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1 | HRIA 2016 CONFERENCE | SESSION SCHEDULE

Keynotes

Ryan EstisNext Level Leadership - Managing Breakthrough Performance in the New Economy

Wednesday, April 20 8:15 - 9:15 am

This keynote prepares leaders to thrive in today’s increasingly connected, competitive business environment. Ryan challenges conventional leadership practices and explores progressive techniques and technology that pace with the evolving needs of today’s knowledge worker. As our workforce and customers evolve, the approach to effective leadership also needs to transform. Traditional command and control leadership is giving way to a more connected, collaborative and flexible approach to managing people and performance.

This interactive keynote delivers new ideas, information and actionable insights that leaders can leverage immediately to drive productivity and performance. The outcome of this keynote will be leaders who are prepared to capture employee commitment, elevate productivity and performance and drive business growth.

Cheryl CranThe Future of Work Wednesday, April 20 3:15 - 4:15 pm

Cheryl Cran helps leaders and their teams to build future workplaces, today. Her research into the future of work, technology, innovation, and generational impact provides data and strategies to help drive transformation in a fast paced world. Thousands of her clients have benefited from her expertise in change leadership, organizational development, leadership development, communication planning and project management to result in growth, evolution, and success.

She is the author of six books, including her most recently released The Art of Change Leadership –Driving Transformation in a Fast Paced World; 101 Ways to Make Generations X, Y and Zoomers Happy at Work; and Leadership Mastery In a Digital Age. Her articles have been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes, Metro New York, Readers Digest, Cosmopolitan, Selling Power, Builder Woman, Managing People, Meeting Planners Industry and more.

Todd HirschAlberta and the Oil Rollercoaster: What’s next for the energy economy? Thursday, April 21 3:00 - 4:00 pm

ATB Financial’s Chief Economist Todd Hirsch is one of the country’s most sought-a�er speakers on the economy, with over two decades of experience as an economist, professor, and commentator. In clear-eyed, energetic talks, he demystifies wealth and the economy and answers vital questions: what’s the state of Canada’s economy, how does it impact us individually, and what’s in store for the future?


Change Management and You w/ Laurel Benson

Most people have heard of Change Management, but can we really manage change?

The reality is that it isn’t the change we’re focused on, it’s the people going through the change that is the focus of change management. People are typically looking for leadership, support and direction when a change is introduced, however many leaders focus on the achievement of the project rather than the impact to the people. Learn what change management really looks like and gain experience with some of the tools and techniques change practitioners use to help organizations realize the business benefits of their projects and initiatives in this interactive session.

What you will learn: • The history of change management (OE, OD, etc)• The connection between change management and human resources • Various methodologies (Kotter, Prosci, Anderson Ackerman, Bridges ,etc)• What is change?• How people respond to change (personal and professional)• What does change management do?• Change management as part of projects/part of organizational transformations• Change management as a leadership competency

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Tuesday, April 19

CHOOSE ONE SESSION

Pre-Conference Sessions - 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Making Difficult Conversations More Productive w/Maurice Fritze

As much as you’d like to avoid them, you can’t.

But, you can get more skilled at handling the challenging conversations you face - this training will show you how. Thankfully, you don’t have to be born with these skills ... they can be learned!

Sooner or later, each of us needs to have a conversation with someone that we will find difficult. Whether this difficult conversation involves saying “no” to your boss, giving constructive feedback to a co-worker, or conducting a performance review with a wayward direct report, such conversations are filled with stress and anxiety. During this highly interactive session, you will learn models, tools, and techniques for approaching your difficult conversations with confidence and composure. When emotions run high and there is a lot on the line, you want to be able guide your difficult conversations toward productive ends.

You will learn the concepts and skills required to overcome difficult tactics and effectively respond to emotions — your own and others’ — so that you can initiate and maintain productive conversations even in complex situations with challenging counterparts. Through intensive personal coaching, you will also gain valuable insight into your own personal challenges and leave with proven techniques for greater negotiation success.

