Practitioner
Experience
 Sessions marked with this symbol are conducted by current or former HR practitioners.
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Monday, June 23
Tuesday, June 24
Public Sector Day, 10:45 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
7:00 a.m.–8:15 a.m.
10:45 a.m.–Noon
Masters Series, 1:45 p.m.–3:45
p.m.
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
Wednesday,
June 25
Public Sector Day!
Conference Programming Exclusively for HR Professionals
Working in the
Public Sector
Tuesday, June 24
10:45 a.m.–5:15 p.m.
Attention all public sector HR professionals!
This program brings you leading-edge information on the ongoing
transformation of HR at the federal, state and local levels of
government and includes three educational sessions.
All sessions will
be held at the McCormick Place Convention Center.
10:45 a.m.–Noon
Strategic Leadership Succession Management
Model
Workplace Application: In this workshop, you will learn how
to develop a strong business case for succession planning, learn
of proven practices, and adapt these practices to your organization’s
particular needs.
Successful succession management is critical to meeting an organization’s
mission in the future. Organizations need to go beyond a succession
planning approach that focuses on replacing individuals to a more
strategic and integrated leadership succession management system
that focuses on strengthening current and future leadership capacity.
You will learn about the OPM Strategic Leadership Succession Management
Model and how to assess your agency and develop a succession management
system.
Presenter: Rachel J. Bellamy, program manager, Leadership and
Performance Culture Office of Personnel Management, Washington,
D.C.
Noon–1:30 p.m.—Lunch in the SHRM Exposition
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Surviving the “Retirement Wave”—10
Lessons for Preparing the Next Generation of Government Managers
Workplace Application: Attend this session and learn 10 lessons
for preparing your next generation of managers.
This session will explore the specific barriers to succession
planning in the public sector as well as proven strategies and
resources to overcome the obstacles. A case study will be presented
as well as 10 lessons learned from leadership development and succession
planning efforts from across the country.
Presenter: Dr. Frank Benest, city manager, Palo Alto, Calif.,
and co-chair, Cal-ICMA Coaching Program, Calif.
3:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.—Break
4:00 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
The Department of the Navy Human Capital Strategy: Building and
Managing Our Total Naval Force
Workplace Application: Attend this session and learn about the
human capital strategies that the Department of the Navy has employed
to retain their service members and employees.
Nearly one million people work in the Department of the Navy,
including sailors and marines, active and reserve, and civilian
federal employees. In addition, the Department of the Navy employs
thousands of contractors. The Department of the Navy 2007 Human
Capital Strategy describes how the Navy addresses the challenges
of building and managing their Total Naval Force to succeed in
21st Century missions. Fundamentally, their strategy calls for
treating people, not as a resource to be consumed, but as a valuable
asset to be invested in, cultivated and developed throughout a
lifetime of service.
Presenter: Anita K. Blair, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy
for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Washington, D.C.
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Tuesday, June 24
7:00 a.m.–8:15 a.m.
Employment
MEGA SESSION
Retaining and Cultivating Top Talent is Your
Company’s
Strategic Edge
Workplace Application: This session will help
increase your company’s
strategic edge by sharing powerful and insightful ways to retain
and cultivate your top talent through leadership coaching.
Talent management and succession planning are
at the top of every HR department’s list of must do’s.
Why? A better economy gives employees and executives more options
and mobility to jump ship. Learn how leadership coaching supports
the overall talent management process and especially how it helps
retain top talent. Translate your dollars into tangible ROI.
Presenter: Susan J. Bethanis,
founder/CEO, Mariposa Leadership, Inc., San Francisco, Calif.
MEGA SESSION
Staffing Waste: Measure It, Reduce It
Workplace Application: This session will teach you how to apply
the principles of Lean and Six Sigma to identify and reduce waste
in your staffing practices.
Staffing waste does not have a budget code in most companies.
However, staffing process outcomes such as false starts, poor performers
and staffing re-work can cost your company tens of thousands or
even millions of dollars. Learn how to implement metrics that document
staffing process yields in dollars. Explore how other companies
use staffing process yield data for reducing staffing waste.
Presenter: Joseph P. Murphy, vice president, Shaker Consulting Group, Inc.,
Cleveland, Ohio
Deciding Who Leads: How to Influence Succession Planning When
It’s Out of Your Hands
Workplace Application: This session will help you increase the
effectiveness of succession planning by identifying critical issues
in the selection of external recruiting firms, examining the biggest
challenges, influences and future trends in management recruiting
and discussing best practices.
Few organizations understand how succession planning and organizational
progress toward your strategic objectives (branding, diversity
recruiting, etc.) is driven, directed and disrupted by external
agents to the management recruiting process. Join Mr. McCool for
a revealing look at his research.
Presenter: Joseph Daniel McCool, senior contributing editor, Business
Week, Jaffrey, N.H.
Identifying, Investigating and Eradicating Workplace Harassment
Repeated
Tuesday at 10:45 a.m.
Workplace Application: This session will give
you the tools needed to proactively identify workplace harassment
issues and respond appropriately when you receive a complaint.
As workplace harassment continues to plague employers and jury
verdicts grow, it is more important than ever that you be prepared
to take proactive steps to identify harassment concerns and respond
appropriately when an employee complains. This session will cover
the 10 most common mistakes employers make in addressing harassment
and provide practical tips on how to avoid legal liability associated
with harassment—including how to deal with internal pressure
during investigations.
Presenter: John M. Bagyi, Esp., SPHR, partner, Bond, Schoeneck & King,
LLC, Albany, N.Y.
HR and the Law
FMLA: Case Studies of the Real World
Repeated Wednesday at 11:30
a.m.
Workplace Application: This session shows you the basics of
FMLA and will provide advanced discussion on strategies to control
the uncontrollable.
You know the FMLA basics, but what happens when 41 out of your
109 hourly union employees qualify for intermittent FML? What strategies
can you use to limit the time missed and still be compliant with
the law? Second and third opinions, contract language and an attendance
policy are just the beginning. We will share our strategies for
controlling and help you maintain your sanity.
Presenters: Barbara Dahlen, SPHR, human resource
manager, New World Pasta— St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.; B. Tracy
Ferguson, SPHR, human resource manager, Integram St. Louis Seating,
Pacific, Mo.
A Peek Into Enemy Camp: What Plaintiff’s Lawyers Don’t
Want You to Know
Workplace Application: This session will give you insight
into why some organizations wear a bull’s-eye and how an organization’s
practices, policies, training and conduct (or lack thereof) can
hurt or help in litigation of employment law disputes.
