RECERTIFICATION CREDIT AVAILABLE Attention PHR®s, SPHR®s and GPHR®s! This conference has been approved for up to 8.25 recertification credit hours toward recertification through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org. PRECONFERENCE BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAM (Additional fees required) Sunday, October 26 Strategic Diversity Management* 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workplace Application: The overall objective is to familiarize HR managers and executives with the concepts and decisions involved in developing a business case for diversity and leveraging diversity for competitive advantage. . You will walk away with an understanding of the business rationalization for diversity. You will also examine different organizational approaches to diversity management and survey real-life diversity best practices and inclusive talent-management initiatives. More specifically, the objectives of the course are: To provide an overview of the diversity and inclusion in organizations, and to help you identify relevant dimensions of diversity in your organizations. To discuss the importance of managing diversity in organizations, and help you to develop the business case for diversity in your organizations. To share best practices for managing and measuring diversity, and help you to identify improvements to your current diversity initiative. Presenter: Dr. Quinetta Roberson, professor, Department of Management and Operations, Villanova School of Business, Villanova University, Villanova, Pa. Note: This class fills quickly. Please register early. PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (Additional fees required) Sunday, October 26 Becoming A True Strategic Partner: The Ten Step Process 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workplace Application: This workshop will share proven tactics for becoming and remaining a true strategic partner to the CEO and other members of the C-suite. This program will offer you tactics for becoming a strategic partner and well-respected by members of your C-suite. Beginning with Step One — Authentic Leadership through Step Ten — Strategic Execution¸ this session will help you create the map required to become a true strategic partner and develop your team into strategic partners as well. Presenter: Grace A. Odums, independent consultant, Elkins Park, Pa. How to Create a Strategic Diversity ROI Plan: A Simulation 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workplace Application: This session will illustrate the use of diversity metrics as a measurement and accountability system to enhance diversity change efforts. There is a common saying—“you can’t manage what you don’t measure”—that is certainly true when it comes to diversity. Measuring the results of diversity initiatives is key to demonstrating its value to organizational performance. This presentation will use an interactive “mini case study” scenario using specific computer-based tools and other approaches to forecast, plan and implement challenging but realistic goals to achieve a set of diversity initiatives. Presenter: Dr. Edward E. Hubbard, president and CEO, Hubbard & Hubbard, Inc., Petaluma, Ca. Starting A Diversity Initiative from Scratch 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workplace Application: This program is designed to take you through the process of creating a diversity initiative from day one forward. So your organization has decided to "do Diversity!" Where do you start? What do you do? How do you make it work? This session will discuss the steps to take, and will provide real-life examples of ways to accomplish the shift from "HR program du jour" to operating philosophy. Participants will take away a checklist of things to consider and a list of resources to consult in introducing Diversity to their workplace. Presenter: Mary-Jane Sinclair, SPHR, president, Sinclair Consulting, Inc., Morristown, N.J. Copyright © Society for Human Resource Management 1800 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314 U.S.A. 1.800.283.SHRM (U.S. only) +1.703.548.3440 TTY/TDD: +1.703.548.6999 FAX: +1.703.535.6490 E-mail: shrm@shrm.org www.shrm.org