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What now? Are you filled with great new ideas, but feeling like crispy burnt toast at the same time? Do you know where, when and how to get started on new initiatives, without the tyranny of the urgent eating you first? Now is time to put all that we have seen and learned to work for us!

Using a “Play Book,” just like many successful teams do Read more.

Mary B. Lucas offers advice from the smartest man she ever knew—her father. A butcher by trade, he was the greatest executive and career coach she ever encountered. Using her acclaimed book, Lunchmeat & Life Lessons: Sharing a Butcher's Wisdom, as a springboard, Lucas shares what she learned from her father as well as from her own career in the people b Read more.

Your attitude is either in the way or making a way. The human attitude is like a battery that loses its positive charge with all of life’s tests and challenges. Positive people can become negative, and negative people can become more negative! In this energy-filled keynote with Sam Glenn, The Attitude Guy, you can expect to laugh, learn and discover the tru Read more.

The presentation will equip HR professionals with the knowledge and guidance to support proper use and compliance relating to E-Verify, Self Check and the Form I-9.  Questions from the audience should help promote sharing of best practices.  The audience will likely include both users and non-users of E-Verify.  Note that while E-Verify is voluntary  Read more.

We will discuss the following topics:  Form 8955 SSA, Forfeiture, Fidelity Bond, Fee disclosures, 5500 filings & audit requirements, Party & Interest Transactions, Fudiciary responsibilities, timely remittance, partial terminations, hardships, internal contracts & Fraud & Audit preparedness.

Attendees in this session will be given an:Read more.

Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Minimizing the Risk of Misclassification

For nearly two years, the Department of Labor has made the classification of employees and independent contractors a top priority hiring additional investigators for the specific purpose of pursuing businesses who misclassify workers.  A mistake in the classification of a wor Read more.

Enabling leaders on the creation of a highly engaging culture as a way to drive business results

The organization’s tone at the top and the individual leaders’ styles and skills, which shape the “internal climate” of an organization, contribute to an organization’s ability to perform. Learn how to infuse your organization&rsqu Read more.

This session will describe how HR professionals and companies can benefit by earning HR certifications from the HR Certification Institute. Are you thinking about getting your HR certification? Don't wait any longer. Once you become certified you show that you know the most current principles and core practices of HR management. You also become more marketable when Read more.

This session will help identify the reasons behind and problem-solve the most common types of interruptions, time-wasters and irritations in the workplace so employees can have more time and less hassles in their day…thus improving productivity and teamwork.

Tara Mauk Arthur will give a hands on lesson on how to use Twitter, explaining the common terms, tools, and tips that will allow participants to easily understand the mediums. Tara will demonstrate how the HR professional can post for jobs, search for information, and use of the hashtag. In addition, she will provide advice for the Twitter novice to join the conver Read more.

This session will educate attendees on how the law affects the business and how they need to strategically plan for the future of healthcare programs for the employees of the organization with a focus on highlighting key implementation dates and address how to make sure plan design is in compliance with the law.  It will also provide strategies can b Read more.

This session will educate attendees on the basics of the law, how it will affect their organization and how it will impact the strategic goals of the organization and their department.  It will also give guidance on techniques and procedures needed to legally run the organization and help it achieve their strategic goals and objectives in managing their e Read more.

Do any of these situations ring a bell with you or perhaps for those with whom you work and/or coach?

• I have been in my current position for several years; I am just not passionate about it anymore. I want to move up (or out) and am not sure how.
• I have recently been given notice, and am not sure what to do – or even how to look for  Read more.

As a result of regulatory and administrative changes made by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), its General Counsel and the Department of Labor (DOL), all businesses must be prepared for potential impact to their operations. ARE YOU READY? There are proactive steps you can take to minimize your risks, including determining who is classified as a supervisor  Read more.

This presentation will map out safety steps to be considered and practiced by everyone at the workplace to enhance the safety program.  The program will emphasize the things everyone must know for safety to work, discuss OSHA requirements, and focus on safety involvement at every level of the organization.

Description of the Presentation: Compensation can be a complex and challenging aspect/function and the HR professionals must map out their program to ensure the recruitment and retention of human capital for their organization.  This presentation will simplify the complexities of Compensation and provide a mapping methodology and the tools to pinpoint the opti Read more.

In today's competitive work environment, it is essential that managers engage their top performers. Unfortunately, existing compensation-based approaches aren't doing the job.  In this session, Dr. Frank Niles presents a new method of employee engagement based upon the psychology of human needs. The principles and strategies discussed are powerful, practical,  Read more.

Recent amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act and accompanying regulations have not made it any easier to HR professionals who have to deal with these intertwining laws (along with worker’s compensation) on a daily basis.  This session will provide some guidance on the interplay between these federal laws in light of the expanded role of &ldqu Read more.

Putting Your Organization on the Map:  Benefits of Participating in the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program (PHWP)

Although these challenging economic times have been difficult for many organizations, some employers have seized the opportunity to create a healthy culture. Organizations from across the U.S. and Canada, are implementing programs an Read more.

This powerful one-of-a-kind program analyzes specific tactics used by actual companies in real life situations. Patrick presents successful case studies where organizations have leveraged Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube to increase revenue and brand awareness. No other session will deliver more exciting ideas and proven marketing strategies than Social Medi Read more.

Great Organizations are able to actually execute and deliver strategies that produce world-class results.  This ability to execute separates the good from the Great.

The Four Disciplines of Execution is a methodology to:

1. Achieve world-class, consistent execution of critical goals…every time.
2. Increase morale while signifi Read more.

This session will focus on how HR Professionals can keep financial considerations at the forefront of their decisions. The primary objective will focus on the importance of viewing the business from a medium to long term perspective to ensure continued Organizational success. Topics covered will include:

1. Why generating cash is important to Shareholde Read more.

There is no such thing as a difficult person (Just people with difficult personalities) Understanding people from the inside out for HR.

Human Resources is about to become a lot easier! Learn how to “speak” the language of the nine basic personalities. This includes learning the basic motivation a Read more.

Toto, We are not in Kansas Anymore: GPS Yellow Brick Road Strategies for the new OFCCP Affirmative Action Plan Initiatives

The OFCCP has upped the stakes for Affirmative Action compliance, leaving many of us looking for new knowledge, bravery for the battles ahead, and the heart to enact changes.  This hands-on session will take you down the yellow br Read more.

To combat unlawful employment and reduce vulnerabilities that help illegal aliens gain employment, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has created a new brand protection and compliance program.  By voluntarily participating in the Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers (IMAGE) program, companies can reduce unauthorized employment and the  Read more.

Is lack of Trust causing your organization to pay high "Trust Taxes"?

Everyone contributes to a high-trust organization. Often results are hindered by a simple lack of trust among individuals but when individuals trust each other - and are trusted by others - communication improves and productivity accelerates as attention is redirected toward objectives in Read more.

Generation X is at mid career and on the threshold of emerging as our next generation of leaders, but are they ready? What’s holding X back? And if they are not ready, or continue to be held back – will Y be our next generation of leaders?  This session will ask and answer these questions while providing leadership guidance for the three primary wo Read more.