You will find out from an attorney who represents both employees
and employers what plaintiff’s lawyers look for in a legal
claim. Through real-life examples, you will learn preventative
steps that turn off attorneys in the first place and how to give
your organization the best shot at success if the dreaded lawsuit
arrives. Just don’t tell any plaintiff ’s lawyers where
you learned this!
Presenter: Whitney Warner, SPHR, J.D., attorney, Moody & Warner,
PC, Albuquerque, N.M.
If the Pendulum Swings: The Impact (Hidden and Otherwise) on HR
of Political Change
Workplace Application: This session will help you prepare for
the changes resulting from a new administration, new laws, new
regulators and different kinds of judges that could be coming following
the fall elections.
The 2008 general election will be the first time in more than
50 years in which neither the current president nor vice president
has been a candidate, ensuring a new administration. The effect
on HR is not limited to new legislation but on how current laws
will be administered and interpreted. Understanding and planning
for the possible ramifications and potential adjustments cannot
wait for the outcome of the election.
Presenter: Michael W. Fox, attorney, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Austin, Texas
Skill Development
MEGA SESSION
Lighten Up and Laugh—For the Health
of It*
Workplace Application: This presentation takes a light look at
the serious implications of positive humor in everyday life and
work.
Are you burned out? Is your LPD (Laughs per
Day) average running low? Is it getting tougher and tougher to
find humor in a world that is not always humorous? This session
is guaranteed to leave you laughing while providing ways to use
positive humor to promote a healthier, richer life. When we learn
to laugh with others and take “humorists,” we can
open ourselves up to healing and living in the moment.
Presenter: Craig Zablocki, founder, Positively Humor, Denver,
Colo.
* Please note that this session is for personal
development and does not count for recertification credit because
the content is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
Gently Down the Stream—Four Unforgettable Keys to Success
in Life and Work*
Workplace Application: Attend this session and you will learn
the four unforgettable principles for success that can make your
life a waking dream.
Sometimes the simplest solutions are the most profound ones. As
Confucius pointed out, “Life is really simple, but we insist
on making it complex.” Using a simple, universally familiar
verse as a metaphor for success, Mr. Weinstein will show you how
to increase happiness, reduce stress, find more fun at work, and
enhance motivation, teamwork, and satisfaction on the job. In this
dynamic and mind-expanding session, you will learn the four unforgettable
principles for success that can make your life a waking dream.
Come prepared to have some serious fun!
Presenter: Matt Weinstein, founder, Playfair, Inc., Berkeley,
Calif.
* Please note that this session is for personal development
and does not count for recertification credit because the content
is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
Strategic Management
ROI is the Key to Success
Repeated Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
Workplace Application: This session will give you the tools to
design and implement a ROI program to effectively measure the success
of your human capital initiatives.
Do you know if your human capital initiatives are achieving the
results you expect? After spending the effort to select the right
program, it is essential to put the right measurement system in
place. This highly interactive session is designed to help you
decide what baseline data to capture, how to get the data you need,
how to overcome challenges, how to report outcomes, and use the
results to effectively evaluate the success of your programs.
Presenter: Michelle Kelly, president/CEO, EPI, Golden, Colo.
Creating a Culture of Learning for Executives
Workplace Application: This session will provide examples of how
HR professionals in successful organizations introduce development
programs to their senior leaders, go beyond traditional development
methods and connect development to other HR and organizational
initiatives.
How do you create an environment that makes executives want to
learn? We’ll discuss your role in inspiring leaders to participate
in development by understanding what keeps them up at night about
their job through insight gained from a survey of 800 leaders.
This session will discuss how to connect development with business
outcomes, how to use assessment data to create meaningful development
and introduce highly engaging learning opportunities for executives.
Presenter: Keith Caver, practice leader and manager,
Executive Development, Development Dimensions International, Inc.
(DDI), Charlotte, N.C.
Total Rewards
How to Motivate Your Employees to Make Lifestyle Changes
Workplace Application: This session will help you maximize the
effectiveness of your worksite wellness program by learning how
to most effectively motivate employees to improve their health.
It
is one thing to know how to alter one’s behavior but
it is an entirely different matter to be motivated to do so. Health
professionals have developed many behavioral techniques to help
employees make lifestyle changes but the majority of employees
are unsuccessful in modifying their behavior. This session will
provide key behavior modification techniques, including the strategic
use of incentives, that can help initiate and maintain employee
motivation to make positive lifestyle changes and become wiser
health care consumers.
Presenter: Don R. Powell, Ph.D., president and CEO, American Institute
for Preventive Medicine, Farmington Hills, Mich.
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Tuesday, June 24
10:45–Noon
SENIOR PRACTITIONER SPOTLIGHT
HR for HR: A Framework for Developing
HR Talent
Workplace Application: Attend this session and learn how you can
apply advanced talent management practices within the HR function
at your organization.
Drawing from over 25 years of business experience
in both HR and line management across four major corporations and
in private equity, Mr. May will present a framework for developing
HR talent from entry level through the executive suite. In doing
so, he will apply a number of talent management techniques and
methodologies currently in practice in leading companies while
suggesting a much broader future role for the HR function. And
he will offer his perspective as an HR practitioner on specific
techniques to prepare the next generation of HR leaders with immediate
implications for our own professional development.
Presenter: Alan May, vice president, Strategy,
Compensation and Benefits, The Boeing Company, Chicago, Ill.
Employment
MEGA SESSION
Yes, But How … Again: 10 More Ideas
to Build a Culture Focused on Results, Relationships and Accountability
Workplace Application: This session shares
practical ideas you can use to positively and proactively influence
your organization’s
culture.
Earlier at the conference, Mr. Pennington presented
12 ½ ideas
to build a great culture. Now he’s back to give you 10 more
ideas you can use immediately to build a culture committed to results,
relationships, and accountability. A compelling culture is the
intangible that separates you from your competitor in a world where
products and services are interchangeable. Isn’t it time
you stopped standing in the way of your own success?
Presenter: Randy G. Pennington, CSP, president, Pennington Performance
Group, Addison, Texas
MEGA SESSION
NEWLY ADDED From Existing to Excelling: Propelling People to Success
Workplace Application: Learn the secrets of hitting the "Center of Excellence" in yourself and others; Learn the personality strengths and weaknesses of HR professionals; learn a simple technique for assessing the climate of your department or company; and, learn how to develop yourself and others in three key dimensions needed for high and happy achievement.