The Art of Managing Risk w/ Michelle Luit

O�en as HR practitioners we recognize the need to remind client managers and employees of the need to be properly prepared – to have a plan that will help them achieve desired outcomes. Too o�en, we as HR practitioners fail to follow our own advice! Today’s labour market presents many challenges that were not part of the historical equation when it comes to risk management. For example, consider how much effort goes into the following decisions: how best to manage social media in the workplace, determining whether to out-source HR functions to service providers in the marketplace, or evaluating whether zero tolerance is a sufficient corporate statement in managing the impact of workplace bullying on individuals, leadership, and company reputation.

There is a significant need to stop talking about planning; it is far more important to take time to put the plan in order and make a commitment to re-visit it o�en. In our role of providers of advice and guidance, it does not bode well for Human Resources to be at a loss on how to proceed.

Get the most out of the HRIA 2016 Conference by attending one of the three Pre-Conference sessions.

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LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

STRATEGY


Wednesday, April 20 CHOOSE ONE SESSION

Morning Sessions - 10:15 - 11:45 am

Information overload is a big problem. As HR Professionals you’re likely overwhelmed with demands and distractions at work, as well as the spill-over effect into your personal lives. It's no longer enough to just focus on time management: it's time to think about how you manage your attention and habits. A ‘Productivity Ninja’ is calm and prepared, but also skilled and ruthless in dealing with the enemy that is information overload.

Attend this session for strategies and tips to help extend your focus, beat procrastination and dive deeper into your most meaningful and impactful work.

How to be a Productivity Ninja - for HR Professionalsw/Dawn O’Connor

Goodbye Stress, Hello Life: This is Your Journeyw/ Allan Kehler

We live in a fast-paced society with a seemingly endless list of demands. Countless individuals struggle to find a balance between work and their personal lives. Life will naturally bring us challenges and stress - the key is moving forward so that it doesn't impact other areas of our lives.

Drawing from personal and professional experiences, Allan provides direction that inspires individuals to persevere through their personal challenges rather than avoid or escape them. He challenges people to take an honest look at what lies beneath their pain, and provides the tools to heal through an holistic approach. Allan motivates people to regain control of self, and return to the journey that they were meant to lead.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

The current economic climate requires businesses to make many difficult decisions including initiating changes to the terms and conditions of employ-ment for its workforce. Not every change to employment terms results in a constructive dismissal, but the risk remains. How are employers to balance the need for change in order to keep a business a going concern on the one hand with the rights of employees and the potential for costly litigation on the other? In this session, attendees will examine permissible changes in the workplace and best practices to avoid constructive dismissal.

Deconstructing Constructive Dismissalw/ Stephen Torscher, Thomas Duke and Jill Wilkie

Investigating Bullying, Sexual Harassment & Violence in Union and Non-Union Work Environments w/ Shiloh NeveuFor many, this topic is considered the “so�er side of safety” that should take a back-seat to more hard hitting issues. Unfortunately, the winds of change have arrived. With increased penalties and court rulings against employers, this issue is turning into a liability creeper. This presentation is a “how to” on investigating Bullying, Sexual Harassment and Violence in Union and Non-Union Work Environments. This presentation will walk participants through the most common investigative pit-falls and provide clear operational guidance on how to keep their organizations on the straight and narrow.

Danger & Opportunity: Bridging Cultural Diversity for Competitive Advantage w/ Lionel Laroche

When culturally different people work together in the same organization, they o�en work side-by-side and they o�en experience an "us-versus-them" situation. Immigrants and people born and raised in Canada on the one hand, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people on the other hand think, communicate and respond differently in the same situations, thereby creating many misunderstandings in the workplace. Using insightful diagrams and powerful anecdotes, this presentation examines the root causes of these challenges and suggests concrete actions that individual employees and the organization as a whole can take to improve the mutual working relationships between these groups.

3 Easy Communication Tricks for HR Professionals to Instantly Inspire Respect, Cooperation, and Forward Momentum w/ Dianne A. Ross

Are you exhausted by the anxiety you face during tough talks in your office? From needing to give negative feedback, to delivering bad news, to denying a request, tackling difficult conversations isn't easy; they call them "difficult" for a reason! Join expert Diane A. Ross to discover the secrets of navigating the toughest parts of tough talks: other peoples’ reactions. These easy tricks are designed especially for HR professionals, to help you actually get what you need from your difficult conversations…in a way that inspires respect, action and teamwork.

