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Battling the Great Resignation with the Great Game
Date: August 18, 2022
Where: Virtual (online)
Since early last year, the Great Resignation has been widely debated and reported, but analysis and tactics for battling its ill effects seem scant. Looking deeply at the reasons why people are leaving, poor bosses and sub-optimal work cultures rise to the top of the list. Note…we didn’t say toxic bosses or negative cultures. We said poor and sub-optimal.

“Thoughtful Leadership” at Supply Chain and Operations Expo
Lansing, Kansas – Feb 1, 2023: Dennis Passovoy, Chairman of the Board, Catalyzer, will present a talk, “Thoughtful Leadership”, at the annual Supply Chain and Operations Expo (SCOPE) Conference. The conference brings together food service logistics professionals focused on preprepared food for large institutional-type settings. Hosted in Austin, Texas, February 19-21, 2023, Dennis will address...

‘Meat and Potatoes’ Leadership
What we continue to hear from potential client organizations confirms our frontline leader argument. Businesses are looking to provide their supervisory leadership with some “meat and potatoes” skills, and after delivering 151 frontline leadership-focused programs for over 4,250 individuals at this level, we believe we know what these skills are.

Date: August 18, 2022
Where: Virtual (online)
Battling the Great Resignation with the Great Game
Since early last year, the Great Resignation has been widely debated and reported, but analysis and tactics for battling its ill effects seem scant. Looking deeply at the reasons why people are leaving, poor bosses and sub-optimal work cultures rise to the top of the list. Note…we didn’t say toxic bosses or negative cultures. We said poor and sub-optimal. That’s because today’s battle for talent is slanted heavily in the favor of candidates looking to find value at work and to work for people and organizations that maximize their value. In this deep-dive discussion, Catalyzer presents their analysis and directly maps Great Game thinking and approaches. Participants will walk away with a better understanding of the Great Resignation’s realities, but with practical, tangible approaches their organizations might explore to mitigate its often dramatic effects.

Date: September 2022 (TBD)
Where: Lakewood, Colorado
Practical Succession Planning and Implementation
Succession planning is all too often centered around “what happens if the leader gets hit by a bus” and too narrowly focused on the most senior leaders in an organization. In fact, getting “hit by a bus” is replacement, not succession, and it’s the “single points of human failure” that are most likely to derail an organization in the event that individual unexpectedly left. After an eight-month endeavor with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Catalyzer will share implementation steps with Agency leaders for a plan that comprehensively considers talent and unique development tracks that, together, inform future succession and more effective performance management. The effort is a collaboration with the Agency’s senior leadership and involves Ellen Houlihan, Guy Hatch, and Stephen Ingalls from Catalyzer.

Date: March 22, 2022
Where: Huntsville, Alabama
Decision-Making
There are four hurdles that stand in the way of a leader making decisions. They include (1) lack of clarity around roles/responsibilities (is it my decision?), (2) incomplete or absent delegation (is it really my decision?), (3) individual indecisiveness, and (4) the culture surrounding what happens when poor decisions are made. This session explores these hurdles, outlining remedies for each. Stephen Ingalls, our President/CEO, leads this discussion for the Management Academy-12 cohort.

“Thoughtful Leadership” at Supply Chain and Operations Expo
Lansing, Kansas – Feb 1, 2023: Dennis Passovoy, Chairman of the Board, Catalyzer, will present a talk, “Thoughtful Leadership”, at the annual Supply Chain and Operations Expo (SCOPE) Conference. The conference brings together food service logistics professionals...

Catalyzer Joins Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
Lansing, Kansas – Feb 1, 2023: Catalyzer values long-term relationships with industries our partners work in and those we have yet to meet. One way Catalyzer better accomplishes these objectives is through membership in industry associations. To that end, Catalyzer...

Catalyzer Keynotes the Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO) HR Conference
Lansing, Kansas – January 9. 2023: Catalyzer CEO Stephen Ingalls headlines the 2023 Community Bankers Association of Ohio (CBAO) Human Resources Conference, scheduled for February 2023, in Columbus Ohio. CBAO is a state-wide community bank professional organization...

‘Meat and Potatoes’ Leadership
What we continue to hear from potential client organizations confirms our frontline leader argument. Businesses are looking to provide their supervisory leadership with some “meat and potatoes” skills, and after delivering 151 frontline leadership-focused programs for over 4,250 individuals at this level, we believe we know what these skills are.

The Death of Personal Responsibility?
The Sheriff was talking to his senior leadership when he posed the question, “who bears responsibility for our deputies achieving their professional goals?” Confident I knew the answer, I waited. Then, the Sheriff said, “if any of you are waiting for this Agency to...

The Future of Work? Please, Not Again
I was working my way through Ohio in mid-March, visiting several community banks and vowing that I wasn’t going to fall prey to the hysteria surrounding COVID-19. Despite my best efforts, I quickly realized that I had little say in the matter. The world shut down sometime between my Monday, March 9, arrival in Ohio and that Friday afternoon’s departure. Immediately, how we were going about doing whatever it was we were doing changed, and some of what we were doing morphed in new directions. Overnight.
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