Biography:
Penny Gagnon, M.A., serves as the Chief Advisor at CARF Canada. With over two decades of executive leadership experience, she specializes in health and human services organizations, focusing on developing organizational excellence, strategic planning, person-centered philosophies, stakeholder relations, quality assurance, and performance-based environments. Penny’s commitment to person-centered approaches extends beyond the people served by organizations; she advocates for this philosophy in interactions with staff, colleagues, partners, and other stakeholders. Her guiding principles include creating inspiration and fostering commitment through the development of learning organizations, collaborative and ethical practices, evidence-based methods, and continuous quality improvement.
Presentation: Re-imagining the Workplace: Creating an Employee Centred Culture
This interactive presentation offers a comprehensive overview of an employee-centred approach and provides leaders with practical insights on how to cultivate such a culture through ten central themes evidenced in current research and best practices. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a self-evaluation exercise, enabling them to identify their organizational strengths, recognize opportunities for improvement, and begin to develop priorities and action steps towards an employee centred culture. By examining the ten foundational themes, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the critical role an employee-centered culture plays in shaping the future of successful organizations. The presentation aims to inspire organizations to strive for a future that values and prioritizes employee well-being and engagement.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what it means to be employee centred.
- Gain insights into ten themes that create the foundation for an employee centred culture.
- Conduct an organizational self-evaluation, celebrate current success, and begin to develop action steps to build an employee centred organization, investigating this “Balance Challenge,” a framework that encourages us to be responsive to children’s evolving needs and promote their growth into confident, self-directed adults. We will explore strategies to navigating the delicate balance that can be applied in school, home, and the community.