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, AND RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND SAFE WORKPLACE

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSCRITICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING AND ANALYTICAL DECISION MAKING


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Medical Marijuana and the Workplace: 2 Years Later and Still Growing! w/ Barry Kurtzer

Health Canada’s "Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations" (MMPR) became fully effective on April 1, 2014, with predictions that up to 450,000 patients will be using this medicinal by 2024. These patients could be workers in your workplace! Are you prepared, particularly relating to safety issues? This session will guide you through the new regulations with key strategies and action plans designed to enhance workplace health and safety, while complying with applicable employment related law. Once you have your strategy in place, managing medical marijuana in the workplace will be much easier, and much more meaningful!


Side Effects of Boom and Bust: Helping Your Organization Grieve Workplace Losses w/ Catherine Hajnal

The person you knew in the cubicle beside you – here today, gone tomorrow. The project that comes to an end – expected or unexpected. Decisions made, changes put in place. When we lose something or someone that matters to us we grieve. What if grieving is healthy normal response to loss? What if acknowledging losses and supporting grief builds individual and organizational resilience and fosters a mentally healthy workplace? This session explores the touch points of grief across the functions, operations, and levels of the organization and offers best practices to human resources professionals to facilitate healthy grieving in their organizations.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

The Positive Impact Of Turnover: How Technical Companies Stay Agile w/ David Nagy

Employee turnover gets a bad rap. Although it’s hard to consider turnover a good thing, there are conditions where turnover is essential to the evolution of your business. This talk will focus on the art of managing, motivating, hiring and firing in an environment that demands agility above all. David will share stories on how the company he helped found, LiveOutThere.com, become one of Canada’s fastest growing companies in an atmosphere where employee turnover was essential. David will discuss how your business can recognize the signals that change (for the better) is on the horizon.

WORKFORCE PLANING AND TALENT MANAGEMENT

HRIA PANEL - Strategy: Aligning HR with the BusinessModerated by: Chris McNelly

The role of HR is much more than administration. When HR and business objectives are strategically aligned, teams can achieve the organization's goals more effectively and efficiently.

Join a panel of HR experts in an interactive discussion of aligning HR and business strategy. Gain insight into:• What business leaders want and need from HR • The important role of metrics and data• How to create a more strategic HR team in your organization

The Panel• Debby Carreau• Todd den Engelson• Alison McMahon• Angela Merriott

PANEL DISCUSSION


CHOOSE ONE SESSION

A�ernoon Session - 1:15 - 2:45 pm

Effectively Managing Change in a Boom & Bust Environment w/ Merri Lemmex

Change is inevitable. A post on the Manager Smarter website states that one in three employees cannot adapt to change. Eventually they might, but what can you do about it? Every organization experiences change – even more so with Alberta's economic climate and challenges with the effects of boom and bust in the oil patch. You need to empower your leadership team to deal effectively with change and create an environment that embraces the advan-tages change brings. Today’s challenge is influencing your leaders to deal with the day-to-day changes this economic cycle brings, and especially moving forward when the industry rebounds.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Managing the Unmanageable - The Art of Difficult Workplace Conversations w/ Russel Stratton

No organization can afford to carry passengers who aren’t prepared to pay for the ride, especially in these tough times.

O�en managers fail to proactively tackle challenging workplace issues, through a lack of capability, the absence of a reliable process or a lack of confidence in dealing effectively with perceived “difficult people”. If these issues aren’t addressed proactively you run the risk of the situation getting worse, leading to reduced efficiency and effectiveness for the whole team.

During this highly practical hands-on session learn and practice a set of proven tools to help you achieve positive outcomes.

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Deconstructing Constructive Dismissalw/ Stephen Torscher, Thomas Duke and Jill Wilkie

The current economic climate requires businesses to make many difficult decisions including initiating changes to the terms and conditions of employment for its workforce. Not every change to employment terms results in a constructive dismissal, but the risk remains. How are employers to balance the need for change in order to keep a business a going concern on the one hand with the rights of employees and the potential for costly litigation on the other? In this session, attendees will examine permissible changes in the workplace and best practices to avoid constructive dismissal.

