Speaker Profile
WILLIAM J. ROTHWELL
William J. Rothwell, Ph.D., SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CPLP Fellow is a Professor in the Workforce Education and Development program, Department of Learning and Performance Systems, at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park campus. He is also President of his own consulting firms—Rothwell & Associates, Inc. and Rothwell & Associates, LLC. He has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited 300 books, book chapters, and articles—including 111 books. Before arriving at Penn State in 1993, he had nearly 20 years of work experience as a Training Director in government and in business.

William J. Rothwell
July 18 2022
03 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Driving Down Turnover Through Effective Employee Engagement
Employee engagement programs have grown in popularity. One reason they are so popular is as a strategy to drive down the turnover of average workers and superstar performers. This webinar will describe the components of an employee engagement program, how to make the business case for such programs, and how to use an employee engagement program as a deliberate and systematic way to drive down avoidable turn..

William J. Rothwell
August 22 2022
03 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Getting People Up To Speed Faster: Improving On The Job Training
How does a company or organization plan effective on-the-job training? How does a manager or experienced worker deliver effective on-the-job training? How can workers be trained to be more effective in taking charge of their on-the-job learning? Hear the answers to these important questions in this engaging and dynamic webinar.Business owners and managers often face the challenge of onboarding new hires and..

William J. Rothwell
September 19 2022
03 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
HR Essentials for Small Businesses and StartUps
Managers of small businesses and start-up businesses face many human resource challenges. Among them How to hire legally; How to onboard and train workers; How to manage safety and health issues associated with workers at a time of public health challenges; How to address daily “people challenges” that come up and much more. How can business owners and managers deal with so many HR challenges? This webinar ..

William J. Rothwell
October 17 2022
03 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
The Future of Work and Organization Development
Many people have heard the statistic cited from the McKinsey Global Institute that over 30 percent of the world’s workforce could see their jobs eliminated by 2030 as a consequence of the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Notable examples include the possible loss of 1.5 million truck drivers and taxi drivers in the USA as autonomous vehicles grow common. Even high-wage jobs such as medical docto..

William J. Rothwell
November 14 2022
03 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Tapping Overlooked Labor Markets to Meet Talent Needs
Many employers find that, as the world overcomes the Covid-19 pandemic, the labor market has changed. Job applicants are few and far between. Existing employees express a reluctance to work in central offices and state preferences to work full-time or part-time from home. How can employers seek out untapped labor markets such as the disabled and retirees to meet labor shortages that they face? This dynamic ..

William J. Rothwell
December 05 2022
03 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Winning the Talent War Through Neurodiversity
Recruiting talent from among the disabled population poses unique challenges, which often are not adequately addressed by potential employers. As employers face challenges in recruiting and retaining staff, the war for talent will grow increasingly fierce. This webinar, based on the book by the same name, shows how employers can overcome present and future talent shortages by tapping into the often-overlook..

William J. Rothwell
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
The Supervisor as Your Chief Retention Officer
Crisis at a small or large scale can bring about permanent changes in an organizations’ workplace. As new practices enter the work environment, remote work becomes the norm, social distancing shifts requirements, mask mandates, your frontline leaders, more than ever play an important part in retention practices.What is Retention?"The classic organization is characterized by the command-and-control style of ..

Competency Based Human Resource Management
A job description literally describes a job, but a competency model describes the human being who does the job adequately or superlatively. This webinar explains the difference between a competency-based HR system and a job-description-based HR system. It defines competencies, explains the business reasons to use them, explains how competency models are developed, and reviews each component of HR when it is..

What’s New in Workforce Planning?
Workforce planning programs have grown in popularity. One reason they are so popular is to bring systematic thinking to the need to drive down labor costs while maximizing productivity. This webinar will describe new approaches to workforce planning and how to use them to address the comprehensive labor force needs of an organization. Workforce planning is a systematic approach to determining the quantity a..