Who: Managers/Supervisors/HR Professionals in Tuscaloosa County and West Alabama
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Time: 8:00 AM until 3:30 PM
Location: Shelton State Community College (9500 Old Greensboro Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405)
Cost: $125.00 per person (5-9 from same company - $110 per person, 10 or more from the
same company - $95 per person)
$80.00 THRP Members for the entire program (If not attending the entire program,
breakfast and the morning keynote speaker, which will serve as our monthly
program for August, is free.)
------Registration Form
First Name______Last Name______
Mailing Address______
City______State______Zip______
Email Address______Daytime Phone (______) ______
Employer______H.R. Director/Manager’s Name______
If you need accommodations for any aspect of this training, please let us know what you will need: ______
Registration and Payment Instructions
THRP Member ($80 Entire Program)
THRP Member (no charge, Breakfast and Morning Keynote Speaker ONLY)
Non THRP Member ($125 Entire Program)
Non THRP Member (5 -9 attendees from the same company $110/person for entire program)
Non THRP Member (10 or more attendees from the same company $95/person for entire program)
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Four ways to register:
1. FAX: Complete this form and fax to: (205) 345-5883
2. MAIL: Complete this form and mail to:
THRP Treasurer, Post Office Box 20297, Tuscaloosa, AL 35402
3. EMAIL: Complete this form and email to: Virpi Hamner, .
4. INTERNET: http://thrp.shrm.org/pay-pal-2015-leadership-workshop for the PayPal link.
2015 THRP Annual Leadership Workshop: Today’s Workforce,Today’s Challenges, Today’s Opportunities
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Time / Event / Room
7:30 am – 8:15 am / Registration and Breakfast
Registration Sponsored by Shelton State
Breakfast Sponsored by Rosen Harwood, Attorneys at Law / 2216/
2217
8:15 am – 8:30 am / Welcome
Lori Royer, President THRP
Shelton State Community College / 2255
8:30 am – 9:30 am / Morning Keynote: Today’s Workforce, Today’s Challenges, Today’s Opportunities
Speaker: Mark Jones, Vice President Human Resources, O’Neal Industries
Worldwide
Morning keynote sponsored by Alabama Credit Union / 2255
9:30 am – 9:45 am / Break: Sponsored by APS Payroll / 2216
9:45 am – 10:45 am / Concurrent Sessions I (Choose One Session)
A. Working Together as a Team
Chip Garrett, Counselor, DCH Employee Assistance Program / 2254
B. Employment Law Legal Update
Brooke Nixon and Tom Scroggins, Attorneys, Rosen Harwood Attorneys at Law / 2255
C. Leaders Bringing Out the Best in Others
Janice Palmer, Workforce Development Specialist, University of Alabama / 2252
11:00 am – 12:00 pm / Concurrent Sessions II (Choose One Session)
