• 8:15-9:00 AM - Check-In, BREAKFAST, Networking, and Opening announcements

• 9:00-10:30 AM - Building A Culture of Employee Engagement by Milton Hunt

Employee engagement is a state of functioning in an organization wherein employees are motivated to contribute to the organization's success. Employees give their best and make additional efforts to accomplish important tasks in order to reach common objectives.

Generally speaking, employee engagement is a workplace method designed to improve an employee's feelings and emotional attachment to the organization, their job duties, and position within the organization, their fellow employees, and the organization's culture. This is why it is essential to understand the three different types of employees in the workforce and learn how to effectively engage each of them.

• 10:30-10:45 AM - BREAK

• 10:45 AM-12:15 PM - Communicating Across Generations for Impact by Krishna Powell

HR executives are carrying the weight of engagement, retention, and culture, while burnout, manager inconsistency, and cross-generational friction quietly erode performance. In this high-impact workshop, you’ll apply the Generational Leadership Strategy™ framework to convert employee engagement from a “soft” initiative into a practical, measurable operating cadence that lifts trust, productivity, and retention, without adding administrative burden. You’ll leave with executive-ready metrics and a 30-day action plan.

• 12:15-1:00 PM - Lunch & Networking (Speaker Panel Q&A) -

Your Questions. Real Insight. Practical Takeaways.

During lunch, both of our featured speakers will return for a relaxed, interactive panel discussion designed around you.

Throughout the morning sessions, attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions for the speakers. Our team will gather and organize questions during the break to identify common themes and the most pressing challenges facing HR professionals in our region. This panel is your chance to go deeper.

We encourage you to come prepared to contribute by thinking about:

• • • • Where employee engagement feels stuck in your organization

      • Cross-generational communication challenges you are experiencing

      • Metrics you struggle to define or measure

      • Leadership behaviors that are helping or hurting culture

      • Conversations you know need to happen but feel difficult to navigate

Questions may be submitted at any time during the morning and will be addressed during the lunch panel in a structured yet conversational format.

Our goal is to move beyond theory and focus on practical insights you can apply immediately within your organization. Come ready to listen. Come ready to contribute. Come ready to leave with clarity.

• 1:00-1:15 PM - Closing Announcements