HRSWC
Announces 2015 Pre-Conference Workshops
Pre-conference
workshops will be offered on Sunday, Oct. 25 – prior to the official start of
The HRSouthwest Conference – providing the opportunity to earn up to eight
additional HRCI recertification credit hours and eight SHRM PDCs. Separate registration for pre-conference workshops is
required and now open. Please note that additional fees apply to attend these
sessions and seating is limited; therefore, early registration is highly
encouraged
Your Greatest Business Advantage –
Company Culture and Cohesive Teams (approved for 8 HRCI Business/Strategic Recertification Credit Hours and 8
SHRM PDCs)
8:00 AM – 5:00
PM
Alice Dendinger, SPHR
If teams in your organization are dysfunctional, it is often a result of what
is allowed or not allowed within your business culture. Teamwork is part of the
culture and the single most untapped competitive business advantage. By
successfully leading cohesive teams – you get collective results. As HR
leaders, we have the power to transform beliefs about our culture and enhance
profit and productivity by building more cohesion in teams throughout the
business enterprise. Through exploration of different approaches to cultural
design and a deep dive into Patrick Lencioni's Five Behaviors of a Cohesive
Tea, and associated tools for each component of the five behaviors,
participants will gain knowledge and skill to create a greater competitive
advantage for their business stakeholders.
Workplace
Investigations – Law, Procedure & Best Practices (approved for 8 HRCI HR/General
recertification credit hours and 8 SHRM PDCs)
8:00 AM – 5:00
PM
Dustin Paschal, JD & Paul Simon,
JD
This workshop
is designed to train HR professionals on all aspects of a workplace
investigation, frompre-investigation issues and concerns all the way
through completion and distribution of findings. You will learn through real
world examples and the unique experience of mock investigations throughout the
day.
PHR/SPHR Crash Course (no credit hours)
8:00 AM – 5:15 PM
Danyelle Keenan, SPHR; Denise Kingland, SPHR; Judy Martin,
SPHR; Rosalie Robinson, SPHR; Carol Rogers, SPHR; and Shanna Warren, SPHR
HRSWC’s
"Crash Course" for the PHR and SPHR exam will help individuals prepare for this
extensive exam by providing participants with overviews of the HRCI Body of
Knowledge categories, study materials and resources, and exam-taking tips.
Developing
Your Business Acumen (approved
for 4 HRCI Business/Strategic recertification credit hours and 4 SHRM PDCs)
8:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Danyelle
Keenan, SPHR
In order to be
successful in today’s business environment, it is critical that human resources
professionals are able to show that your contributions are more than task-based,
operational functions. Participants will learn about the numerous opportunities
to influence and impact the business outside of the day-to-day HR
paperwork by outlining specific steps one can take to become a true strategic
partner and develop a basic business acumen. This workshop will highlight the
knowledge, behaviors and attitudes needed to truly be a strategic HR partner
and teach participants to explore relationship connections, organizational
change management and embracing risk.
Strategic HR Alignment (approved for 4 HRCI
Business/Strategic recertification credit hours and 4 SHRM PDCs)
1:00
PM – 5:15 PM
Deborah
Avrin, SPHR
Is your human
resource plan aligned with your organization’s strategic plan? When your HR
plan cascades from your organization’s goals and objectives, you will be viewed
as a strategic partner with the ability to make a major contribution to the
success of your company. This workshop begins with a hands-on activity to
experience the process of strategic planning. As you experience strategic
planning from your "seat at the table," you will learn how to interpret
information from external sources related to your industry’s business
environment. The second part of this workshop focuses on how to align the human
resources strategic plan with the organization’s strategic plan and how to
execute the strategies you’ve planned.
Click here for speaker bios and more detailed
descriptions of some of the workshops.
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