Meeting: All Chapter Members - Guests and others are welcome

All companies strive for employee engagement, performance, and retention but are often disappointed in their results in these areas. That’s because 80% of employees who Meet Expectations think they are Exceeding. 

Join us on Tuesday, June 4 at 1:00 p.m. for Staffing and Recruiting Strategies: Creative Recruiting Strategies & Overcoming Staffing Barriers presented by Durmon Coates, General Manager and Owner of You Show Us Staffing Solutions, a full-service regional staffing company located in Roanoke, Virginia.  The session will include an overview of hiring dilemmas, a discussion with attendees about their current recruiting challenges, recruiting strategies, and a time for questions and answers.  

Join us on Tuesday, May 7 at 1:00 p.m. via Zoom for Responding to Mental Health Challenges in the Workplace.

In this session, participants will be introduced to generative AI technology and have the opportunity to start experimenting with how it might be able to help your organization.  Topics in the session will include a basic overview of the generative AI technology and what it can, and cannot, do well.  We will also cover basic ethical and privacy considerations that come with this technology.  By the end of the session participants will be able to work hands on with workshop leaders on identifying tasks that might be made more efficient through the use of AI.  Participants

Join us at this engaging session to hear from Tonya Nations and Chelsea Justice about the Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (VTOP).  According VTOP: “A top concern of Virginia employers is access to an adaptive, well-trained workforce. Additionally, the benefits of internships and other work-based learning experiences on workplace readiness and career development cannot be overstated.

Join us for Leading with Embodied Emotional Intelligence presented by Liz Gilbert.  By combining emotional intelligence, social neuroscience, and observable behaviors with somatic practices, this powerful, interactive leadership learning experience helps participants "wire in" emotionally intelligent leadership skills essential for the emerging workplace. Participants learn the seven observable behaviors that move a leader from the unproductive “Disconnected” state to the productive “Present” state.

Please accept this friendly reminder of your Southwest Virginia SHRM monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 1:00 p.m.  This month's topic provides information about caregiving resources for both older adults and young children.  The speakers are:

Rhiannon Powers, Executive Director, District Three Governmental Cooperative

Johnice Knight, Manager of Employer Engagement & Support, UWSWVA;

Crystal Rasnake, Manager of Coordinated Enrollment & Mixed Delivery, UWSWVA.