Featured Speaker
Jenny DuFresne
CEO, DuFresne Solutions Group
Host
Amy Ruppert, VP of Learning & Impact at Ceresa
With retention being THE top priority for business leaders today, companies must invest in keeping their people engaged and feeling supported in their career development – and their overall lives. Gallup's annual State of the Global Workplace shows that “cares about employee wellbeing” is consistently ranked in the top 3 criteria for employees.
A coaching mindset can help people leaders meaningfully connect with their team on what’s important to them and what they need to achieve their goals. Coaching for growth is a must-have skill for people leaders today.
Join us to learn how to put a coaching mindset into action from an expert in high-performance leadership, Jenny DuFresne. Marrying storytelling and actions you can immediately implement, Jenny will guide you on how best to support your teams in achieving their goals, with care and employee well-being in mind. Jenny DuFresne draws on her decades of corporate, military, and educational experience on high-performance leadership.
Key Takeaways:
How to develop a coaching mindset for you and your people managers.
How to use goal conversations to create a supportive environment, where employees want to stay and grow.
Easy tips for meaningful conversations with your team, to understand what type of support they need to achieve their goals across work/life.
Tips for you and your people managers on empowering your people to do their best for themselves and the business.
Jenny DuFresne, CEO, DuFresne Solutions Group
Jenny DuFresne, CEO, DuFresne Solutions Group, a leadership training firm that supports CEOs and mid-level managers build great teams, reduce employee turnover, and create a thriving company culture. Jenny served 10-years in the United States Marine Corps. As a trailblazing leader, she founded the one of the first all-male public charter elementary schools in the US. Jenny writes about her experience in her bestselling book From Empty to Overflow. The book is written for women leaders who desire to create harmonious lives and lead well. Jenny holds degrees from Harvard University and George Mason University.
For a sneak peek into Jenny’s approach, watch one of her most popular Mastery Series on Empowering Teams. This video series from Jenny is one example of the impactful human-centered curriculum offered in the Ceresa experience for “new and next” leaders.
CERESA PLATFORM MASTERY SERIES | Six Strategies for Empowering Your Team
Amy Ruppert, VP Learning & Impact, Ceresa
Amy Ruppert is the VP of Learning & Impact at Ceresa. For over a decade, as both a talent development practitioner for Fortune 500 companies and professor at Central Washington University, Amy has imagined, created, and facilitated curriculum and learning experiences for adult learners. Her breadth of expertise ranges from topics as varied as grammar instruction (adopted by Washington state as part of the common core curriculum for colleges and universities), field-leadership training (at Starbucks and Gap Inc), and unconscious bias and inclusivity education (at Target). Amy holds a BS in Journalism and Advertising from the University of Oregon--go ducks!--and a MA in Composition and Rhetoric from Cental Washington University. Amy and her wife Layne recently relocated to Austin, Texas where they're enjoying the sunshine, music, and all the queso they can eat.