ELE Group, LLC

Executives &amp; Thought Leaders share insights &amp; strategies for
Developing Talent as Work Shifts to Hybrid
Next Practices for Increasing Retention &amp; Performance
Individual-Leader subscriptions can register online for the <a href="/evt/wise2022-virtual/">Learning Leadership Summit | Virtual Wisconsin Exchange</a>
<a href="https://www.learningexecutive.com/2022-exchange-oshkosh-agenda/">May 12th Agenda</a> | <a href="./2022-participants-faqs-may-exchange/">Participants' FAQs</a> | View the 2022 Feature Speakers and more <a href="https://media.ele.llc/2022/2022WISE.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>
"It’s time for us as an industry to start seriously thinking about how these changing times are affecting/putting strain on our organization's learning processes and systems!”
 Jennifer Valencia Director, Global Quality Training at Baxter Healthcare Corporation
On May 12th (in-person) &amp; 10th (virtual), we are planning nearly 20 experiences on Developing Talent as Work Shifts to Hybrid including:
<ul>
 	<li>Emerging Trends with i4cp's latest research</li>
 	<li>Supporting Growth Outside the Classroom: New Models to Create Powerful Learning Moments</li>
 	<li>Burnout &amp; Retention: The Great Resignation</li>
 	<li>Simplifying Performance Management</li>
 	<li>Simplifying Succession &amp; Talent Planning</li>
 	<li>HR Resource Planning</li>
 	<li>Effective Workforce Mgmt</li>
 	<li>Hybrid Learning Strategies to Increase Flex Skills &amp; Psychological Safety</li>
 	<li>Prioritizing Time Mgmt: Tools, Strategies and more</li>
 	<li>Leading in a Remote and Hybrid Environment</li>
 	<li>How L&amp;D can Drive DEI &amp; Culture Change</li>
 	<li>Learning Bots: Scaling Talent Development Moments &amp; Nudges</li>
 	<li>Taking People Analytics to next level: Upskilling Production Workforce</li>
 	<li>Standardize On-the-Job-Training Processes</li>
 	<li>Onboarding</li>
</ul>
We are working closely with ELE Team Leaders contributing valuable presentations at our 12th Annual Wisconsin Exchange. We are thrilled to be having our highly interactive exchange at Your Oshkosh University while having an intense action learning experience with a full day of in-person and half-day virtual peer collaboration.

&nbsp;
Flexibility or Flight - Getting Hybrid Work Right
(i4cp Research Study)

<a href="https://go.i4cp.com/flexibility-or-flight"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-35006 size-medium" src="https://www.learningexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/i4cp-flexibility-of-flight-1-300x156.jpg" alt="Flexibility or Flight (i4cp 2022 Research)" width="300" height="156" /></a>

We kick off each Exchange with i4cp latest research. On May 12th, Jay Jamrog with facilitating an interactive workshop while sharing i4cp’s latest findings from their new global research study: <a title="Flexibility or Flight: Hybrid Strategies to Attract and Retain Talent (i4cp login required)" href="https://go.i4cp.com/flexibility-or-flight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Flexibility or Flight: Hybrid Strategies to Attract and Retain Talent</a>. You will learn more about the study, which provides our full findings and analysis on hybrid work, flexibility, and the strategies that will make organizations talent magnets—or talent wastelands.

If you have ELE Leader-Member privileges, <a href="https://learningexecutive.com/login/">log in</a> to self-register for this event (<a href="https://learningexecutive.com/our-membership-plans/">Team-Leader subscription</a> required).