Dr. Mancusi will present strategies for getting people to reach their "Center of Excellence." He will present the keys to "Living the Exceptional Life." This fun-filled presentation will let you learn skills to lead others from existing to excelling. Participate in a survey of HR professionals on the "Four Most Important Questions" to ask all employees. See the results of surveys of over 2000 Human Resource Professionals. What are their Emotional Intelligence strengths and weaknesses? What are their personality strengths and weaknesses? What are yours?
Presenter: Joseph L. Mancusi, Ph.D., president, Center for Organizational Excellence, Inc., Sterling, Va.
Identifying, Investigating and Eradicating Workplace Harassment
Repeated from Tuesday at 7:00 a.m.
Fun, Fabulous and Focused on Results
Workplace Application: Attend this session and learn how you can
create a motivating work environment so that your organization
keeps your best and brightest employees.
There are a few perks to working at Google—gourmet meals,
rock walls, car washes and lap pools to name a few. What are you
doing to create a motivating, inspiring environment for your workforce?
During this session, you will learn how to create a motivating
environment to retain your best and brightest.
Presenter: Regina Clark, CSP, owner, Left Brain Leverage, Goshen,
N.Y.
HR and the Law
“Lost in MySpace”—How Technology Poses New Risks
for Employers
Workplace Application: This presentation will sensitize you
to the risks presented by employees’ use of MySpace, instant
messaging, blogs and similar technology while at work, and help
you design a strategy for minimizing liability.
MySpace, instant messaging and blogs are just a few of the popular
communication devices used by employees in today’s workplace.
This presentation will examine the risks associated with these
and other high-tech tools and discuss the use of specific policies
to protect employers from liability.
Presenter: Joseph L. Beachboard, shareholder, Ogletree, Deakins,
Nash, Smoak & Steward, P.C., Torrance, Calif.
Creating Bulletproof
Documentation
Workplace Application: You will learn the seven steps to create
documentation that will withstand the scrutiny of a judge or jury.
You hear it all the time: document, document, document. But you
are never taught how to effectively transcribe your verbal coaching,
counseling or disciplinary conversations into solid documentation.
Learn the seven steps to creating bulletproof documentation as
well as creating contemporaneous documents, the benefits and hazards
of electronic documentation and teaching employees how to document
their own performance.
Presenter: Allison West, Esq., SPHR, principal, Employment Practices
Specialists, LLP, Pacifica, Calif.
Hot Topics and New Developments
in HR: A Public Policy Update Heading Toward the 2008 Elections
Workplace Application: This session is designed to give you the
latest information on pending information and anticipated future
public policy activity that may affect your employees and your
organization.
Important HR public policy issues are at the forefront of activity
in Washington as we head toward the 2008 elections. How will these
issues affect your organization? Mr. Aitken will discuss the outlook
of the 110th Congress as we head toward the fall and summer and
recently released or pending federal regulations on employment-related
issues of interest to HR professionals.
Presenter: Michael P. Aitken, director, Governmental Affairs,
Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, Va.
How Increased Union Activism and Recent Labor Law/Legislative
Developments are Impacting The Workplace
Workplace Application: You will learn about the latest developments
among unions and in labor law and what the implications are for
employers.
What is the legacy of Change To Win’s departure from the
AFL-CIO? How do recent NLRB decisions impact email, confidentiality,
fraternization, solicitation, and policies/practices? If you wish
to be better prepared to recognize the legal and practical implications
of these developments, and related topics, this course is designed
for you. Mr. Lotito and Ms. Outwater will discuss how fast-paced
union and labor law developments over the past year are impacting
significantly both unionized and non-union employers.
Presenters: Michael J. Lotito, J.D., SPHR, partner, Jackson Lewis,
LLP, San Francisco, Calif.; and Lynn C. Outwater, J.D., SPHR, managing
partner, Jackson Lewis, LLP, Pittsburgh, Pa.
International
Going Global? 10 Things HR Absolutely Must Do
Repeated Tuesday
at 4:00 p.m.
Workplace Application: This session will discuss and highlight
10 imperatives for HR professionals whose companies are expanding
internationally.
Going global? Many of you are faced with new issues arising from
your company’s overseas growth. In this highly interactive
session, learn the 10 key issues that you must understand and address.
HR’s support of international expansion is a critical part
of business success… do you know what you must do? Come
hear the 2008 update, which includes specific points on China and
India.
Presenter: Lance
J. Richards, senior director, international HR, Kelly Services,
Troy, Mich.
Speaker Cancellation Halliburton’s Finance and HR Team Up To Roll Out
Global Business Acumen Training
Presenter: Christian
Garcia, vice president, Operations Finance, Halliburton, Houston,
Texas
Skill Development
MEGA SESSION
Empowered Leadership: Four Giant Steps to Developing Leadership
in Your Organization*
Workplace Application: Learn how to empower those you lead, gain
skills to achieve greater performance in others and to cultivate
an attitude of professionalism and responsibility.
Uncover your own meaning of leadership, success and powerful ways
of being. Mr. Robinson will share critical skills necessary to
achieve your successes in life as you pursue professional excellence.
Learn how to empower those you lead, gain skills to achieve greater
performance in others and cultivate an attitude of professionalism
and responsibility.
Presenter: Edward Robinson CSP, CPA, president, Robinson Performance
Group, San Antonio, Texas
* Please note that this session is for personal development
and does not count for recertification credit because the content
is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
MEGA SESSION
Enjoy the Ride*
Workplace Application: This session will show
you how to help people take advantage of their talents, skills
and abilities.
Through humor and reality-tested techniques,
Mr. Gilliland reveals the way to face conflicting demands in
an unforgiving business environment. As a master storyteller,
he uses the power of humor to help people understand and embrace
serious human resource issues, while meeting conflicting demands
on their time and energy. Fasten your seat belt and hold on as
one of America’s premier keynote
speakers shows you how to Enjoy the Ride!
Presenter: Steve Gilliland, CSP, president and CEO, Performance
Plus Professional Development, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.
* Please note that this session is for personal
development and does not count for recertification credit because
the content is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
Changing Times Demand Innovation—Using Humor and Creativity
in Business
Workplace Application: Be ready for a hands-on opportunity to
experience the power of creativity and humor to create a world-class
organization.
The only constant in business these days is change. Human creativity
and humor is the essence of all change and reinvention that leads
to progress. The victories in business will go to the highly imaginative
and creative business person. You will get more reward for your
creative effort, turn mistakes into opportunities, master change
through innovation, enhance productivity and decrease burn-out.
Presenter: Craig Zablocki, founder, Positively
Humor, Denver, Colo.
Surrounded by Geniuses: Unlocking Brilliance
in Your Organization
Repeated from Monday at 10:45 a.m.