Building Organizational Resilience through TeamScaping w/Margo Purcell

Booms and busts are part of the Alberta business landscape. And while many factors that lead to them are completely out of the control of any individual business or organization, setting the conditions that ensure you survive through the busts and thrive during the booms is within your control.

Join Margo Purcell in this interactive session as you work through ways of assessing the condition of your organizational soil, identify quick-win opportu-nities to enhance soil conditions and generate ways of building fertile condi-tions for your organization over the long term.

COMMUNICATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, AND RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Investigating Bullying, Sexual Harassment & Violence in Union and Non-Union Work Environments w/ Shiloh NeveuFor many, this topic is considered the “so�er side of safety” that should take a back-seat to more hard hitting issues. Unfortunately, the winds of change have arrived. With increased penalties and court rulings against employers, this issue is turning into a liability creeper. This presentation is a “how to” on investigating Bullying, Sexual Harassment and Violence in Union and Non-Union Work Environments. This presentation will walk participants through the most common investigative pit-falls and provide clear operational guidance on how to keep their organizations on the straight and narrow.


Redefining Talent Management Through Personal Accountability Based on The Mentor Mythw/ Debby Carreau

Based on The Mentor Myth, this interactive workshop will provide practical insights on how to rethink your approach to your own career and your organi-zations’ human capital. Most talent management programs are irrelevant to today’s business challenges. Budget cuts, shi�ing demographics, disruptive technologies and economic uncertainty have changed the playing field and what’s required of employees to thrive. Those organizations that have not shi�ed their talent management strategy are at great economic risk. It is evident that a new normal in Alberta business is emerging and this session gives the participant a framework to drive personal accountability and become your own “talent agent”.



Where'd Everyone Go? Assess Your Succession Planning for Good Times and Bad w/ Chris Jones and Lisa ScottWhether Alberta is in a boom or bust, the importance of effective succession planning and leadership development in an increasingly complex, uncertain and rapidly changing world is intensifying. Despite the demographic changes in Canada and globally, surveys show a lack of preparedness to address the anticipated shortage of leaders and experienced workers. The need to reduce the workforce in a downturn aggravates this challenge.

In this interactive session you will assess your organization’s succession planning status against eight best practice areas. You can also complete a comprehensive risk assessment with participant results collated to create a group report.

Sales Mastery: The Key To Increased Leadership Impact in Lean Times w/ Douglas Wagner & Vince Aliberti

The best ideas don’t win. The ideas that get implemented best win. Success-ful business leaders are adept at selling their ideas, proposals and plans. They can generate results even in tough, lean times. Most professionals spend very little time mastering this critical skill.

This session will build on the talents HR professionals already possess and give you the sales understanding and tools to create a bigger impact. You will learn how to understand the buyer’s mindset, uncover the hidden motivators, and communicate the value of your initiative to the decision makers so you can get from no to yes.

Side Effects of Boom and Bust: Helping Your Organization Grieve Workplace Lossesw/ Catherine Hajnal

The person you knew in the cubicle beside you – here today, gone tomorrow. The project that comes to an end – expected or unexpected. Decisions made, changes put in place. When we lose something or someone that matters to us we grieve. What if grieving is healthy normal response to loss? What if acknowledging losses and supporting grief builds individual and organizational resilience and fosters a mentally healthy workplace? This session explores the touch points of grief across the functions, operations, and levels of the organization and offers best practices to human resources professionals to facilitate healthy grieving in their organizations.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

HRIA PANEL - Leadership DevelopmentModerated by: Shelley Rathie

The importance of leadership development provides an opportunity for HR to really make a difference in organizations.

Join a panel of HR experts in an interactive discussion of leadership development. Gain insight into:• The definition of good leadership and where to focus• What a leadership development program needs to include• How to know if what you are doing is working

The Panel• Todd Bassett• Aly Bandali• Lisa Holden-Rovers• Sherri Wright-Schwietz

PANEL DISCUSSION

NEW!


