Conference Sessions By Track
Track: Leadership & Personal Growth
Level up your skills in leadership development and become equipped for personal and employee growth.
704: Solve Your Team's Communications Problem - The Illusion That It Has Taken Place This session is for HR professionals who want to grow their career by building leadership and communication skills. Saturday, June 22, 2024 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST | |
803: Conflict De-escalation and Resolution for the HR Professional Attendees will learn how to approach and resolve conflict from a constructive, emotionally intelligent perspective. Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
804: Map it out: The Essentials to Building a DEI Strategy and Roadmap Attendees will gain a practical understanding of how to assess their need for appropriate steps and initiatives to evaluate DEI strategy and ensure the proper roadmap is built focusing on identifying your internal challenges so employees are treated fairly and the work that is done is long term for strategic diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Participants will learn how to overcome Imposter Syndrome in the workplace which can lead to decision paralysis, decreased job productivity, employee distrust, and even burnout impacting employee engagement and organizational effectiveness. Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Securing the Oxygen Mask: Developing Our Own Cultural Competence First To maximize innovation and opportunity and minimize conflict or confusion we need to build the cultural competency skills of individuals in the workplace to be their most successful and effective selves as they interact across those differences. Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 1:45 PM - 2:05 PM CST | |
Go Beyond Engagement: Cultivate a Happy and Fulfilled Workforce Attendees will gain steps to increase employee happiness and fulfillment. Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 2:15 PM - 2:35 PM CST | |
Learn and immerse in the seven critical shifts and the necessary alignment we need in order to achieve what's Really Most Important now and for the long term transformation of our organizations. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CST | |
Why the Generations Love to Hate Each Other...And What You Can Do about It Improve communication between workers of different generations in order to foster workplace productivity. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM CST | |
Go Beyond Engagement: Cultivate a Happy and Fulfilled Workforce Attendees will gain steps to increase employee happiness and fulfillment. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM CST | |
Navigating your career through diverse channels Monday, June 24, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CST | |
10 Ways YOU Can Improve the Length and Quality of Your Employees Lives Attendees will hear from the American Heart Association, the Deloitte Health Equity Institute, and SHRM Foundation on how to improve the HealthSpan (length and quality of a person's lifespan) of their employees through science-backed practices. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
A Good Process = Good Results. Proper Retirement Plan Management This presentation will demonstrate, with real life examples, how a proper Retirement Plan Committee is ran and what processes your organization needs to provide a strong retirement plan and reduce fiduciary liability. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
This session uncovers immediate action steps to master targeted strategies for reducing burnout in your lives and careers. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Attendees will learn all of the necessary elements, components and techniques to compensate your international employees effectively and equitably, boosting your organization's global talent pool. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
This presentation offers a solid foundation of what Business Acumen is and how HR professionals can carve out time in their busy schedules to increase this important behavioral competency. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM CST | |
Drive Your Career Forward with SHRM Certification In this session, you will learn how to choose which exam is right for you and gain insights about how to best prepare to earn your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP credential. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Elevating Performance: The Power of Leadership Coaching This session illuminates the strengths of leadership coaching and provides HR professionals with valuable insights and strategies for implementing coaching programs to boost employee engagement, productivity, and retention in the workplace. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
From Support to Strategy: The HR Transformation Blueprint Attendees will learn how to evolve their HR departments into strategic business partners by implementing innovative strategies for talent management and leveraging technology, guided by a comprehensive blueprint for transformation. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Harness Power for Good: How to Influence Effectively Within Your Organization Attendees will learn critical strategies for obtaining support and influencing executive leadership to adopt proposals while also enhancing their own sense of power within their organization. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Interactive Workshop: How to Lead Civil Conversations at Work that Build Trust & Foster Inclusivity Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
It Is What You Make It: Overcoming The ‘It Is What It Is’ Mindset This session is about problem-solving and will share how to respond to challenges, deal with problems head-on, and solve them. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Navigating Uncertainty Begins with Conscious Leadership Today Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Attendees will obtain cutting edge strategies and best practices for how leaders can/should transform from a risk-averse to a risk-ready mindset both individually and organizationally, and they will learn how to cultivate a culture that thrives on calculated risk-taking, innovation, and problem solving to achieve sustainable results. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