2022 May Exchange Oshkosh Wisconsin | IN-PERSON

single-event

analytics

curation

engagement &amp; culture

integrated talent management

leadership

sales training

Full-day Exchange

Talent Executives

Team Leaders

Your Teams

Wisconsin Cohort

people strategy

dirk.tussing

alex.draper

kery.mortenson

michelle.eppler

newton.moore

jay.jamrog

kyle.swanson

onboarding

brian.steinberg

angela.pientka

matt.sandel

succession planning

missy.gonzales

judy.albers

leading remote workers

in-person event

sheri.treu

Bot Technology

sara.larson

justin.anderson

hybrid workplace

Analytics

Future of Work

Leadership

Operations

Performance Improvement

Sales &amp; Customer Service

Engagement &amp; Culture

Integrated Talent Management

Digital

megan.joecks

time management

diego.frausto

stephanie.copeland

hybrid learning

haley.kersten

stephanie.spellman

jamie.peters

amanda.mickelson

emma.mctague

steve.king2

mark.allen

stephanie.paulson

darcy.pierson

jeff.lebeck

april.hershman

karin.jacobson

Executives &amp; Thought Leaders share insights &amp; strategies for
Developing Talent as Work Shifts to Hybrid
Next Practices for Increasing Retention &amp; Performance
Team-Leader subscriptions can register online for the <a href="/evt/wise2022/">12th Annual Wisconsin Exchange | IN-PERSON</a>
<a href="https://www.learningexecutive.com/2022-exchange-virtual-agenda/">May 10th Agenda</a> | <a href="/2022-participants-faqs-may-exchange/">Participants' FAQs</a> | View the 2022 Feature Speakers and more <a href="https://media.ele.llc/2022/2022WISE.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>
View Agenda with Zoom Rooms &amp; Who's Registered (Leader-Member Required):
[restrict level="2"]ELE Leader-members can log in to View Agenda with Zoom Rooms (coming soon) | <a href="./2022-participants-faqs-may-exchange/">Participants' FAQs</a> [/restrict]

<img class="size-medium wp-image-34996 aligncenter" src="https://www.learningexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Oshkosh-GHQ_625x300-300x144.jpg" alt="Oshkosh Corporation GHQ" width="300" height="144" />
"It’s time for us as an industry to start seriously thinking about how these changing times are affecting/putting strain on our organization's learning processes and systems!”
 Jennifer Valencia Director, Global Quality Training at Baxter Healthcare Corporation
On May 12th (in-person) &amp; 10th (virtual), we are planning nearly 20 experiences on Developing Talent as Work Shifts to Hybrid including:
<ul>
 	<li>Emerging Trends with i4cp's latest research (tentative)</li>
 	<li>Supporting Growth Outside the Classroom: New Models to Create Powerful Learning Moments</li>
 	<li>Burnout &amp; Retention: The Great Resignation</li>
 	<li>Simplifying Performance Management</li>
 	<li>Simplifying Succession &amp; Talent Planning</li>
 	<li>HR Resource Planning</li>
 	<li>Effective Workforce Mgmt</li>
 	<li>Hybrid Learning Strategies to Increase Flex Skills &amp; Psychological Safety</li>
 	<li>Prioritizing Time Mgmt: Tools, Strategies and more</li>
 	<li>Leading in a Remote and Hybrid Environment</li>
 	<li>How L&amp;D can Drive DEI &amp; Culture Change</li>
 	<li>Learning Bots: Scaling Talent Development Moments &amp; Nudges</li>
 	<li>Taking People Analytics to next level: Upskilling Production Workforce</li>
 	<li>Standardize On-the-Job-Training Processes</li>
 	<li>Onboarding</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;

We are working closely with ELE Team Leaders contributing valuable presentations at our 12th Annual Wisconsin Exchange. We are thrilled to be having our highly interactive exchange at Your Oshkosh University while having an intense action learning experience with a full day of in-person and half-day virtual peer collaboration.

&nbsp;

Flexibility or Flight - Getting Hybrid Work Right
(i4cp Research Study)


<a href="https://go.i4cp.com/flexibility-or-flight"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-35006 aligncenter" src="https://www.learningexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/i4cp-flexibility-of-flight-1-300x156.jpg" alt="Flexibility or Flight (i4cp 2022 Research)" width="300" height="156" /></a>

We kick off each in-person Exchange with i4cp latest research. On May 12th, Jay Jamrog with facilitating an interactive workshop while sharing i4cp’s latest findings from their new global research study: <a title="Flexibility or Flight: Hybrid Strategies to Attract and Retain Talent (i4cp login required)" href="https://go.i4cp.com/flexibility-or-flight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Flexibility or Flight: Hybrid Strategies to Attract and Retain Talent</a>. You will learn more about the study, which provides our full findings and analysis on hybrid work, flexibility, and the strategies that will make organizations talent magnets—or talent wastelands.

