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Training & Employee Development

• Adaptation to Change Training (based on Georgia-Pacific program)
• Development of a template for corporate training needs assessment and planning (decisions, costs, needs, etc.)
• Leadership and Team Member Training (increased empowerment & responsibility)
• Dealing with workplace climate after mergers or corporate changes
• Internal Customer Service
• Safety Training (all employees are responsible, not just leaders or safety personnel)
• Cross-skills/cross-department training
• Cultural Training; Language (ongoing ESL/SSL)
• Reading/Writing/Math/Technical Skills
• Financial & Insurance Literacy and Benefits Training
• Employee basic understanding of terms and programs (Literacy) as well as competency issues
• Costs, Programs & Alternatives

Recruitment & Retention

• Labor/skill shortage
  - Differences this time, added challenge of minority recruitment/retention, increase in turnover now that economy is improving and those who were holding ‘any job' but not happy ready to look again, etc.
  - Communication [Listening/understanding employee issues to prevent turnover.]
• Talent Management
• On-line recruitment and employee coaching tools (JobFit or similar programs)
• Mentoring & Orientation Programs & Career Development/Succession Planning
• Public Safety/Crime/Business Security Issues; Downtown; Neighborhood Issues
• Overview of Diverse Backgrounds for Employees
  - Training or programs to help current employees understand different immigrant populations in area including the background of why and how they came to live in our community (helps in morale and reduces turnover)
• Transportation
  - Bus line availability & accessibility, explaining the system to immigrants, carpooling
  - Transit Authority & Car Dealership potential collaboration

Health & Wellness

• Cost & Access Issues for management
• Innovative Wellness Programs (HSA’s, HRA’s, etc.)
• Self-Advocacy for employees
  - Education/empowerment of employees regarding choices & corporate investment
  - Form group for employee advocacy? Help employees be better consumers
  - Usual & customary costs? What do we need vs. what is being “sold” to us when allocating our own dollars under health savings accounts?
• Dental Health Care
• Workers Comp and Occupational Health
• Mental Health (EAP’s, stress management, “present but absent” issues, etc.)
• Supplemental community providers: Family Services, etc.
• Cultural awareness with health care – language, cultural differences for choices and family care

Membership & Communications

• Funding and operations
• Internal communications – focus on distributing templates & best practices
• External marketing and outreach – share our successes internally and externally
• Benchmark non-profit organizational challenges

Community of Choice

• Forming a culture of innovation (starts at the top)
• Employee training & development (how to hire, train and promote creativity)
• Connection to community arts and culture as well