Feeling Your Way Through Change—Understanding and Managing
Transitions in Life and Work*
Workplace Application: Attend this workshop and you will learn
new coping techniques for managing transition from reactive to
proactive and leave with a Control Inventory to help you deal with
future changes in your life and work.
Resistance to change involves three areas of performance behavior:
1. Desire
to stay safe in the comfort zone of the old way;
2. Fear of the
bewildering, disorienting place between the old and the new;
and
3. Insufficient motivation offered by the proposed new beginning.
This
stimulating workshop will help you deal in a practical way with
the internal forces holding you back from moving through the
transition process to a higher level of performance, job satisfaction,
and personal happiness.
Presenter: Barbara A. Glanz, CSP, president, Barbara Glanz Communications,
Inc., Sarasota, Fla.
* Please note that this session is for personal development
and does not count for recertification credit because the content
is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
Teambuilding: The Seven Most Valuable Assets for Success
Workplace Application: This session is designed to provide you
with the knowledge and inspiration necessary to bring successful
teambuilding techniques to your team members.
The seven most valuable assets necessary to be a successful team
member will be defined, and action plans will be made to ensure
team member development. Teambuilding, leadership, problem solving,
communication and stress reduction using Mr. McIntyre’s trademark
method, “when things get heavy, lighten up!” will be
discussed. Your focus will be on interactive group exercises and
will feature true-life stories and humorous visuals. The results
will be a productive stress-reducing day where team members’ successes
are increased and agency liabilities are reduced.
Presenter: Glenn McIntyre, co-founder/primary
speaker, McIntyre & Associates,
Camarillo, Calif.
Speeding to Effective Time Mastery*
Workplace Application: You will understand your personal time-management
strengths and areas for growth and improvement as well as develop
strategies and techniques to create more efficient, productive
work habits.
Do you effectively deal with constant deadlines, conflicting priorities,
meetings as well as other time challenges that you are faced with
on a daily basis? With this program, you will gain an understanding
and the ability to be a better time manager. Discover your present
time-management strengths as well as areas that need improvement.
You will leave with a strategy and action plan to develop and implement
more effective time-management skills.
Presenter: Jerry V. Teplitz, president, Jerry Teplitz Enterprises,
Virginia Beach, Va.
* Please note that this session is for personal development
and does not count for recertification credit because the content
is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
Strategic Management
Understanding Your Company’s Culture: Tools to Make HR Practices
Strategic
Workplace Application: This session will help you take on a more
strategic role by aligning your HR practices with the culture and
strategy of your organization.
Culture is your organization’s hidden asset. But what is
culture and how do your harness its power? During this interactive
session, discover innovative and practical tools to define your
core culture and align it with your HR practices. Be strategic
in how you hire, develop, manage performance and communicate so
that you reinforce the culture of your company and position it
for success.
Presenter: Sheila L. Margolis, Ph.D., president,
Workplace Culture Institute, Atlanta, Ga.
Accounting 101: How HR
Professionals Affect the Bottom Line
Repeated from
Monday at 2:00 p.m.
Total Rewards
How Employers Can Convert Health Care Cost into Health Care Value
Using the Right Tools
Repeated from Monday at 10:45 a.m.
Wellness Programs—The Measurable Integration of Understanding
Judgment
Workplace Application: The ability to measure individual judgment
is a critical factor in accomplishing any wellness process.
In cooperation with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee, we have
developed and are implementing a customized wellness assessment.
The assessment complements and moves beyond standard health risk
assessments, and raises awareness of critical lifestyle issues.
We are able to show how it is possible, in a very exact and scientific
manner, to measure the judgment component that individuals bring
to wellness issues.
Presenter: Dr. C. Stephen Byrum, CEO and primary consultant, Byrum
Consulting Group, Signal Mountain, Tenn.
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Masters Series
1:45 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
Break from the Pack: How to Compete in a Copycat Economy
Presenter: Oren Harari, Ph.D. Professor, University of San Francisco.
Sponsored
by: 
Tuesday, June 24
2:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Employment
How to Get, Keep and Grow All Four Generations
Repeated Wednesday
at 11:30 a.m.
Workplace Application: This session will provide you with tips
and techniques for how to hire, retain and integrate a multigenerational
workforce.
With four generations in the workplace, each cohort demonstrates
different behaviors that affect performance. To get, keep and grow
a diverse workforce, your organization must demonstrate characteristics
of organizational engagement—transparency, responsiveness
and partnering. This presentation will provide tips and techniques
for how to engage a multigenerational workforce through integrated
people practices.
Presenter: Giselle Kovary, M.A., managing partner, n-gen People
Performance, Ontario, Canada
The Rules of Engagement: Disability Etiquette at the Workplace
and Beyond
Workplace Application: This session will provide you with valuable
tips on communicating with applicants, employees and customers
with disabilities while reducing misconceptions and discomfort
that may lead to discrimination, revenue loss or, possibly, the
courthouse.
Learning to interact with applicants, employees or customers with
disabilities will not only keep you out of court, but it will also
enhance your organization’s image and bottom line. Based
on the television game show Jeopardy, you will compete in groups
while getting answers to those pesky questions you always wanted
to know but were afraid to ask.
Presenter: Judy Young, vice president, Grants Administration and
National Program Development, Abilities, Inc., Alberston, N.Y.
Tools, Tips and Techniques for Hiring and Retaining the Best Hourly
Talent
Workplace Application: This session will give you the tools,
tips and techniques used by today’s world-class organizations
to hire and retain the best front-line employees.
The leaders of today’s world-class organizations know that
it’s people—their customers and their employees—who
create the bottom line. And when it comes to the second half of
the equation (how they hire and retain employees), they know the
only way to achieve and sustain a competitive edge is by having
better talent at all levels. Learn how these leaders hire and retain
top-notch, front-line workers and savor that winning edge.
Presenter: Mel Kleiman, CSP, president, Humetrics,
LP, Houston, Texas
How to Successfully On-Board Executives and Save
Your Company Millions of Dollars
Workplace Application: This session will provide thought leadership
along with practical and concrete steps and processes to dramatically
improve your speed and effectiveness in onboarding key executives.
The failure rate of newly hired executives ranges from 30 percent
to 70 percent, costing companies millions of dollars. Traversa
conducted research that identified some of the key factors that
influence why some executives succeed and others fail. This session
will provide practical and concrete roles, processes and responsibilities
for the organization and the individual that will dramatically
influence how quickly executives become productive.
Presenter: Sally A. Jamara, partner, Traversa
Consulting, Altanta, Ga.