The Nature of Building Bridges Transform your workplace with information from this session that delves into the power of empathy, offering insights into fostering diversity, inclusion, and racial reconciliation, equipping professionals with the tools to authentically engage in difficult conversations, increase cultural awareness, and build bridges for a more inclusive organizational culture. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
The New Golden Rule: Relationship Management Techniques That Work This session gives HR professionals the inside secrets for mastering successful interpersonal relationships whether in the office or working remotely. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Transform Your DEI Playbook: Inclusive Employee Communications Strategy Attendees will learn key tools and 'watch-outs' for building DEI strategy and communications that resonate with diverse audiences, including underrepresented groups, senior stakeholders and others. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
NorCal Lunch and Learn Facilitated Discussion Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM CST | |
A Holistic Approach to Employee Engagement - Mastering the Intersection of Work, Life, and Home Learn the secrets to becoming a more engaged, motivated, and productive employee, manager, or leader in this captivating session of self-discovery. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Communicative Repair: Why 'Huh' Is the Most Powerful Word in the Workplace! Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Disability, Pregnancy, and Hair? Oh My! Managing the Accommodation Revolution in the Workplace This session will address the expanding realm of accommodations in anti-discrimination law with a focus on federal statutes (e.g., the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the PUMP Act, and the CROWN Act) and cases (e.g., the Supreme Court decision in Groff v. DeJoy (2023). Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Discipline and Termination: The Movie Enhance your skills, improve confidence and effectiveness in handling disciplinary actions, ensuring that these actions are carried out in a fair, consistent, and constructive manner. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Empower Your Brand and Influence with AI Utilize AI to amplify your storytelling skills and influence to build your brand. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Attendees will learn how to transform work through the power of HR by helping their employees find meaning in their work while delivering bottom-line results for their organization. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Leveraging an Empathic Culture to Create Advantage Connecting individuals to meaningful and rewarding work is more important than ever as Human Resources leaders also look to re-establish their voices and empower solutions amid transformation at all levels. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
This message is a guide to transform your workplace by evolving trust from thin to thick, with an Ownership Mindset anchored in Care, Commitment & Competence, fostering a robust foundation and empowering individuals for a thriving trust-based environment. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Moving Challenging Conversations Forward: Getting Comfortable with Friction Leave equipped to move challenging conversations forward using communication techniques based on empathy, neuroscience, and the arts to navigate differences. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Teaching Big Shots To Behave -- Before It's Too Late! This session will present an operational strategy for preventing and addressing outrageous high risk behaviors too often tolerated from leaders and 'high performers' to the detriment of the public, team members and the organization. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
The Future is Now: The Next Generation of Navigation and Engagement Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Taking Your Expertise to the Stage: How to Find and Book Paid Speaking Gigs Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:45 PM - 1:15 PM CST | |
Simple Strategies to Empower Managers and Unlock Team Performance Monday, June 24, 2024 | 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM CST | |
Be a Change Catalyst in Your Organization!! - Proven Ways to Drive Sustainable Change This session will provide the skills and approach you need to drive change on an ongoing basis throughout your organization. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
California 2025 – New Developments and What You Need To Know! The session will focus on preparing California employers for 2025 reviewing key workplace developments and provide preventive strategies for critical workplace issues. This session will include reviewing wage and hour, leave of absence and other difficult areas. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
EI in the Age of AI: The Increasing Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Emotionally Intelligent leaders positively impact themselves, their division, their team, and the wider business through excellent performance and their ability to reduce stress for individuals and organizations by improving relationships and understanding. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Interactive Workshop: How to Lead Civil Conversations at Work that Build Trust & Foster Inclusivity Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Jumpstart Your Promotion: Six Critical Skills to Catapult Your Career into a Leadership Role No matter where you're currently sitting in the organization, you can actively work on building your leadership skills-and advancing your career-right now. [b]If you're ready to start thinking and acting like a leader, this session is for you! Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Leadership Mastery: Harnessing Coaching Skills for Success By applying these strategies and techniques in the workplace, leaders can effectively leverage coaching skills to inspire, motivate, and guide their teams towards success and sustainable results. