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• Breaking Down Employee Experience

  • When
    28 Aug 2025
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    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    The Heights, 8001 Dale Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117 (NO Virtual Option)
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  Breaking Down the Buzzwords: What Is Employee Experience?

  Join us August 28, 2025 from 8:00 am - 9:30 am Central time at The Heights Community Center where April Neal, Director of Engagement & Experience Strategy at Patterson Consulting Group will get down to basics on one of the buzziest words in corporate jargon and LinkedIn chatter: employee experience.

  April has successfully used her experience design skills to create the kind of employee experience that helps people and organizations thrive. Employee experience is so much more than a buzzword, and it takes more than a pizza party or company swag to make it great. 

  In this session, April will break down what experience design is and how to make meaningful change with experiential design thinking. You will learn:

  • what experience design is and what makes it both emotionally and financially powerful
  • about the concept of the employee lifecycle and how to apply it
  • what employees are missing in the workplace and how we can use experience design to refocus.

  
  

  About the Speaker

  April Neal 

  With over 18 years in the experience field, April Neal started her career in the themed entertainment and attractions industry, working with such clients as Walt Disney Imagineering, Anheuser Busch, Kennedy Space Center, the St, Louis Cardinals, and the St. Louis Blues. Her work pulls from traditional design, psychology, sociology, chronic online tendencies, and plenty of her own workplace disappointments.

  
  

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• A Multidimensional Approach to Career Development

  • When
    11 Sep 2025
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    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    The Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112 (NO Virtual Option)
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  Career Development Today: Taking a Multidimensional and Conversation-Based Approach

  Join us September 11, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Central Time at The Missouri History Museum.

  Julie Winkle Giulioni, author, speaker, and authority on leadership and career development will share signs that it’s time to shed yesterday’s view of career development and find ways to enable the growth people and organizations need today. Careers have changed; yet, in many organizations, career development has simply not kept up. You’ll know this is the case if you’ve observed:

  • Unrealistic employee expectations
  • Outdated or unsustainable processes
  • Disengaged employees
  • Disempowered managers
  • Disappointing (or non-existent) career conversations
  • Struggles to retain talent.

  The good news is that there are countless ways to help employees grow. This session offers easy-to-apply, research-based strategies to:

  • Expand your definition of career development (and help others do the same)
  • Improve the quality and quantity of career conversations
  • Help managers and employees creatively tap the nearly infinite development possibilities that are available and within their control

  Get ready to roll up your sleeves and collaborate with colleagues as we add new perspectives, actionable frameworks, and free resources to our toolboxes.

  About the Speaker

  Julie Winkle Giulioni 

  Julie Winkle Giulioni is a champion for growth in the workplace and a trusted voice in career development. She’s the co-author of the international bestseller Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go and author of the award-winning Promotions Are SO Yesterday. Named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers, Julie’s insights have shaped leaders around the world—and her work is featured in Fast Company, The Economist, Training Industry Magazine, and more. Beyond the books and big ideas, Julie brings a grounded, reality-based perspective and a genuine passion for helping leaders help others grow.

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