Next Gen Summit November 19th 2024

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:52):
Hello, Hello, and welcome to Pulse of the Region, the
show where we get to every single week highlight the incredible, absolute,
the incredible things that are happening here throughout the Greater
Hertford region and our business community. I'm your host, Kate Alman,
thank you so much for tuning in today. Today we're
in the iHeartMedia Studios in our capital city of Hartford.
I have smiling guests here. We will hope that they

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are still smiling in the next thirty minutes, which I
have a really good feeling that they will be today.
So we have a fantastic conversation for you today. We
are getting the Pulse about the next Gen Summit, which
is a dynamic event focused on the future of work
to really look to equip leaders and young professionals with
insights to drive innovation and also growth in the workplace.

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And really couldn't be asked for two better guests for
this conversation today. So without further ado, I will introduce
our two guests. First is she is the president and
CEO of Leadership Greater Hertford. It is Larisa Kottkey and
she is here joining us.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
You haven't been on Pulse in a while, no, my
first visit.

Speaker 4 (01:54):
That's why I was thank super excited.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
So well, I am thrilled to have you here today.
So and a lot to talk about out in terms
of partnerships and then also really too what we're seeing
in the talent landscape, which I say every show, no
matter what the show is, it could be talking about
different industries, community partnerships. Somehow, talent is always a thread
that's brought up into it. I'm sure that's something you're
seeing on a day to day basis. Absolutely, it impacts

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all of us right in the day to day definitely, definitely,
So a lot more to come there. And next is
he is a member of our Hype Ambassador's Committee, which
is a leadership team for Hype which for those of
you who may not know or need a reminder, it's
our Hertford Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs initiative of the Metro
Hertford Alliance. So it is Max Geigel, and he is

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our lead for the next Gen Summit. So Max, welcome
to the show.

Speaker 5 (02:42):
Thank you, Kate. It's really good to be back.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
Yes, I was going to say, you're a repeat of
I don't want to say a fender. I'm trying to
come up with a better word here. That's that somehow
we haven't scared you away yet, So thanks so much
for being here.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
Really appreciate it.

Speaker 5 (02:55):
Thank you, Kate.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
Of course.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
So first things first, we'll do kind of some introductions.
So why not, Larisa, if you could talk a little
bit about Greatship Leadership Greater Hertford.

Speaker 6 (03:05):
There we go, absolutely So Leadership Greater Hertford is a
community leadership development organization. We were founded in nineteen seventy
seven with a mission to develop, connect and inspire leaders
to build inclusive and vibrant communities. So we do that
through leadership development programs that serve early to mid career professionals,

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senior executives, older adults, and retirees. And it's really done
in a way to help folks unleash their own leadership
potential to better not only the ways that they work
within a business or nonprofit organization, but more broadly out
in the community.

Speaker 4 (03:42):
So how can you lead.

Speaker 6 (03:43):
At work and how can you lead in your personal
lives through volunteerism and community engagement?

Speaker 2 (03:48):
Okay, fantastic, Now, it's such great work programs and you're
thrilled to be able to talk about all of that
and more today, So thank you so much for that,
And Max, if you don't mind talking a little bit
about a hype Ambassadors, we've done a couple shows for
Pols of the Region with many members of the team
but if you could talk just a little bit about
the group and some of the work that you're doing
here in the region.

Speaker 5 (04:07):
Sure, my pleasure. So MHA has a group Harvard Young Professionals,
where we're a group of young folks in the Hartford
region who are really passionate about making sure Hertford is
here for us in the future, growing and thriving a
place for you to either raise a family or build
a career. The folks that are on the board, as

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well as anybody that joins Hype at any of our
number of events, really come together to talk about how
can we build Hartford for Austin, How can what's the
future look like for Harford?

Speaker 2 (04:40):
Definitely, and kind of that future concept is, you know,
really what the Nexttion Summit, which is now in its
second year of the event, is really looking at kind
of that future of the workforce. And we're you know,
pleased to have Cognizant back in as a sponsor this
year their title sponsor of the event, which is incredible.
Events on November nineteenth, and Max, if you could share
a little bit more just about the event and what

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people can expect.

