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Ken Ginder
The Top Provisions of Secure 2.0
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Jann Freed
Breadcrumb Legacy: How Great Leaders Live a Life Worth Remembering
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TBA
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James Reidy
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Apr 29
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Show Topic:
With talent in high demand and short supply, organizations are looking to unleash the potential of new talent that may not have the experience or credentials they need.
In this episode, host CMA’s David Ciullo discusses with Michelle Rhee, Co-Founder of Build Within, Modern Apprenticeships: A Talent Strategy Solution.
You may not know that apprenticeships are now an option for any industry not just the “trades”. Listen to Michelle and David discuss how setting up, managing, and being compliant with this modern talent solution can be done quickly and easily with todays technology and support.
About The Guest:
Ms. Rhee has spent her career in the field of education, and now workforce development, in a number of executive roles. She currently serves as Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of BuildWithin, a workplace learning software platform that transforms the way employers hire and develop new talent. The organization raised $2.5M in pre-seed funding, saw over $1M in first year operating revenues and won an $8M grant from the U.S. Department of Labor through the Apprenticeships Building America grant program.
Prior to BuildWithin, she served as the Chief Executive Officer of StudentsFirst, a nonprofit education advocacy organization that was launched on the Oprah Winfrey Show. In this role, Ms. Rhee led the organization to raise over $120M and introduced and passed over 140 pieces of new education legislation across 18 states nationwide including laws that allowed for charter schools to be formed in the state of Alabama, instituting a highly rigorous teacher evaluation system in Tennessee, and eliminating the use of “last in, first out” layoff policies in Ohio and Michigan.
Before that, Ms. Rhee became the city’s first schools Chancellor under Mayoral control of the 50,000 student Washington DC Public School district in June, 2007. In this role she oversaw 144 public schools comprised of 7,000 employees and an annual budget of approximately $1B. Ms. Rhee successfully negotiated a groundbreaking collective bargaining agreement with the Washington Teachers Union that implemented performance pay for teachers and a first-of-its-kind evaluation system in which 50% is based based on the academic growth of students. Under her leadership, DCPS became the fastest growing urban school district academically and was the only school district in the country that saw double digit gains in reading and math in tested grades in her first two years in office.
During her tenure student enrollment increased in the district for the first time in 40 years. In 1997, Ms. Rhee founded the revenue generating nonprofit organization, The New Teacher Project, to help public school districts and state departments of education recruit, select and train teachers to serve in hard to staff schools. TNTP successfully placed over 23,000 teachers in classrooms and started some of the largest and most successful alternative certification programs in the country including the New York Teaching Fellows which recruited 2,000 teachers a year.
Ms. Rhee became a member of Teach For America in 1992 upon her graduation from Cornell University. She served as a second and third grade teacher for three years at Harlem Park Community School in Baltimore MD and took on several management roles within TFA over a seven year period including serving as the Director of Schools for the Summer Institute where she was responsible for managing the program to train all 2,000 incoming corps members in Houston, TX. Ms. Rhee served as a member of the Board of Directors of Scotts Miracle Gro Corporation (NYSE). In her role as an independent director of the company, she chaired the Compensation and Organization Committee and served as a member of the Nomination and Governance Committee.
She also serves as an advisory board member for the Marco Polo Learning company, and has served on the nonprofit boards of the Broad Center for Urban Education, St. HOPE Public Schools, and 50 CAN. Ms. Rhee holds a Masters in Public Policy from the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a BS in Government from Cornell University. She has appeared on the cover of Time and Newsweek magazines and was awarded one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2011. Ms. Rhee was awarded Trinity College’s “Woman of Genius” award in 2007 and has received honorary doctorate degrees from the College of St. Rose and Mercy College.
Show Topic:
Most employees don’t step into leadership roles and find themselves effectively managing teams on day one. While many individuals may possess some natural ability to lead, for most, you would likely hear stories of struggles and failures as they learned what worked and what was less effective.
How can organizations better equip team members to move into leadership positions and experience success? Planning, training, and talent review are three areas that organizations can focus on to assist the next generation of leaders in finding success early in their career.
On this episode of HR Power Hour, join co-host Tawny Alvarez as she talks to Sabine Gedeon, the Founder of She Leads Network and host of She Leads Now, a podcast centered around women in leadership and business as they discuss how to prepare the next generation of leaders.
What companies need to be considering, how they can communicate effectively with the next generation of leaders, and how succession planning and talent review can effectively assist an organization in retaining its top talent are just a few of the areas that will be discussed.