Securing the Future: Taking Succession
Planning to the Next Level
Workplace Application: This session will prepare you to execute
five strategies for a succession planning process that achieves
the goals of your organization and meets the aspirations of your
top talent.
Some organizations wait until a key office is empty before discussing
succession planning. Others have systems filled with more data
than they can handle. Still others think their process works until “chosen” future
leaders pass on opportunities or, worse, fail miserably in new
roles. Using real-life examples and practical tips, Ms. Hills will
pinpoint the elements that can turn succession planning from just
another HR exercise to a sound business practice that propels the
organization forward.
Presenter: Angela Hills, senior vice president,
BlessingWhite, Chicago, Ill.
NEWLY ADDED Linking Workforce Development & Lifelong Learning
Workplace Application: This session provides you with exemplary practices in learning and development, with specific attention to the importance of the business link to higher education.
In this workshop, you will learn about nine key components of exemplary practices in learning and development, with particular attention to building alliances with educational institutions. Based on extensive research in the field by CAEL (the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning) a national nonprofit, these nine related practices outline how companies can build exemplary learning cultures and actively promote employee education and development within their organizations. You will learn about these specific exemplary practices in employee learning and workforce development and their vital relationship to your company’s bottom line and your region’s competitiveness.
Presenter: Pamela Tate, president and CEO, CAEL (the Council for Adult & Experiential Learning), Chicago, Ill.
HR and the Law
MEGA SESSION
24-7-365: When Aren’t You HR? Managing
Liability Through Supervisors, Managers and Executives
Workplace Application: This session will give you the essential
and practical workplace tools to teach your supervisors, managers
and executives what they need to know to avoid employment-related
liability in 2008.
This highly interactive, skill-building session
will help you sleep at night knowing your supervisors, managers
and executives have these critical workplace tools for managing
the law. From hiring through firing it’s what they don’t
know that creates irreversible liability for themselves, HR and
the organization. This session reveals the top 50+ best practices
that every manager, supervisor and executive should know to avoid
personal and organizational liability in 2008.
Presenter: Mindy H. Chapman, Esq., president,
Mindy Chapman & Associates
LLC, Chicago, Ill.
Employment Law Update
Workplace Application: You will learn about the most important
developments in employment law and what changes you must make to
keep your organization in compliance with the law.
Each year brings new changes, so what was correct last year may
be an outdated practice now! Mr. Rath will bring you up to date
on the most critical developments in employment law. Through an
interactive process, you will learn about the most important court
cases and regulatory developments; exchange ideas about how those
changes will impact employers; and learn critical steps that every
employer can take to stay in compliance.
Presenter: Manesh K. Rath, attorney, Keller and Heckman, LLP,
Washington, D.C.
Taming the Two-Headed Beast— Handling the Conflicting
Goals of the ADA and FMLA
Repeated Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
Workplace Application: This session will prepare you to recognize
and resolve the often conflicting duties faced by companies under
the ADA and FMLA.
The goal of the ADA is to help disabled people find work. The
FMLA is designed to let otherwise healthy people stay home when
sick. Sounds simple, right? Wrong! Aspects of each law affect the
other in a variety of ways, and present a minefield of potential
legal troubles. This session will help you navigate between two
laws by understanding their interplay and avoiding the confusion
so often associated with them.
Presenter: Matthew S. Effland, attorney, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
Smoak & Steward, P.C., Indianapolis, Ind.
Top 10 Ways to Violate California’s Wage Hour Laws**
Workplace Application: This session will educate you on wage hour
compliance under
California law.
This session will give you a better understanding of California’s
wage hour laws. You will learn about the key problem areas and
trends in this difficult area, such as rest break/meal period rules,
standards for determining who is exempt, including the Division
and Labor Standard Enforcement’s (DLSE) revised “learned
professional” exemptions,
and the DLSE’s proposed regulations regarding travel expenses.
We will also discuss your role in ensuring wage-hour compliance,
including how to conduct an effective wage-hour audit.
Presenter: Jennifer Brown Shaw, Esq., attorney-at-law,
Shaw Valenza LLP, Sacramento, Calif.
**Please note that this session
counts for PHR-CA recertification credit.
COBRA: Beyond the Notices. Preventing Potential Legal Liability
for Your Organization
Workplace Application: This session will help you identify
and correct mistakes in your organization’s COBRA administration;
to reduce or eliminate potential claims; and avoid exposure to
penalties and other liability.
COBRA administration is a routine part of life in human resources
and, indeed, all of us have had at least some experience with COBRA
and its administrative requirements. This seminar is designed to
take you beyond the day-to-day requirements, and behind the scenes
with a benefits practitioner who will explain the legal significance
of good COBRA administration. Discussion will include COBRA best
practices, common pitfalls in COBRA administration and tips to
better safeguard your COBRA program from potential legal exposure.
Presenter: Amanda E. Layton, Esq., associate, WolfBlock, Philadelphia,
Pa.
International
Stop Global Whining: The Art and Science of Creating a Culture
of Accountability
Repeated from Monday at 4:00 p.m.
Examining Cultural Differences:
Intercultural Skills for Global Leaders
Workplace Application: This session will help prepare you for
the challenges of global leadership by examining and discussing
differences across cultures and the impact those differences have
on organizations and employees.
This session is designed to provide you with an understanding
of how culture impacts organizations and the people who comprise
them. You will learn effective practices for communicating across
cultures and managing multicultural teams. By increasing your awareness
and understanding of cultural differences in Asia, Africa, Europe,
the Middle
East and the Americas, you will learn how to successfully lead
across cultures.
Presenter: Heather R. Keller, Ph.D., owner, Successfully
Communicating, Glendale, Ariz.
Skill Development
MEGA SESSION
How to Deal with Annoying People
Workplace Application: This presentation will help you improve
personal and professional relationships.
In this humorous presentation, Ms. Alyn shares some fantastic
insights on why we get along with certain people and butt heads
with others. Then she shares practical ways to get along with anyone.
Every person in the world can closely identify with the information
in this session. Topics include the basis of all conflict, finding
your social style, the strengths and weaknesses of each style,
how to adapt to get along with anyone and how to build more effective
relationships.
Presenter: Kimberly Alyn, best-selling author, professional speaker,
founder, Kimberly Alyn Inc., San Luis Obispo, Calif.
MEGA SESSION
Running the Human Race: From Success
to Significance*
Workplace Application: This session will inspire you to develop
your own plan of action to adapt new behaviors into your lifestyle
with the tools and techniques provided in a humorous, interactive,
soul-touching presentation.
There are times in our lives when we wonder
if our vision is in sync with our values. When our purpose, our
ideals and our results are not in harmony, we are out of balance.
