Carpenter Marty Transportation's Gina Balsamo and Kristin Studabaker have teamed up with Rachel Macedonia of CT Consultants for a great session on employee engagement and career development. We'll be presenting The Power of Employee Engagement on Wednesday, October 30th during the 10:00-11:30a session in Room B230-232.

Today's buzz word in business culture is employee engagement. What does this mean and how does it translate into implementable, action items for your firm? Carpenter Marty Transportation and CT Consultants are addressing this task head-on. We are excited to present how our firms are encouraging staff members to take charge of their career path and increase engagement and commitment to their firm, its culture, and their own personal development. One of the biggest issues with professional organizations over the past decade is an increasing amount of employee turnover due to unhappiness and disengagement. Poor management is consistently the top cause for this occurrence. This can result from promotion of employees based on their excellence in technical skills rather than management skills and leadership abilities. Join us as we discuss our firms' strategies and lessons learned while trying to create office environments that enable all employees to give their best efforts, maintain company goals and values, contribute to organizational success, and enhance each employee's sense of community within the firm.

Discover how Carpenter Marty Transportation's "Committee for Change" is bridging the gap between owners and staff to create new policies and provide opportunities to increase firm loyalty. Learn how CT Consultant's "Vision for Transformation" is focusing on the unique talents of the individual employee to promote growth and alter career paths that encourage staff to follow their passions and boost their natural abilities.