If you have ELE Leader-Member privileges, <a href="https://learningexecutive.com/login/">log in</a> to self-register for this event (<a href="https://learningexecutive.com/our-membership-plans/">Team-Leader subscription</a> required).

2022 May Learning Leadership Summit | Virtual

Chicago Cohort

tracey.wik

teri.hart

richard.busby

suzanne.sherry

Jewel.Johnson

sara.lorenzo

mike.kester

amy.cooper

michelle.cereghino

richard.rykhus

marsha.love-morrow

savanna.losik

alison.arkin

becky.covelli

guillermo.gutierrez

Strategy

sally.polaskey

adrien.stanley

jennifer.greene

peter.pruefer

andrew.savikas

adam.gianopolus

Do you wish you could stop the mayhem of work and life and just take a minute? Do you sense you could contribute more if there were a little more room in the day? Does busyness deprive you and your burnt-out team of the oxygen your talents need to catch fire?

Many have felt that way, yet taking a pause has seemed impossible—until now.

In A Minute to Think, Juliet Funt, a globally recognized warrior in the battle against busyness, provides a powerful guide that will give you the permission, framework, and specific direction you need to do the following:
<ul class="a-unordered-list a-vertical">
 	<li>Regain control of your overloaded, caffeinated, inbox-worshiping workday</li>
 	<li>Liberate yourself and your teams from burnout and busywork</li>
 	<li>Reclaim creativity and focus despite the chaos around you</li>
 	<li>Bring thoughtfulness into designing your next work norms</li>
 	<li>Tame the beast of email and escape the mire of meetings</li>
 	<li>Find your precious minute to think</li>
</ul>
You’re not alone in your yearning for freedom from constant reactivity. The global workforce today is so fried that it belongs in the food court of a county fair. We’re relentlessly behind the curve, dousing fires everywhere, and our 3 a.m. insomnia provides the only unscheduled thinking time of the day.

What we need reinserted in our lives is the missing element of white space—short periods of open, unscheduled time that, when recaptured, change the very nature of work. White space is the stepping back, the strategic pause, the oxygen that allows the sparks of our efforts to catch fire. White space has the power to radically—and simply—reinvent the way we approach work in this maxed-out, post-COVID 21st-century world.

With Juliet’s memorable stories, easy-to-use tools, and razor-sharp instruction, she carves for us an escape route from the overwhelming amount of low-value tasks and the daily avalanche of e-mails, meetings, decks, and reports. Using research, client stories, and a relatable voice, Juliet shows all of us how to reclaim time for thinking and make room for what truly matters. Whether you are an individual trying to build a more sane and humane flow of daily work, a team that wants new levels of efficiency and effectiveness, or an entire organization changing your culture toward thoughtfulness, this book will lead you there.

A Minute to Think: Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, and Do Your Best Work

innovation

julian.malnak

nancy.dome

denis.sternberg

productivity

work-life balance

Creativity

Self-Improvement

Mindfulness

Personal Growth

workplace efficiency

Professional Development

stress management

effective work habits

katrina.nordquist

deepa.kartha

WALL STREET JOURNAL BUSINESS BESTSELLER
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2O16 PICK IN BUSINESS &amp; LEADERSHIP
Master one of our economy’s most rare skills and achieve groundbreaking results with this “exciting” book (Daniel H. Pink) from an “exceptional” author (New York TimesBook Review).
In our distracted modern economy, the coveted skill of deep work—the ability to focus intensely without interruption on demanding mental tasks—has never been rarer or more valuable. As Cal Newport argues in Deep Work, this superpower boosts your career success and provides meaning, yet most squander it by endlessly checking email and social media.
<blockquote>💥 The key for Deep Work
(Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World)
is training your mind and habits.
<ol>
 	<li>Work Deeply</li>
 	<li>Embrace Boredom</li>
 	<li>Quit Social Media</li>
 	<li>Drain the Shallows</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Newport makes the compelling case that cultivating deep work enhances your impact. He offers a practical four-part regimen for training your mind: work with laser-like focus free of distractions; embrace boredom instead of constant entertainment; quit social media; and avoid shallow obligations that don't engage your talents. Newport supports this advice with stories of legends like Carl Jung who structured their lives around deep work.
Deep Work provides an urgent roadmap for focus amid the digital discord. In our multitasking world where everyone is distracted, deep work is the key to standing out as an achiever. This skill allows you to quickly master the most difficult information and produce your best work. Deep Work gives you a competitive edge.