In HR, maintaining a perspective when racing to keep up time,
in a car that always seems to be accelerating, is one of life’s
greatest challenges. Learn how to achieve work/life balance,
deal with change and enjoy quality of life.
Presenter: Mikki Williams, CSP, professional speaker, coach, consultant,
Mikki Williams Unltd., Chicago, Ill.
* Please note that this session is for personal
development and does not count for recertification credit because
the content is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
Courage: Overcoming Adversity with Realistic Optimism
Workplace Application: This session will provide practical methods
for accessing your courage, leading yourself and others during
challenging times and applying realistic optimism to face and overcome
adversity in the workplace and your personal life.
When times are tough, it takes more than high hopes and bravado
to persevere and lead. It requires courage grounded in “realistic
optimism,” a leadership attribute that is pivotal in addressing
challenges and adversity in the workplace and in one’s personal
life. Using video case studies, we will explore the critical attitudes
and actions underpinning courage and realistic optimism, and how
you can apply these during times of organizational and personal
duress.
Presenter: Philip Chard, MS, CEAP, president & CEO,
NEAS, Inc., Waukesha, Wis.
Rethinking HR: Putting the Human Back
into Human Resources
Workplace Application: This session will explore why technology
may not be the answer to all of your HR or business issues and
how an increase in human contact can have a positive impact on
your company and your company’s bottom line.
Technology is changing the way we look at business, but is it
always for the better? In HR and in business, the human touch has
become virtually lost because of advancements in technology and
software. Too many HR departments are reliant on technology and
think implementing a technology solution will be the cure for all
that ails their company. Learn why this is not always the case
and why it is important to maintain the human element in HR.
Presenter: Michael Kalinsky, president/CEO,
Empyrean Management Group, Blue Bell, Pa.
Strategic Management
The Leadership Role of HR in Corporate Social
Responsibility
Workplace Application: This session will focus on global corporate
social responsibility (CSR) trends and will identify reasons for
you to initiate and participate in collaborative CSR leadership
roles in your organizations.
To move beyond PR efforts to sustain long-term success it is critical
that you position yourself at the decision table and participate
by designing CSR programs that leverage and engage employees through
leadership, communication and relationships. This program will
define CSR and provide insights on how to link HR as a vital leader
in CSR efforts.
Presenter: Michelle
Sterling, CPLP, president/owner, Building B Solutions, Scottsdale,
Ariz.
HR Budgeting Boot Camp: Overcoming the Prejudice of Being an
Overhead Department
Repeated from
Monday at 4:00 p.m.
Total Rewards
Employee Benefits—Just How Competitive Is Your Company?
Workplace Application: This interactive session will give you
10 strategies that will help you better manage your employee benefits
so that you can remain competitive, and recruit and retain the
best talent.
Employee benefits consistently rank among the top reason that
employees stay with a company. What are the most common employee
benefit offerings? How does your company stack up in comparison
to other companies? What’s the future outlook on employee
benefits, and what do you need to do to prepare your organization
to stay competitive? Find out the facts from new SHRM research
that reveal what companies are doing and plan to do regarding employee
benefits.
Presenter: Steve Williams, Ph.D., SPHR, director
of research, Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria,
Va.
Benefits Confidential: 10 Secrets to Better, More Cost-Effective
Benefits
Workplace Application: Attend this session and learn how to provide
a benefits package that meets the needs of both employer and employee.
Nationally known employee benefits expert Gary Kushner, SPHR,
CBP, will reveal 10 insider’s secrets to providing more cost-effective
benefit designs that meet the needs of both the organization and
its employees. In this session, Mr. Kushner will divulge proven,
applicable strategies and tactics to help you expose opportunities
to improve your health plan choices, prescription drug plan design,
paid time-off programs, qualified retirement plans and more.
Presenter: Gary B. Kushner, SPHR, CBP, president and CEO, Kushner & Company,
Portage, Mich.
Rewarding Top Talent in a Heightened Regulatory Environment
Workplace Application: This session will
outline legislative and regulatory policies affecting executive
compensation and new governance and operational mandates for
compensation committees.
The introduction and expansion of accounting, disclosure, and
tax requirements have complicated the design and administration
of executive compensation. This session will discuss legislative
and regulatory policies affecting the administration of executive
rewards. It will examine the various aspects of executive pay and
discuss current practices and key trends. You will walk away with
practical tools to guide your discussions with the C-Suite.
Presenter: Don Lindner, CCP, CBP, GRP, executive compensation
practice leader, World-at-Work, Scottsdale, Ariz.
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4:00 p.m.–5:15
Employment
MEGA SESSION
How to Concentrate and Maintain Focus in an Environment
of Distractions*
Workplace Application: This session will teach you the skills
of concentration so you stop multi-tasking and start completing
your important work each day.
So many things compete for our attention in
the workplace—noise,
technology, reminders, drop-in visitors— it’s often
difficult to concentrate. This session will improve your ability
to stay on target and focus on the task at hand. Discover how to
stop multi-tasking, complete high priority projects and set up
your office for minimum distractions and maximum productivity.
Presenter: Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, president
and CEO, The Productivity Pro®, Inc., Highlands Ranch, Colo.
* Please note that this session is for personal
development and does not count for recertification credit because
the content is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
The Truth About Hiring the Best
Workplace Application: This session will help you recruit
and select the best people for your organization in today’s
market.
Are all organizations competing for the same “ideal” candidate?
Should you communicate that you’re always recruiting? Should
you send away candidates who are dressed for a day at the beach?
Should you rehire former employees—the boomerangs? The answers
for today’s HR professionals are likely to be different from
those of the past. Come to this session ready to learn the truth,
and nothing but the truth, about getting great employees.
Presenter: Cathy D. Fyock, employment strategist, Innovative Management
Concepts, Crestwood, Ky.
10 Ways to Jazz Your Recruiting and Employee Self-Service Web
Sites: Learn from Chicago’s Tourism Site
Workplace Application: This session will help you use world-class marketing and usability
techniques to boost the effectiveness of HR’s presence on
Internet recruiting sites or employee portals.
Attract and retain top talent through your recruiting Web site
and employee portal using the design concepts from Chicago’s
tourism site, a site that showcases Chicago as a world-class destination—positioning
it as one of the top cities in the world. The site offers a rich,
interactive and personalized experience—the same keys that
will boost the effectiveness of your online HR presence. Mr. Rotella
will share strategic elements to enhance your Web site.
