Conference Sessions By Track
Track: Strategic HR
Deepen your understanding of your organization’s business goals and the role HR can play in strategic planning.
Attendees will learn how effective succession planning practices prepare and shape leaders for the roles and challenges of the future, not the past. Thursday, September 9, 2021 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST | |
Data-Driven Learning Strategies: Prioritize Workforce Needs to Maximize Organizational Resources Attendees will learn how to use competencies to assess and prioritize the learning needs of the workforce to develop a comprehensive learning program. Thursday, September 9, 2021 | 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM PST | |
Becoming the Chief Culture Officer: HR's Role, Transformation System and Results Attendees will learn how to connect organizational strategic direction with culture, leadership levers, projects and performance reviews. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PST | |
Attendees will learn the importance of tying an individual employee’s achievement to that of their department, the organization and ultimately the community or global impact that the business is creating. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PST | |
The Gig Economy: The Risk vs. Rewards and Approach to Compliance Attendees will learn how to effectively manage the use of gig workers to insure optimal results and balance opportunity, compliance and risk. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PST | |
The Visionary Leader: Purpose, Commitment and Accountability Attendees will learn how to augment day-to-day management skills and inspire employees to attain the highest levels of performance. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PST | |
Maximizing and Measuring the People, Planet and Profit Impact of Workforce Flexibility Attendees will learn how deliberately engineering workforce flexibility programs drives organizational results Friday, September 10, 2021 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST | |
Strategic vs. Tactical: Top 10 Tips for Getting OUT of the Weeds and Thinking Strategically Strategy is where it's at in today's hyper-competitive workplace. This session will get you out of the weeds and focused on the Bigger Picture! Friday, September 10, 2021 | 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM PST | |
The Radical Reinvention of Human Resources - Why It's Necessary & What It Looks Like In Action Attendees will understand why it is critical to reimagine HR, how to begin the journey and what a transformed HR function looks like in practice. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM PST | |
The 3 R’s of Highly Successful Companies Friday, September 10, 2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST | |
The New Voice of Our Employees: What You Need to Know from Employees Around the World Attendees will be exposed to employee survey feedback collected from over 15 million employees in over 200 countries working in every major industry around the world. Data encompasses feedback from the racial injustice movement to workplace safety during a pandemic. and distinguishes between topics that are truly important from those that are merely interesting. This session is the story behind the numbers. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM PST | |
4sight: Creating the Anticipatory HR Department Attendees will find out how to create an HR organization that is constantly looking ahead while also addressing the challenges of the present. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PST | |
Attendees will leave with confidence and tools to be more strategic leaders and thinkers, adding more value to their organizations immediately upon return from SHRM21. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST | |
BIG Data: The Mystery, the Myth, the Magic Attendees will learn about the common ways big data is used, how it works to drive HR and business success, while maximizing insight to your organization. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST | |
Workforce 2030: Are You Ready? Attendees will review the most up-to-date data from the world’s leading companies and consultants on the trends affecting the workforce of the future. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST | |
Don't Change Your Culture, Celebrate It Attendees will gain a clear understanding of an organization's culture, resulting in improved decision-making & integration into people's practices, even when working from home. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST | |
Stop, Collaborate and Listen! Mastering Strategic HR Through the Art of Collaboration Attendees will learn how to move from isolationist to collaborative approaches to increase the desire for HR partnership among organizational stakeholders. Friday, September 10, 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST | |
Calculate Turnover Costs Like a CFO: Drive Bottom-Line Results Attendees will learn how to align their HR strategies to the organization's strategies by building their business acumen skills. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PST | |
The Change Curve: Managing Uncertainty and Ambiguity Within Your Organization Attendees will learn how to effectively lead change management initiatives. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PST | |
The T.E.N.: An Innovative Approach to Solving Organizational Problems While Developing Leaders Attendees will learn how to address organizational problems and enhance the learning environment by developing leaders through experiential learning. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM PST | |
The Six Keys to Confident Change Management Attendees will learn the six keys to confidently manage change within their organization. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PST | |
Solving Difficult Decisions – Ethics and Critical Thinking in a “New Abnormal Attendees will review current ethical standards, discuss how to screen new hires for Integrity, and finally how to build these new viewpoints into our organizations. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM PST | |
Wage & Hour Compliance: A DOL Update and Ways to Avoid Common Overtime Liability Landmines Attendees will learn what employers need to know so that they can spot and navigate through FLSA compliance issues. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PST | |
Breakthrough Communications During Times of Change: Strategic HR Perspectives Attendees will learn how to actively and comprehensively manage change to help position their organization for success in a rapidly evolving environment. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST | |
Examining the Why, What and How of an HR Audit Attendees will learn how HR audits involve strategic actions to take an intensely objective look at the current state of HR in their organization. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST | |
The Power and Peril of Hiring Assessments in 2021 Attendees will learn how to navigate the increasingly complex world of hiring assessments to reduce bias, increase efficiency, reduce cost and increase accuracy. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST | |
The Future of Engagement Analytics Won’t Come from Surveys Attendees will learn about a unique perspective on how to build capability when it comes to amalgamating and analyzing data. Saturday, September 11, 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST | |
The REAL HR of Small and Midsize Business Attendees will learn how HR professionals in small businesses can become strategic partners. Sunday, September 12, 2021 | 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM PST | |
What Your CEO Expects You to Know: Business Acumen to Build Your Credibility, Career and Company Attendees will learn why we all need to be businesspeople first and specialists in our jobs second. Sunday, September 12, 2021 | 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM PST | |
Workplace Violence and the Considerations for HR Professionals Attendees will hear from New York Times bestselling author and former special agent Fred Burton on physical security risks and liabilities corporations face and how technology can help. Sunday, September 12, 2021 | 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM PST |