SPHR
Attention SPHRs! Sessions marked with this symbol count toward the 15 hours of strategic management required for the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR®) recertification.

Preconference Workshops

Are you looking for an opportunity to acquire skills to maximize your competencies to become a more knowledgeable contributor to your organization? Take advantage of these unique learning opportunities by arriving early—and make the most of your conference experience by attending a special preconference workshop or two! These workshops offer unique, in-depth approaches to understanding important workplace issues that affect your organization’s viability in today’s business environment. Additional program fees and advanced registration are necessary.

 

Saturday, June 21, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 22, 8:00 a.m.–Noon

 

Saturday, June 21, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

The Personal Credibility Factor: Maximizing Your Impact in HR Management—Part I * SPHR

SESSION #701

Workplace Application: You will complete the workshop with an in-depth Personal Credibility Scorecard and walk away with your Personal Credibility Action Plan.

 

According to the best and most current research available, personal credibility in HR professionals is the competency that forms the foundation for success in the profession. HR professionals who are most successful at improving business results possess and demonstrate personal credibility. This exciting workshop helps you fully understand this powerful competency and builds the skills needed to maximize HR effectiveness. During this highly interactive workshop, you will learn:

  • Credibility in HR: What matters most?
  • Position vs. interpersonal influence, and the appropriate use of each
  • Three critical factors of effective influence—What it really takes!
  • Insight for effective communication through better understanding of styles
  • Building credibility through effective interactions
  • Handling difficult interactions—including effective disagreement!
  • Proposing your ideas with increased credibility
  • Linking personal credibility and strategic HR impact

*You must register for Parts I and II of this workshop. Part II is session #801.

Presenter: Sandra Allgeier, SPHR, HR Consultant, Louisville, Ky.

The Investigations Seminar: Investigation Misconduct in a Diverse Workplace Part I *

SESSION #702

Workplace Application: This session will help you learn how to conduct effective internal investigations of allegation of employee misconduct.

 

Allegations of employee misconduct require you to be able to conduct effective
internal investigations. These investigations require skill in questioning witnesses, documenting interviews, collecting documents, assessing credibility and making a factual determination. Investigating employee complaints effectively enhances the work environment and minimizes the employer’s risk of legal liability.

 

*You must register for Parts I and II of this workshop. Part II is session #802.

Presenters: Douglas Mishkin, partner, Patton Boggs, Washington, D.C., and Alyssa Senzel, associate, Patton Boggs, Washington, D.C.

Compensation Basics—Part I *

SESSION #703

Workplace Application: This session is designed to offer a comprehensive overview of compensation in the HR function.

 

This session covers topics that constitute the basic elements of compensation. Topics covered include fundamentals of base pay, job analysis, job evaluation, market analysis, salary ranges, legal defensibility, incentives, pay for performance, merit pay, performance management, salary surveys and total compensation. This seminar enables generalists to become more effective compensation professionals inside organizations and work with others in compensation management.

 

*You must register for Parts I and II of this workshop. Part II is session #803.

Presenter: Sharon Koss, SPHR, CCP, president, Koss Management Consulting,
Seattle, Wash.

Facilitation Excellence: “The Seven Separators”—Part I *

SESSION #704

Workplace Application: Whether you are called upon to facilitate strategy sessions, team building or other high-level executive sessions, you don’t want to miss this fast-paced, highly interactive workshop that will provide you with seven key skills that separate great facilitators from the rest of the pack.

 

What is it that separates great facilitators from good ones? How do great facilitators make their sessions so much better? Through training over 10,000 facilitators, we’ve identified seven key behaviors that we believe distinguish the best facilitators from the rest of the pack. In this fast-paced, dynamic session, Mr. Wilkinson will give you the opportunity to observe and practice the “Seven Separators” of great facilitation.

 

*You must register for Parts I and II of this workshop. Part II is session #804.

Presenter: Michael Wilkinson, certified master facilitator, managing director, Leadership Strategies, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.

Teaching Leaders to Collaborate—Part I *

SESSION #705

Workplace Application: This experiential program will show you the skills that are essential in helping leaders become more effective at collaboration.

 

Leadership programs at organizations as varied as the Stockholm School of Economics, NASA and the University of California teach five key skills that help leaders become more effective at building collaboration. Abundant research has shown that collaborative environments are more productive and profitable and that the ability to build strong collaborative relationships is essential to career growth. This workshop will outline the five skills and will give you an experiential exercise for each skill.

 

*You must register for Parts I and II of this workshop. Part II is session #805.

Presenter: Jim Tamm, J.D., president, RC Group, South San Francisco, Calif.

Project Management for HR Professionals **

SESSION #706

Workplace Application: Learn key project management tools and skills that you can use immediately!

 

Project management is an emerging competency that will improve your current contributions to your organization and increase your marketability and employability. Learn project management tools that you can immediately apply to your current work assignment including the project charter, kick-off and status meetings, project status reports, stakeholder analysis, risk assessment and lessons learned. You will learn about career development and certification in project management as well as the support networks that are available to assist you on your project management journey in an HR environment.

 

Presenters: Kathy Mosgrove, SPHR, P.Eng., PMP, president, HRPM Consulting, Ottawa, Ontario; and Kathi Kroop, SPHR, president, PMI HR SIG, Tualatin, Ore.

**Project Management for HR Professionals is offered twice as a four-hour workshop. Select either Session #706 or Session #806 according to your preference to be in the Saturday or the Sunday session.

Championing Change Successfully in Your Organization

SESSION #707

Workplace Application: This session will help you understand the complexities of change and help you champion change more successfully.

 

As HR professionals you deal with change everyday! This interactive, fun session will explore the nature of individual and organizational change. It will provide valuable, practical and relevant tools to assist you in managing, leading and championing change. While gaining insights on your tendencies towards change, you will also learn to think like a consultant and effectively assist others in making the choice to change.

 

Presenter: Kevin Eikenberry, chief potential officer, The Kevin Eikenberry Group, Indianapolis, Ind.

The Performance Review Workshop for Human Resource Professionals

SESSION #708

Workplace Application: Learn how to better develop and objectively evaluate a performance review system, train supervisors to plan, write and present performance reviews and coach a supervisor through an employee performance issue.

 

This preconference workshop will help you re-evaluate the building blocks of an effective performance review program. You will look at the different elements of a review system and learn what supervisors in your organization need to know to plan, write and present an effective performance review. You will learn how to coach them through challenging performance feedback situations. Most importantly, you will leave with the tools you need to establish, update or reinvent a performance review system for your organization.

 

Presenter: Mike Deblieux, president, Mike Deblieux Human Resources, Tustin, Calif.

Mission-Driven Interviews™— Moving Beyond Behavior-Based Questions

SESSION #709

Workplace Application: You will learn an interviewing approach that will empower you, your managers and your entire organization with the knowledge, skills and behavioral characteristics needed to find the “right” candidates— the ones who can meaningfully contribute to the attainment of your organization’s mission.

 

Few business functions have greater impact than employment interviewing. Mission driven interviewing™ (MDI) will enable you—individually or as part of a larger organizational effort—to recognize, maximize and leverage the power and impact of effective interviewing. In addition, MDI provides tools and techniques that encourage consistency throughout the interviewing process, all within a framework that affords you flexibility to incorporate the realities of your organizations’ cultures, as well as the nuances of your own personal styles.

 

Presenter: Cathy Lee Gibson, SPHR, director, Human Resource Management Programs, Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Shoreham, N.Y.

Hire the Best, Document the Rest and Stay Out of Court

SESSION #710

Workplace Application: This session combines the best practical advice on hiring practices from recruiting through the firing process. Plus, learn how outsiders (judges, attorneys and juries) look at us.

 

It used to be so much easier to manage employees. The corporate philosophy was, “Do it or else.” Employees now consider this a “hostile work environment.” Most managers consider hiring and interviewing an interruption of their day. Too often they look at discipline as a tool to “get even” and “documentation” as something HR made up. This is a recipe for poor performance, morale issues and lawsuits.

You will learn:

  • How to interview, evaluate and document “Attitude”;
  • The power of consistency and documentation;
  • How to deal with issues of absenteeism, drug/alcohol abuse, poor morale, family leave, ADA accommodation;
  • Five preventive practices to stay out of court; and
  • Two questions that will explain the motivation of any employee.

Presenter: Hunter Lott, partner, HCap International, Lawrence, Kan.

