Janine Hamner Holman

Strategies for Success: Navigating Change Management

Probably nothing is truer than the old idea that people universally hate change. Indeed, the human brain is set up to fear change. And yet we all know that change is inevitable. In today’s world, it’s even more inevitable than it once was. The pace of change is literally speeding up. In the early 1900s, American architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller developed the “knowledge doubling curve” and suggests that knowledge doubled roughly every century. By 1945 he revised the estimation to every 25 years. Today, it’s generally acknowledged that knowledge is doubling every 12-13 months!

As journalist Sydney J. Harris once said, “Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.”

It is amidst this backdrop that keynote speaker Janine Hamner Holman brings her decades of experience as a change management agent to bear. Using her research into both neurobiology and organizational development, Janine helps people understand why we’re so resistant to change, how to embrace change more easily, and how organizations can help their people along the change management process.

She uses stories from both her work with almost 100 different organizations as well as from her research, melded with her trademark humor, to deliver a powerful talk full of key takeaways that people can begin to implement today.

If you’re struggling with change, or concerned about how your people and organization are weathering change, this is the talk your organization needs today!

This talk focuses on both easy and more advanced strategies to create workplaces where employees go above and beyond – because they want to. From work environments where people feel like they belong and are valued to addressing apathy on your staff, this talk is full of tools to convert employees into brand ambassadors.

HOW TO CREATE BELONGING: A NEW LOOK AT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING

In May 2020, the topic of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) took center stage in many organizations… and organizations have struggled ever since to find their way though this challenging topic. Many younger employees demand that their organization have an active program on DEIB, not merely statements or a workshop on unconscious bias or another one-off… and with increasing politicization off the topic, organizations are unclear on how to proceed.

In this talk, Janine explores starting instead through the door of belonging: How might our organization behave if everyone belonged? And how might our people be engaged though a belonging initiative?

According to Gallup, 85% of employees are either actively disengaged or unengaged! By creating an experience of belonging, HBR says we will get our “high performers” to 56% and reduce rates of people voluntarily quitting by 50%!

This talk lays out how to create a belonging initiative to create these kinds of results.

Culture, Hiring & Retention: BEYOND NAPPING PODS: CREATE A HEALTHY CULTURE THAT DRIVES RESULTS

Every company has a culture. It may be expressed in the feelings, tones, moods, and attitudes of your people. Or in the assumptions, values, traditions, artifacts, and ethical understandings/ practices of the organization.

More than salaries, benefits, or perks, the employees of today care about working for an organization that shares their values. In an age of statistical “full-employment,” creating these cultures is the key to the #1 issue on the minds of C-Suite executives: hiring and retention of top talent.

The question is: Do your people understand your culture, and can your leaders leverage your culture to achieve your goals? This talk focuses on creating a culture that yields a sustainable competitive advantage by aligning your values with the way your company operates, and the way your teams behave, to achieve outstanding results. Janine explores how to connect the mission of your organization to what your people care about. In this talk, Janine helps your people discover how to identify what “meaningful work” means to them…and how to find that every day in what they already do! We delve into “workplace” – when many are working from somewhere that’s not the office. Participants leave with hands-on tools to explore (and implement) change for their most urgent needs…and the needs after that…and the next one!

Employee Engagement: WHY THE CUSTOMER MUST COME SECOND

It’s common sense: Take care of your staff, and your staff will take care of your customers. But most companies fail to recognize the impact of employee morale on the customer experience…at our own peril. The majority of America’s workforce is actively disengaged – at a cost of $450 billion annually!

In 2023, “Pay/Benefits” was the most common single reason for employees leaving their jobs, except it constituted only 20% of primary reasons, signaling the need to address a wider array of employee needs. Looking more broadly, “Engagement and Culture” accounted for 40% of reasons for departures, with “Wellbeing and Work-Life Balance” at 26%. These two themes collectively comprised 66% of the total reasons employees left their jobs, underscoring the significance of addressing engagement, culture, and work-life balance to reduce employee turnover.