The past few years have presented significant workforce challenges for employers, especially around talent shortages and retention. On top of the extremely tight labor market, we have a new generation entering the workforce, giving rise to significant difficulties in finding qualified talent and unique challenges in retaining skilled employees (or just getting them to come to work). In effect, these challenges catalyzed reactive decision-making, causing problems with existing employees and exacerbating retention issues. Employees “rule the roost,” using leaders’ fears of short staffing levels and recruitment challenges against them, leaving you frustrated and uncertain about what to do. You are facing unique challenges, which sometimes seem impossible to overcome, but you can take back control of your workforce. Join Britney Beck, Owner of Hi-Wire HR Consulting, as she shares four critical strategies for facing these challenges and taking back control.

After this session, participants will be able to:

•Identify four critical strategies to combat workforce challenges.

•Describe the importance of developing workforce strategies and the difference between a proactive and reactive approach.

•Describe the importance of using metrics to manage leadership efforts.