Growing the Value of Your Business by Engaging Employees

Every business owner, CEO, GM and NFP Executive Director, will ultimately conclude his or her time running or owning the organization. That might mean retiring and turning the business over to nextgen leadership, or perhaps selling the business. The business owner, CEO, GM, or NFP Executive Director has to grow the value of their business or NFP to the point that he or she can afford to execute their exit strategy. And the best way to do so is to engage passionate employees who think more like owners than entitled employees. There are a lot of people talking about engagement, but many of the methods are just tactics that leaders try for awhile and then quit. There is a better way and it involves open book management and open door thinking - involving employees in decisions that impact them.

This Roundtable will show you:

• How to create an enviable work culture and eliminate toxicity

• How to increase employee involvement and engagement

• The kinds of business realities leaders should involve employees in

• How to communicate best with employees

• When to utilize outside resources

About the Facilitator:

Mark Weaver is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (HR) – a designation conferred by the Human Resource Certification Institute. His HR experience spans several industries and types of organizations. He has lead HR departments at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Poudre Valley Health System and served in an HR management capacity at General Mills Restaurants (now Darden Restaurants). Since 2000, he has consulted with larger employers and was a COO in the outsourced HR industry focusing on sales, service, and the success of the business. Throughout his career, Mark has created successful HR programs that have won state and national awards, been featured in local and national press, and has generated opportunities for him to speak at national conferences and to testify before Federal and State Congressional subcommittees. Most recently, Mark’s work was featured in the November 2012 edition of HR Magazine in their cover article on “Business Transformations.”

Open Door HR Solutions was founded by Mark in 2009 with the conviction that HR can be done in a different way – a way that empowers managers, engages employees, and aligns everyone with the mission, vision, and values of the organizations we serve. Open Door HR Solutions offers strategic Human Resources consulting and cloud-based tools designed to create collaborative, direct, and open relationships between employers and employees while positioning the HR function for the future.