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How do I keep the most important humans?

Retaining top talent during challenging times.

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DATE

25 Sep 2025

Location

Online

TIME

4:00 pm -

4:45 pm

  • United States
Eastern Daylight Time

Event Overview

In this webinar, Mike Hennessy, Chief Research & Insights Officer at PeopleBench, will guide Superintendents and personnel leaders through the challenges of workforce downsizing while retaining and upskilling the people we need more than ever. With funding reductions and mandates to reduce Full-Time-Equivalent(FTE) overheads, the biggest risk is losing your best and brightest while retaining those who … aren’t.

Joined by Chace Ramey, and Steve Murley—seasoned education leaders with decades of experience in strategic HR and workforce strategy—hear actionable frameworks and insights to help you navigate this complex terrain with practical insights from their roles in Deputy and Superintendency. This session will provide actionable strategies to mitigate this critical workforce downsizing risk and ensure your workforce is future-ready.

Event Topics

  • Why the fear of “all our best people are going to leave” is more real than ever.

  • The one consistent metric: the ‘5 year mark’ bounce-out

  • Strategies to retain and upskill your workforce, even in the face of downsizing.

  • How to identify key talent turnover risk and ensure your stars stay engaged.

  • Supporting your HR team to handle workforce change effectively

  • What HR leaders should be delivering to Superintendents during times of workforce transformation.

  • How workforce strategy helps you manage workforce change well.

  • Using workforce data to gain visibility over key risks and communicate effectively with your stakeholders

Speakers

Mike Hennessy

Chief Research & Insights Officer

Steve Murley

Former Superintendent

Dr Chace Ramey

Deputy Superintendent
Presenters to be announced soon!
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