STRATEGY


Thursday, April 21

CHOOSE ONE SESSION

Morning Sessions - 9:30 - 11:00 am

A Powerful Synergy - Human Capital and Sustainable Business Growth/Profitability w/Bruce Baker

Recent Canadian research (Patrice Rivard, October 2014) has shown a significant relationship between human capital and sustainable business growth/profitability. Additional ground-breaking research (James Fisher, 2006) has also shown a significant link between human capital and sustainable business growth success.

An important part of a Human Resource practitioner's success is having a keen understanding of the intricacies of what makes up the business operation they support. Part of this understanding is an appreciation of how "growth" impacts the business and what specific human capital requirements each stage of business growth requires. For the first time, the Human Resource Professional has a powerful model and analytical tools to make a direct connection and significant business case between sustainable organizational growth and human capital.

Developing Organizational Resilience Through Training The Mind w/ Dorota Ulkowska

If there was one thing you could change about yourself to increase your productivity and effectiveness at work – what would that one thing be?

Whatever your answer is to this question, the place to start is the mind. All our words and actions start as thoughts, either conscious or subconscious. If we want to change anything in our life, whether it is professional performance, social interactions, or lifestyle behaviors, we need to start with the mind.

Evidence-Based HR: Using it to Refocus, Reassess, and Resposition Your Organization w/Laura Croucher and Susanne DiCocco

In Alberta's current economic environment, HR professionals are increasingly faced with the need to make sound, rapid decisions. This coincides with a trend towards using prescriptive analytics and evidence-based HR to refocus the effectiveness of human capital across their organizations. As the focus on cost cutting persists, so will the opportunity for HR to demonstrate the value of workforce analytics. By empowering HR to quantitatively understand their business drivers and success metrics, workforce analytics are enabling the HR function to make critical workforce planning decisions using an evidence-based approach. {break} Attend this session to learn how organiza-tions such as Coca-Cola, SAS, Shell, and RBC are using evidence to bridge the gap between short-term operational and long-term strategic workforce issues, and open doors to new people strategies that impact their bottom lines.

Stressed for Success! Managing Stress in the Workplace w/ Susan Sawatzky

We intuitively recognize that stress has an impact on our workplaces, and in these uncertain times it can be difficult to manage. Understanding key factors in a work environment that contribute to workplace stress, and recognizing how to assess and control stress, can assist HR professionals in better managing stress in their organizations.

Yet work is only half the issue. Much of the stress we encounter comes from our everyday lives and from trying to achieve the work-life balance. ‘Stressed for Success’ is designed to provide HR professionals the tools and information they need to understand workplace stress and to empower their employees to build stress resiliency.

Early Riser Session - 7:00 - 8:00 am

Energized for Excellence w/Michelle Cederberg

In today’s fast-paced and competitive work environment it’s important to stand out and make an impact for yourself and those you serve…and stay healthy and motivated along the way. It’s clear then, that abundant energy is at the core of excellence in work and in life. Without it your enthusiasm and output will be poor, and with more of it your passion and productivity will soar!

Health and Productivity Expert Michelle Cederberg believes that when you’re Energized for Excellence you show up as a leader and strive for success in all you do. You take on new challenges, and better manage stress. You feel great about yourself and your capabilities. What’s possible from there?

NEW!

Counts as 1 CPD Hour

HUMAN RESOURCES METRICS, REPORTING, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT



STRATEGY



When Push Comes to Shove: Bullying and Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace w/ David Cory

In a depressed economic climate, can organizations really afford bullying behaviour in the workplace? Join David Cory, Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Development Specialist, as he looks at the cost of bullying and how to best address bullying through a focus on emotional intelligence skills development.

Workplace Investigations and Climate Reviews w/ Sheri Brake

Even in great workplaces, things go wrong. Knowing when and how to respond when things do go wrong will equip HR practitioners with the ability to preserve a healthy culture, avoid liability and ensure compliance.