About The Guest:
As the Founder of She Leads Network and host of She Leads Now, a podcast centered around women in leadership and business, Sabine Gedeon is passionate about helping women and emerging leaders elevate their influence and impact.
With years of experience as a Transformational Speaker, Author, and Coach, she has worked with clients in both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies to support their growth and development. Sabine inspires her clients to become confident, influential leaders who drive transformation and achieve their desired results.
By tapping into their unique brilliance and guiding them to break through mental limits, she empowers them to lead with confidence, both personally and professionally.
Show Topic:
DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs and trainings have been increasingly coming under more scrutiny as both supporters and critics have been more vocal about the results.
In this episode, host CMA’s David Ciullo discusses with Debra Weiss Ford, Managing Partner at the Law Firm of Jackson Lewis, Workplace Diversity Programs – Doing More Harm Than Good? Listen and learn about DEI Training, the hot topic in 2023 of Reverse Discrimination, and best practices your organization can do to stay informed and make a difference.
About The Guest:
Debra Weiss Ford is office managing principal and litigation manager of the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She has more than 35 years of experience representing employers in litigation matters before the state and federal courts and administrative agencies.
Debra also represents employers before the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights, the Maine Human Rights Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New Hampshire Department of Labor, and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
Debra trains frequently in New England on issues related to employment law, including discrimination, wrongful discharge, reductions in force, termination issues, wage and hour issues, proper documentation, leaves of absence, and Title IX compliance. She regularly advises clients on employment-related matters Debra was a member of the New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners from 1993 to 2005. She was appointed by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to serve on the Merit Selection Panel to consider the reappointment of the incumbent magistrate. In 2003, she was appointed to serve on the Federal Court Advisory Committee. She is an approved federal and state mediator.
Show Topic:
The four-day work week is not a new concept, but in the last year we have seen more and more companies who are “making it work.” Additionally, we are seeing states introduce legislation that incentivizes companies to switch to four-day work week, providing state tax credits to both public and private employers who make the switch.
At the federal level, in 2023, we have seen the proposal of a bill entitled the “Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act” which seeks to incentivize shorter workweeks by requiring overtime pay for time worked in excess of 32 hours per week.
In this episode of HR Power Hour, join co-host Tawny Alvarez in a dialogue with Biddeford Maine Mayor Alan Casavant concerning how the city of Biddeford, Maine, as a public employer, moved to a four-day work week and the tips he has for other organizations considering the same.
About The Guest:
Mayor Alan Casavant was reelected for his fifth term in November 2019. Mayor Casavant previously served 18 years on the City Council, including 4 terms as Council President. He taught Psychology, American Studies, Global Studies, and U.S. History at Biddeford High School until his retirement in 2011. Mayor Casavant served four terms in the Maine Legislature (2007-2014), serving as the Representative of Maine House District 137, which covered Biddeford and Kennebunkport. He was termed out.
As Mayor, Alan has worked to make downtown development and economic growth his priorities. The removal of the Maine Energy incinerator during his first term, has proven to be a catalyst to tremendous investment and changes in the downtown area. He is pleased and overwhelmed by the level of support he received from voters in Biddeford over the years, and promises to continue to restore confidence in city government, as well as work to develop Biddeford’s potential. “The Biddeford community is special, as it possesses so many natural assets, such as its beaches, parks, and the Saco River. Possessing good schools, magnificent downtown and mill architecture, a renowned university, and a remarkable hospital, Biddeford is well-suited to meet the needs of people in the 21st Century.”
The changes that have occurred in Biddeford over the past 6 years have been popularly called the “Biddesance”, as they reflect the dynamic emersion of the city from an old mill town into a vibrant, diverse, and emerging city of art, culture, dining, and industry.
“My objective, as Mayor, is a constant: to make the city the destination point that I knew as a child. York County is the fastest-growing county in Maine, and I see Biddeford and Saco as the drivers of the regional economy. I want to attract new residents, and shoppers and engage investors. I want the name of Biddeford to be synonymous with the cutting edge.”
“I hope that you can capture some of this creative energy. We are witnessing magnificent, unparalleled changes in our community. We are invigorated by a new pride in who we are as a people. We are enthusiastically looking towards possibilities in the hope of a better tomorrow. We are building a better community every day, by investing in our people, our infrastructure, and our businesses. Our focus is on the future and the lifestyles that it has to offer. We are no longer a mill town. We are a Renaissance city, and my intention remains to ride that wave into greater prosperity.”
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