2017 SAHRA Conference Agenda

Keynote Speaker – Todd Hunt – Communication Bleeps and Blunders in Business

You said one thing; your employee, coworker or manager heard something else. Nobody is wrong, but now everyone is confused—and you have to handle it! Laugh and learn as Todd Hunt shares important lessons wrapped in humor, demonstrating how HR professionals and businesspeople can communicate better and become more successful.

If you eat M&Ms in color order, alphabetize your cereal boxes or rearrange the dishwasher (or know someone who does), you’ll appreciate Todd’s take on business and life. And there’s no PowerPoint! Just sit back and enjoy tips on how to communicate so clearly that we’re understood, and so precisely that we cannot possibly be MISunderstood…no matter who’s doing the listening!

Session I - Breakout Sessions

Scott Ferrin - HR And The Aging Workforce: Strategies And Best Practices

Can your organization afford to lose your reservoir of talented, experienced older workers in the coming years? If not, have you done serious strategic workforce planning to analyze the impact of baby boomer retirements and to identify potential skills gaps that could result? This session will look at key HR strategies that should be integrated into an overall talent management program for today’s multi-generational workforce. It will also look at lessons to be learned from recent research -- including the 2014 SHRM Aging workforce Survey –and from the best practice case study of the Vita Needle Company.

Troy Love – Intellectual Authenticity

It’s more than just the latest buzzword – Authenticity has become essential in building credibility and trust, whether at home or in business. Some people misunderstand that Authenticity means being completely naked. That’s where the Intellectual component fits. Effective leaders understand the balance between vulnerability and allowing their selves to be seen, while also inspiring credibility and trust.

Ron Corbin

Lunch Session – Joe Clees, Legal Update

Employment law remains dynamic and fast-changing, with increased volumes of federal and state regulation and enhanced scrutiny of company policies. This presentation reviews key developments in labor and employment law over the last year and new legislation and trends affecting your workplace in 2017 and beyond. By anticipating the direction of the current regulatory and legislative agenda, you can take proactive steps to weather this enforcement storm.

Keynote Speaker – Andy Masters – HR Leadership Lessons from Hollywood

Award-winning author and Leadership expert Andy Masters creatively uses the magical imagery of Hollywood to help HR leaders DEVELOP and EMPOWER their organizations—while defeating succession planning crisis--in this challenging era of having to “Do More With Less”. That’s right, LEARN and be ENTERTAINED from actual license-protected scenes from movies such as The Devil Wears Prada, The Iron Lady, Apollo 13—and even Frozen and Star Wars! This unique program also cites the latest research from Harvard Business Review, Deloitte, and Glassdoor to provoke REAL organizational change from every attendee.

This program will help HR practitioners increase morale, decrease turnover, and solve the succession planning crisis through cultivating millennials, and changing the leadership culture of their organization.

Session II -Breakout Sessions

Lee Silber – Managing Unmanageable People

There are people of all ages (not just Millennials) who are hard to handle. These are the ways to connect with the disconnected by focusing on common goals.

Matt Wilson – Financial Leadership for the HR Professional

Keynote Speaker – Jason Schechterle – Burning Shield

After serving four years in the Air Force, at the age 26, Jason achieved his goal to work on the streets of Phoenix as a rookie police officer. Then, only 14 months into his career, Jason's life took an unexpected tragic turn. On the night of March 26th, 2001, a taxi cab crashed into the rear of Jason's patrol car. Upon impact, Jason's car burst into flames, trapping him inside. Through a series of miraculous and fateful circumstances, Jason survived the crash and ensuing physical and emotional catastrophe. He suffered severe burns to over 40% of his body which drastically altered his appearance. He has undergone more than 50 surgeries just to have the ability to accomplish simple daily tasks we often take for granted. Jason's journey chronicles his fight for life, his triumph over tragedy and the inspiration that enables him to continue to overcome unimaginable adversity. His personal narrative exemplifies that the power of the human spirit can never be underestimated or extinguished

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