Colene Rogers

Retention: Key Mindsets That Retain Top Talent

Colene Roger’s newest keynote presentation is based on her book, Retention: Key Mindsets That Retain Top Talent. With 20 years of HR experience, she understands that organizations are looking for solutions to find and keep their employees. In this session, Colene takes attendees on a journey through the life cycle that every employee goes through upon entering an organization and the factors that determine their ultimate decision to stay or leave.

Program focus: 

Company leaders identify recruiting and retaining qualified employees as their biggest challenge. When you lose your most talented employees it diminishes productivity, disrupts leadership, and reduces morale. This all amounts to an assault on the primary purpose of any business, to make a profit. Companies are looking for solutions but one person can’t tackle this problem alone; it must be a company-wide initiative. The solution lies in understanding that every employee has a mindset about the company they work for which reflects the level of commitment they have for the organization.

In this presentation you will learn to identify the dominant mindset employees have for your company and how to positively influence and change it. You will learn solutions that are repeatable and sustainable, designed to improve your employee’s work experience so they continually say “I want to work here.”

Program objectives: 

• Learn the 4 mindsets that reveal the level of commitment you can expect from any employee.
• Learn how to discover the mindset of your employees and forecast future job vacancies.
• Discover the true cost of turnover and how to calculate it per position.
• Learn the 5 components of Retention Architecture that any company needs to retain more of their employees.
• Learn the 5 desired outcomes produced by Retention Architecture that can transform you into the company employees never want to leave.

Communication with Confidence: Elevate your Career by Being Skilled at Tough Talks

Our lives are full of Tough Talks. Let’s face it, we will never be comfortable with these conversations. But they can’t be avoided, at least not without a cost. How we handle these conversations has a direct impact on our success as a leader at any stage in our career. Whether it be addressing situations like a promotion with our supervisor, disrespect from a peer or poor performance with a direct report, we need tools to solve the issue at hand and a structure in which to use them.

Going in with the mindset to “win” or being too ready to “give in” doesn’t truly resolve the issue. Learn how to collaborate with your counterpart so solutions that seemed impossible to find begin to appear. Learning to address instead of ignoring Tough Talks leads to a more productive, and profitable organization and will help you build your career as a problem solver.

Participants will learn: 

• How to begin a Tough Talk that sets the right tone for the whole conversation.
• The importance and benefits of all parties expressing their thoughts and opinions about the situation.
• Build confidence to advocate for yourself, your needs, and your career development.
• How to uncover your counterpart’s hidden fears that are preventing collaboration.

Tough Talks: Workshop

As a 20 year HR Professional, Colene Rogers, SHRM-SCP, had a mix of successes and failures in resolving conflict with others in her own life. When she became a certified conflict resolution expert, not only did her personal success rate get better but she is now able to teach others to be successful also. In this workshop attendees will walk away with tools to have conversations that resolve their differences with others. When that happens, our professional and personal relationships are strengthened and preserved.

Program focus: 

The job of a leader is not getting any easier. The world is changing at rapid speed with incredible and unexpected technologies. And now we have the new workplace phenomenon of “ghosting” where individuals walk off the job or don’t show up at all. With so many challenges that threaten your ability to hold onto the employees you worked so hard to find, transparent and honest communication is essential.

There is considerable research to suggest that an organization’s success is greatly affected by the way their people handle high-stakes conversations. More specifically, those conversations where emotions and differences of opinion swirl around issues that need to be resolved, which impact the persons and organization involved. The research suggests that the organizational costs of avoiding these conversations or having them poorly, can include:

• Loss of clients or potential business
• Damage to company reputation
• High employee turnover
• Loss of morale
• Decreased productivity & engagement

Naturally, these amount to lost profits while opening the door to potential employment lawsuits. As a Crucial Conversations Trainer, Colene Rogers, SHRM-SCP teaches participants skills they can apply to handle these high stakes conversations with more success. The key is to create an environment of mutual respect where all those in the conversation are invited and encouraged to express their views.

Participants learn techniques to stay in the conversation until all facts and opinions are heard. Once all the relevant information is out in the open, issues can be resolved, superior decisions can be made, and relationships are preserved and strengthened. With the use of video, stories, interaction, application and easy to apply “take home” action steps, participants will feel more confident than ever to have the conversation they have been avoiding.

Program objectives: 

• Learn how to be a change agent in your organization by facilitating company wide training for Tough Talks by learning the principles and setting up learning groups.
• Learn how to maximize your resources and your people with steps to implement effective communication.
• Learn how to use techniques for addressing effective communication that leaders use to improve relationships, retention and a reduction in turnover.
• Align communication with the values, vision, and mission of your company to support corporate objectives.
• Influence company wide accountability that leads to superior decision making and increased profits.

Managing Fear and Uncertainty: To Have the Life You Want

The inner voice of self-doubt and insecurity is universal. No human being is spared its attempt to keep each one of us on the sidelines. It likes to speak at the most inopportune times, when there is a lot on the line in our careers and in our personal lives. This voice can keep you from stepping on the ladder to career advancement, from pursuing the field of work you would really like, from conquering your fear of speaking in public that would increase your influence, from taking an unpopular position as the leader because you are concerned what others will think.

What matters in all of this is your response. You can follow the voice of possibility, or you can follow the voice of fear. Will you allow the voice to sideline you, and then come back later to taunt you with “what if?” In this dramatic presentation, Colene shares the story of how her world was rocked by an unforeseen circumstance. And the trail of steps that opened to reconciliation and greater opportunity.

In this keynote, we will explore:

• Expose your fears to weaken their power; your greatest limitations are self-imposed.
• The mountaintop is where you celebrate, the valley is where you learn.
• In the dark you take one thoughtful step at a time.

Leadership Is More Than a Title: It's Influence

This presentation by author and talent management expert, Colene Rogers, SHRM-SCP, will meet leaders at any stage in their leadership development journey. With a blend of leadership principles, storytelling and inspiring video, Colene shares the traits of great leaders. Participants will walk away on a path to greater leadership development and motivated to put their new leadership tools to work.

Program focus: 

Life will present you with countless opportunities to lead. Will you be prepared to seize them or will you let others take the high ground? The good news is that leadership is a learnable skill. Acquire the skills that elite leaders exhibit and watch your success soar to greater heights. Fail to acquire these skills and any company or organization will see you as limited in value. This presentation will meet you at any stage in your leadership development journey. With a blend of leadership principles, storytelling and inspiring video, Colene shares the traits of great leaders. Participants will walk away on a path to greater leadership development and motivated to put their new leadership tools to work.

Program objectives: 

• Learn the levels of leadership that enable leaders to maximize their level of influence for greater organizational success.
• Achieve a greater understanding of the correlation between effective leadership and employee retention.
• Learn the tangible and intangible costs of losing and replacing an employee of any position in your organization.