Presenter: Joe Rotella, chief technical officer,
Delphia Consulting, LLC, Columbus, Ohio
HR and the Law
Beyond Employee Privacy: HR’s Role in Securing the Entire
Organization
Workplace Application: This session will help you understand
how HR is playing a larger role in securing an organization’s
digital assets as breaches are increasingly connected to human
error.
Recent headlines regarding data breaches lead to one inescapable
conclusion: people are more important than technology in securing
your organization. Mr. Zeitler will draw upon his 20+ years of
experience as a security executive to discuss how HR can play a
role in securing an organization. In addition to protecting employee
privacy, he will discuss employee security awareness programs,
compliance standards, virtual workforces, hiring/training security
staff, and more.
Presenter: Ed Zeitler, CISSP, executive director, (ISC2), Palm
Harbor, Fla.
Please Sue Me, 2008
Repeated from Monday at 10:45 a.m.
You Be the Judge: Recent Hot
Employment Issues in Court
Workplace Application: This session will inform you of the recent
developments under major employment laws while heightening your
appreciation of the difficulties of these issues by requiring you
to participate in the decision-making process.
In this interactive session, Mr. Mishkin will present the facts
from a series of actual recent employment lawsuits under Title
VII, the ADA, the ADEA and FMLA. You will vote on how you would
rule. Then the actual rulings made by the judges
will be presented. Mr. Mishkin will also explain their legal and
practical significance.
Presenter: Douglas Mishkin, attorney, Patton Boggs, LLP, Washington,
D.C.
Harassment: The Next Generation
Workplace Application: This session will help you improve your
harassment policy and training by discussing misperceptions about
harassment, policy provisions that increase your potential liability,
and policy and training content that will help minimize claims
and legal exposure.
It is more important than ever to update your harassment policies
to include an accurate description of harassment, an explanation
of what it is not, a list of all employee obligations (in addition
to reporting), and other key provisions. This session will focus
on minimizing misperceptions about harassment, enhancing your policy
and training, and avoiding a claimant or jury ruling against you.
Presenter: Sue K. Willman, labor and employment counsel, Spencer,
Fane, Britt & Browne, LLP, Kansas City, Mo.
Wage and Hour Compliance: Common Misconceptions and Errors
Repeated from
Monday at 10:45 a.m.
International HR
Using International Recruitment to Enhance Your Workforce: The
Green Chimneys Experience
Workplace Application: This session will help you design a recruitment
strategy that will increase your workforce diversity, reduce recruitment
costs and enhance the professionalism of your workforce.
With unemployment at an all-time low, companies are struggling.
Green Chimneys has successfully bridged the gap but has strategically
recruited to ensure a more diverse workforce that more closely
mirrors the clients they serve. Through utilizing the J-1 Visa
Program, Green Chimneys has not only increased the number of minority
staff, but has also saved in staffing costs and enhanced the professionalism
of their staff.
Presenter: Shelia V. McGuinness, DBA, SPHR,
associate executive director, Human Resources and Performance Improvement,
Green Chimney’s Children’s Services/Green Chimneys
School, Brewster, N.Y.
Going Global? 10 Things HR Absolutely Must
Do
Repeated from Tuesday at 10:45 a.m.
Skill Development
MEGA SESSION
I Had a Life Plan, but the Magnet Fell off the Fridge*
Workplace Application: Attend this entertaining session and you
will learn how to balance work, home and relationships.
A lack of balance in life leads to absenteeism, safety
issues, increased health care costs and high turnover. An approach
to life that embraces continual self-discovery and self-improvement
helps us balance attitude, reality and behavior to improve the
quality of our daily interactions with children, parents and colleagues.
You will learn:
• Principles for understanding the differences
in people;
• Strategies for reducing frustration and disappointment
with others; and
• Techniques for improving professional and
personal effectiveness.
Presenter: Anne Barab, the Resilience Expert, Resilience Matters!,
Dallas, Texas
* Please note that this session is for personal
development and does not count for recertification credit because
the content is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
MEGA SESSION
What Are We Waiting For? How To Get Off Your
Butt and Live While You’re Alive*
Workplace Application: This
presentation will stimulate adventuresome thinking and create
new solutions to the nagging old problems by reducing misunderstandings,
fostering superb communications and fertilizing brainstorming.
Mr. Walther relays captivating global vagabond
tales combined with sound business wisdom resulting in hilarious
entertainment with a crucial message: While you’re alive, make sure you’re
living! You will learn to nurture relationships, build loyalty
among colleagues, customers, friends and family.
Presenter: George Walther, CSP, CPAE, speaker/author, Speaking
from Experience, Inc., Newcastle, Wash.
* Please note that this session is for personal
development and does not count for recertification credit because
the content is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
MEGA SESSION
The Hunt for Success: Lessons in Leadership
from Africa’s
Most Successful Predator
Workplace Application: This presentation will offer you six cutting-edge
leadership methods that will allow you to empower, organize and
retain key HR assets, be they individuals or teams, in a way that
you have never before experienced.
This session will teach you the “Pillars of Positive Predatory
Thinking.” Six pillars of critical leadership thinking gleaned
from Africa’s most successful predator, the African leopard.
With award-winning footage, Mr. Bernhard takes you into the bush
lands of Africa on the hunt for this 185-pound cat. You become
enthralled by the analogies that are drawn to our hunting grounds—the
world of commerce.
Presenter: Kivi Bernhard, founder/ owner, Kivi Bernhard International,
Atlanta, Ga.
How Rude! The Effects of Incivility in the Workplace
Workplace Application: This session will provide you with concrete
ways to combat incivility and promote the use of business etiquette
in your workplace.
One worker refuses to set his cell phone on vibrate; another believes
she is entitled to bully her way through any meeting; yet another
responds to “good morning” with “What’s
good about it?” These inconsiderate behaviors compound to
create an uncivil workplace. Business etiquette expert Peter Post,
Emily Post’s great-grandson, will talk about how you can
promote retention, productivity and, ultimately, profitability
by fostering consideration, respect and honesty in your workplace.
Presenter: Peter L. Post, director, The Emily
Post Institute, Burlington, Vt.
The Epidemic of Playing Small: How Well-Intentioned Leaders Sabotage
Their Own and Their Organization’s Best Performance
Workplace Application: You will learn a tool to help you play
big—take more risks, keep a bigger perspective, manage emotions
more intelligently and have the tough conversations - so that you
can sustain your best performance.
As leaders, most of us play small: we personalize feedback, lose
perspective and don’t engage in difficult conversations.
Among the many consequences are that we misread our diverse workforce,
mismanage change and allow conflicts to fester. These actions affect
our ability to sustain best performance and causes our best people
to shut down, become disengaged or leave. This session will help
you manage difficult emotions and answer the seven critical questions
of playing big to sustain performance.
