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This year’s Leadership Summit will highlight workforce and leadership challenges that you’re facing within your business, including leadership development, recruitment and retention strategies, and workplace culture and wellness. Join us for a day of learning with your fellow community leaders! You’ll experience hands-on workshops and leave with tangible tools to implement within your workplace.
We will also honor this year's finalists and winner of the Women Business Leaders, Leader of the Year Award!
Conference Agenda 8:00am - 8:30am Coffee & Attendee Check-in
8:30am - 1:30pm Leadership Summit Conference
2:00pm - 3:15pm Women Business Leader Award Ceremony
3:15pm - 4:00pm Networking Cocktail Reception
View the full program here!
Keynote Speaker
River Aaland, Training & Outreach Director, Ophelia's Place
Morning Breakout Sessions
Creating a Culture of Improvement - Leading Your Team to Success
Tadashi Jones, Emerald Valley Lean Association
Learn how to establish the foundation and implement system to enable your team to drive organizational improvement. During this workshop we will explore methods for communicating true north to your team, establishing improvement mechanisms, and driving change. By providing the tools for success leaders can free their teams to deeper engagement and organizational evolution.
Child Care as Recruitment and Retention Strategy: Promising Local Models
Panel moderated by Holly Mar-Conte, Childcare Sector Strategist, Onward Eugene
Panlists:
The childcare crisis is a national, state, and local issue. Hear from local employers and child care providers about promising partnerships and models designed to increase access to quality, affordable child care and learn how your organization might undertake these strategies to improve recruitment, retention, attendance and productivity.
Developing Early-Career Talent Pipelines for Gen Z Workforce
Holly Tate, Job & Internship Developer for Eugene/Springfield, University of Oregon Career Center
Gen Z will make up about 30% of the U.S. workforce by 2030, that's 50 million jobs! While Gen Z may have some overlapping characteristics with millennials and other generations, this session will highlight some of the defining characteristics of this growing local workforce, their career readiness potential, and what they're looking for in their job searches. Join us for table chats around Gen Z recruitment and retention best practices, as well as learn more about how you can be developing, recruiting, and retaining early-career talent pipelines to foster the next generation of Eugene young professionals through part-time jobs, paid internships, mentorship, and other career readiness initiatives.
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Bridge Your Hiring Gaps Caitlin Little, Lead Employment Specialist & Christy Cameron, Employment Specialist, WorkSource Oregon
WorkSource Oregon offers worksource solutions thorugh their program offerings, including their On The Job Training Program, which support employers to improve and implement talent recruitment strategies to bridge gaps in hiring. Walk away with tangible ways to utilize some of their training programs in your workplace.
Activate a Positve Workplace Culture
Panel moderated by Sabrina Parsons, CEO, Palo Alto Software
Panelists:
Engage in an exciting discussion with panelists whose businesses are recognized for their work culture and have been honored as "Best Places to Work in Oregon" and the Eugene Mayor's Bold Steps Award. Learn about what it looks like to activate an excellent team culture, promote and empower employees in the workplace, and serve as champions of our broader Eugene-Springfield community.
What Women Really Want: Unveiling Workplace Dreams, Promotion Pathways, and Retention Realities
Panel moderated by Latiffe Amado, Manager of Equity Program, Lane County
In this dynamic panel session, join a diverse group of women as they offer unfiltered insights into what truly attracts, motivates, and retains female talent in the workplace. Drawing inspiration from the film "What Women Want," this session goes beyond clichés to delve into the authentic desires, aspirations, and challenges faced by women in various professional settings. From envisioning their dream job environments to dissecting the key factors for promotion and retention, these panelists provide invaluable perspectives for leaders seeking to create inclusive and supportive workplaces. Prepare to gain a deep understanding of the often-unspoken needs and aspirations of women in the workforce and discover actionable strategies to foster gender equality and career growth.
Closing Keynote
Justin Freeman, Owner, Bagel Sphere and Oregon Copacking
The 2024 Leadership Summit is sponsored by PeaceHealth with additional support from Chambers Construction, NW Natural, and McKenzie Willamette Medical Center. The Women Business Leader of the Year award is presented at the event by Northwest Community Credit Union with additional support from Chambers Construction, McKenzie Willamette Medical Center, QSL Print Communications, and Watkinson, Laird, Rubenstein.
Special thank you to our Endeavor Eugene sponsor, Kaiser Permanente. Together we are committed to building a more welcoming community where Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) individuals feel like they belong and are valued. We will do this work by assisting businesses in creating more inclusive and diverse workplaces, using our resources to assist BIPOC business and community leaders to help them succeed, and celebrate the diverse individuals and ideas present in our region. Additional support is provided by Chambers Construction and Northwest Community Credit Union. To learn more about Endeavor Eugene, please visit www.endeavoreugene.com.
We have limited quantity of Endeavor sponsorships available to cover the entire cost of the Leadership Summit. If you identify as any of the following please contact brittanyk@eugenechamber.com about a scholarship:
Interested in becoming a Sponsor? Please reach out to Brittany Kramer at brittanyk@eugenechamber.com
Supporting Sponsor – $1,500
Gold Sponsor – $2,500
Registration Cancellation Policy: Chamber event reservations must be canceled one week prior to the event to be eligible for a refund. Chamber event reservations not kept, or canceled less than one week prior to the event, will not be eligible for a refund, or will be billed if they have not yet been paid. Please call (541) 484-1314 with any questions regarding the cancellation policy. Thank you for your consideration.