June Chapter Meeting - H&R Block New People Leader Program

Join us for our June Chapter Meeting:

The H&R Block New People Leader Program

Program Description:

For our June session, the Talent Development group from H&R Block will share insights from their recent Excellence in Practice award-winning New People Leader Program. The speakers will include Jana Meyers, Manager-Talent Development, Cindy Pollock, Senior Developer and Chris Arnold, Program Manager. 

 
The session will include: 

• Who is our audience? – Our newest leaders were underserved and under-equipped to be effective in their new roles.
• How did we get started?- Consulting with their business partners to determine the scope of the need based on the wants and performance gaps that were shared.
• What was our approach in a new learning world?- Establishing a program during a global pandemic, quarantine and a busy tax season by leveraging concurrent learning modalities. Including live sessions, discussion boards, eBooks, book clubs, online learning, and real-world exercises centered on skill application.
• Where have we had early successes? - Examples shared from participants and their leaders in how skills were applied in their practical reality.
• ·        What’s next? Lessons learned and the future- The program will continue to evolve through what’s been learned and will “relaunch” in early fall. 

About the Speakers:

Jana Meyers is the Manager of Talent Development at H&R Block. Her passion is for growing courageous leaders and helping each person find the leader within themselves. Her team provides leadership and professional learning experiences for all levels of the organization. She has spent the last 25 years in the financial services industry, with roles in insurance, commercial real estate, inside sales, investments and tax services.

Chris Arnold has been part of the learning and leadership development field for over 25 years, partnering in telecommunications, financial services, health care and legal services industries. Chris’s primary focus is to help talent actualize the potential in themselves and provide skills for leaders to do so with others. He specializes in identifying and cultivating strengths, connecting them to measurable results and educating leaders how to do the same with their talent.

Cindy Pollock has 25 years of experience in the training, talent development, and instructional design arena. She has done instructional design for many different industries and organizations including those in telecommunications, satellite television, insurance, wireless phone, and public seminars. Talent development is her passion, and she loves helping managers become leaders and associates reach their full potential.

ATD Capabilities:

Coaching

Training Delivery and Facilitation