Speaker 5 (05:03):
Sure, first of all, it's a great time. We'll be
at the Affinity Music Hall in downtown Hartford from one
o'clock to six o'clock on November nineteenth. You can find
more information online. There's a website and you can find
it through the MHA information But nevertheless, it's a full
day of networking and education for anybody that is interested
in what careers look like in Hartford in the future

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and how folks are shaping this the businesses, the policy makers,
and there are young professionals that are going to be
here throughout the future to figure out, you know, what's
your space and what can you expect?

Speaker 2 (05:37):
Definitely, and I think you know, one thing that we
received a lot of feedback on last year was the
room is really mixed of young professionals and your C
suite leaders, many of your directors, leaders here in the market.
How valuable you know, Max, from your perspective, did you see,
you know, being part of last year, did you really
think that kind of having that diverse audience.

Speaker 5 (05:55):
Was, Oh, my gosh, insanely valuable for everybody that's in
the room. First of all, for the leaders in the room,
they got to hear directly from folks in their companies
as well as outside and what's important to them as
a young professional in the Greater Hartford area, and then
as younger leaders and folks coming up through the ranks.
You got folks that can network with other people in

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their industry and outside their industry and get access to
people and decision makers here in Hartford.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
No, definitely a great group and certainly is kind of
shaping up to be that way again this year, and
part of that is really making sure our young talent
here and Larisa, we so appreciate you and your team
partnering once again with us this year for our VIYP program,
so very important young professional and really it's a program
designed to offer complimentary tickets to students who are about

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to enter the workforce, are recent graduates, kind of early
off in their career. And you know, really, for you,
why is it so important for LGH to support this
initiative and program.

Speaker 4 (06:57):
There's really such.

Speaker 6 (06:59):
A natural alignment between next Gen Summit and the work
of Leadership Greater Hartford.

Speaker 4 (07:04):
For us, it is about you know, all of our.

Speaker 6 (07:07):
Work is based on bringing people together to network and
learn from one another, to build connections, to understand the
broad connectivity within the region. And so for us, the
earlier that we can connect with and really support and
develop the next generation of leaders.

Speaker 4 (07:21):
The better that said to what you were both talking about.

Speaker 6 (07:25):
Before the summit is not just you know, how do
we support or manage or deal with the next generation
of leaders. It's really focused at leaders of all generations
to say, as a leader, you need to know the
motivations of your employees, you need to know what they're
looking for in a job, in a career, in their

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personal and professional lives. And so this event provides an opportunity.
As you said, Max, you know, this is about how
we understand what the next generation, that the gen zers
are looking for in the work world, and how is
established leaders can provide the environments that they want to
come in and work for. So we can't do that

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if we don't have young professionals in the room. We
need them there to be a part of the conversation,
to be sharing their insights, their perspectives and ideas with us.
And so it's exciting to be back in the room
this year with such a generationally diverse audience to have
those conversations.

Speaker 2 (08:20):
Definitely, I think one of the i'd say probably the
most fun thing that I experienced last year was at
one point we had a pianel and you had a
very saying diverse where essentially kind of different generations in
the workforce, and it was amazing where there was the
younger professional had said something and then someone who was
more mature in their career kind of said, I literally
never would have thought of that, but the way that

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you worded that and makes me understand why you and
I forget exactly what it was, but it was just
astonishing to kind of see almost the light bulbs turn on.
And I'm sure Larisa, and a lot of the work
that you're doing with companies and organizations probably something you
get to experience on a week by week basis.

Speaker 3 (08:55):
If you could talk a little bit about that.

Speaker 6 (08:57):
Yeah, absolutely, I mean I think intergenerational challenges are highlighted
with every organization we work with. Right, it's I don't
understand how they think, I don't understand why they want
to work the way they work, right, And so again
this provides space for that conversation.

Speaker 4 (09:12):
And while before I was saying, it's not just up
to you know, how.

Speaker 6 (09:15):
Do we deal with a younger generation coming into the workforce.
You know, it's up to us as leaders to evolve
to meet the needs of our evolving workforce. But there
is onus on each generation to learn.

