HR and Leadership Development
Laurie Battaglia
Laurie Battaglia is CEO of Aligned at Work. Having spent 35+ years leading people in corporate environments, Laurie discovered ways to engage team members, build trust quickly, and align them with goals to create happy and high performing workplaces. Laurie is the creator of the Aligned at Work® Model, an integrated look at work and life and a recipe for a life well-lived. Aligned at Work® works with corporate executives to solve the people problems before they become proft problems. Disengaged team members and unwanted turnover is extremely costly, in money spent, productivity lost, and emotional stress. Aligned at Work® is your go-to source for leadership training, consulting, and leadership coaching.
The Aligned at Work® system saves thousands in hard dollar costs for recruiting, onboarding, training, and retaining new team members, including rampup time to full effectiveness. Great leaders create high-performing workplaces through Alignment and Connection. The Aligned at Work® Model brings all the qualities of Alignment and Connection into one place. Vocation and values, relationships and support networks, fnancial skills and mindset, well-being, and spirit/authenticity of self — it’s all part of integrating life and work. This experience-based model, backed by research, helps Aligned Leaders understand that they create Aligned Workplaces where people are engaged and motivated.
During her corporate career in companies large and small, Laurie recognized that people were searching for meaning in their work and a life outside of the office. As CEO of Aligned at Work®, she works with companies who understand that their leaders are the ones who create a healthy, human-centered environment where they and their teams thrive. Her companion book “Aligned Workplaces: Integrating Life and Work – A Practical Guide for Leaders and Teams” walks team members through the model, then provides helpful Leader Guides for running meetings about the 5 elements of success. Laurie lives in the Phoenix, Arizona area with her husband Joseph and two cats, Gizmo and Cheddar. She is a mother, stepmother, grandmother, Reiki Master Teacher, and avid yoga enthusiast.
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Mike Baize
Mike Baize is a manager of HR services with Insperity. Insperity, a trusted advisor to America’s best businesses for more than 33 years, provides an array of human resources and business solutions designed to help improve business performance. Insperity® Business Performance Advisors offer the most comprehensive suite of products and services available in the marketplace. Insperity delivers administrative relief, better benefits, reduced liabilities and a systematic way to improve productivity through its premier Workforce Optimization® solution. Additional company offerings include Traditional Payroll and Human Capital Management, Time and Attendance, Performance Management, Organizational Planning, Recruiting Services, Employment Screening, Expense Management, Retirement Services and Insurance Services. Insperity business performance solutions support more than 100,000 businesses with over 2 million employees. With 2018 revenues of $3.8 billion, Insperity operates in 76 offices throughout the United States.
Mike joined Insperity as a manager of HR services in 2014. He has more than 30 years of experience in human resources. Baize earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management / Personnel Administration from Oakland City University and a Master of Business Administration in International Business from the University of Phoenix.
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