First Look Webcast: Creating a Positive Workplace Culture
Overview
Jim Schneider will share some industry best practices on how to navigate the challenges of creating a work environment that allows you to reach organizational goals, enhance your team members' experience, and increase the likelihood of retention in a very competitive talent environment. Topics will include how to best determine your organizational competitive advantages, how to leverage those advantages, and how to communicate those advantages to attract talent that is aligned with that environment. Other topics will include the importance of clarity and communication, strategically building culture as your organization evolves, and utilizing your market presence as a large, medium, or small business to communicate with your team members on how this works to their advantage.
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2025 First Look Webcast Series
May 28
401k & Employee Benefits Update
Mary Hogan • Director, Advisory - HR Advisory & Outsourcing
Eisner Advisory Group LLC • Pittstown, NJ
CPE: 1 Category: Management
June 18
Disaster Planning Beyond the Calculations
Gerard H. Schreiber, Jr., CPA • Partner
Schreiber & Schreiber, CPAs • Metairie, LA
CPE: 1 Category: Taxation
July 30
Investment Strategies in a Volatile Market
Tom Stringfellow, CFA®, CPA®, CFP®, CIC • Chief Investment Strategist
Argent Trust Company • San Antonio, TX
CPE: 1 Category: Management
August 27
SSARS Engagements – What You Need to Know
Kurt Oestriecher, CPA • Managing Partner
Oestriecher & Company, CPAs • Alexandria, LA
CPE: 1 Category: A&A
September 27
Managing Change in a High-Speed World
Laila Morcos Zissis, PCC, NBC-HWC, CMC • Owner
Laila Morcos Zissis, LLC• New Orleans, LA
CPE: 1 Category: Personal Development
October 29
Creating a Positive Workplace Culture
Jim Schneider, CPA, CIA • President & Managing Partner
The Personnel Consulting Group • New Orleans LA
CPE: 1 Category: Management
November 12
Tax Credit Shake-Up: What the New Incentives and ITEP Rules Mean for You
Keri Hart • Senior Manager, Business Incentives
Kim Wallett • Senior Manager, Business Incentives
Advantous Consulting, LLC • Baton Rouge, LA
CPE: 1 Category: Taxation
December 9
Practical Accounting Automation Using AI
Andrew Schwartz, PhD • Professor
Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems
Louisiana State University
CPE: 1 Category: Technology
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Leader Bios

James Schneider, Recruiting Manager, The Personnel Consulting Group
Jim Schneider, CPA, CIA serves as the President & Managing Partner at The Personnel Consulting Group. He is responsible for supervising the accounting, HR, & tech recruitment divisions, along with managing the day-to-day administration of the firm. Before becoming a recruiter, Jim served as an auditor with Big 4 and regional firms, in addition to industry accounting roles as a controller.
Jim is a past president of the New Orleans Chapter of the Society of Louisiana CPAs, treasurer for the American Association for Finance & Accounting, serves on the advisory board for the LSU Department of Accounting, at-large board of the New Orleans Chapter of the Inst. of Internal Auditors, and is on the membership committee of the Construction Finance Management Association. He has spoken at continuing education classes sponsored by the LCPA, CFMA (BR and New Orleans Chapters), IIA (New Orleans Chapter), Hospitality Technology & Financial Professionals, B-Sides NOLA (cybersecurity), Jefferson Chamber, and a variety of university accounting honor societies.
Outside of work, Jim is very active in his church. Jim, a 3rd generation Lakeview New Orleans neighborhood resident, now calls Old Metairie home and married his wife Grace in June 2024. He has run several marathons and also enjoys history as a member of various patriotic, conservator, and preservation organizations serving positions of treasurer, secretary, and at-large board member.
Non-Member Price $50.00
Member Price $30.00