Small Business Power Series

FlexProfessoinals matches professionals seeking meaningful part-time , full-time flexible, or project-based  job opportunities to employers embracing supportive and diverse work environments. We work with job seekers located in the DC and Boston metro areas. We help our job seekers remain in the workforce, confidently return to work after a career break, or successfully transition to a new field. As a service to job seekers, we offer resources and networking events to help returners and people in career transition gain tactical job search skills and confidence.

FlexProfessionals

3-part series on leading, managing, and hiring in a hybrid or remote work environment. Hosted by FlexProfessionals and Bridging Distance.

Fridays 12-12:45 / June 11, 18, &amp; 25Is your company planning to continue working remotely or in a hybrid model? Like many other employers, you may have discovered during the pandemic, the advantages of flexible work including reduced office costs and improved employee productivity. But effectively implementing flexible work arrangements for the long term has challenges and requires new ways of doing business. Workplaces will require different technologies. Building cohesive workforces and corporate cultures will require novel approaches. And leadership will require innovative methods to build engagement and trust.Join us Fridays in June for a three-part power series: Successfully Leading, Managing and Hiring in a Hybrid or Remote Environment that addresses many questions small- and mid-sized businesses are asking about how to navigate the long-term transition to remote or hybrid work. We’ve gathered experts to present critical insights and advice and on the following issues: <ul><li>Making Hybrid Work – A Roadmap for Managing Over Time and Distance </li><li>Successful Recruiting, Hiring and Onboarding in a Remote or Hybrid Environment</li><li>Leading and Managing Remote or Partially Remote Employees</li></ul>Presenters Include:<ul><li>Stefanie Heiter, Founder and CEO of Bridging Distance</li><li>Gwenn Rosener, Partner and Co-founder of FlexProfessionals</li><li>Leanne Rodd, Director of Talent, FlexProfessionals Boston</li></ul>Session Details:6/11, Making Hybrid Work – A Roadmap for Managing Over Time and Distance: As your company pivots to a hybrid workplace, navigating the “messy middle” between fully remote and fully in-person can be challenging. A successful transition to “hybrid” requires significant changes to culture, mindsets, structures, competencies, and technologies to maintain productivity, ensure fairness and team cohesion, and nurture employee engagement. In this webinar, we will provide a framework and roadmap to help you recognize and overcome obstacles in implementing hybrid work models. You will gain:<ul><li>An evidence-based diagnostic foundation in the most critical factors for hybrid work success</li><li>A simple model for organizing your thinking and planning, policies, processes, and tools</li><li>Examples of impactful solutions for each key area of the model </li></ul>6/18, Successful Recruiting, Hiring and Onboarding in a Remote or Hybrid Environment: Hiring and onboarding professionals can be tricky in a remote work environment. Without geographic boundaries, the pool of available talent may seem overwhelming. Hiring managers and candidates alike may struggle to virtually assess cultural fit and chemistry. Onboarding, without the in-person human touch, may seem awkward and unfulfilling. In this webinar, we will share strategies for recruiting and hiring remotely and capitalizing on your company’s flexible work environment to attract and hire top candidates. You will learn: <ul><li>How to turn your company’s ability to offer remote and hybrid work options into a recruiting advantage</li><li>Tips for adjusting your recruiting and screening process to effectively attract and screen remote candidates</li><li>Strategies for aligning expectations and creating connection and chemistry during a remote or hybrid onboarding process</li></ul>6/25, Leading and Managing Remote or Partially Remote Employees: Leading in a remote or hybrid work environment, where teams are dispersed across different work locations and time zones, poses unique challenges to building trust, cultivating working relationships and measuring team performance. Leaders must learn how to effectively utilize tools, technologies, and systems to facilitate communication and collaboration that is inclusive and leverages individual talents well as the power of the collective team. In this webinar, we will help you balance getting the job done effectively while cultivating working relationships that span barriers of time, distance, culture, and more. You will gain:<ul><li>A model for contrasting in-person and virtual leadership</li><li>An evidence-based diagnostic to understand how distance impacts your ability to lead from everywhere</li><li>Key behaviors in our Virtual Leader Fitness model that you can apply to your remote teams</li></ul>Join one, two, or all three events. The events will be recorded and made available on-demand.Panelist Bios:Stephanie Heiter, Founder and CEO, Bridging Distance LLC has helped pioneer the field of dispersed teaming and leadership since 1997 and is among the nation’s leading thinkers and consultants on the human side of virtual remote work. She enhances people’s ability to thrive in the digital workplace through improved productivity at the intersection of technology and relationship building. Stefanie has authored numerous published articles in the area of virtual leadership, teams and communications. She led the company in researching and creating a series of evidence-based models in Virtual Organizational Fitness, The Virtual Leader™, Virtual Team Fitness™, Electronic Body Language™, Remote Worker Fitness, Meeting-itis, and Cross-Cultural Communications 3.0. These serve as the foundation for assessments, workshops, and consulting processes. Stefanie has earned a Master of Science in Organization and Management from Antioch University, where her thesis focused on trust and communications in virtual teams, and a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Clark University. Gwenn Rosener, Founder and Partner, FlexProfessionals is one of the co-founders of FlexProfessionals and oversees its strategy and business operations. She and her partners launched FlexProfesionals in 2010 with the mission of helping professionals seeking flexibility find part-time or remote work to stay in the workforce or return to it more rapidly after a career break. Over the past decade, FlexProfessionals has become a popular source of talent for start-ups and small businesses looking for affordable ways to staff for growth and for large companies looking for alternative sources of gender-diverse talent. Gwenn also writes and speaks on strategies for effectively recruiting, hiring and integrating flexible resources into organizations. Prior to co-founding FlexProfessionals, Gwenn spent nine years with Ernst &amp; Young’s management consulting practice focused on strategy, merger integration and business process reengineering. She started her career as an engineer with General Electric. She has a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech, an MS in Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.Leanne Rodd, Director of Talent, FlexProfessionals leads recruiting and programming in the Boston Metro area for FlexProfessionals. She has more than twenty years of experience in learning and development, coaching, sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship. She is a founding member of the FlexProfessionals Boston location, working with small business owners to interview, hire, and onboard new employees. Leanne is an active member of the local community where she holds leadership positions including the Executive Board of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. She has an MS in Training &amp; Development from Lesley University, a BA from the University of Vermont, and is a board-certified professional and career coach (BCC).

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