Speaker 4 (09:28):
And develop and grow, right, And so.

Speaker 6 (09:32):
I believe that we, you know, have each have responsibilities
to focus in that way. And so for young professionals
to be in this room, there's a lot to be
thinking about how you want to navigate through your career,
finding spaces where you can stretch and grow and network
with others.

Speaker 4 (09:47):
I was thinking about it before coming here today. Right,
it's so easy.

Speaker 6 (09:51):
For folks to be siloed in their work worlds now right,
you're working from home, you may never actually physically meet
your colleagues.

Speaker 4 (09:57):
And there's a lot of learning that's been.

Speaker 6 (09:59):
Locked just in how we've changed how we work that
doesn't have to remain lost. There are ways that we
can adapt for it. And it's through events like this
where we actually connect and have conversations with one another.
It's through professional development opportunities, it's through volunteerism, it's through
professional groups like Hype.

Speaker 3 (10:17):
Right.

Speaker 6 (10:17):
These are all ways that young professionals can build the
type of interpersonal relationships that can sometimes be lost when
we're no longer in the same physical work environment.

Speaker 2 (10:29):
Right, no excellent points there, And I know, Max, if
you want to kind of chime in on that, just
from your perspective, it certainly kind of you know, not
to speak for the Hype organization and members, but really
what have you been finding too, kind of in the
workplace and kind of navigating some of those changes that
you know, quite frankly that the pandemic and you know
in hybrid work has kind of brought to us.

Speaker 5 (10:50):
Yeah, there's been a good amount of actually, there's a
good amount of answers to that question. Yes, COVID has
changed everything, But nevertheless, I think a lot about third
spaces these days, right, A lot of us work from
home and work from and live at home as well,
of course, and most of us really need another space

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to go just be themselves professionally or otherwise. I think
Hype and Next Gen Summit will highlight, generally speaking, like
how we can go out into the community, understand other
people's situations and meet folks in our career and outside
of our career that are working through similar challenges but
also finding opportunities.

Speaker 3 (11:30):
In the greater Hartford.

Speaker 5 (11:31):
Area, Hype itself runs a number of events where you
can go out and meet folks and visit new businesses
in the greater Hertford area that are opening and thriving,
whether run by young folks or not, it's a greater
Hartford that we're all building together, and so I think
hype actually helps build that with other people. And you

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can find that at our events.

Speaker 2 (11:53):
I definitely, I know, and that's where you know, you
kind of touch on sort of those threads that kind
of go we've in our generationally industry is you know,
kind of really across the board, and Laurisa, you know
kind of as you see professionals really just trying to
navigate this workspace and changing kind of changing landscape. Is
really what do you feel some areas that individuals can
really focus on in order kind of to best develop

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their careers. And this could really be for someone new
starting out in their career or someone who may be
more established.

Speaker 6 (12:22):
The top answer that came to me on this one
is communication, thinking about how you're talking communicate to one
another's there's so much possibility for miscommunication, and it doesn't
matter how you're communicating, whether it's via email, on a
phone call, on a zoom chat, on a text like,
it does not matter. There is so much opportunity to miscommunicate,

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and so that's why LGH really believes in the importance
of in person opportunities to connect and build relationships.

Speaker 4 (12:50):
That's why MHA does why you know.

Speaker 6 (12:53):
Hype focuses on that because when you build those relationships
with the humans behind the screen on the other end
of the phone, you can work through the miscommunications that
you get in a text or an email where you
read tone incorrectly or it goes on too long, and
it just we all communicate in different ways and we
all have preferences around that. The more that we can
talk with one another and understand how best to talk

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with our teams or how best to talk with our
family members, right, it impacts sort of all areas of
our lives. So for me, every time it comes back
to the basics of communication.

Speaker 2 (13:28):
Yes, to put it simplistic, which is fantastic. And you know,
Max last year in attending the summit and as you
kind of look into this year, is what are some
of the key takeaways that you saw some of those
you know, trends that people discussed a lot last year
and that will certainly be topics for this year's This
year's discussions.

