Training Initiatives to Support Working Parents
Presenter: Kortney Ross
Title: Consultant & Trainer
Organization: Ross Learning Solutions
Employees crave a supportive workplace where they feel valued and appreciated. This is especially true for working parents and caregivers, who comprise a significant majority of the workforce. A supportive and understanding work culture can make all the difference for an overwhelmed parent.
Learning and Development professionals have the opportunity to drive this cultural shift through training initiatives. This session teaches L&D professionals how to elevate the retention of working parents and caregivers, who make up a large majority of the workforce. We’ll explore practical ideas for training initiatives such as leadership development, inclusivity training, and parent resources.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the unique needs and challenges of working parents and caregivers.
- Explain the knowledge and skills managers need to understand, empathize, and support working parents and caregivers.
- Summarize what should be included in inclusivity training about working parents and caregivers.
- Describe how to create meaningful learning materials and resources for parents and caregivers.
Speaker Bio:
Kortney Ross helps leaders support working parents so that they can create a workplace & culture that attracts and retains the best people. As a mother of two little ones, she understands the challenges of being a working parent. Kortney is on a mission to make the work world more inclusive and supportive for parents. She offers resources for working parents, consultations for businesses, leadership training, and custom learning design and development. Kortney hosts the Playgrounds and Paychecks podcast, where she talks about the realities of working parents and discusses how to develop a workplace culture where parents feel valued and supported. Additionally, she works as an instructional designer with various eLearning agencies.
Model Domain:
Build Personal Capability - Communication, Collaboration & Leadership, Cultural Awareness & Inclusion, Compliance & Ethical Behavior
Develop Professional Capability - Career & Leadership Development
Impact Organizational Capability - Performance Improvement, Change Management, Future Readiness
Event Details:
Program Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern Time
Program Cost: Current Chapter Members Free | Guests $10.00 | Students $5.00
*Registration will close at 5:00pm Eastern Time on Thursday, June 20, 2024.
*Registrants will receive an e-mail containing the link and login instructions prior to the event.
Smoky Mountain Chapter has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. This program qualifies for a maximum of 1 point.
