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April 25, 2022
“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
hoping it will eat him last.”

- Winston Churchill

Featured Event
Last Day to Register is Tuesday

Member Happy Hour
May 4th 5-7pm
Our May Happy Hour returns at one of our newest members - Diamondback Saloon. We do business with those we know, like, and trust - get to know your fellow members. Find out who you know that they need to know!

Diamond members bring a guest for free!

Thinking about joining the chamber? Come out and meet some people! $10 Registration fee gets you in, drinks, appetizers, and a chance to win 2 Premium Tiger Tickets!
We need Dragon Boat Teams!
Our featured event at Lake Fest! We need teams from nonprofits and private companies to reserve your boats! Bring 20 of your team members and make it a team building event.

Nonprofits, your discount can give you an opportunity to raise up to $1,500 AND have fun doing it!

We are planning 2-heats of 9 teams in each. this way you can be part of the action for a few hours, and still have the rest of the day to enjoy the arts, crafts, live music, and other family friendly events planned!

Need info? EMAIL ME
Reserve your Nonprofit Boat HERE
Reserve a boat for your team HERE
Onboarding is the 1st step to retention
According to a new report from Eagle Hill Consulting, recent new hires indicate that their onboarding did not adequately cover many of the basics employees need to be successful including understanding relationship building (71%), organizational culture (62%), technology (54%), and their benefits (46%). Are you throwing your new employees to the wolves before they truly understand the culture and other important assets of the organization?

The research, entitled From the Great Resignation to the Great Retention: The Case for Better Hybrid Onboarding, also found that only 50% of workers expect to be at the same job three years from now. In addition, about half (49%) of employees who started a new job are not getting trained in person – it’s either virtual (31%) or hybrid (18%).

“Onboarding is so much more than paperwork and checklists,” says Melissa Jezior, president and chief executive officer of Eagle Hill Consulting. “What you don’t want is for your company to become ‘The Great Regret’ for new employees because of an onboarding failure. Done wrong, onboarding can damage performance and moral, which drives employees right out the door. But done right, onboarding can set employees up for success in terms of strengthening their career development, enabling them to live your culture and values, and developing strong relationships across the organization. Ultimately, strategic onboarding helps retain employees, creates an engaged workforce, and boosts organizational and individual performance.”

“What’s key for employers is to stop thinking about onboarding as a just a short-term human resources function,” Jezior explained. “Successfully folding new hires into your organization happens over time with many people involved, which is all the more complex given the growth of remote and hybrid work.”
In terms of what employees want during their first month on the job:
  • 83% want more knowledge of how performance is measured
  • 76% want more information on mental and physical health resources
  • 75% want more opportunities to make personal connections with team members
  • 74% want more guidance on how to be successful in the corporate culture
  • 74% want more details on how workplace practices could change due to pandemic, like moving from remote to hybrid
  • 70% want more information on the organization’s core values
  • 69% want more opportunities to make personal connections with people outside their team
  • 68% want more tips on how to network in remote/hybrid setting
Notice, no one is requesting more information on how to do their job, which is where many onboarding programs end. Employees want to feel embedded in the culture and want to be successful within the organization. Employers should ensure they have a comprehensive onboarding program that shows new employees how to communicate, make connections, and overall be successful within the organization.
Special Events, and what's coming in May!
Mother's Day Brunch
There is no better way to treat the Mother’s in our community. This is one of the best around, and served by our Diamond Members, Angel Food Catering.

Reserve your table now - you will make this your annual tradition.

Ribbon Cutting
Come out and welcome one of our newest businesses and members in town! Quality Care Rx, an Independent Pharmacist.

May 10th - 8:30am

Networking & Coffee Hour
Annual Economic Summit & Outlook
Hosted by your Chamber and Alicia McGovern from Edward Jones Financial. We will have our annual update on the markets, economy, inflation, and topics in the news. This is open to the community, and will be held on May 23rd from 11am - 12:30. Light refreshments will be served. Registration and speaker information coming soon!

CIRCLE the Date! - May 23rd
Local News | Advocacy | Promotions
How & why you should build a customer journey map for digital marketing
A customer journey is a story about understanding your users, how they find you on social media and your website, how they behave, and what you can do to improve their experience, so they keep coming back.
4 truths about pivoting your business during hard times
  1. Truth: Your team won’t understand
  2. Truth: Hope is not a strategy
  3. Truth: Good is the ENEMY of Great
  4. Truth: It takes immense energy

Before you hire
Before you even hire the person you want to onboard, you need to know what you want. You should be able to objectively set realistic expectations.

Quarterly Survey
SBAM wants to know how your business is doing. Our quarterly surveys help us to gather data on a variety of metrics.
 
Please take this short survey today. Your responses will provide us with critical information and help form our advocacy and membership efforts in 2022.
Lake Fest - Activities / Times Thank You Sponsors
Thanks to our Corporate Members
Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce | bacc2work.org
248 Main Street - Belleville, MI 48111
(734) 697-7151