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Leading Across Borders: Elevate Your Impact in the Global Arena In today’s business world, where global interactions are a given, the art of leading multinational teams has become an indispensable skill for modern HR leaders. This demands more than traditional leadership competencies; it calls for cultural agility, a profound understanding of diverse business cultures, and the capability to connect and build relationships across cultural divides, often through digital means alone. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Pathways and Perspectives: Journey to HR Leadership Attendees will hear from a panel of HR executives about their journey to Chief HR Officer. This session will focus on tactics and strategies on how to network, build relationships and strategically craft your way to leadership. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Resiliency: The Power to Overcome and Adapt Attendees will gain actionable tools for immediate use in fostering adaptability, bouncing back from setbacks, and cultivating resilience in the workplace. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM CST | |
Structured Organization Change: Experiments, Learnings and Successes – An Insightful Case Study Multiplying business gains through well-defined organizational change interventions by increasing organizational focus, functional efficiency, and people ownership. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
The Nonprofit Navigator: Shaping the Future of Work in the Social Impact Sector Attendees will delve into the distinctive challenges and opportunities within the nonprofit sector, gaining actionable insights into how nonprofits can align with ESG goals, ensuring a socially responsible and sustainable future of work that champions equality of opportunities and positive societal impact. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
The Six Sources of Influence: How to Create Lasting Behavior Change Drawing on case studies of some of today's most remarkable leaders and the research of renowned behavioral scientists, this presentation explains why people do what they do and how you can help them change - quickly and permanently. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
They Can't Fix What They Don't Know Attendees will identify the five most common barriers to feedback in today's workplace and learn new tools to help managers overcome them to improve employee performance and retention. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
You're the CEO of Your Career: What's your Vision Uncover your unique 'secret sauce' to career progression, and master the strategies to author your own success story at our transformative workshop designed to turn your workplace blindspots into visionary career roadmaps. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Ace Your SHRM Certification Exam Attendees will learn data-driven insights into SHRM certification exam preparation strategies that yield success on test day, including insights into how the SHRM exams are built to ensure full readiness for all future SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP examinees. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM CST | |
Five Ways How HR Careers are Changing - and How to Manage Yours Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CST | |
A 4-Step Process for LEADing Change in an Ever-changing Workplace There is an art and science to everything we do, and this 4-step process provides a practical approach to support change in the workplace. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Communication and Connection: Insights from a Hostage Negotiator Managing escalating emotional situations is a routine activity for HR professionals, and having a guiding framework for this process is critical to your success. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Critical Thinking for Human Resources - Future Skills for HR in an AI World HR is at the fulcrum of implementing AI in a sustainable organization, and this session offers actionable tactics for HR professionals to be the human decision factor in a more automated world. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM CST | |
Demystifying Executive Presence Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM CST | |
HR leaders can utilize data and best practices to transform parental leave into a strategic talent lifecycle lever that boosts performance, leadership skills, employee health, equity, engagement and retention for competitive advantage. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Dynamic Foresight Skills and the Future of HR Dr. Austin will lead the participants through a dynamic foresight process that captures all the benefits of current strategic foresight techniques but in addition leaves participants with output that can be quickly modified to shift as the world shifts Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
From HR to CEO: How to Leverage Your Power Skills to Climb the Corporate Ladder! This session will highlight the essential skills and strategies needed to guide attendees as they navigate the next steps of their career and the Racetrack of life. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
How to Positively Influence Organizational Change When It’s “Dumped on Your Lap”! Gain real-world tactics to influence business leaders to roll-out change in a way that reduces resistance and frustration and increases success. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Interactive Workshop: How to Lead Civil Conversations at Work that Build Trust & Foster Inclusivity Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Invisible Disabilities at Work: Fostering Advocacy and Acceptance Attendees will hear about innovative research to aid organizations in becoming more aware of invisible disabilities and create policies that foster advocacy and acceptance. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Positioning Your People to Pursue Growth Attendees will learn essential and foundational requirements that strengthen the impact of a growth mindset, both within an individual and throughout the organization. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Strategic HR Leadership: Bucknell University's Blueprint for Business Adaptation Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Learn how you can convince your leadership team to design a workplace that works for everyone (well, most everyone) while focusing on collaboration, flexibility, and engagement. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM CST | |
