Georgia Tech-Savannah is slated to present a free online conference – Leading Well: Generational Diversity – introducing its series of Leading Well Workshops from 10-11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19. 

This webinar is designed for emerging leaders or career professionals who are, or will be, responsible for executing organizational strategy with an integrated view of the organization, in a wide cross-section of industries including those active in business, education, government, nonprofit, and community-based organizations. 

Longtime and award-winning educator Melissa Furman, MS, DBA will facilitate this online conference. There are five generations present in today’s workforce and managers are increasingly challenged with the differing mindsets. During this webinar Furman, Founder/Consultant, Career Potential LLC, will address these challenges by offering: 

• Strategies for overcoming challenges and enhancing overall productivity, goal achievement, and employee satisfaction

• How to identify, describe, and differentiate generational cohort characteristics, communication, and work styles 

• Strategies for overcoming challenges experienced when working with employees from multiple generations 

“Challenges are certainly presented with today’s workforce being comprised of five generations, and this timely virtual conference will address some of these workforce development challenges such as communication and training styles,” said Bill Astary, one of Georgia Tech Professional Education’s Directors of Industry Strategic Partnership for. “Georgia Tech-Savannah’s Leading Well workshops are guaranteed to be fun, engaging and very educational.” 

Georgia Tech-Savannah developed the Leading Well series – a collection of workshops that help professional pacesetters develop leadership skills within a time frame that is manageable. The workshops were built to delve into developing outstanding leadership skills, foster visionaries, and tool executives with actionable goals. Upcoming Leading Well workshops will address the following topics:

• Building and Leading High-Performing Teams

• Leading Change

• Living the Project Lifecycle

• Managing and Leading a Multigenerational Organization

• Maximizing Innovation and Improvement

• Meeting Goals Through Focused Performance Management

• Foundation of Leadership - Relating to Others

• Leading from Within: Overcoming Unconscious Bias 

For more information or to register for the Aug. 19 online conference, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/leading-well-generational-diversity-tickets-109680583578. To learn more about Georgia Tech-Savannah’s Leading Well series, please visit https://pe.gatech.edu/savannah/leadership-training#leading-well-workshops