Brittany has received public speaking training through her participation with Toastmasters International helping her craft a unique speaking style that incorporates her subject matter expertise with her passion, personality, and humor. Watching Brittany speak is no boring HR seminar, she’ll share best practices and information through the art of storytelling with a side of wit and humor.
Even though they are three words we like to avoid, being able to handle al three “Ds” effectively is the key to strong people management practices in your brewery. This seminar will offer straightforward and practical advice on keeping strong documentation, developing and administering fair and consistent discipline procedures, and navigating difficult conversations all while aiming to develop a strong and positive company culture. Participants will learn about some best practices and tools to proactively address employee challenges, stay legally compliant, foster a culture of accountability, and make their company’s HR practices stronger.
For a brewery to see maximum success, effective communication must exist between departments. Unfortunately, there is often a great disconnect between front-of-house and back, and beyond. In this session, we will be joined by panelists across brewery roles to discuss strategies to improve intra-brewery communication. Alison Wisneski (Lady Justice Brewing), Brittany Waiss (KettleHouse Brewing Co.), Jen Tooman (Jamesport Brewing Company), Josh Lindsay (MarketMyBrewery)
The harsh reality of operating a business is that your human resource issues don’t always wait until you are large enough to have a stand-alone department. So how do you handle all the hiring, training, and employee performance issues that creep up along the way? In this session, we will demystify HR with a brief overview of HR issues you may encounter and cover how to prepare your business and staff for dealing with issues related to employees; including who to task with your HR functions, how to best prepare and protect your business from personnel problems, and when to make the call that it’s time to bring in some HR support.
Coffee Talk: Making the Jump from Employee to Supervisor
Making the jump from a front-line employee to a leader is an exciting step, but not one without its challenges. Join us as we chat about how new leaders can set themselves up for success by sharpening the management instincts needed to thrive in their new role, some of the challenges you have encountered and we can discuss how to develop healthy boundaries with the employees who may have previously been your peers.
Strong company’s start with a strong team. Developing and maintaining strong teams has always seemed like a complex task, but the current state of our world has amplified how hard it is to keep or teams engaged and performing. In this session, we’ll take a deep dive into how your company’s employee relations strategies can help strengthen your team and business outcomes. Creating strong teams states with a strong human capital strategy.
Getting craft beer from grain to glass involves a lot of moving parts and stakeholders, so how does one person find the best way to manage the working relationships with all those involved? Whether it’s telling your boss what you need from them, getting through to your employees, or dealing with vendors, there is a lot to manage whether or not you are a “manager.”
The harsh reality of operating a business is that human resource issues don’t always wait until you are large enough to have a stand-alone department. So how do you handle all the hiring, training, and employee performance issues that creep up along the way? This session demystified HR and covered how to prepare breweries to deal with issues related to employees.