This presentation will identify the circumstances under which an organization should undertake a workplace investigation and the steps that should be followed. We’ll discuss violation of policies and codes, human rights, sexual harassment, personal harassment and discrimination. Together, through discussion and group exercises, we’ll take a close look at best practices and identify common pitfalls. Additionally, we will cover the fundamental principles of a climate review as an alternative to workplace investigation.

Join us for this session packed with practical and applicable information.

Where to Focus Your Leadership Development Efforts in Times of Volatility w/ Bill Mitchell

“Booms and Busts” are driven by the price of oil. With low oil prices here to stay, how do we as HR practitioners adjust to meet the new realities of developing and retaining talent? Join Bill Mitchell to learn how to adapt your role in HR to drive business results through focused talent management practices and achieve the biggest bang for your buck. Use data driven decisions with confidence to fill top positions and promote talent to greater levels of responsibility. Determine high priority leadership skills critical to develop for business success. Leave this session with practical tools to drive this change.

When Volatility Strikes, Focus on What’s Importantw/Tony Rogers

This presentation explores how Human Resources can be resilient and manage uncertainty, manage the talent pipeline in the long term amidst short term pressures, and anticipate global trends making volatility the new normal. Understand the global context causing the ups and downs and booms and busts and learn the impact of this volatility on leadership and workforce management.

Learning Objectives for Presentation 1.Describe how to balance short term needs and long term planning related to talent and workforce. 2.Describe global trends driving market volatility, their workforce implications, and workforce strategies to manage them. 3.Describe what’s most important to the organization during a critical period of uncertainty.

HRIA PANEL - Change ManagementModerated by: Chris McNelly

Change management is the process of helping individuals and your organization transition from the current state to the desired state. It is constant in today’s business world and HR plays a key role.

Join a panel of HR experts in an interactive discussion of change management. Gain insight into:• Best practices and key success factors• Engage employees and overcome resistance• The important role of communication

The Panel• Laurel Benson• Susan Burrows• Todd Hirsch• TBC

PANEL DISCUSSION

NEW!

Where'd Everyone Go? Assess Your Succession Planning for Good Times and Bad w/ Chris Jones and Lisa Scott

Whether Alberta is in a boom or bust, the importance of effective succession planning and leadership development in an increasingly complex, uncertain and rapidly changing world is intensifying. Despite the demographic changes in Canada and globally, surveys show a lack of preparedness to address the anticipated shortage of leaders and experi-enced workers. The need to reduce the workforce in a downturn aggravates this challenge.

In this interactive session you will assess your organization’s succession planning status against eight best practice areas. You can also complete a comprehensive risk assessment with participant results collated to create a group report.


WORKFORCE PLANING AND TALENT MANAGEMENTLEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

WORKFORCE PLANING AND TALENT MANAGEMENTHEALTH, WELLNESS, AND SAFE WORKPLACE


Thursday, April 21 CHOOSE ONE SESSION

A�ernoon Sessions - 1:30 - 2:30 pm

Essential Behaviors for Better Manager/Employee Conversations w/ Alan Fine

In best-in-class organizations, improving performance begins with the quality of conversations between managers and employees. However, many leaders enter their role unprepared to initiate dialogue that elicits not just better performance, but individual greatness from members of their team. This session teaches a simple set of actions and a powerful process that leaders can use in conversations to bring focus, build trust, and ultimately drive better results. By learning the true nature of performance, leaders begin to believe in the powerful potential of every performer, understand their own role in freeing people up to do their best stuff, and begin taking action to improve individual, team, and organizational performance.

ENGAGEMENT

Hiring the A-Team: Boom Hires and Bust Hires w/ Shawn Bakker

To succeed in a boom or bust economy your organization needs the A-Team! The A-Team is made up of A-players – individuals who perform at a high level and make significant impacts on a business. During booms, A-players effectively manage the high pace and capitalize on market opportunities. During busts, A-players help refocus, manage the lean times, and seek new prosperity. This session will examine what sets A-players apart from others - the skills, characteristics and abilities that make them successful where others struggle. We will focus on how you can identify these high performers, bring them on board, and keep them engaged.