D. Generational Workforce Challenges
Sharon Lovoy, President, Lovoy Teamworks / 2254
E. Warning Signs of Violence in the Workplace
Lt. Andy Norris, Tuscaloosa County Sherriff’s Office / 2253
F. “It’s All Your Fault!" How High Conflict Personalities Can Wreck the Workplace and What You Can Do About it.
Pam Werstler, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Director of Human Resources, National Packaging Co., Inc. / 2252
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm / Lunch: Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield / Down Stairs
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm / Concurrent Sessions III (Choose One Session)
G. Workforce Trends: Where We Are and Where We’re Going
Bobby Jon Drinkard, Project Manager, Alabama Industrial Development and Training (AIDT) / 2255
H. Ready, Aim, Fire: Writing Performance Goals That Hit the Target
Gary Harrelson, PhD, Director of Organizational Development, DCH / 2253
I. When Drug Tests Aren’t Positive, But You’re Positive They Should Be
Derek Osborn, Director, PRIDE of Tuscaloosa / 2252
2:10 pm – 2:20 pm / Break: Sponsored by The Human Resources Institute in the Culverhouse College of Commerce at the University of Alabama / 2216
2:20 pm – 3:20 pm / Afternoon Keynote: Bridging the Generational Gap in the Workplace
Speaker: Melva Tate, President, Tate and Associates, LLC / 2255
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm / Wrap Up and Door Prizes (Must be present to win)
Sponsored by: Key Staff Source / 2255
KEYNOTE SESSIONS
Morning Keynote: Today’s Workforce, Today’s Challenges, Today’s Opportunities
Managing human resources in today’s political, economic and generational climate requires more than just the “title” of a leader. Being a leader in today’s workplace requires a higher level of leadership skills and human resource awareness than ever before. It requires insight into the company’s goals and culture and knowledge of the internal and external labor market’s ability to meet those goals. Being a leader in the midst of today’s workforce challenges also requires managers to possess the ability to create opportunities out of adversity and to turn obstacles into building blocks. Session Objectives: This session will provide attendees with 1) an understanding of the evolution of today’s workforce, 2) insight into the challenges posed by the ever-changing demands for a skilled labor market (internal and external to the company), and 3) tools for turning adversity into opportunity.
Afternoon Keynote: Bridging the Generational Gap in the Workplace
There’s a generational battle going on in your workplace that resembles a good ole East Coast vs. West Coast beef. The battle is over values, work styles, benefits, communication channels and more. Intergenerational conflict brews in nearly every organization. It affects morale, productivity, retention and development opportunities. Over the next several years, we will experience the departing Baby Boomer generation, the rising leadership of Gen Y’s and the assimilation of tech-savvy Millennials into the workplace. Rather than focus on the differences between the behaviors of generations and judging which one is better, this session will focus on ways leaders can bridge the gap and create harmony in the workplace by focusing on the similarities and common interest.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Working Together as a Team
While we aren’t always able to choose teammates based on compatibility and congeniality, we can choose how we interact with others to make any situation more successful. In this session, participants will consider the perspectives and expectations that they bring to their teams, how those expectations and perspectives affect their happiness and performance and participants will discuss specific attitudes and skills for dealing with their more difficult peers.
Employment Law Legal Update
Participants in this session will receive a general legal update which will include new Federal and Alabama state laws, rules, and regulations. The session will also include discussions regarding the importance of documentation and issues related to social media and the workplace.
Leaders Bringing Out the Best in Others
The most powerful and least recognized form of leadership is Leading from the Middle – bringing out the best in others, so that they can realize and step into their own potential to create change. The degree to which you lead your organization or team to success lies in your hands. Your ability to lead both yourself and others will enhance the quality of your work as well as your life. The quality of your leadership not only determines your future, it determines the future of your organization and the lives of all those who follow you. This session will provide participants with 12 Most Timeless Principles for Bringing out the Best in Others. When we seek to bring out the best in others you bring out the best in ourselves.
Generational Workforce Challenges
We are certainly aware that Baby Boomers and Generation X’ers are carrying a wealth of experiential knowledge and members of the Millennial Generation are entering the work force full of expectations, new ideas and texting all the way. The big question is, “What do you DO about it and how is it an advantage not a problem?” How do you connect to an employee who is 20, maybe even 30 years younger or older? How do you find common ground with someone with a completely different world view? How do you keep up with your workload and work on communication and team cohesiveness? In a lively, interactive process, session participants will engage in a high energy dialogue to determine why there is conflict among the different generations, what motivates employees in each generation and how each generation must be engaged to contribute its best.
Warning Signs of Violence in the Workplace
Workplace violence is always a concern for front-line managers and supervisors since they are typically the bearers of bad news or blamed for disappointments. This session will provide participants with a discussion of workplace violence, the warning signs to look for and preventive measures that can be taken to prevent workplace violence. Participants will learn the importance of thorough pre-employment screening in order to identify liabilities. Participants will also be instructed on how to monitor employees in order to spot early warning signs of violence. Participants will also learn how to put proper security measures in place to minimize the risks of violence in the workplace.
“It’s All Your Fault!" How High Conflict Personalities Can Wreck the Workplace and What You Can Do About it.