Grappling with Gremlins: Three Steps to Managing Imposter Syndrome Help leaders at all levels in your organization - including yourselves - manage the inner voices that diminish self-confidence, dent resilience, and deplete motivation. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM CST | |
Detox Your Culture & Level Up Your Teams! Monday, June 24, 2024 | 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CST | |
Are You in a Dysfunctional Relationship with the Security Team? This session will cover the issues that cause the biggest disconnects between HR and Security team from both perspectives and cover proposed solutions for each. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CST | |
Boundary-Driven Leadership: Crafting Organizational Culture This session will equip leaders with the skills to foster a culture of continuous improvement, simultaneously influencing and shaping the overall organizational culture. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CST | |
Master the art of personal branding and influential leadership to amplify your impact, accelerate your career, and create boundless opportunities. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CST | |
The Graceful Goodbye: How to Part Ways with a Valued Team Member Learn how to coach managers on having productive, constructive transitions with departing employees, keeping doors open for potential returns, reducing productivity drains, and supporting a healthy team culture. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CST | |
Learn how to unlock the secrets of those who have quietly quit, or whose who are attempting to sink the organizational boat. Learn specific steps to improve overall workplace engagement. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CST | |
Elevate and Uplift the Next Generation of HR Leaders Attendees will learn how to gain credibility in the workplace, build relationships and prepare to advance as a young/emerging HR professional through learning what roles behavior, communication, networking and professional development play. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM CST | |
Influencing Others: 8 Steps to Get Results When You Don’t Have Direct Authority Being able to influence people (even those who work for you!) is essential for HR leaders at all levels. We'll review a tried-and-true methodology for mobilizing your employees, co-workers and even those above you to rally around your priorities! Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM CST | |
Ethical Leader of the Year Award Presentation Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM CST | |
Maximizing Performance & Leadership Development through Behavioral Science Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CST | |
Banish Burnout: Move from Stress to Success Janice Litvin is an award-winning workplace wellness speaker, on a mission to help leaders and teams banish burnout in their organizations. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Building Your Personal Brand - Why Starting Now is Important to Your Future Career! Attendees will learn what a personal brand is, how to discover theirs, then how to build it and showcase it to differentiate themselves from the competition, and advance their careers. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Detour: The Keys to Making Change Work This session will reveal the steps necessary to navigate change when something happens by chance and set you on a course you never planned into a future you never imagined. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Empowering Tomorrow's Leaders: Lenovo's Trailblazing Women Leadership Program Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Followership Initiative: The Leadership Training You Need Elevate team dynamics and organizational success by integrating the transformative insights from our session on followership into your workplace, fostering a culture where leaders and followers collaborate seamlessly to achieve shared goals. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM CST | |
How to Work With Complicated People Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Interactive Workshop: How to Lead Civil Conversations at Work that Build Trust & Foster Inclusivity Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Market Competitiveness and Internal Equity: Striking the Right Balance in Your Compensation Programs Attendees will learn all of the methodologies for striking the right balance between market competitiveness and internal equity in developing your pay programs. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
This session will help HR Professionals learn the basics of a Non Qualified Plan, why an organization would adopt a plan and how it benefits both the employee and the employer. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
The Future of Hiring Is Human — and AI can help Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Upskilling and Reskilling in the Age of AI Attendees will hear from leading skills tech and education developers about emerging free and low-cost tools for upskilling, reskilling, and embracing emerging technology (like AI)--for themselves and those they're hiring, promoting, and mentoring. Did you know that the number of stated Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Scaling Innovation: How to Ignite and Sustain a Culture of Innovation Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM CST | |
SharePoint, Data Governance, and Copilot AI Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM CST | |
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM CST | |
Advanced Ethics with a Dash of Courage in an AI World This session gives HR professionals dealing with AI issues a practical set of tools to make good ethical decisions in chaotic times, in addition to providing material to directly support their mentoring and coaching of their staff in doing the right thing. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
This session uncovers immediate action steps to master targeted strategies for reducing burnout in your lives and careers. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
