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Tips for Hiring and Retaining Culture-Add Talent

Michael Ogunsanya, Anthony Vaughan
August 25, 2022 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET Virtual Free to attend
Tips for Hiring and Retaining Culture-Add Talent

About this session

This event is eligible for SHRM credits. To receive the SHRM code, please attend the event live.

Having a top talent-attracting company culture can lead to 33% higher revenue. Not only that, but a whopping 91% of managers in the U.S. say a candidate’s alignment with their culture is just as or more important than their skills and experience.

You can create benefits and policies that set the tone for your company culture, from generous PTO and flexibility to development opportunities, all you want. But at the end of the day, the thing that’s likeliest to impact your company culture the most are your people. Are you doing everything you can to hire culture-add — and not culture-detract — talent?

In this 60-minute interactive session, People Operations experts Michael Ogunsanya and Anthony Vaughan will talk about the definitions of “culture-add” and “culture fit” and how to apply these to finding the best talent.

In this chat, you’ll learn:

  • The advantages of hiring culture-add talent (and how to vet whether a candidate qualifies as a culture-add in the first place)
  • How to improve HR processes to prioritize transparency as a catalyst for healthy company cultures
  • Real, tangible tips for cultivating the kind of welcoming, collaborative work environment that attracts the right people
Please register for this free event using your company email address.

Meet the speakers

Michael Ogunsanya

Michael Ogunsanya

CEO and Cofounder, MindStand

Michael Ogunsanya is an AI enthusiast, Meyerhof Scholar, and the CEO and Cofounder of MindStand.

Prior to MindStand, Michael experienced workplace discrimination firsthand and it fueled him to create equitable tech for the next generation of workforce.

Their AI product at MindStand integrates within workplace email and messaging platforms to help leadership quantify culture and outline metrics to fostering a healthy online work environment. Based in Baltimore, their team has paved a way for DEI-tech.

Anthony Vaughan

Anthony Vaughan

Startup Advisor, HR Tech Advisor, and Executive, MindStand

Anthony Vaughan , who prefers AJ is an out of the box , radical hybrid who is obsessed with all things entrepreneurship & employee experience.

A current 3x founder , Startup Advisor, HR Tech Advisor, Executive and proud Son.

His rise within the world of HR/Entrepreneurship is one that is definitely not typical but his focus and dedication to putting Employees First drives him to help forever change the world of work! Anthony (Aj) is currently working on a brand that will hopefully forever change the world of work “The E1B2 Collective” , a collective of brands and practitioners designed to make substantial employee experience within the world of startups and small brands!

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