Workplace Predictions 2026: What Leaders Must Prepare for Now

February
26
2026 (Thursday)
Time 10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
Duration: 60 Minutes
0 Days Left To REGISTER
Id: 211719
Instructor
Gene Folkes 
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Overview

This webinar explores the common challenges businesses face in maximizing profitability. During this webinar we delve into the reasons behind high effort but low returns, covering key areas such as resource allocation, operational inefficiencies, pricing strategies, and customer segmentation. The goal is to provide actionable insights that help businesses transform their operations and boost profitability.

Why you should Attend

The workplace is undergoing one of the most dramatic transformations in modern history. By 2026, organizations that fail to adapt to shifting workforce expectations, rapid technological integration, and evolving leadership models will struggle to attract talent, retain employees, and remain competitive. This webinar delivers a forward-looking, practical analysis of the trends that will define how we work, lead, hire, and grow over the next year-and beyond. This session equips leaders with insight, clarity, and actionable strategies to future-proof their organizations. 

During this session, we will cover the following Key Topics: 

  • The evolution of hybrid, remote, and outcome-based work models
  • AI and automation’s real impact on jobs, roles, and productivity
  • The changing definition of leadership and management effectiveness
  • Employee expectations around flexibility, purpose, and wellbeing
  • Skills gaps, reskilling, and the rise of continuous learning
  • Organizational culture in a decentralized, digital-first workplace
  • Compliance, risk, and workforce policy challenges emerging in 2026

Areas Covered in the Session

  • Resource Allocation, Operational Inefficiencies, Pricing Strategies, and Customer Segmentation

Who Will Benefit

  • Business Owners and Founders
  • C-suite and Senior Executives
  • HR Leaders and talent Development Professionals
  • Operations and Workforce Planners, DEI, culture, and Employee Engagement Leaders
  • Consultants and Advisors Supporting Organizations in Transition

Speaker Profile

Gene Folkes, MSOL is a strategist, entrepreneur, and thought leader focused on helping individuals and business owners reclaim agency, clarity, and control over their personal and professional narratives. As the host of the Folkes Unfettered podcast, Gene has led candid, high-impact conversations with global leaders across business, finance, technology, and law---distilling complex realities into practical, actionable insight. His work centers on exposing the hidden systems, beliefs, and narratives that quietly limit performance, opportunity, and self-trust.

Gene brings a rare blend of operational leadership, lived experience, and strategic clarity, allowing him to speak not just from theory, but from hard-earned understanding of disruption, rebuilding, and resilience. He is the author of Unshackled: Owning Your Narrative and Reclaiming Your Strength, a forthcoming work that challenges conventional thinking around identity, power, and personal accountability. Gene is a service-disabled Veteran, former Lobbyist, and sought after international speaker having competed on NBC’s The Apprentice.
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