2011 MHVSHRM Annual Conference

NEXT PRACTICES

Emerging Trends in Human Resources

Thursday, October 20, 2011

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

The Fountains at Wallkill Golf Club

40 Sands Rd, Middletown, NY

Presented by

Mid-Hudson Valley

SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT

This program has been submitted to the HR Certification Institute for review.

Conference Sessions

Session 1: The Future of HR What’s Next for the Profession

Presenter:  Sandy L. Boost, SPHR, CAE

For most organizations today, the business focus has shifted from short-term survival to long-term sustainability.  Achieving sustainability will be a true test of HR leadership in the uncertain economy ahead.  You will explore four major challenges HR professionals are facing today and a two-part strategy for turning the challenges into opportunities for organizations.   You will also look at a case study of Deloitte LLP, where the strategies have brought impressive bottom-line results, as well as employee retention, engagement and productivity.

Session 2: The Virtual Office:  How Virtual Employment Can Leverage Talent

Presenter:  Goeffrey M. Dubiski

The virtual office, working remotely, extreme commuting, flex-time… All these options are beginning to play a important role in recruiting and how we operate business in general.  As more and more virtual arrangements are being incorporated in organizations, have you considered all of the implications of this business trend?  This fast-paced,  interactive seminar highlights how to leverage remote employment in your talent acquisition and retention efforts, why virtual operations are attractive to talent, how you can incorporate virtual arrangements into your talent management strategy and the key role virtual agreements can play in your retention efforts.

Session 3: Coaching with the Brain in Mind

Presenter:  Susan M. Hahn, PCC

While managers and HR professionals add coaching skills to their toolbox, findings from neuroscience and NeuroLeadership, which explain behaviors from a brain based perspective, allow us to tailor coaching language, strategies, and goals to align with individual’s “hard-wired” thinking.  Understanding how the brain works allows leaders to decrease resistance, disengagement and poor performance while increasing creativity, engagement, and improved performance.  Susan will share a few simple but powerful coaching models based on current research from neuroscience and NeuroLeadership that participants can immediately use in their organizations to facilitate positive change. 

Session 4: You’ve Cost Cut and You’ve Downsized...Now Build a Culture of Innovation Through Enhanced Creative Thinking

Presenter:  Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

This program was presented as a “MEGA SESSION” at the 2011 SHRM CONFERENCE!! Learn how leadership capability, emotional intelligence and employee engagement contribute to our ability to create new business opportunities.  Becoming adept at using structured thinking processes and knowing how to implement new ideas completes a winning combination.  The session will share the tools and techniques top organizations use to develop new business opportunities and cultures of innovation. .

During This Full Day Conference You Will Learn

• Four major challenges facing HR today
• A two-part strategy to turn challenges into opportunities for organizations
• How to leverage remote employment strategies in your talent acquisition & management
• Why virtual operations are attractive to talent
• The key role virtual arrangements can play in retention
• A “brain based” coaching model
• How a better understanding of basic brain functioning can improve relationships
• How to have “brain based” coaching conversations to facilitate insights, engagement, and motivation
• How leadership capability, emotional intelligence and employee engagement contribute to creation of new business opportunities
• Structured thinking processes that promote idea creation
• Tools and techniques used by top organizations to develop new business opportunities & cultures of innovation

 

Sandy L. Boost, SPHR, CAEis Business Manager, Member Services Division of the Society for Human Resources Management.  She joined the Member Relations Team at SHRM in April, 1995 after more than 15 years as a human resource practitioner.  Her most recent position was as Director of Comp. & Benefits for St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center in Lorain, OH.  In April, 2005, Sandy accepted the position of Business Manager for the Member Services Division.  She holds a BBA and MBA degrees from the Univ. of Toledo. 

Geoffrey M. Dubiski, MS, CDR, CIR is the Chief Talent Scout and Managing Director of Sumner Grace and Associates.  Geoff’s experience spans public and private sector work having supported Fortune 100 Companies including GE, Scientific-Atlanta, Ingersoll-Rand, Monsanto/Searle and Motorola.  He has presented at numerous SHRM conferences including NYS SHRM, SHRM (National) Staffing and Management Conference and a SHRM Annual Conference in addition to being a highly rated presenter at past MHVSHRM Conferences. 

Susan M. Hahn, PCC,is Founder & President of Swan Consulting Group, Inc.  As an executive coach, workplace mediator, and trainer, Susan works with diverse organizations throughout the U.S., Europe, and Canada. Susan was trained by David Rock in the brain based coaching model, which she now teaches to others.  She serves as Coach Training Consultant for the NeuroLeadership Group.   In addition to her strong business background, having served for 23 years in executive positions, Susan is a licensed psychotherapist. 

Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.is author of The Mind of an Innovator:  A Guide to Seeing Possibilities Where None Existed Before.  Pat has designed and conducted advanced thinking workshops for global organizations such as American Standard, Estee Lauder, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Motorola and the New York Times.  She works with executives to help form their strategic direction while using innovative thinking methodologies, biomimicry and eco-sustainability.  Pat holds an MBA from the Univ. of Toronto Executive Program, an MA in Human Development and a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Development from The Fielding Graduate Institute. 

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