Win(e)d Down Wednesdays

Win(e)d Down Wednesday, a contemporary discussion on current workplace issues with a focus on diversity, inclusion, intersectionality, and equity -- best enjoyed with your favorite wind-down beverage. Hosts Jeffery Tobias Halter, gender strategist, and Amanda Hammett, a generational talent specialist, create a brave space for much-needed conversations about employee engagement, retention, and advancement, allyship, and advocacy, along with the business imperative to have tough conversations at work.

Great Resignation: What can front line leaders do to drive employee retention?

Dec 29, 2021

This week, over green tea and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Jeffery Tobias Halter and Amanda Hammett, discuss what front-line leaders and managers can do to advance employee retention. Given the importance of the direct manager on employee engagement and their propensity to stay, Amanda outsides her ‘Stay Framework’ which...

Great Resignation: Empathy as a key to employee retention

Dec 22, 2021

Being a manager is so hard today -- and the Great Resignation has double-down on everyone’s stress and burnout levels. Hosts Jeffery Tobias Halter and Amanda Hammett discuss the role of empathy and share the EVOLVE Model as a tool to help hone your skills. This discussion is ideal for leaders at all levels of...

Returning to the Office - COVID, Gender, Women of Color - Part II

Dec 15, 2021

In Part II of Jeffery Tobias Halter and Amanda Hammett’s conversation with Tamika Curry Smith and Elba Pareja-Gallagher, two senior executives from the heart of corporate America, they continue the discussion on returning to the office in the wake of Covid. The conversation explores covering, remote work and why,...

Women of Color Returning to the Office: COVID, Gender, Inclusion - Part I

Dec 8, 2021

For months, the national conversation has revolved around how companies would return to the office in the wake of COVID. This week, Jeffery and Amanda talk with two senior executives from the heart of corporate America, Tamika Curry Smith and Elba Pareja-Gallagher. This episode delves into diversity, equity...

Great Resignation: What Gen Z and Millennials want employers to know

Dec 1, 2021

Another 4 million workers left the workforce for the 5th month in a row, Jeffery Tobias Halter and Amanda Hammett catch up on the business and personal impact of the “The Great Resignation”. While there isn’t one reason employees are leaving, business leaders are grappling with how to retain and attract talent. In...