Advanced CFO Wisdom: The Art and Science of Communicating HR and Benefits with Finance
This session will review new issues on the CFO's “Hot List” for 2016, and will show you three specific new communication techniques targeted to those issues. The content and implications of the Human Capital Financial Statements, looking at HR metrics from the viewpoint of the organization's strategic plan will be discussed. Come learn about the future of the dialog between Finance and HR, how we will be keeping score, and what language and strategies you should be using. You will leave this session with:
- A clear understanding of the disconnects in operational metrics between finance, operations and HR.
- Advanced communication strategies that can be immediately used with each of your financial executives.
- Strateiges to build a personal strategic action plan for developing and adjusting your organization's HR metrics.
Karl James Ahlrichs
Karl Ahlrichs specializes in helping professionals make order from chaos. He is a national speaker, author, and consultant, presenting on the people issues in all industries, and is often quoted in the local and national media.
Karl’s experience is ideally suited to times of organizational change as he pulls on risk management and organizational development theories to replace “best practices” with “next practices”. He owes much of his communications mastery to working as a writer and editor in daily media, to on-the-job writing experience and to the process of becoming a published author.
He joined Gregory & Appel in 2010 after serving as a founding partner of ExactHire, bringing his HR, operations, diversity & belonging, and learning & development skills with him. Karl’s affinity for design, composition and learning started at a very young age, by taking and examining thousands of boring pictures with the goal of improving his craft. He loves deploying that practice-to-improve approach with all manner of hobbies including writing haiku, mastering cutting-edge technology and learning Spanish.
In 2003, he was named the SHRM Human Resource Professional of the Year for the State of Indiana. He is on the Boards of several organizations, including the Maryland CPA Society. He has lived in Scotland and Spain and lives to explore new experiences with his wife and family.