California 2025 – New Developments and What You Need To Know! The session will focus on preparing California employers for 2025 reviewing key workplace developments and provide preventive strategies for critical workplace issues. This session will include reviewing wage and hour, leave of absence and other difficult areas. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Attendees will recognize that each of us has a story and to keep it to ourselves, for fear of embarrassment or ego, when others can learn from it or maybe not feel so alone, is doing a disservice to the next generation of HR professionals. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Empathy: The New Work Culture Norm Empathy is a critical HR leadership skill. It helps to build and sustain positive workplace relationships, foster diversity and inclusion, encourage cooperation and collaboration, and facilitate conflict management. Empathy generates an interest in and appreciation for others, paving the way to more productive working relationships. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Feedback can be a gift, if you wrap it right. Who do you want to shower with gifts? Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Four Empowerment Steps to Cultivating Global Leadership Bring the 4 empowerment steps to cultivate global leadership for your organization while engaging with best practices, data insights from a global research study, and technology tools you can leverage for more leadership and empowerment for your teams. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Harness Power for Good: How to Influence Effectively Within Your Organization Attendees will learn critical strategies for obtaining support and influencing executive leadership to adopt proposals while also enhancing their own sense of power within their organization. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Hero or Scapegoat? HR's Role in Helping an Organization Win (or Lose) an Employment Lawsuit Attendees will understand HR's important role in helping an organization defeat employee lawsuits. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Leveraging an Empathic Culture to Create Advantage Connecting individuals to meaningful and rewarding work is more important than ever as Human Resources leaders also look to re-establish their voices and empower solutions amid transformation at all levels. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Redefine Executive Presence: Lead With S.P.I.C.E. In a world that thrives on similarities, women will learn the power of cultivating an authentic personal brand that redefines executive presence and leverage authentic leadership to propel their career. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Tens10ns: The Workplace War On Employee Wellness This session will focus on ten (10) 'tens10ns' that exist in the workplace, that reduce the impact of employee engagement and employee wellness. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
The Future of Work: Investing in Employees to Create a Best-in-Class Workforce Participants will learn strategies to equip their workforce for the future through strategic upskilling opportunities and leadership development that cultivates inclusive and capable leaders and people managers. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Think Different=Different Results: Creative Leadership for Competitive Advantage and Agility Attendees will discover how infusing everyday creativity into their leadership approach can drive innovation, foster a dynamic workplace culture, and empower their teams to solve complex challenges with ingenuity and enthusiasm. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Workplace Crisis Management, Conflict Resolution, and Navigating Extreme Change Workplace crisis management helps HR leaders build their leadership brand and hone their communication and teambuilding skills in today's tumultuous business environment. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Your Time is Now! Breaking Barriers: The Seven Hurdles Women Face in Climbing the Corporate Ladder Participants will leave this session not only inspired but also equipped with the tools you need to take your career—and your organization's gender parity efforts—to the next level. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CST | |
Agile or Fragile: The Cost is Yours! Attendees will learn how to apply the principles of Agile HR to their everyday lives by understanding what Agile HR is, the values of the construct, and how they can be implemented. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Attract, Engage, Succeed: How to optimize your recruiting with Indeed solutions and insights Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Designing a Leadership Training Program for a Complex and Uncertain World Attendees will learn how to design and implement leadership training programs that not only address the challenges of the post-pandemic era but also embed ethical principles, equipping leaders with the skills to navigate real-world complexities in today's business environment. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Disability, Pregnancy, and Hair? Oh My! Managing the Accommodation Revolution in the Workplace This session will address the expanding realm of accommodations in anti-discrimination law with a focus on federal statutes (e.g., the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the PUMP Act, and the CROWN Act) and cases (e.g., the Supreme Court decision in Groff v. DeJoy (2023). Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Ethics in HR: Avoiding the Line in the Sand This session will help attendees understand this importance of ethical leadership,because we can't give stakeholders a reason to doubt our motives, otherwise, we reduce or eliminate our ability to be effective in our HR role. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