Speaker 5 (13:48):
Last year, we had a lot of insights that came
from the panels. Folks talked about as we discussed already,
kind of the different generations in the workforce, what they
need from a job and a career and kind of
how they can move forward. There's some practical application right
for folks that are in the room, like tips on
how to navigate, but also kind of on a larger sense,

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what Hartford is looking at, kind of where we're all
going to be and what business trends we can find
in the greater Hertford area. And I imagine this year
we'll have a both as well, like tactical and useful
information for young and mid career professionals, but also information
for everybody, the leaders all the way down to kind
of any frontline staff that could want to know what

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can I expect from Hartford in the next fifteen to
twenty years.

Speaker 2 (14:33):
Definitely, and certainly with that, you know, I'll kind of
just mention a little bit on the content of the
day is we will have I'm kind of saying two
keynote speakers, because in a way we're kicking off the
day with a keynote and then our last section of
the programming will be a keynote about really looking at
an engagement piece for that one. So first, as we
have executive vice president and FED now chief information Officer

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and so Dan Anthony and he is I've had the
pleasure of being on few calls with him and he
is absolutely incredible. Is really he's a technology executive who's
really focused on financial services, taking a lot of startup
companies and growing them.

Speaker 3 (15:10):
But then looking how.

Speaker 2 (15:11):
Do you keep a culture that you know all of
us want and that the startups what made them thrive
was their culture. But now that when you triple or
quadrupled in size, how do you kind of keep that culture?
Where so very excited for him to touch on that,
and you know with that would love to kind of
you know, bring to each of you. It's kind of
looking at that culture piece. I know LGH does a
lot of focuses and working with specifically with individual organizations

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on that culture. And Larisa, if you could kind of
talk a little bit, really what's your approach these days,
because I know that's something that's always shifting.

Speaker 6 (15:42):
Yeah, Actually, this is a really refined focus for leadership
Greater Harvard. So we're known for the programs where we
bring people together from different sectors, organizations, and industries to
learn together within the community. But this year we've really
expanded with our new Level Up Transformational Leaderhip Certification program.
This is an offering that will be brought to businesses,

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state agencies, municipalities to say, let us come work with
your teams right, holistically with your teams so that you
understand your own personal motivations as employees, you understand how
that interacts with the rest of your team, and how
can you intentionally develop the culture you want to have
at your business right. So it is bringing everyone together
at the table so that it's not just one person

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going back to the organization trying to affect change holistically.

Speaker 4 (16:29):
But if we get buy in from.

Speaker 6 (16:30):
Top leaders, from mid level professionals and managers, how can
we really help to develop the next generation of leaders
for different businesses. So that's a new space that we're
really looking to lean into because we think it's going
to have significant impact on the clients we work with,
and for us as LG, it also then supports our

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broader programs right.

Speaker 4 (16:52):
So it's sort of two fold for us.

Speaker 6 (16:53):
We can really transform our client agencies and that in
turn what gives us more financial resource is to invest
back into our programs.

Speaker 3 (17:01):
I love that. That's great.

Speaker 2 (17:02):
And you know, Max from your vantage point is really
kind of looking at culture. What do you think the
value that young professionals are putting on culture these days?
You know, to kind of you know, again, one of
those big questions we could talk about for nine hours,
but it would welcome your feedback there.

Speaker 5 (17:18):
I mean, I think culture is everything for young professionals
and probably any professional of any age. Right, we as
rounded human beings, like have a life as well as
the job, right, and I believe these days folks that
are just getting into the workforce or middle managers are
really trying to understand where do I want to live
and thrive as well as work. You know, there's some

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like topics we could talk about working from home and
working remotely, but also kind of what is a surrounding
community and how does that support not just professionals but
also someone's life.

Speaker 2 (17:51):
Definitely, so in kind of you know, circling back a
little bit on the content of the day, what people
can expect coming to the next Gen Summit is mentioned.

Speaker 3 (18:00):
Danny Anthony will be kicking off the programming.

Speaker 2 (18:02):
Then We're going to have a keynote panel which will
be Spotlight, a mix of a couple of our.

Speaker 3 (18:06):
Different industry leaders.

