Focusing on Employee Experience: Why It Is Critical NOW

Hilda Gan is an Award-winning HR Consultant and the Founder and Chief People Officer of People Bright Consulting. She has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of Human Resources and Leadership and Team Training.  A serial entrepreneur, Hilda with her husband created and grew a Consulting Engineering firm that was recognized as a Best Workplaces in Canada®, top 10, twice. From that success, she created the REVUP Your Potential™ concept to help business and organizations build stronger leadership and foster healthy work cultures that build inclusivity. She is excited to be a #IamRemarkable Facilitator and help people foster confidence in their achievements.

Hilda Gan, People Bright Consulting Inc.

Panel discussion exploring how small business owners and leaders can foster and support a healthier and engaged workforce.

How do you foster and support a healthier and engaged workforce in 2021?The world for small business owners and leaders has significantly changed this year, and what has worked in the past will not work for us in 2021. With signs that remote work will continue past COVID, experts predict that mental wellness, employee engagement, and the blur of work-life and home life are key challenges that Leaders need to address. So, where do you start? How do you keep your employees focused, positive, and committed? The key to thriving in 2021 will be to focus on creating a positive "Employee Experience."According to a Hays Report (2021), 50% of employees consider leaving employers due to a significant disconnect. What does this mean? Those companies who invest in their employees, creating an experience where they feel valued and respected, will want to stay. In other words, to keep your employees, you need to re-evaluate and create a better Employee Experience in 2021.On May 12, 2021 at 1:00PM EDT, join us for EP03 of the Talent Talks for Small Businesses (TTSB) webinar series, Focusing on Employee Experience: Why it is Critical NOW. HR work culture expert Hilda Gan and her guests, Helen Patterson (Employee Engagement), Malak Sidsky (Mental Wellness), Pari Nejatie (Recruitment), and Sara Kauder (HR Law), will be sharing their insights and perspective on: <ul><li>The key challenges that leaders need to address </li><li>Discuss why creating a better "Employee Experience” is now a key focus</li><li>Tips and strategies to how to build a more employee-focused experience</li></ul>Join Hilda and her guests on May 12 at 1 PM EDT and get practical strategies and tips on how to create a positive “Employee Experience” in your small business workplace! You won't want to miss this great session. About the speakers:

Hilda Gan is the President and Chief People Officer of People Bright Consulting Inc., an HR management consulting firm known for delivering customized HR solutions for small to medium-size businesses. Hilda is also the creator of the Connect with REVUP™ Program designed to help train, coach, and mentor executives, managers, and aspiring leaders to develop their people management skills and create respectful engaged workplaces. Hilda is an accomplished entrepreneur and work culture expert who co-founded iTRANS Consulting, an award-winning Engineering Consulting firm that was recognized as one of the top 10 Best Workplaces in Canada® for two years in a row. Combining her 25+ years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience, Hilda works with business leaders and organizations to build the foundations for successful hiring, positive workplace culture, and staff engagement. Helen Patterson is the Founder of Life Works Well, and brings 20 years of passion and experience to creating high performance heart-centred cultures that deliver proven results and increased revenues. Helen is a workplace expert who has worked with top Canadian brands including CIBC, ADP Canada, Foot Locker, Champs and more. She now focuses on growing SMBs who want to increase their revenue and build the culture to drive that. She is the lead editor and author of two Thomson Reuters HR publications - Employment Policies that Work and Best Practice Terminations. Her passions are culture, mentorship and work-life integration and she believes that delivering HR with heart and helping organizations put the heart and soul into their people will impact customers, the community and the world.
Malak Sidsky, DES, HMCC is the founder and president of Health Care Event Planning. She has a BSc in Biochemistry from McGill University and a Master’s degree in Health Administration from the University of Toronto, as well as holding the Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate. She is fluently bilingual, Malak teaches Event Marketing in the School of Creative Industries at Conestoga College. Malak launched Healthy Corporate Canada in 2020, a wellness program designed to assist organizations and their employees during the pandemic, when the team is working remotely and not connecting in traditional ways.
Pari Nejatie leads People Bright's Executive Recruiting Services. She utilizes her 20+ years of experience and expertise in a global market across all industries to support and help secure the most talented people – in the shortest possible time. By sourcing, assessing, recruiting, developing, and engaging the best and brightest for her corporate clients, Pari is an invaluable partner in helping improve the human capital performance of the organization by responding to ever-changing marketing conditions and capitalizing on emerging business opportunities. Pari works diligently to provide her clients with professional recruitment with honesty, integrity, and professional excellence.
Sara Kauder is a Senior Employment Lawyer with Minken Employment Lawyers, where she has practiced for the last 16 years. She is an employment law expert known for helping employers and employees navigate the legal challenges they face in the workplace, including matters relating to wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, human rights issues, workplace violence and harassment as well as the drafting of employment contracts and policies. Sara is a passionate advisor and educator. She has a clear-sighted objectivity and reputation for presenting the bottom line that clients find invaluable in a trusted advisor. She has represented clients in the Superior Courts as well as before the Human Rights Tribunal and the Ministry of Labour. Sara has co-authored papers for a variety of publications and has participated as a guest speaker at various corporate functions and professional development seminars.
About the webinar series: In 2020, People Bright created the COVID-19 Tough Decisions for Business Owners Series, a webinar series to help small to medium-sized business owners learn how to manage some of their employee-related difficult choices. Topics involved managing remote workers, creating a safe return to work environment, managing healthy workplaces, and how to cope with stress—a total of 30 webinars, all available to rewatch here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVK_Uoio8DQPk4C7LKCmiTqxrhzEnruhTPeople Bright is pleased to launch Season Two - Talent Talks for Small Businesses, where we focus on the tips and strategies on current issues that you as the small business owners face. With over 25 years of HR expertise and the creator of 4 businesses, Hilda Gan will share her practical and pragmatic business mind approach to the HR issues that are keeping you up at night. Join her every six weeks as she explores key HR issues and answers questions that are top of mind for you.

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