Workforce Summit: Transformational Conflict & Cultural Growth

Join us for this Workforce Retention Summit on conflict management! This is a free event, which includes lunch, but space is limited so sign up now! 

Fall 2024 Workforce Summit Agenda

Cultivating Workplace Culture

• Date: Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024
• Time: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Location: Pratt Board Room at the DWU School of Business, Innovation, & Leadership in Mitchell, SD

• 9:30 a.m-10 a.m.

• 10 a.m. - Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • Introduction and overview of the day's focus on workplace culture and conflict management.
• 10:15 a.m. - Culture Can Be Cultivated: Employee Engagement and Retention, Psychological Safety, and Good Conflict
  • Speaker: Diana Goldammer - Director of the Kelley Center for Entrepreneurship
• 10:50 a.m. - Panel Discussion - Employee Engagement and Retention: How to Keep Your Employees (Happy)
  • Moderator: Dr. Hilary Rockwell, Avera & Lacey Johnson, Dept. of Labor
    • Panelists:
      • Lee Anderson - Trail King
      • Ryan Brech - Palace Builders
      • Pat Gathman - High Plains Processing
• 11:30 a.m. - Lunch & Networking
• Noon - Make Meaning: Actionable Steps to Implement in Your Organization
  • Facilitator: Diana Goldammer
• 1 p.m. - Closing Remarks
  • Garrett Brunmaier, SD Department of Labor
  • Summarizing key takeaways and next steps.