Alaska BEC Meeting: Retention Strategy Hiding in Plain Sight
Tomorrow | 8:00–9:30 am | Zoom
Alaska's workforce challenges won't be solved by recruitment alone. We also need training environments and workplaces where people want to stay, grow, contribute, and do their best work.
I'll be joining the Alaska Business Education Compact TOMORROW to make the case for a different kind of retention strategy, one most organizations already have access to and aren't fully using: physical, psychological, and psychosocial safety.
When people feel physically and psychologically safe, they're better able to learn, engage, solve problems, innovate, and stay. This session isn't about OSHA compliance. It's about a bigger question: what would it take to make Alaska #1 in the nation for workforce wellbeing, and what role can each of us play in getting there?
What we'll cover:
– Why the data on Alaska's workplace fatalities, suicide rate, and turnover makes this urgent, not optional
– A practical framework for sequencing safety, retention, and wellbeing investments, so you're not starting in the wrong place
– How to think about this work at three levels: your organization, your industry, and statewide
– A live brainstorm to leave with one concrete focus for your own organization or industry
Whether you lead a training program, run a workforce development initiative, or manage people day to day, you'll walk away with a new way to think about safety, health, and wellbeing, not as a compliance checkbox, but as one of the strongest retention levers already sitting inside your organization.
Featured Speaker: Naomi DuCharme, Founder & CEO of Integrating Wellness Solutions
Join the Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83916363235
Meeting ID: 839 1636 3235
See you there!
Join the Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83916363235
Meeting ID: 839 1636 3235
Naomi DuCharme | [email protected]
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