Positive Business DC Meetup Highlights Effective “Non-training” Methods for Engagement
Halelly Azulay
Washington, DC—February 05, 2014—Positive Business DC today announced that Halelly Azulay will speak at the February 11 Meetup in Arlington, VA. Azulay, author of Employee Development on A Shoestring, will offer a sampling of proven techniques from her book during the Meetup. Attendees will learn how to design a strategy to implement employee development methods that result in motivated, engaged employees without breaking the bank.
“We’re extremely proud to be offering a program of this caliber,” say Donna Hemmert, Positive Business DC co-founder. “I have spent my career developing motivated, high performing teams and am always on the lookout for ways to improve the work environment and my team’s experience. Azulay’s research has produced some very interesting techniques and I’m delighted to share them with the Positive Business DC community.”
“The push to ‘do more with less’ often harms employees and organizations,” continues Hemmert. “Pushing too hard without changing reward and recognition systems not only burns people out, it causes massive disengagement. That’s a real problem when companies need their people to be more creative and more invested than ever before. Azulay takes that concept and turns it on its head. She has found a way to find creative solutions within constraints.”
While classroom and online training are popular and first-in-mind development methods, they can be costly and complex. In addition to possibly being out of reach for budgetary and cost-to-productivity reasons, classroom and online training may not be the only or the best way to address learning needs even when they are available.
The Employee Development on A Shoestring Meetup will explore other, non-training ways to develop employees on a tight budget. During the session, Azulay will share the pros and cons of various non-training development methods, consider the requirements of three specific employee development ideas, and set a framework that enables attendees to develop a strategy for implementing employee development methods that result in motivated, engaged employees without breaking the bank. Attendees will learn how to:
- Identify and assess various employee development methods that can be applied outside the classroom and on a tight budget.
- Analyze three specific examples of non-training employee development methods.
- Develop a strategy for incorporating new development methods for your employees.
The February 11 Meetup is part of Positive Business DC’s Well-being in the Workplace Speaker series. The event will run from 6:30 to 8:30 pm and will be held at the Shirlington Library located at 4200 Campbell Avenue in Arlington, VA. Registration is free, and refreshments will be provided. If you have specific questions you would like addressed during the Meetup, you can submit them on the Positive Business DC Meetup site.
About Halelly Azulay
In addition to authoring Employee Development on A Shoestring, Azulay is a consultant, facilitator, and speaker with over 20 years of professional experience in the fields of workplace learning and communication in corporate, government, regulatory, nonprofit and academic organizations. She is the president of TalentGrow LLC, a consulting company focused on developing leaders and teams to improve the human side of work. TalentGrow specializes in leadership, communication skills, team building, facilitation, coaching, and emotional intelligence.