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A 2008 study by Towers Perrin (now Towers Watson) found that one of every five workers today is giving full discretionary effort on the job, four out of 10 report being disenchanted or disengaged in their work. This gap in employee engagement poses a serious problem for employers who need more productivity out of fewer employees. Other studies have shown a clear link between employee engagement and business results…but in today’s climate of doing more with less or even less with less, how can we ensure that our employee’s make the right choices on what they work on? Learn how Air Products addresses employee engagement, developmental opportunities and leverages leadership development to increase bottom line results. Towers Perrin’s study also suggests that organizational attributes such as leadership, career and professional development, work culture and reputation a company has play a key role in shaping employee’s perspectives. Ms. Bechtel answers the question, “How can HR and L&D professionals partner to deliver on the development promises that employees expect…while keeping costs down?” This program will speak to how we can create the right conditions to support employee engagement and drive to the right business outcomes.

 

Speaker:

Becky Bechtel is a learning and organization development professional who applies her skills around the world on behalf of Air Products, a global industrial gases and chemicals company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.   She is currently Manager, Global People College, one of the eleven colleges of Air Products corporate university. Over the span of her 22 year career, Becky’s focus has been on helping business units plan and execute organizational changes,  developing and assisting with implementation  of  acquisitions to ensure business goals are met and  synergies realized, developing leaders and managers to provide effective people management through fundamental and advanced leadership skills, build cultural competence and understanding to enhance individual and group’s ability to work cross-culturally, and developing global learning and development strategies to build employee capability.

Becky has served as President and Vice President of Reading Area Trainers Organization, and Membership Director of Eastern PA Chapter ASTD;   Community roles have included Director of Brandywine Heights Area School Board, Chair for Lehigh Valley Habit for Humanities Women Build Project and Planning Committee chair of the National Kidney Foundations Lehigh Valley Kidney Walk.