Conference Agenda

Registration

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM PDT

Employee Free Speech vs. Workplace Civility: How Can A Company Strike the Proper Balance?

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PDT

10 Tips That Will Get Employees to Read What You Write

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PDT

Stuck in the Middle: Tools for Managing Conflict

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PDT

The Gig Economy: The Risk vs. Rewards and Approach to Compliance

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PDT

Becoming the Chief Culture Officer: HR's Role, Transformation System and Results

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PDT

Defining and Communicating Your Personal Brand to Help Your Career and Your Organization Grow

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PDT

Dear Helga: You Won’t Believe What My Employee Did This Time

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PDT

Global Generational Trends, Challenges and Opportunities Impacting Your Human Capital Strategy

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PDT

Reducing Implicit Bias in Your Talent Life Cycle

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

The Hardest Part of HR Is Letting Go: Key Processes and Resources for Effective Employee Termination

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

Addressing Texting, Sexting and Virtual Nonsense at Work & After Hours

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

The Visionary Leader: Purpose, Commitment and Accountability

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

Using Advocates to Fill Job Openings: The Vital Equation to Help You Hire Better

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

Workplace Jeopardy 2021

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

Crafting a Strategic Vision and Values-Based Culture to Achieve Your Organization’s Long-Term Objectives

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

From Complaints to Creation: A Powerful Tool for Facilitating Emotionally Charged Conversations

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM PDT

General Session #2

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT

Coffee Break in Expo

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT

Expo Open

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PDT

Expo Open

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM PDT

Coffee & Networking

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT

Pay Equity: Meeting the Evolving Requirements and Becoming Who Your Organization Wants to Be

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT

Maximizing and Measuring the People, Planet and Profit Impact of Workforce Flexibility

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT

Coming of Gender

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT

Recruitment Marketing for the Accidental Recruiter

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT

Addressing Subtle Acts of Exclusion: A New Framework for Creating Truly Inclusive Workplace Cultures

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PDT

The Cherry on Top: How to Add Value to Your People, Products and Services

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PDT

Radical Transparency Starts Right Here with You

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PDT

Global Blind Spots: Creating a Global Mindset and Cultural Competence in Your Global Organization

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PDT

This Lawsuit Is All HR’s Fault!

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

Navigating the California Leave-of-Absence Maze: How Comfortable Are You?

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

Harassment Today: Where Change Has (and Has Not) Happened

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

Extended Work-From-Home Policies and HR Compliance

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

Lunch Service

11:45 AM - 1:30 PM PDT

Networking Roundtables

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM PDT

Networking Experience

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM PDT

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA): What Matters in Protecting Our Service Members’ Employment Rights

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

Remote Success: How My Team Beats Your Team in Their Pajamas

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

The Tangled Web of Immigration, Employment Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

Shaping the Hiring Process in Small to Midsize Businesses

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

Candidates as Consumers: How to Optimize Your Recruiting Efforts to Attract Ideal Talent

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

Disrupt D&I: How to Show Up, Fix Flaws and Create Real Change

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

Communicating Complex HR and Benefits Topics to a Distracted World

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

Technology Meets HR: Selecting and Justifying the Right Solution

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

4sight: Creating the Anticipatory HR Department

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

Top 5 Priorities for an HR Department of One

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

It’s Okay to be Human!! Proven Ways to Effectively Lead Your HR Role

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

Negotiating Health Benefits 101

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

Help! I Have California Employees on the Payroll. Now What?

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

The Global Expedition to Attract and Engage Talent: Successful Total Rewards Strategies Around the World

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

Refreshment Break in Expo

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM PDT

I’m Still Standing: Rising Up with Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty and Adversity

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PDT

BIG Data: The Mystery, the Myth, the Magic

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PDT

Becoming a Strategic Leader, Thinker and Value-Adder: The Role HR Must Play in Organizational Strategy

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PDT

A 10-Step Employee Engagement Roadmap for These Times

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PDT

Double Consciousness, Double Jeopardy: The Effects of Racial Tokenism on Black Employees

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PDT

Workforce 2030: Are You Ready?

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PDT

Stop, Collaborate and Listen! Mastering Strategic HR Through the Art of Collaboration

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

The Global Assignment: An Overview of the Components to a Successful and Compliant Expat Assignment or transition to International Remote Working

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

Leveraging Technology to Attract, Mobilize and Manage Foreign Talent in Today’s Global Environment

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

Don't Change Your Culture, Celebrate It

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

Student Loan Debt and How Employer Repayment Programs Can Help Employers and Employees

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

Culture Is King: Laying a Strong ‘People Foundation’ for Business Success

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

The Gift of Change – Letting Go of Exhaustion, Confusion and Anger to Find a New Beginning

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT