Targeting Success - Improve Satisfaction, Retention and Profit

3371 East Montclair Street,Springfield MO 65804

06 April, 2021

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By: Julia Keen, P.E., Ph.D. GBCI Approved | 1 CE Hour | 0920020149 AIA Approved | 1 LU | TSIES19 Please join us for our Monthly meeting with lunch and a presentation. Networking - 11:30AM to 12:00PM Presentation - 12:00PM to 1:00PM About our Presenter: Julia Keen is a Professor of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science at Kansas State University holding the Bob and Betty Tointon Engineering endowed chair. She also owns her own consulting company, Keen Designs, PA. Her specific areas of interest include HVAC design, energy codes, high performance design, HVAC education, and the advancement of women in the building design and construction industry. Targeting Success – Improve Employee Satisfaction, Retention, and Profit GBCI Approved | 1 CE Hour | 0920020149 AIA Approved | 1 LU | TSIES19 As the building design and construction industry looks at the composition of the future workforce it is clear that the demographics of today will need to change to meet future demand for employees. It is projected that this change will include increasing the number of women employed in the building design and construction industry. We have seen an increase in young women enrolling in STEM disciplines at the university level and an improvement in the numbers attaining college degrees but we have not seen the same increase in the percent of women employed in the STEM workforce. This inconsistency can be attributed to poor retention of women once they enter the profession. This presentation will address why women leave the industry and what can be done to help increase retention. This is an important topic for our industry as a whole as well as for employers trying to minimize turn-over and maximize productivity and profit