Small Business Roundtable: Retaining Employees by Building Supportive Workplaces

  • Date8/26/2026
  • Time12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM
  • Address
    Arlington Chamber of Commerce
    2009 14th Street, North, Suite 100
    Arlington, VA 22201
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  • Info

    The Chamber's free monthly Small Business Roundtable is an important educational and networking opportunity for small businesses. This event provides expert speakers on topics to help you grow your business, such as digital marketing and business development, and also gives you the opportunity to make connections and grow your professional network. The forum is applicable to a variety of businesses and employee levels, from front-line customer service to owners.

    This Month's Topic: Retaining Employees by Building Supportive Workplaces

    Description

    This session, lead by Edgar Ndjatou, Principal at Officium, LLC, will focus on practical, real-world strategies small businesses can use to improve retention by strengthening workplace culture and day to day employee experience. We will cover how clear expectations, consistent communication, manager behaviors, and fair processes directly impact morale, productivity, and turnover risk. The discussion will also include creative approaches to providing meaningful employee benefits even when budgets are limited, helping organizations remain competitive without overextending financially. Attendees will leave with actionable tactics to create supportive environments where employees feel heard, respected, and motivated to stay, along with guidance on addressing early warning signs before they become costly departures.

    Agenda

    11:55 a.m.: Zoom Room Opens
    12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Presentation

    Zoom Details

    Attendees will receive a Zoom meeting link in their registration confirmation email.

    Interested in Presenting?

    If you are interested in becoming a speaker for one of our Small Business Roundtables, please review the program guidelines and submit a proposed topic with a one paragraph summary description to eventsassoc@arlingtonchamber.org.

    Registration

    For registration questions, please contact DJ Batchelor, Operations Manager, at chamber@arlingtonchamber.org or (703) 525-2400.

    Prospective members are allowed to attend up to three (3) Chamber Networking (Breakfast Connection, Business After Business, Small Business Roundtable, Women in Business Networking) events as a guest.

    Companies that have previously attended more than three Chamber events and previous members who have dropped their Chamber memberships are not eligible to attend as a guest. The Chamber reserves the right to deny admittance to the event if a nonmember has already attended three events. Please contact Mike Rosenow, Vice President of Membership, at membership@arlingtonchamber.org to verify your eligibility or to join the Chamber.

    Registrations are non-refundable. While you are unable to apply registrations to future events, you may transfer your registration to another individual.

     

    Thank you to our sponsor!

    Grand Sponsor

     

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