High conflict personality types exist in large numbers throughout society. Many have actual personality disorders or maladaptive personality traits. They cause disruption in the workplace due to their propensity for persuasion… they attract negative advocates who enable them. Based on the books of Bill Eddy, this session will focus on recognizing HCPs, understanding them and will include tips on how to work with them because many HCPs bring value to the workplace if they are managed effectively. The session will bring value to the participant through the employee relations section of the body of knowledge.
Workforce Trends: Where We Are and Where We're Going
Hiring and retaining skilled employees can be a challenge in today’s labor market. The “college push” of the past decade has left many new job seekers with a college degree - without the hands-on technical skills needed to perform the high demand jobs in Alabama. Add to that the ever-changing world of technology and some employers are finding that their current employees cannot keep up with the technology demands of their current jobs. So how does one survive in this changing landscape? Bobby Jon Drinkard, program manager with AIDT, and past contestant on CBS reality TV show, SURVIVOR, will share his knowledge of today’s workforce trends and resources to help managers survive in today’s challenging labor market This session will assist participants in knowing where to find skilled labor, how to upgrade the skills of their current labor force, and how to target upcoming high school and college students so that they are informed about the needed KSA’s to work in their particular industry.
Ready, Aim, Fire: Writing Performance Goals That Hit the Target
What gets measured gets done! And measuring employee, team, department and even organizational performance is difficult to do well. Performance goals are based on the end results, not how we get to that end result (i.e., the activities). Writing effective performance goals can motivate employees and is vital to the success of a division, department, and ultimately an organization. This presentation will primarily focus on writing effective performance goals for employees. It will also address the importance of employee performance goals, how to cascade the goals through an organization, and executing for success.
When Drug Tests Aren't Positive, But You're Positive They Should Be…
According to a study conducted by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the University of Maryland’s Center for Substance Abuse Research, people who undergo routine drug screenings in the workplace could be using synthetic marijuana without getting caught. This is an alarming finding for companies! This session will focus on current drug trends and composition, including synthetic marijuana, and how you can identify the chemicals and users. This session will also examine societal acceptance vs. corporate acceptance and the realistic expectations for future generations. At the end of this session, participants should be able to 1) demonstrate a knowledge of current drugs on the streets, 2) identify dangers and side effects of the most common street drug, including synthetic drugs, 3) identify synthetic chemicals and their users and, 4) examine societal acceptance vs. corporate acceptance and realistic expectations for future generations.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Mark Jones, Vice President of Human Resources, O’Neal Industries
Mark Jones joined O’Neal Industries in 2013 as Vice-President, Human Resources and is responsible for all holding company level human resource activities. He was born and raised in Andalusia, Alabama and holds a degree in Accounting from Troy University, an MBA from Troy University, and received his Juris Doctorate Degree from Faulkner University, while attending Faulkner’s Jones School of Law. Prior to joining O’Neal, he served as Manager of Finance, General Counsel and then Senior Manager of Human Resources for Mercedes Benz US International, an automobile manufacturer in Tuscaloosa, AL. Before that he was Financial Accounting Manager for Russell Corporation, in Alexander City, AL. Mark currently serves as a board member for the Alabama Credit Union, located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Melva Tate, PHR/CLC, Owner of Tate & Associates, LLC
Melva Tate is the owner of Tate & Associates, LLC, managing two unique divisions: Strategic HR Partnerships and Strategic Career Advantage - firms offering specialized services in executive talent search, human resource consulting, training & development and career coaching to top companies, universities and nonprofit organizations. She is a leadership strategist, credible activist, serial entrepreneur and networking “Diva”. She spends quality time “Building Relationships where Relationships Matter!! Prior to launching her company, she served as the Director of HR & Administration for two start-up organizations: Nexcel Synthetics (manufacturing) and Kelly Construction Company (road construction). These evolving environments put her B.S. degree in Human Resource Management, Executive MBA, Certified Life Coach (CLC) and Professional in Human Resources Certification (PHR) to the test daily while offering challenging and rewarding experiences. She is a radio personality and a feature writer and contributor to leading newspapers and magazines including, HR Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine, The Birmingham News, and the Birmingham Business Journal on issues related to careers, leadership, diversity, workforce development and human resources.