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

chris.edwards

marti.konstant

effectiveness

motivation

performance

Focus

Concentration

Digital Distraction

Career

Success

Goal Setting

Technology

"A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'"—Fast Company

Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.

Allen has rewritten the book from start to finish, tweaking his classic text with important perspectives on the new workplace, and adding material that will make the book fresh and relevant for years to come. This new edition of Getting Things Done will be welcomed not only by its hundreds of thousands of existing fans but also by a whole new generation eager to adopt its proven principles.

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Personal Development

Task Management

executive coaching

stress reduction

Leadership Effectiveness

laura.sandera

Efficiency

Focus and Concentration

Team Productivity

Strategic Planning

Personal Organization

Workflow Management

Workplace Organization

You've got a rare empty slot in your diary today, squeezed between meetings, phone calls and dealing with the incessant incoming emails. You can grab a sandwich, power through and run yourself down, or you can STOP. You can pick up this book, choose a chapter that inspires you and learn something new.

This isn't a time for standing still; developing and growing as a leader is imperative if you want your team and company to be successful. Lunchtime Learning for Leaders is an actionable guide to everything you need to know to be a successful leader. Each chapter is a short-burst overview of a key leadership challenge thousands of leaders before you have faced and successfully tackled with the help of the author Lucy Ryan. And all of them can be mastered in under an hour! From leading your team through change, adapting your leadership style to the task at hand, gathering influence to building resilience, this book is your essential guide to becoming the best leader you can be.

Dedicate just a few hours and invest in Lunchtime Learning for Leaders. You will reap the benefits and come out better prepared for whatever comes next on your business leadership journey.

Lunchtime Learning for Leaders: 16 Ways to Grow Your Resilience and Influence

leadership development

effective leadership

emotional intelligence

resilience building

influence skills

workplace skills

leadership strategies

From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, a groundbreaking philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload
<blockquote>~ Do Fewer Things. Work at a Natural Pace. Obsess over Quality. ~</blockquote>
Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices?

&nbsp;

Long before pinging inboxes and clogged schedules arrived, history’s most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this timely and provocative book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to transform our modern jobs radically. Drawing from deep research on the habits and mindsets of a varied cast of storied thinkers – from Galileo and Isaac Newton to Jane Austen and Georgia O’Keefe – Newport lays out the fundamental principles of “slow productivity,” a more sustainable alternative to the aimless overwhelm that defines our current moment. Combining cultural criticism with systematic pragmatism, Newport deconstructs the absurdities inherent in standard notions of productivity and then provides step-by-step advice for cultivating a slower, more humane alternative.

&nbsp;

From the aggressive rethinking of workload management to introducing seasonal variation to shifting your performance toward long-term quality, Slow Productivity provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment. The world of work is due for a new revolution. Slow productivity is precisely what we need.

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

edward.desrosiers

Coaching

Slow Productivity

Mindful Work

Productivity Myths

Historical Wisdom

Meaningful Accomplishment

Burnout Prevention

Sustainable Productivity

Cultural Criticism

Creative Work

Philosophical Approaches

Pragmatic Solutions

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators and “master of the life hack” (GQ) explores the fascinating science of productivity and offers real-world takeaways to apply your life, whether you’re chasing peak productivity or simply trying to get back on track.

In The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charles Duhigg explained why we do what we do. In Smarter Faster Better, he applies the same relentless curiosity and rich storytelling to how we can improve at the things we do.

