. Ashley’s dissertation explored the personal and situational factors that affect Whites’ recognition of racial microaggressions. Ashley’s work has been published, and she has presented at national conferences.

Ashley is a member of the American Psychological Association. In her free time, Ashley enjoys spending time with her husband and three sons.

Kelli Huber has a knack for gathering and analyzing complex data and information to make sense of an organization’s unique situation, helping to craft effective solutions. Her work at CMA focuses on organizational assessment and development projects, team building, employee surveys, statistical data analysis, and leadership development—she finds it especially rewarding to develop high-potential leaders because they impact such a breadth of people on a day-to-day basis. A creative yet critical thinker, Kelli has conducted research in a variety of areas, including employee well-being, person-to-organizational fit, veterans in the hiring process, and goal orientation.

Prior to joining CMA, she assisted in the creation of a leadership development program along with a plan for evaluation for a Fortune 500 financial services company. At a large retail organization, she assisted in the design and analysis of employee satisfaction surveys, created training materials and analyzed assessments for selection.

Kelli holds a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Psychology and a Certificate in Business Administration from Saint Louis University, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Missouri–St. Louis. She taught a Psychological Tests and Measurements course at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where she also served as a member of a research team federally funded by the U.S. Air Force to investigate individual trust in automation.

A huge nature lover, Kelli loves spending time in Forest Park, running, hiking and exploring new cities.

Schedule:
8:30 am - 9:45 am Keynote Presentation

Fees
SHRM St. Louis Chapter Members - Included in Dues
Non-Chapter Members - $35