Presenter: John Paul Pawliw-Fry, D.C., president, Institute for
Health and Human Performance, Ontario, Canada
The Leadership Challenge: Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
Workplace Application: You will identify the five practices of
exemplary leadership, examine characteristics of admired leaders,
assess their leadership behaviors and commit to a short term action
plan to improve your leadership effectiveness.
For more than 20 years, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have studied
data from more than one million leaders to determine the competencies
essential to making extraordinary things happen. Their research
found common behaviors leaders use to transform values into actions,
visions into realities, obstacles into innovations, and risks into
rewards. The Leadership Challenge’s five practices of exemplary
leadership are about the leadership behaviors that mobilize others
to want to struggle for shared aspirations.
Presenter: Angie Chaplin, M.A., C.P.B.A., director,
Center for Learning and Leading, Lutheran Services in Iowa, Inc.,
Waverly, Iowa
Recertification: It’s Easier Than You Think!*
Workplace Application: This session will describe the recertification
requirements, how to earn recertification credits, and when to
submit your application.
Has it been a few years since you became certified? Not sure what
activities count? Then this session is for you. You worked hard
to earn your certification. Now make sure you don’t lose
it—recertify! If you currently hold a PHR, SPHR or GPHR,
learn how to earn recertification credits through a variety of
professional development activities, many of which you may already
doing. Don’t let these valuable activities go to waste. Get
the credit you deserve and recertify!
Presenter: Grey Scott, SPHR, HR content manager, Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI), Alexandria, Va.
* Please note that this session is for personal development
and does not count for recertification credit because the content
is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
Story Theater—Using Emotional Triggers to Influence Action*
Workplace Application: This session will introduce you to an easy-to-use
storytelling technology that will help you frame your position
with imagery and emotion, thereby enhancing your ability to gain
buy-in to HR initiatives, changes and proposals.
The Story Theater Method is an innovative way to use stories to
motivate, persuade or teach. The three phases of the method are
choosing, crafting and performing strategically chosen stories.
Learn how the “Nine Steps of Story Structure” stimulate
emotional triggers and activate the listeners’ imagination.
Presenter: Doug Stevenson, president, Story Theater International,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
* Please note that this session is for personal development
and does not count for recertification credit because the content
is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
Career Advancement Strategies for HR Professionals*
Workplace Application: This session will help you build self-confidence
in preparation for your career advancement by deploying strategies
for getting promoted or successfully changing careers.
You are often placed in a position to facilitate career development
for others. But what can be done to prepare you for a promotion
or a successful career change? In this highly interactive workshop,
career-advancement strategies, particularly for diverse HR leaders
will be explored. A featured segment is the articulation of a well-constructed
introduction, according to the “new rules of the game,” to
jump-start the process of networking, interviewing and career advancement.
Presenter: Debbie Bullock, Ed.D., CDF, CDFI,
director of human resources, Brandywine School District, Claymont,
Del.
* Please note that this session is for personal development
and does not count for recertification credit because the content
is not tied to HRCI’s body of knowledge.
Communication as a Strategic Business Tool
Workplace Application: This session will help you move away from
the mindset of what we want to say and instead focus on how people
hear things, why they believe certain things and, above all, what
makes them remember some things and not others.
This fast-paced, highly interactive session is geared toward those
seeking new and better ways to communicate. Ms. Spaeth has a philosophy
based on the precept that the listener only remembers a few things
from what is said. Good communication aims to influence what the
target listener hears, believes and remembers. This session is
illustrated by the use of real video and audio examples.
Presenter: Merrie Spaeth, president, Spaeth Communications, Inc.,
Dallas, Texas
Strategic Management
MEGA SESSION
What Keeps Your CEO Up at Night? Strategic Staffing
Workplace Application: This session will explore
the need for understanding a company’s business plan and
discuss the development of associated staffing strategies that
positively impact shareholder value.
Ask any CEO what his or her top five issues
are and one of them will be finding and keeping talent. This
presentation will explore the necessity of understanding your
company’s strategic business
plan as well as developing and then aligning various strategies
that may be employed on a domestic and global scale that will allow
your CEO to get a good night’s rest.
Presenter: Susan Stockton, GPHR, CICP, DDI-TS,
senior vice president, Human Resources, Carreker Corporation, Wylie,
Texas
Heads, Hands and Hearts: Aligning Managerial Practices with the
Strategic Goals of Your Organization
Workplace Application: This session will
convey how to drive sustained success in any recognition initiative
through a consolidated but flexible structure and the involvement
and motivation of the organization’s
managers to make recognition a business priority.
Theory meets reality in this session that demonstrates how strategic
recognition drives corporate mission, objectives and bottom-line
results across an enterprise. Dr. Nelson will share his research
and experience in this important area while Mr. Cronin discusses
the preparation, change strategy, obstacles and results that have
been achieved through the alignment and unification of recognition
and rewards philosophy and programs at Bank of America.
Presenters: Bob
Nelson, president, Nelson Motivation, San Diego, Calif.; and Kevin
Cronin, senior vice president, recognition and reward executive,
Bank of America, Atlanta, Ga.
Learning from the Mistakes of Others—Aligning Your Strategy
with New Metrics
Workplace Application: This session will deconstruct failed approaches
HR has used with CFOs and COOs. You will learn new cross-functional
metrics from finance and operations that are defining how success
is measured.
The strategic HR function is becoming more firmly aligned with
finance and operations, and HR is often using outdated values and
metrics and wondering why we aren’t being taken seriously.
In this fast-paced session, we rethink HR’s strategic alignment
with the bottom line and learn new vocabulary from the front lines
of finance and operations. We will refocus strategic direction,
define “next practices” and “next values” that
will get the attention of the CFO/COO and reshape the language
of success.
Presenter: Karl Ahlrichs, principal, ExpertSpeaks, Carmel, Ind.
Total Rewards
Protecting Your Bottom Line: The Business Case for Safety and
Health Management Systems
Workplace Application: This session will
help you to understand the direct impact of occupational injuries
and illnesses on an organization’s profitability, and the
real dollar value of implementing a comprehensive safety and
health management system.
Businesses spend $170 billion a year on costs associated with
occupational injuries and illnesses. These costs have a direct
negative impact on an organization’s bottom line. This session
will focus on assessing the impact of occupational injuries and
illnesses on profitability and will discuss the related hidden
costs and how a comprehensive safety and health management system
in every workplace will not only save lives but also increase a
company’s profit margin.
Presenter: Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., assistant secretary of labor,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Washington,
D.C.
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