Even the most savvy business leaders will tell you great leadership isn’t a skill you pick up overnight. It’s a skill that must be developed over the course of a career through experience, continual learning, and collaboration.
That’s the inspiration behind the Refresh Leadership Live Simulcast. The simulcast, hosted by Express Employment Professionals on Wednesday, May 18, in locations across the U.S. and Canada, will feature a diverse lineup of speakers who have built distinguished careers based on their unique insights into what it takes to be a great leader.
During the simulcast, attendees will hear from author, speaker, and business consultant, Ken Blanchard, as he shares insights on Leading in the New Business Reality. During his presentation, Blanchard will discuss the challenges leaders face in keeping people focused, productive, and motivated to create an aligned organization that can move nimbly, yet boldly, toward the future.
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Recent studies have shown that more employees plan to job hop this year due to discontent and distrust in their current jobs. And it comes as no surprise that employee morale is down with three-fourths of U.S. workers reporting they’re ![83812897[1]](http://www.refreshleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/838128971-150x150.jpg "83812897[1]")
With heavy workloads and never-ending tasks, employees spend a lot of time at work. Since workers spend so much time on the job, it’s important that they understand how their work contributes to not only the company vision, but the greater good as well. With new generations entering the workforce, now, more than ever, employees want purpose and growth. Every individual needs to know they’re making a difference. Company vision and how it relates to the work they do is directly tied to employee engagement, health, and happiness. ![iStock_000010714275XSmall[1]](http://www.refreshleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/iStock_000010714275XSmall1-150x150.jpg "iStock_000010714275XSmall[1]")
Your financial assets are important to you, your security, and your future, so you keep a watchful eye on your investments. You carefully develop financial plans and strategies, forecast and analyze potential growth, and even enlist the help of financial experts to ensure you manage your money effectively. You manage your financial assets carefully, because you know what they’re worth. 
These days, companies have to do more with less, so businesses are stretching workloads and budgets, and that’s stretching every employee to be more inventive in order to get things done. Business leaders, managers, and employees alike have to find innovative ways to save time and money at work, whether it’s coming up with inexpensive solutions to branding efforts or even just making time-wasting meetings more productive and effective for attendees. 
A recent survey released by the American Psychological Association (APA) reported that nearly 75% of Americans say they’re stressed out. And, among their top stress-causing concerns, 70% of respondents reported work as a big contributor, surpassed only by money with 76% of respondents worried about income, followed by 65% of respondents apprehensive about the economy. High workplace stress levels aren’t just impacting the U.S. Stress levels across Canada were up 30% in 2010, according to a recent Desjardins Financial Security National Health Survey. Experts suggest it is the biggest occupational health problem facing Canada. 
While this year has been an improvement for many businesses over the dismal 2008 and 2009 years we’d all like to forget, economic recovery has remained slow. And, leading economists expect that growth to remain modest through 2011, a difficult forecast for many employers and their employees who’ve struggled to stay afloat under the weight of increasingly heavier workloads and high stress levels.
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