Presenter:

Alanna Fero, Career Management and Employee Engagement Expert, Vancouver, BC

(Not) Hitting Bottom in a Triple Bottom Line World: Applying Sustainability Principles to Hiring, Employee Engagement and Cultural Creation

Fero, a values-driven career management coach, recruiter and employee engagement consultant, has been noticing some trends over the past decade of her work. Many candidates are seeking a more heart-centered career path where they can make a genuine difference.  However, just as many are coming over from “green” or “progressive” organizations – social ventures, NGOs and not-for-profits – saying they are exhausted, they’ve given the best years of their lives and barely made a dent in the problem, and now they’re ready to just make some money. Says Fero: “For all the people who are becoming more attracted to values-oriented work, just as many are bottoming out, unable to justify the sacrifices anymore. We need to stretch our imaginations and find ways to preserve quality of life for individuals while we work to serve the collective good. And, yes, there are ways to do that, and many excellent employee engagement innovators leading the way.”  Fero’s interactive workshop will give participants an overview of key trends, explore a few case studies of burnout and its causes, and showcase a few employee engagement turnarounds and emerging best practices before opening the floor to discussion of these and related subjects.

Presenter Bio

Alanna Fero, author of the new book, Love Made Visible: Values-Driven Approaches to Work/Life, maintains a private practice in Vancouver, Canada, providing life purpose and business coaching, career management, executive leadership development, recruitment, employee engagement consulting and outplacement services to local and international clients.  She is both a regular television and radio commentator on these and related subjects and a featured keynote speaker and workshop presenter around North America. Balancing her passion for supporting people to do good in the world and do well for themselves at the same time, in her spare time Alanna is fond of road trips, meditation and slow food.  For more details, please visit
www.alannafero.com.