Speaker 2 (18:08):
The University of Connecticut is partnered with Hype in order
to moderate this panel, and you know, really kind of
focus on you know, what are the next steps kind
of takeaways too for individuals in the audience, and then
we'll close the day out. I shouldn't say close the
day because we have a fantastic networking event to close
the day, but prior to that, for the last close
of the content is we have Grace McCarrick and she

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will be coming in. She is a culture coach and
she will be coming in to really provide kind of
feedback and a very experiential way.

Speaker 4 (18:37):
So I guess i'll tee.

Speaker 2 (18:38):
It up is I don't know if anyone do you
guys remember the books where you used to be able
to choose your own adventure back in the day. So
that's I know everyone's smiling because I know I'm smiling too.
So that's going to be kind of the theme for
that panel to give a little bit of a teaser.
So but you know, again looking at tangible takeaways, which
I think is something we heard from feedback last year
is how can I walk away saying not only did

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I hear and agree with what was said, but also, hey,
here's what I can do and go back into the workplace,
and I'll pose this question to each of you. Is
kind of looking at what would say you say? One
key takeaway is, I know, Luisa, as you work with
your companies that people are really kind of grasping or
looking at something that they could implement into the office
or into whatever work kind of place that they have.

Speaker 6 (19:19):
Yeah, I mean, it's it's important to get down to
some of the details, the actionable items, and those items
can be small, right. It can be setting some team
based policies for how and when you meet together, right,
or even creating some times and spaces to celebrate as
a team. It's a real way to get to know colleagues.

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But so I think the hope is to have small
items like that that can start to infuse and transform
and shift culture. So I'm excited to hear what Grace
has to say. Yes and some of the choose your
own adventure details, because there's a lot of ways to
impact culture, but what's important is that you do so
in an inclusive way that involves everyone, right, So maybe

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it's a survey to actually hear from employees about what
each person is looking for and what's meaningful, because what's
meaningful to me is not necessarily going to be what's
meaningful to you know, my neighbor at the next seat
over or on the other side of the zoom screen.
So yeah, I think there's a lot of different ways
it could take, But for me, it's really about ensuring
that leaders are getting the pulse and tallying from their

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colleagues and employees what they're looking for and then making
some small adjustments to start moving the right direction.

Speaker 2 (20:31):
No, appreciate that, And Max, how about you kind of
looking at kind of key takeaways, you know something maybe
you're hoping to get out of the summit this year,
you know we're have seen potentially from past events.

Speaker 6 (20:40):
Sure.

Speaker 5 (20:40):
Yeah, speaking for newer professionals, I think there's going to
be some really interesting insights around building a personal brand
and building a career path not just in Hartford, but
really anywhere for yourself. Also, can't discount the networking, right,
just being in the same space with people that know
you know what you're going through or have gone through

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what you're going through and navigating your career. I think
is immensely valuable for any young professional.

Speaker 2 (21:09):
Thank you so much for bringing that up. And you know,
we're thrilled to have many of our C suite leaders
here in the business community will be at the event.
And you know, we're grateful to our Metrohartford Alliance board
of directors, who many of them are you know, again,
our leaders here throughout the community, and they are taking
time out of their schedules to come here for the
entire event. So the networking, definitely, it'll be a good

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afternoon and evening to come and say hello to whoever
else is in the room. So perfect, so kind of
The last thing I want to touch on is, you know,
talent retention, And certainly this is again something I think
we talk about every week on this show. I feel
like every conversation I have in the business community, somehow
Alien's back here. And Larisa, if you could talk just

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a little bit about what are you hearing from your
you know, many partners that you work with about retaining talent.

Speaker 6 (21:56):
Yeah, I mean, first and foremost right to lose people
is so costly. Yes, the amount of time, money and
energy we spend in recruiting and training new talent is significant.
It is so much more cost effective to retain the
folks you have when you get them right.

Speaker 4 (22:11):
So that's sort of the given.

Speaker 6 (22:13):
But in some of the research we've been doing as
we've been building out our Level Up program, you know,
we've been finding.

Speaker 4 (22:18):
Numbers that over sixty percent of.