 

Sunday, June 22, 8:00 a.m.–Noon

The Personal Credibility Factor: Maximizing Your Impact in HR Management—Part II *

SESSION #801

The Investigations Seminar: Investigation Misconduct in a Diverse Workplace—Part II *

SESSION #802

Compensation Basics—Part II *

SESSION #803

Facilitation Excellence: “The Seven Separators”—Part II *

SESSION #804

Teaching Leaders to Collaborate— Part II *

SESSION #805*

Project Management for HR Professionals **

SESSION #806

Workplace Application: Learn key project management tools and skills that you can use immediately!

 

Project management is an emerging competency that will improve your current
contributions to your organization and increase your marketability and employability. Learn project management tools that you can immediately apply to your current work assignment including the project charter, kick-off and status meetings, project status reports, stakeholder analysis, risk assessment and lessons learned. You will learn about career development and certification in project management as well as the support networks that are available to assist you on your project management journey in an HR environment.

 

Presenters: Kathy Mosgrove, SPHR, P.Eng., PMP, president, HRPM Consulting Ottawa, Ontario; and Kathi Kroop, SPHR, president, PMI HR SIG, Tualatin, Ore.

**Project Management for HR Professionals is offered twice as a four-hour workshop. Select either Session #706 or Session #806 according to your preference to be in the Saturday or the Sunday session.

The Need to Lead: Strategies for Disaster Planning and Recovery

SESSION #807

Workplace Application: This hands-on session will help you understand the steps necessary for you to play a leadership role in developing and implementing disaster preparedness and recovery plans for your organization.

 

How prepared are you for the possible disasters in your workplace? Learn disaster preparedness and recovery planning basics and feel empowered to help your organization return quickly to productivity and profitability. Those who plan have better odds for survival.

 

This session covers:

  • Creating the business case; preparing business impact/vulnerability analyses and training scenarios.
  • Developing contingency HR policies and programs.
  • Developing a contingency communications plans.
  • Understanding leadership competencies needed and self-assessment.

Presenter: Kathryn D. McKee, president, Human Resources Consortia, SantaBarbara, Calif.

The Accounting Treasure Hunt SPHR

SESSION #808

Workplace Application: This session will provide you with the information you need to communicate effectively with your CFO, controller and other financial professionals in your organization.

 

In this seminar, you will learn about the information contained in the balance sheet, and income statement, as well as revenue recognition, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and many other financial concepts that baffle many nonfinancial professionals. If you want to be able to communicate effectively with your CFO, controller, and other financial professionals in your organization, and if you want to better understand the financial consequences of your responsibilities as an HR professional, then the Accounting Treasure Hunt® is for you!

 

Presenter: Lawrence G. Singleton, Ph.D., certified public accountant, Singleton Associates, McLean, Va., and associate professor of accountancy, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Team Building for Maximum Performance

SESSION #809

Workplace Application: This presentation will introduce time-tested strategies and tactics that will help you turn your group into an unbeatable team that provides sustainable, profitable growth.

 

Greatness in your organization is seldom about the performance of a few superstars. It’s about getting an extraordinary performance from every team member. Teams continuously deal with changes, diversity, stress and other stimuli that may leave team members fearful, confused and angry. As these situations continue, commitment, loyalty and performance deteriorate until teams are operating far below their potential. This workshop teaches team building processes and methods that allow senior executives, managers and individuals to rethink their strategies and tactics to provide sustainable profitable growth. This program also allows team members to find personal benefits in the team’s higher performance.

 

Presenter: Art Jackson, president and chief consultant, Eagles Nest Performance Management, Inc., Woodbridge, Va.

Skeletons, Brooms and Old Baggage: Cleaning Your Closet
with an HR Audit SPHR

SESSION #810

Workplace Application: This session will provide valuable checklists and practical advice to allow you to evaluate your employment policies, practices and procedures from the application stage all the way through termination with a goal of reducing and preventing costly lawsuits and governmental audits.

 

Time, limited resources and added responsibilities can result in a lot of dust gathering in HR departments. This interactive program provides practical advice and valuable tools to assist you in evaluating your employment policies, practices and procedures and do some needed spring cleaning. By taking a cradle-to-grave approach, Mr. Davis will walk you through a complete audit of the HR function to address critical issues and areas that often lead to litigation or governmental audits.

 

Presenter: Timothy A. Davis, JD, managing member, Constangy Brooks & Smith, LLC, Kansas City, Mo.

 

 

To attend a preconference session you must register for the full conference and the preconference session. Preconference sessions are not sold individually. Please see the registration form.

 

* Note: You must register for both parts of any two-part workshop.

 

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