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2 0 1 4 C O N F E R E N C E P R O G R A M
28
Concurrent Sessions
ROOM 202
406
Leading the Virtual and Cross-Border Workforce
Workplace Application:
Comply with immigration and employment laws
for cross-border hiring, and address management concerns to support
a virtual workforce.
Increasingly, employers are hiring employees who want to work from home.
What happens when home is in Canada, or Europe or Asia? Employees still
need to work in teams, but gone are the days when all employees worked in the
same office. A panel of experts will discuss the unique considerations of hiring
across borders, including immigration and employment laws, legal compliance
guidance, and employer and employee tax requirements and reporting
obligations. Look ahead to HR and consistency issues including integrated IT
and compensation.
Presenters:
Carolyn Rashby, Special Counsel, Miller Law Group,
Laura J. Mazel, Esq., Partner, Weaver Schlenger Mazel LLP,
Scott Flicker, Partner, Global Employer Services, Deloitte Tax LLP,
Amy Reichanadter, SVP, People and Human Resources Adaptive Insights
GRAND BALLROOM DE
407
The Self-Led Manager: 10 Strategies to
Turn Everyday Managers into Legacy Leaders
Workplace Application:
Train and develop managers through mentoring
to improve organizational effectiveness.
When managers are trained and mentored, productivity and employee retention
rates increase significantly. Improve the effectiveness of our managers and
we improve our organizational effectiveness. HR leaders can fundamentally
shift the impact of managers by preparing them to become self-led managers.
Discover strategies for improving the effectiveness of leaders in the middle of
the organization, developing them in their current role and preparing them for
future organizational needs. Obtain tactics for implementing mentoring initiatives
immediately, and as part of ongoing succession management strategies.
Presenter:
Ann Tardy, CEO, LifeMoxie Mentoring
GRAND BALLROOM FGH
408
Design Thinking for HR Leaders:
A Breakthrough Model to Turn Ideas Into Action
Workplace Application:
Apply a proven philosophy of innovative thinking
and problem solving to keep up with the pace of change in business.
Innovation is at the top of the strategic priority list for companies today. An
Accenture study of 500+ executives showed more than 70 percent include
innovation as a Top Five priority. Successful innovation enables organizations
to respond to rapid change in their environment. As a strategic partner to the
business, HR must think like a designer to generate creative ideas. Discover the
Breakthrough! model for design thinking which emphasizes idea-to-innovation in
four steps. Leave with tools to catalyze idea generation, and create a takeaway
prototype using the Mariposa Design Doing Kit.
Presenters:
Barbara Baill, M.A., Executive Leadership Coach,
Mariposa Leadership and Susan J. Bethanis, Ed.D, Ph.D,
CEO/Founder, Mariposa Leadership
JUNIOR BALLROOM 1 & 2
409
HR Analytics:
The Key to Optimal Business Decisions
Workplace Application:
Use metrics to build compelling business cases
and analyze the effectiveness of HR programs.
When HR uses fact-based decision making—instead of intuition or best guesses—
the function becomes a more credible partner to the business it serves. According
to the Business Week article, ”HR Analytics: Gaining Insights for the Upturn,” fact-
based decisions help HR improve human capital management practices, recruit
and deploy the right talent, cut costs, contribute to business performance and
provide evidence of those contributions. Learn how to build a compelling business
case using metrics-driven data, and how to measure the effectiveness of programs.
Identify common mistakes people make when analyzing data.
Presenters:
Becky Harmon, SPHR, Senior Vice President,
Wells Fargo Bank and Kathy Doan, SPHR, PMP, HCS,
Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank
ROOM 201
410
Best Practices for
Effectively Engaging the Contingent Worker
Workplace Application:
Minimize administrative burden and manage
compliance risks associated with contract workers.
The use of contract workers continues to grow in importance and visibility,
and has become a staple of the workforce mix. Yet, such workers pose an
administrative burden and compliance risk. Businesses must protect themselves
against new legislation targeting companies who misclassify workers, and
aggressive state and federal agencies conducting unprecedented numbers of
employer audits. Obtain fundamental steps to improve your process efficiency,
drive down your costs and protect your company. Learn critical compliance
best practices as well as ways to consolidate your contracts and administration.
Presenters:
Jason Posel, SVP, Strategy and Solutions, ClearPath Workforce
Management and Sue Ortiz, VP, Compliance & Client Services, ClearPath
EAST HALL
411
Forced Choices: Making the Most of Disagreement
(special breakout with joe gerstandt)
Workplace Application:
Support functional disagreement and constructive
conflict to allow team effectiveness to flourish.
Indira Gandhi said, “The power to question is the basis of all human progress.”
To benefit from our differences, we must be able to disagree in a healthy and
functional way. Too often, teams avoid disagreement or bicker ineffectively,
compromising their ability to share information, make sound decisions and
generate creative solutions. Realize the value of disagreement, and learn the
difference between functional and dysfunctional conflict. Obtain tools to support
functional disagreement and constructive conflict.
Presenter:
joe gerstandt, Co-Author of “Social Gravity: Harnessing the
Natural Laws of Relationships”
12:15–1:45 PM
WEST HALL
Networking Lunch, Sponsored by The Vita Companies
