Culture is key. Culture is key to business success. Culture is key to attracting and retaining employees. Culture is key in creating engaged teams that increase productivity and profitability.

Who owns culture? Every. Single. One. Of. Us.  “70% of the variance between a lousy culture and a strong culture is the knowledge, skills, and talent of the team leader”, according to a study in the book, Nine Lies About Work.

Business owners and senior leaders may define the culture of the business, but leaders at all levels are responsible for creating that culture in their teams. There are decisions leaders make every day that impact our culture.  We get focused on the business, the work of the work, and miss our opportunity to address culture defining moments.

In this session, participants will learn tools they can apply right away, gaining confidence in speaking up during these culture defining moments, even when it might be easier to not say anything at all.

• Noticing the culture defining moments,
• Speaking up when it may be easier to say nothing at all,
• Providing consistent feedback to preserve your culture.

Speaker: Erin Mies, People Spark

Biography: Erin Mies co-founded People Spark Consulting with business partner Kristen Ireland, in 2018. People Spark is a business and human resources consulting company that works with small to mid-size businesses in the ag industry to achieve their goals through their HR strategies. Erin has more than 20 years of experience consulting and coaching executives, leaders, and managers in human resources and leadership development, specifically in the agricultural and food industries. In addition to her work experience, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Music (Harp) from Wittenberg University (Ohio), and her Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Erin resides in Minnesota.