Kevin Sheridan

To become the best in the business, it is essential to employ the best people. But how do employers build a staff that is ready and able to take an organization to its next level? Inspired by the best-selling book, this dynamic keynote focuses on how to attract talented employees to the workplace, empower them, and sustain an environment in which they are more likely to stay.

Topics covered include:

• Redefining Employee Engagement
• The bottom line benefits of employee engagement
• Recruiting: The Right Hire
• The Top 10 Engagement Drivers and the related Best Practices
• The importance of embracing diversity & inclusion
• The missing “secret sauce” – FUN
• Creating an environment of shared ownership for engagement

Drawing on years of research and real-world examples from his consulting experience, Kevin Sheridan gives you the strategies and tactics to transform your organization by creating and maintaining a Magnetic Culture.

95.3% of participants would recommend this keynote to a colleague. (Statistics provided by SHRM.)
By 2020, 1.5 billion people, or more than 50% of the global workforce will be working remotely. Managing virtual employees is different than managing employees who are in the office every day. Successful remote employees are often a direct reflection of their managers. In this keynote, Kevin Sheridan illuminates how a virtual manager can build and sustain a highly-productive and motivated team, leading to better
business outcomes for the organization.

Topics covered include:

• A new way of doing business: virtual teams
• Trust in virtual teams
• Qualities of top virtual employees
• The Top Engagement Drivers: maximizing them for virtual
workers
• Challenges: changing location without changing principles
• How to become the best, most engaged, virtual worker

Based on years of research, this keynote shows how to build and manage an engaged, productive team from afar. Best practices ensure your
organization’s virtual working environment becomes a magnet for top talent and yields better business outcomes.

Kevin Sheridan has been consulting and presenting on the issues that affect Human Resources and employee engagement for nearly 30 years. He is extremely well-versed in a variety of topics, and can tailor presentations and interactive workshops to the specific issues that are most important to your organization. Competencies include, but are not limited, to the following:

Talent Attraction and Retention
• Hiring right: Screening and vetting candidates for engagement and retention
• Engaging new-hires through the pre-boarding and onboarding process
• Leveraging the number one driver of engagement: Recognition & The Power of Thank You
• Understanding the Importance of Learning & Development to Employee Engagement
• Low-cost tips and quick wins to bolster engagement

Respect and Trust – Culture
• Key leadership qualities that evoke trust from direct reports
• Benefits of becoming a feedback-driven culture

Time Management – Release 40% More Productivity Through Improved Time & Meeting Management

Diversity & Inclusion
• Capitalizing on the proven linkage between diversity and best-in-class engagement
• Understanding Generational Differences and Engaging the Millennials in your Workforce

The First Step – Onboarding New Employees toward Full Engagement
• One out of every 25 employees quits on their first day – a pretty stunning report card on how
poor the onboarding process is handled by most organizations
• Learn the best practices of making the first days of employment a celebration and fully engaging

Employee Communication and its effect on Brand Image, Reputation, and Employee Engagement
• Discover the most common errors in how organizations communicate to, and with, employees
• Unleash the most innovative best practices on communication and yield higher net promoter
scores and business outcomes