Immigration and Human Resource Personnel: Are you Doing More Than Permitted Under The Law? w/ Evelyn Ackah

Are human resources practitioners crossing the line between what they can do in support of an employee with immigration issues and instead are providing services that only regulated professionals like immigration lawyers and consultants can provide? This presentation will discuss recent regulations dealing with human resources practitioners and personnel in academic institutions with respect to assisting with immigration applications. Are HR practitioners putting both their organizations and themselves at risk of being off side with the new regulations? This presentation will discuss compliance issues and risk management for HR practitioners involved with immigration files and review what are considered legal or consulting activities.

Moving Your Organization To Optimism (even when times are tough) w/ Darryl Moore

In this dynamic environment employee motivation is a critical component to moving your organization forward. And even more important than motivation is to ensure you are not de-motivating your teams. This presentation address-es how to take the organization from a sense of the blahs to haras...in other words how do we change the perspective in the organization to one of optimism when the environment is one of pessimism, disbelief or fear. The presentation reviews several theoretical and practical positions and exercises to help identify and coach a team through the blahs and arrive and rahs within the organization.

ENGAGEMENT

Rehiring Considerations in an Economic Upturn w/Brent Cooper and Shane KingIt’s the spring of 2016 and employers are, or soon will be ready to reinvest in the future. Human resources practitioners will be asked to:

• Retain the goodwill of their staff for just a little longer;• Or rehire and retain those former valued employees who had recently been laid off;

Brent Cooper and Shane King will explain the following: • What are some of the strategies that can be used? Which ones should be avoided?• What is a "recommencement bonus" and how does it work?•What is a "retention bonus" and how does it work?• Should each and every employee rehired be required to sign a written employment agreement?

They will also discuss the strategies that selling shareholders may adopt in the case of depands, and the predicament and role of human resources practitioners in this situation.

HRIS Systems – Capturing Workforce Informationw/ Phil Wong

Managing your key talent through the boom and bust cycle is essential to maintaining an effective workforce. The successful implementation and roll-out of an HRIS system can provide you with valuable information and analytics about your workforce. Establishing key committees, delivering effective training plans, and creating meaningful change management plans will put you on the right path to a successful HRIS implementation. Key learnings about implementations will be shared in this session.


WORKFORCE PLANING AND TALENT MANAGEMENTHUMAN RESOURCES METRICS, REPORTING, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT



Split-Second Appreciation: How one quick human emotion can instantly change any relationship, and any organization w/ Kevin Ames

Research shows, hands down, that employees view recognition as the most important factor (3X more than anything else) in their ability to create great work. Kevin Ames leads participants in a discussion that exposes how appreciation has impacted their own life, and shows them the power it can have on others. Through research, proven methodology and best-practice stories, participants will learn how to transform any relationship, team, or organization.


Total Rewards Strategies w/ Melanie Jeannotte

Organizations that have adopted an integrated approach to Total Rewards are 5 times more likely to report their employees as being highly engaged. But where do you start or begin to refine your approach? Attendees of this session will learn how to:

• Define total rewards• Build an employee value proposition• Optimize a total rewards strategy• Get started

TOTAL REWARDS

Turn it on its Head – What Real Innovation in HR Looks Like w/ Colin Dunne

We will share some of the global megatrends driving change in the workplace and how they are effecting our view and approach ot Human Resources.

We will look at how these global forces are influencing innovation in Human Resource practices.

Against this context we’ll explore new processes for rehtinking the HR function in a way that repsonds to emerging global trends and immediate business needs.

Together we’ll work through this process and ‘crowd source’ some new innovations for long standing HR practices.

This is not change for its own sake, but a pathway to innovation routed in what works and what gets the results that your business needs.

STRATEGY

HRIA PANEL - HR TrendsModerated by: Nicole Jelley

Join a panel of HR experts for a discussion of some of the trends HR can expect to see in the coming months. HR is a constantly evolving profession: join a panel of HR experts for a discussion on current and future trends in the practice of HR.

The Panel• Daniel Boucher• Adam Czarnecki• Alison McMahon• Rachel Moore

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Advance as an HR Professional · 2018-12-20 · with over two decades of experience as an economist, professor, and commentator. In clear-eyed, ... beat procrastination and dive deeper