From Support to Strategy: The HR Transformation Blueprint Attendees will learn how to evolve their HR departments into strategic business partners by implementing innovative strategies for talent management and leveraging technology, guided by a comprehensive blueprint for transformation. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Interactive Workshop: How to Lead Civil Conversations at Work that Build Trust & Foster Inclusivity Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Internal Networking: A Vital Link to Organizational Health This session will help HR & Talent leaders learn and practice networking skills to elevate their ability to communicate effectively and build trust throughout their organizations. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Learn To Fight: The Formula For Winning Every Argument Implement the DARE Model in your workplace to revolutionize conflict management, fostering a culture of open communication, mutual understanding, and collaborative problem-solving for more effective and harmonious team dynamics. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM CST | |
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Translating Numbers to Narratives: Data Storytelling in HR and Beyond Attendees will revolutionize how they leverage data to drive meaningful change and transform their HR roles from operational to strategic. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
A 4-Step Process for LEADing Change in an Ever-changing Workplace There is an art and science to everything we do, and this 4-step process provides a practical approach to support change in the workplace. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
CANCELLED: Easy Explainers for the Skills-First Future of Hiring and Advancement! Attendees will gain practical insights on leveraging Skills First At Work's resources and tools to seamlessly integrate skill-based hiring strategies, foster continuous learning, and enhance professional development within their organizations. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM CST | |
Catalyzing Success: HR’s Mission to Develop and Empower Leaders Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
HR leaders can utilize data and best practices to transform parental leave into a strategic talent lifecycle lever that boosts performance, leadership skills, employee health, equity, engagement and retention for competitive advantage. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Dynamic Foresight Skills and the Future of HR Dr. Austin will lead the participants through a dynamic foresight process that captures all the benefits of current strategic foresight techniques but in addition leaves participants with output that can be quickly modified to shift as the world shifts Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Find Your Authenticity in Five Minutes By learning and practicing authenticity in this session, participants will be empowered to be more authentic in the workplace which will allow them to harness their true strengths, build genuine connections, and foster trust, creating a more positive and productive work environment. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Interactive Workshop: How to Lead Civil Conversations at Work that Build Trust & Foster Inclusivity Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Purpose-Driven Leadership: Inspiring Peak Performance in the Workplace 'Purpose-Driven Leadership' equips leaders with strategies to instill a sense of purpose in their teams, driving motivation and improving workplace dynamics. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Sensing Systems: Attune Your Leadership for Impact and Ease Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
SESSION CANCELLED: Communication and Connection: Insights from a Hostage Negotiator Managing escalating emotional situations is a routine activity for HR professionals, and having a guiding framework for this process is critical to your success. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
The Misfit Advantage - Liberate Your Inner Misfit and Thrive Attendees will understand the advantages of being a misfit and how to best facilitate individuality to boost workplace productivity and innovation. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
The Power of Perception: How What You See is Really What You Get with People Attendees will learn how 'what you see is really what you get' in life, our perceptions take center stage to form our performance. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Attendees will learn how to cultivate a transformative HR leadership mindset, employing data analytics, trend interpretation, and personality insights to drive strategic value and foster organizational excellence. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Ditching Impostor Syndrome and Embracing Your True Talents HR and people leaders will learn strategies to shift behaviors around 'imposter syndrome' to help managers create safety, security, and belonging in the workplace. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM CST | |
Emotional Intelligence: The Science Behind Success Participants will effectively apply Emotional Intelligence in the workplace through managing themselves, motivating themselves, and managing others. Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST | |
How to Recoup Your Investment in International Assignments Participants will leave this session with a list of ways they can improve how they and their company apply the enhanced skills, cultural know-how, international insights and leadership capabilities resulting from well-constructed international assignments. Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST | |
Leading for the Common Good - Effective Leadership in the Not-for-profit Sector This session offers non-profit leaders practical tools and strategies to embed a sense of purpose in their organizations, enhancing team motivation and effectiveness in achieving mission-driven goals. Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST | |
Strategic Upskilling: Fueling Retention in the Age of Innovation Through the lens of prominent real-world experience, attendees will gain actionable strategies to build a culture of retention, satisfaction, continuous learning, and professional growth within their organizations -- you can do it too! Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST | |
Using AI as a Free, Knowledge Sharing Resource for HR Professionals, Coaches and Leaders Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST | |
What Matters Most Now? Reflect, Reframe, Recalibrate to Elevate Your Leadership Powerful, strategic questions to reflect, reframe, and recalibrate your personal and professional life so you can cultivate clarity, get unstuck, and take meaningful action. Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST |