Stop the Talent Drain: Retain Working Women in the Pandemic

Today, 1 in 4 women are considering downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce entirely.

As the pandemic continues, the workforce is seeing a mass exodus of women employees, from the top down, leaving to care for family and children. Even as workers are returning to work when allowed, women are returning at a much lower rate - opting to stay out of the workforce.

This talent drain is not expected to recover anytime soon.

Not only is your organization at risk of losing valuable talent, but diversity and inclusions efforts are going to be heavily impacted, too.

Join us for this 60-minute workshop to discover the short-term and long-term impacts of this workforce exodus on your employee base and recruiting efforts, as well as what you can do to retain your valuable women employees.

You'll learn:

• How to stand out as an employer by standing up for your employees during this time of crisis
• Reasonable accommodations employers can make to help retain their women employees
• Ensure that your diversity and inclusion statements and efforts translate into your worker treatment and options
• Strategies to optimize momentum while not causing undue stress

Program Highlights

Challenges for women in the workplace during the pandemic:

• The COVID gender gap and how it disrupts your workforce
• Who is exiting, why, and what you can do as an employer
• What excessive pressure on the female workforce could cost your organization

Techniques to counter a COVID-fueled exodus in your organization, including how to:

• Better navigate today's tough work-life balance with employees
• Foster an inclusive environment during a time of physical and social distancing
• Establish new expectations without sacrificing productivity and quality
• Support women whose support systems were stripped away
• Use various tools and resources to provide employees with guidance and support

Get answers to HR managers' most pressing questions, like:

• How do I drive productivity without eliciting burnout by adding to employee stress?
• What can I do to motivate our female talent base to stay during the stressors of COVID?
• How do we attract strong female candidates who have left other employers during the pandemic?

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Michelle Coussens

Michelle Coussens, Business Strategist, Plan B Consulting Michelle Coussens is a business strategist who is a frequently sought out speaker for numerous types of organizations on a wide range of topics related to the workplace, including but not limited to, talent management, business safety and continuity, and financial acuity. In 2020, she created and delivered more than 40 well-regarded presentations for numerous organizations around the world. In 2021, she has already delivered more than 50 signature speeches and training sessions, both online and in person. She holds practical expertise on a variety of HR topics, including but not limited to job design, recruiting, onboarding, training and development, performance management, and succession planning. She is a resourceful, resilient, and relentless business professional with demonstrated success in building new programs, driving short-term efficiencies, and improving long-term effectiveness all through innovation, rigor, and courageous leadership. She has direct experience with a variety of industries, as well as in consulting, education, and not-for-profit organizations. With consistently high participant ratings, her webinars, seminars, and speaking engagements bring practical value to businesses of every size and type.