At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key concepts—from motivation and goal setting to focus and decision making—that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics—as well as the experiences of CEOs, educational reformers, four-star generals, FBI agents, airplane pilots, and Broadway songwriters—this book reveals that the most productive people, companies, and organizations don’t merely act differently. They view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways.

Smarter Faster Better is a story-filled exploration of the science of productivity, one that can help us learn to succeed with less stress and struggle—and become smarter, faster, and better at everything we do.

Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity

Change Management

performance management

organizational effectiveness

decision making

Leadership Skills

workplace productivity

Do you find there is never enough time to focus on what matters to you?

💥 Become a Rock Star Middle Manager!

&nbsp;

In this practical and story-filled book, Kacie Walters provides actionable tips to balance the Middle Manager Tug of War—you, your team, and your boss across four challenging areas: Feedback, Career, Time, and Stress and Pressure.
<blockquote>Succeed from the Middle addresses those highly frustrating situations you experience as a middle manager and builds your confidence to manage them seamlessly.</blockquote>
After reading Succeed from the Middle, you will know how to:
<ul>
 	<li>Give and receive feedback in a helpful and non-threatening way</li>
 	<li>Focus on your career and guide others in theirs</li>
 	<li>Maximize time to focus on what matters to you and protect your team’s time</li>
 	<li>Handle stress and pressure from all sides of middle manager situations</li>
 	<li>Meet the needs of your team and boss while prioritizing yourself in the middle</li>
</ul>
Follow the advice in this book and see meaningful results immediately on the job.

💥 Succeed from the Middle provides relatable stories to help you navigate your role as a middle manager.

💥 Succeed from the Middle gives you tips and ideas to lead through the four toughest areas for a middle manager: Feedback, Career, Time, and Stress and Pressure.

💥 Succeed from the Middle turns unsure middle managers into confident go-to experts.

&nbsp;

What’s Stopping You? Don’t wait.

Read this book to ignite your spark to become a rock star!

Succeed from the Middle: A middle manager's guide to stop being pulled apart and start balancing your team, your boss, and you 

kacie.walters

middle-manager

Giving Feedback

high performance

front-line managers

leading well-being

frontline leaders

feedback

One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the lives of presidents and CEOs, educators and parents -- millions of people of all ages and occupations. Now, this 30th Anniversary Edition of the timeless classic commemorates the wisdom of the 7 Habits with modern additions from Sean Covey.

The 7 Habits have become famous and are integrated into everyday thinking by millions and millions of people. Why? Because they work!

With Sean Covey's added takeaways on how the habits can be used in our modern age, the wisdom of the 7 Habits will be refreshed for a new generation of leaders.

They include:

Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

This beloved classic presents a principle-centered approach for solving both personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and practical anecdotes, Stephen R. Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

jane.shlaes

heather.tunison

keri.kersten

problem solving

Effective Communication

Habit Formation

Mindset Transformation

Character Development

anthony.candelario

terresa.bubbers

catherine.hebel

"When" helps us understand our biological preferences regarding time and gives dozens of practical examples of the impact of choices we make related to time. With new awareness, this book helps us choose differently to have a more positive impact on our lives and the lives of those around us.
<blockquote>"Brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice." --The Wall Street Journal</blockquote>
Everyone knows that timing is everything. But we don't know much about timing itself. Our lives are a never-ending stream of "when" decisions: when to start a business, schedule a class, get serious about a person. Yet we make those decisions based on intuition and guesswork.

Timing, it's often assumed, is an art. In When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, Pink shows that timing is really a science.

Drawing on a rich trove of research from psychology, biology, and economics, Pink reveals how best to live, work, and succeed. How can we use the hidden patterns of the day to build the ideal schedule? Why do certain breaks dramatically improve student test scores? How can we turn a stumbling beginning into a fresh start? Why should we avoid going to the hospital in the afternoon? Why is singing in time with other people as good for you as exercise? And what is the ideal time to quit a job, switch careers, or get married?

In When, Pink distills cutting-edge research and data on timing and synthesizes them into a fascinating, readable narrative packed with irresistible stories and practical takeaways that give readers compelling insights into how we can live richer, more engaged lives.

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