Pros
Access to dedicated time with leadership is important to me. Even our highest level of leadership does a wonderful job of being available, making employees feeling heard and seen.
Cons
Professional development. Now, I know what you're thinking... get to profitability first : ) I hear you loud and clear - For the most part. Not all professional development has to come in the form of paying for courses, certifications, continued education, etc. We have a baked in 45 mins every Friday (Office Hours) that every once in a while we can bring in a guest speaker (and we don't have to pay the guest speaker). Often at the Yankees we would bring in guest speaker, and of course we would not pay them a dime haha. We would simply barter with them. Often times they'd do it for free tickets, for the ability to have a platform to promote a book of theirs, etc. I'm sure we'd be able to get tickets from one of our many partners to help entice a motivational speaker, or career developer. If we do ever consider this, I'd love to continue to provide input on what kind of speaker might be best to start. Sometimes when people hear "motivational speaker" they think of some person who's going to be loud, amped up, motivate you to wake up at 4am and crush life. While, a Tim Tebow-like halftime speech is great in my eyes, for a lot of people that kind of speaker might be a complete miss. Instead, if we ever did this, we should make sure we pick the guest speaker with a lot of intention. I have lots of thoughts on this kind of stuff, and would be happy to discuss further. Thank you!