It’s no secret that businesses want to succeed. It also should be no surprise that their employees want to succeed! Of course, there’s often a strong, positive relationship between the two—when employees succeed, so do the organizations they serve.

A key question, then, becomes: How can organizations most effectively encourage and support their employees’ success?

Mark Griffin, founder of In HIS Name HR and a professional with more than two decades of experience working with high performance organizations, is uniquely qualified to explore this question.

Managing Employees to Success promises to be an interesting and interactive event that will offer fresh ideas and productivity-enhancing insights for employers and employees alike.

Please join us for this important Messiah College Business Alumni Networking Breakfast and make plans now to attend what promises to be a stimulating event!

This event took place on September 16, 2014  at the Eden Resort and Suites in Lancaster, PA. Keep reading for a full recording of the event.

We had another fantastic event with some great discussions! Connie and Gary Ostwald did an amazing job of leading the event and sharing some fantastic knowledge and examples. Watch a video of the event below or at http://youtu.be/6lTXYPAyreM.

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Learn how the principles found in coaching can help you overcome barriers to success and help you reach your full potential-in work and life.

Most people face specific challenges that keep them from fulfilling a greater purpose in their lives or work. Fortunately, good coaching can help individuals overcome such barriers and realize their full potential in every area of their life.

Enjoy an interactive discussion, led by experienced life coach and Messiah alumnae, Christine Olsen ’91, SMD Marketing and Coaching Services. Christine will identify how fear, obligation and guilt shape our personal and professional ambitions and limit our sense of fulfillment. She will also share tips for overcoming these common obstacles and give guests a chance to share their experiences during this lively breakfast session.

This event took place on April 30th, 2014  at the Eden Resort and Suites in Lancaster, PA. Keep reading for a full recording of the event.

We had another fantastic event with some great discussions! Connie and Gary Ostwald did an amazing job of leading the event and sharing some fantastic knowledge and examples. Watch a video of the event below or at http://youtu.be/9UgGWrfttos.

Have you ever set a New Year’s Resolution for your own self-improvement as a leader or in your personal life, and then have it fizzle out by February? Have you ever wanted to make a significant change to the way you approach the leadership roles (both personal and professional) in your life?

Hear how Executive Coaching can make a difference in your success at work and in your personal life. Gary and Connie Ostwald will share current stories from their coaching experience through interactive role playing with members of the audience during this lively breakfast session.

Leading the conversion is a pair of human resource and coaching experts and founders of Coaching to Authenticity, Inc:

• Connie Ostwald (Associate Professor of Economics & Development at Messiah College)
• Gary Ostwald (Executive coach at garyostwald.com, author of Lead With Authenticity & leadership development consultant)
  

This event took place on February 19th, 2014  at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey and was sponsored by ParenteBeard.

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As many Americans postpone retirement, the age gap been the oldest and youngest in the workplace continues to expand. Of course, generational differences have always existed, but age-related disparities seem to be increasingly acute, perhaps because of factors such as changing values and asymmetrical adoption of new technology.

• What are the challenges of working with others who are significantly older or younger than you?
• How can you respond positively to these challenges in order to ensure your own productivity as well as that of your co-workers?

These are two of the key questions that will be addressed at the upcoming Messiah Business Alumni networking breakfast. The format of the event will be highly interactive with opportunities for table discussion as well as dialogue among all participants.

Leading the conversion will be a pair of human resource experts:

• Mark Hopkins (Regional Director, Human Resources at Aetna)
• Holly Paine Magnuson (Director, Global Talent Planning and Workforce Analytics at The Hershey Company)

As a registered attendee, we’d like you to do a little “homework” prior to coming.  We think reading this PDF article will help encourage discussion around each table.

This event took place on September 24th, 2013 at the Radisson in Camp Hill and was sponsored by Messiah Lifeways.

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