Emergenetics - Meeting of the Minds

Presented By:

Kendra Barrier, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE

Associate Dean for Engagement

Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing

Paula Kensler, PhD, DNP, MBA, RN

Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing

Program Director of the Executive Nurse Leader Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

Melissa Nunn, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, NEA-BC, CNEcl

Assistant Dean for Student Services

Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing

Todd Tartavoulle, DNS, APRN, CNS-BC

Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing

Activity Description/Objective:

Without self‑aware employees, high‑performing teams, and a healthy organizational culture, challenges in communication, collaboration, productivity, and employee retention are inevitable. Meeting of the Minds empowers individuals to recognize and leverage their strengths, enabling them to reach their full potential. At the same time, it equips organizations with the tools needed to maximize performance and cultivate a positive, thriving workplace culture.

Participants will take part in a series of activities designed to ensure retention and application in the workplace and will:

• Explore the science behind the Emergenetics Profile and its seven attributes.
• Discover their personal thinking and behavioral preferences.
• Find new ways to interact and collaborate with others.
• Uncover a common language that unifies teams and company culture.

EACH PARTICIPANT MUST COMPLETE AN EMERGENETICS PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE BEFORE THE IN-PERSON COURSE.

Dr. Paula Kensler (email: pkensl@lsuhsc.edu or phone: 504-568-4184) will contact all registrants to complete their profiles. Dr. Kensler can be contacted for more information.

Learning Objectives:

1. Evaluate your thinking and behaving preferences through experiential learning.
2. Examine how your preferred behavioral attributes affect others' perception of your preferred thinking attributes.
3. Discover how appreciating your strengths and those of others supports a positive culture and optimizes team performance.
4. Explore how to inspire people and organizations to thrive by offering a simpler, easier way to understand each other and build relationships that drive performance.
5. Evaluate how the WeTeam approach can improve the quality and efficiency of teamwork.

Nurses may earn 4.5 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development.

Target Audience: Registered nurses, students, faculty, and other healthcare professionals.

Fees:

• LSUHNO SON Faculty, Students, or Staff - $119
• Clinical Partner Organizations - $130
• General Admission - $140

If you qualify for the LSUHNO SON fee or the Clinical Partner Organization fee, please email nsgconted@lsuhsc.edu for the promo code.

Registration closes at 12:00 pm (noon) CST on Friday, October 2, 2026

Refunds/Cancellations:

A full refund, less a $25 processing fee, will be issued for all cancellations received at least one week before the course date. If participants have completed the Emergenetics Profile, that cost cannot be reimbursed. No refunds are issued thereafter. Cancellations received on the day of the course are not eligible for a refund. LSUHNO School of Nursing, Nursing Continuing Professional Development & Entrepreneurial Enterprise reserves the right to cancel a course when circumstances are warranted. In such a case, a full refund will be issued.

Disclosures:

None of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.