In this Asia exclusine presentation, Karen will discuss how you can help make your employees more engaged in the workplace. Whether your organisation's issue is keeping your engaged people on track or helping the disengaged to get back on track, all managers are looking for simple methods that will achieve results without costing a fortune.  One of the recognised keys to employee engagement is a strong relationship between a staff member and their immediate manager. At the heart of a strong employee/manager relationship is communication. Old fashioned, face to face, one-on-one conversations.

In this interactive and practical presentation, learn about the 8 crucial conversations that engage and how HR can assist line managers to conduct these conversations in a way that gets results.

You will learn . . .

• Why these conversations matter: selling the 8 crucial conversations model to senior management
• The real reasons managers avoid having the right conversations
• Ideas for encouraging your line managers to get talking to their people
• The idea behind each of the 8 conversations: understanding their purpose
• Tips and tricks for helping managers conduct effective conversations that really engage

Karen Schmidt is an award winning speaker, workshop leader and author, who so far has managed to cram in 5 different careers. Starting out as a Secretary she quickly proved herself in Recruitment and Human Resource Consulting before moving on to Corporate Training and now Professional Speaking.

Her practical experience comes from hiring, firing, managing, coaching and training thousands of people in just about every industry. Whether your people arrive at work wearing high heels, a hard hat or carrying a hand gun Karen can help you get the most out of them.