Harness Power for Good: How to Influence Effectively Within Your Organization
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Repeated on Tuesday at 12:30pm
The ability to develop innovative & strategic ideas for your organization is critical. Equally important is the ability to move those ideas through approval to implementation. This session will explore techniques and frameworks to expand organizational influence through the lens of an HR leader. HR needs to build influence and power across their organization, within the C-suite and across the Board of Directors. We will examine strategies and tools designed to maximize the interpersonal influence for the HR leader and help move initiatives from proposal to execution. We will explore what is known to the scientific world about social power strategies and how this can be applied to our HR landscape. Tips & tricks to be an effective CHRO will also be explored.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore five things to consider to maximize your interpersonal influence.
- Identify common strategies to gain alignment and 'get stuff done'.Analyz how decisions are made and how to expand the ability to impact.
- Discover the seven bases of power and how to apply to the workplace.Sharpen skills that will help advance careers.
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Michael Walters
Michael Walters is the CHRO for Samsung Semiconductor, a multi-billion dollar provider of leading edge memory solutions and chip manufacturer that powers the critical industries such as smartphones, electric vehicles, and hyperscale datacenters. He leads all talent related functions for this business and oversees their community relations initiatives. Michael has served in HR leadership roles in a wide variety of industries to include United Health Group, Microsoft, Roper Technologies, and Nielsen Entertainment
Michael has taught HR management at the University of Washington for twelve years and is a frequent speaker at SHRM events across the country. He holds an MBA with a concentration in Human Resources Management from Loyola Marymount University and a bachelor's in psychology from University of California, Los Angeles.