Speaker 6 (22:21):
Millennials don't believe they're being developed as leaders in the
workplace right and this is as a generational shift is.

Speaker 4 (22:27):
Happening in the workforce. So we got to find those folks.

Speaker 6 (22:32):
We got to start investing in them and let them
know that we see these individuals being the next to
step up in line and take on leadership roles, and
be open to the idea that that leadership role can.

Speaker 4 (22:44):
And should look different moving forward.

Speaker 6 (22:46):
It doesn't have to be the exact same structure that
we've sort of grown up with and become accustomed to,
but in listening to all generations in the workforce, we
can create something that looks different, and that's that's new.

Speaker 4 (22:58):
I would say.

Speaker 6 (22:59):
You know, specifically, LGH spends a lot of time thinking
about this with our Quest program. That's specifically what it's
built for is to provide intensive leadership development to early
to mid career professionals to say we know that you're
going to get tapped for leadership opportunities moving forward, and
when you are, we want you to be ready. We
want you to know yourself as a leader. We want
you to know how to inspire teams and have all

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those soft skills baked in so that when you step
in as a leader, you hear and see and read
your people in ways that support them holistically, so that
you can retain folks when they're there, they won't want
to go because they know that they're valued. They know
that you understand why they need to work different hours
sometimes and want some boundaries placed around their work lives

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if that's what they want, and those who want to
work eighty hours a.

Speaker 4 (23:47):
Week and that fuels them.

Speaker 6 (23:49):
You know, you can create spaces for everyone. So that's
you know, that's something that LGH really believes in and
I think ties in perfectly with what JS is looking
to do.

Speaker 2 (23:59):
Definitely, no thank you for that, and you know, really
Max Hype also is kind of a driver to help
retain talent in the region, helping connect people professionally, personally
and really from your end is how have you seen
kind of Hype really making an impact, you know, in
order to kind of keep talent here in the region.

Speaker 3 (24:14):
Yeah, very deep.

Speaker 5 (24:15):
Actually, I've been fortunate to have been either volunteering or
been engaged with Hype for about four years, so throughout
the pandemic as well as now, and in both times,
Hype really engage their members to engage, like bring them
opportunities and civic engagement, community engagement, as well as professional
you know, building out someone's career and ways to learn

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and navigate those spaces, whether it's through events or programming.
I think Hype really has it for anybody that's navigating
their own career and wants to get more engaged in
the Greater Hartford area.

Speaker 2 (24:47):
Perfect, Perfect, and the last I teed up the last
section as the last, but we are going to really
have one more last section, and you know that's really
looking at kind of what's upcoming because I know a
lot of great things on the for the close out
of twenty twenty four and even looking into twenty twenty five.
So Larisa, we'll start with you kind of what do
you have upcoming for LGH that we could fit within

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the next a few minutes of the show, because I
know you guys are working on constantly developing new programs
and initiatives.

Speaker 6 (25:14):
Sure, well, just in a couple of weeks, actually, we're
going to be hosting our second annual Leadership Breakfast, which
Metro Hertford Alliance is a sponsor of. But we're hosting
conversations that very much is in line with what we're
talking about today. We're going to be bringing in some
of the leaders of businesses that have been recognized as
top places to work in Connecticut and saying how are
you doing it?

Speaker 4 (25:35):
What are your tips?

Speaker 6 (25:36):
Right?

Speaker 4 (25:36):
Let us learn from you.

Speaker 6 (25:39):
And so we're going to have a really dynamic panel
discussion there with current regional leaders saying from all different industries,
saying how is it that you've built cultures where your
employees are filling out surveys year after year saying that
they want to stay here and that it's a valuable
place to work. So that is on October thirtieth at
the YG Club at Duncan Park in downtown Hartford. And
then programmatically there are a couple of highlights coming up.

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The first is that our Third Age Initiative, which is
our program for older adults and retirees that will be
launching in mid November, and this is a program that
goes over the course of a year, but it really
helps older adults leverage their leadership skills in ways to
find new civic engagement opportunities, new volunteerism, new relationships in

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their senior years. Right, so what are the ways that
they can leverage their gifts and talents from their lives
and careers and put them to use even in retirement
or as life starts to look a little bit different.

Speaker 4 (26:35):
That starts in November.

Speaker 6 (26:36):
And we're currently recruiting for our quest program that will
launch in January of twenty twenty five, so we'll hopefully
find some very important young professionals who are looking to
really invest in themselves and their employees are looking to
invest in them.

Speaker 4 (26:50):
That's in January.

Speaker 6 (26:51):
And last but not least, for anyone looking for volunteer opportunities,
LGH hosts monthly trainings on what it looks like and
means to be a non p offit board member. This
is a way to have a media impact on the
community on nonprofit organizations in the region, and really everyone
has potential to serve as an impactful board member, So
people looking for, you know, ways to get involved. Hype

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has done this a lot with us in past years
to find ways to really leverage your talents and through
volunteerism on nonprofit boards, so there's always ways to get
in touch with us at LGH.

Speaker 3 (27:22):
I was going to say a lot of different opportunities.

Speaker 2 (27:24):
Well, thank you for sharing all those and where can
people go to get more information about all these programs.

Speaker 6 (27:29):
Our website is www dot leadership gh dot org.

Speaker 2 (27:33):
Perfect, Perfect and Max, I know a lot coming up
for Hype as well.

Speaker 3 (27:37):
I don't know if there's anything you'd like to highlight today,
just a quick plug.

Speaker 5 (27:41):
In addition to the next gener summit, we are going
to have holiday party. You know, Hype does a series
of events called Get Hyped. We're going to have a
holiday edition on December, December fifth, that's right, check the calendar.

Speaker 4 (27:55):
No, that's right.

Speaker 2 (27:56):
Well it actually hasn't been announced yet. So this is
the scene preview, and which is great because I think
you're Another thing we can sneak is we'll be hosting
at a venue that you can bring your dog, so
we're potentially thinking about a little best Dressed dog and
also some ugly sweaters, right, I think that was the
unanimous decision. It is definitely going to be so some

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great events there and you know, Max, where can listeners
go to get more information? Let's focus first on Next
Gen Summit because coming up on November nineteenth.

Speaker 5 (28:25):
Sure, absolutely so. The Next Gen Summit has its own
website through Hype Hartford So, and you can find more
about Hype about MHA and the Next Gen Summit online.
We're also on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Speaker 3 (28:38):
Fantastic.

Speaker 2 (28:39):
Well, it's great and again a lot of fantastic things
coming up. So thank you both for the conversation today,
really appreciate it and some wonderful things you know happening
here upcoming. So again, thank you for the conversation today
and for all the information about Next Gen Summit. As
Max mentionin, you can go onto our website so, which
is next Gen Hertford dot com. And we really look

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forward to seeing all of our business leaders, whether early
career and were you know, kind of.

Speaker 3 (29:05):
Maybe if you'd say, more mature in your career.

Speaker 2 (29:07):
Right, I'm trying to think, how's the you know, you
never know, it's young professional sounds so great, So, but
thank you guys, so much for being here today as
part of the conversation.

Speaker 3 (29:15):
Our pleasure.

Speaker 4 (29:15):
Yeah, thanks for us Kank of.

Speaker 2 (29:17):
Course, of course, And before we close out the show today,
we would like to welcome a new investor to the
MHA and we refer to our members as investors because
they were investing in the work that we're doing to
help promote the region. So today we welcome Maxcare's Foundation.
The Maxcares Foundation was established to further the vision of
its founder, who sought to improve the lives of the

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underserved and the local community through charitable giving. The foundation's
mission is to provide financial assistance to nonprofit, educational, and
charitable organizations in the greater Hartford community, and also provides
scholarship programs for students who are pursuing careers in the
hospitality and or culinary fields. So for more information, you
can visit Maxcaresfoundation dot org. For all the detail tales

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about today's show, you can visit Pulse Athregion dot com.
A big thank you to our show partner, Okill and
of course thanks to you for listening.

Speaker 3 (30:07):
I'm Kate Allman.

Speaker 2 (30:08):
Go out and make today a good day here in Connecticut.