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• SHRS Feb. 2025 Virtual Meeting: What's Understood Still Needs to Be Explained: Elevating Workplace Engagement Through Communication"

  • When
    February 11, 2025
  •  
    11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual Meeting
  • Spaces left
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  • Registered
    27 registrants

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  Please join us for the SHRS February 2025 Virtual Meeting on Tuesday, February 11, at 11:45 to 1 PM!

  Please note registration will close February 9 and meeting instructions will be emailed on February 10!
  
  

  "What's Understood Still Needs to Be Explained:  Elevating Workplace Engagement Through Communication" 

  Overview:  This session examines how foundational communication practices directly influence workplace inclusion, from reducing misunderstandings to fostering higher engagement.  We will explore the nuanced relationship between intent and impact, ways to address systemic issues rather than isolated incidents, and how concepts like "quiet firing" and job satisfaction reflect an organization's commitment to employee wellbeing.  Emphasizing that comprehension is as important as communication, we will cover practical strategies to promote an inclusive and communicative workplace. 

  Objectives:
  

  • Understand the role of "overcommunication" as a tool for workplace engagement and how to implement it without overwhelming teams. 
    
    
  • Identify how intent and impact diverge in workplace conversations and HR initiatives, and the importance of addressing both. 
    
    
  • Recognize signs of quiet firing, blanket punishment, and their impact on employee satisfaction. 

  
  Presenter:  Jackie Howell

  

  Jackie Howell is an Inclusion Specialist for the City of Oklahoma City’s Office of Equity, where she manages employee experience programs and serves as an internal consultant to departments to enhance the employee experience. She began her career in the University of Oklahoma’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion while earning her Master’s degree in Human Relations. A recipient of the 2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award from SHRM Oklahoma, Jackie is passionate about advancing equity-based initiatives that elevate the employee life cycle through professional development, engagement, and fostering workplace psychological safety.

    Please note registration will close February 9 and meeting instructions will be emailed on February 10!

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  This program has been approved for 1 re-certification credit hour toward SHRM and HRCI for Professional Development credits (PDCs).  

            
  

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