Back to normal…” “Remember the good old days?”

This isn’t a political statement but maybe you’re like me and have grown tired of the “unprecedented times” we “find ourselves in” or the fact that an “abundance of caution” is needed in every choice we make. Maybe you like the rules and find comfort in the routine but are struggling with how to live and work when there are not as many guardrails or familiarity when it comes to how you do it. Are you looking for an “adultier adult” to give you direction or help lead the way? This session may (or may not) be for you! In this hybrid session, we will provide some content and then a chance to chat with each other to provide a new guidebook to help up navigate. We will do that through Practicing social graces online as we work from home Charting a new course as we return to work Reflecting and planning in your style (Introvert vs. Extrovert) to meet yours and others’ needs

Learning Objectives

Practicing social graces online as we work from home

Charting a new course as we return to work

Masks, distance

Work scenarios: staggered schedules, not everyone in the office

Reflecting and planning in your style (Introvert vs. Extrovert) to meet yours and others’ needs

Needs

Types at work

About Our Facilitator

James Mitchell

A Chicago native and Muncie transplant, James Mitchell has made his home here since 2000. He has been a storyteller (for the first Facing Project: Facing Poverty) and a writer (Facing Disabilities). James is proud of the work that he and his friends get to support through the Facing Project board.

James also serves his community as the current chair of the board for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie and as a member of the Greater Muncie Habitat for Humanity Homeowner Selection Committee.

When not out in the community, James get paid to be the Director of Human Resources and Employee Experience at Minnetrista. He’s also a dog dad to a three-year-old Lab mix, Lady, and has really fallen in love with making pottery (at Cornerstone).

How do we move the professional kitchen into an era of safe and positive impact for growth and appeal to the next generations?

How can we fold traditional apprenticeship training techniques into a more affirming experience for the apprentice and the trainer? What is the potential of the future professional kitchen?
As a trade based industry, professional kitchens are hurting world wide. We have high turnover, high stress, slow growth, and minimal pay. The only way we can move from our past, into a positive future, is to adjust to modern culture and societal standards of a positive work environment.
Many cultures believe and use food as medicine, comfort, and a way to show love, the professional cook’s kitchen be the same!

Learning Objectives

1. Build a positive learning environment in the kitchen.
2. Attract next generations to the professional kitchen industry.
3. Grow your business through growth of your staff.

About Our Facilitator

Kyle Reninger was born and raised in Clearwater, FL. He attended the University of South Florida and has worked in the service and retail industry for the past 20 years. He and his partner, Amanda, moved to Muncie in 2008 were Amanda attended Ball State University for her Master’s Degree and Artist Diploma. They found great community and connections in Muncie, and decided to continue their life in Muncie and start a business. Kyle is the President of Acquisitions and Amanda is the Owner of Sea Salt & Cinnamon. Amanda is the master of the science and math in the kitchen, while Kyle is focused on developing new savory items and expansion of distribution. Through SLA and the Emergence Program, Kyle and Amanda have gained the training and knowledge to help grow the Muncie Community. In their free time, Kyle and Amanda can be found enjoying Downtown Muncie, at the movies, or at home with their three dogs and six cats.

Every leader can reinvent themselves and their growth in a personally challenging presentation that will change your personal growth strategy.

Change is happening! It is clear that your realities have changed due to changes in the economy, social/cultural transition, Millennials coming of age, mobile public, technological advances and demographic trends.

Participants will answer Critical questions dealing with how your team feel about trust working with you; what policies & practices have become “dinosaurs” in your business; what steps can you take to raise the level of leadership in your organization; and what is “kindling” your leadership practices and style are dealt with in small group discussions.

Learning Objectives

1. Your economy is always… DIFFERENT. How leaders should be different in their style?
2. Where are we missing the VALUE people seek most in services and results? How can we deliver better value?
3. How can we RAISE performance levels? What are we doing to meet these changes proactively?
4. What LEADERSHIP LEVEL are you on in your organization? How can you change that in your favor?
5. What are our DINOSAURS that prevent us from moving upward? How can we bury them and proceed?

About Our Facilitator

Jim Mathis is a double-certified professional speaker, bestselling author and member of the John Maxwell Speaking Team. He has been speaking, training, writing and consulting for over 44 years and have earned the highest designations in speaking professionally.

Jim has a passion to lift others to the highest potential as leaders and personal growth through interactive, humorous and energetic presentations that he guarantees will give each participants at least 3 (and more) immediate actions they can take to raise their leadership levels.

How ‘turning off’ can make you more effective and productive in your work

Do you get the Sunday Evening Blues? Monster.com’s survey says 76% of us do. In fact, the World Health Organization has recently classified “burn out” as a disease. It’s so pervasive, it seems unavoidable. But it isn’t. When we create intentional times of rest, research shows we’re able to be more productive and healthier.

So how can you beat burn-out and end the Sunday Evening Blues?

Sue Godfrey shares tips from her sabbatical, sharing tools to help you become both more rested and productive. In her presentation, Godfrey will share tools, tips and practices you can incorporate into your daily life-and into the life of your team- to prevent burn out.

Learning Objectives

 

1. Research on why rest is physically and emotionally needed
2. Tools for using rest to increase productivity
3. Tips for evaluating the things we “should” be doing vs the things we need or want to do
4. Methods to encourage your team to rest, and prevent Sunday night blues

About Our Facilitator

Sue Godfrey has lived in Muncie longer than she’s lived anywhere. Moving to Muncie in 1995 to transfer to Ball State University, Sue and her husband of 19 years, Stuart call Muncie home. Their adventures seem to never stop with their three children, two unruly dogs and many community commitments keeping them always on the move.
Sue has dedicated her career to helping people and organizations use where they are to get to where they want to be.

Most recently Sue was the Executive Director at Big Brothers Big Sisters, where she had the sorrow of closing the agency due to the increased expenses of keeping the children they serve safe. Since then, Sue has been learning the value of rest in a time of sabbatical.

Stop pretending you can’t give direct feedback.

Far too often, we hide behind performance check lists, limiting feedback to more generalizations. This means that we don’t build relationships with our team with maximizing potential in mind. The result is a lack of candid, direct communication between two people not only limits the development, but also prevents the organization from improving.

Learning Objectives

1. Learn how to build relationships to allow for direct feedback
2. Understand the steps of creating an environment and culture that is radically candid
3. Create strategies for asking for feedback from your boss, and also from someone who reports to you
4. Walk away knowing what to do with the feedback that is provided, and where you go next

About Our Facilitator

Kourtney McCauliff is an experienced Human Resources Director with a demonstrated history of working in HR for over 10 years in a variety of different industries, mostly Hospitality and currently Health Care. She has a focus in Recruiting, Retention, People Development and Employee Engagement. Kourtney is from Michigan but lived in Chicago for 12 years before relocating to Muncie. Since being in Muncie she has worked to be more involved in the community and spending time with her husband and family!