Leadership & Culture Building: How to Establish and Maintain a Thriving Workforce

Jalapeno Event on 20/02/2020 at Adler University

Samin Saadat
Jalapeno Employee Engagement
4 min readMar 2, 2020

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Lack of an engaged culture is the #1 ISSUE currently facing business leaders. Culture exists no matter what and whether it will be an asset or a liability to your company is your choice! You don’t necessarily need a big budget to create a work environment that stimulates productivity, creativity and employee engagement as a small or growing business. it is very important to take control of your organizational culture, so it can become your competitive advantage.

Our Exceptional Panellist: (Left to right: Troy Mitchell CTP, CH: Professional Corporate Trainer | Florence Leung: Principal at Catalyst Agents| Parviz Karmali: Senior HR Leader of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc | Jarred Toselli Thomas: Consulting Services Manager of MNP)

OUR TOPIC OF DISCUSSION

We discussed how to create an environment where innovation flourishes, problems get solved, and expectations are exceeded. Imagine you could restart creating your team, your job descriptions, organizational chart and redesign things from scratch. What would you change? What you would maintain? We combined leading-edge science, on-the-ground insight from world-class leaders, and practical ideas for action through sharing a case study and having an insightful panel discussion with industry leaders.

What we discussed:

  • What it takes to create and sustain a positive workforce that you are proud of
  • What the contributing factors are to creating a great culture
  • How to keep your people motivated after their honeymoon phase
  • How to attract and keep top talent that fits within your culture
  • What growth pain is and how to eliminate it
  • What areas of people development and culture you should invest in to get the highest ROI
  • What the obstacles are to creating a great culture
  • What the misconceptions are about the engaged workforce

Why Jalapeno Was Born?

Let’s hear it from our Principal: Samin Saadat

We had a very delicious food tasting experience with #LovenFlavour

We played a game to learn and connect!

The Strong Game

We went through a #Jalapeno case study and learned how to identify the area to invest in to generate the highest ROI:

Samin Saadat: Principal Consultant at Jalapeno Employee Engagement
Hernan Ochoa: Organizational Psychology Consultant and Researcher
Samin Saadat: Principal Consultant at Jalapeno Employee Engagement

OUR PANELISTS

  • Jarred Toselli Thomas: Consulting Services Manager of MNP
  • Parviz Karmali: Senior HR Leader of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc
  • Florence Leung: Principal at Catalyst Agents
  • Troy Mitchell CTP, CH: Professional Corporate Trainer
Florence Leung: Principal at Catalyst Agents
Jarred Toselli Thomas: Consulting Services Manager of MNP
Troy Mitchell CTP, CH: Professional Corporate Trainer
Parviz Karmali: Senior HR Leader of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc

Last But not LEAST: Special Thanks to our amazing photographer, Captured by Vivian for capturing the special moments as well as the moments of unexpected beauty!

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