SHRM-KC Strategic/Business Seminar

We know how difficult is to obtain strategic/business SPHR recertification credit and we think this will be a great win/win for all of us! Registration is open at www.shrm-kc.org.   Space will be limited, and we anticipate the event to sell out! If you have any questions, let me know!

HR:  Leading & Story Telling
A Strategic Business Seminar

Margaret Morford | The HREdge
April 20, 2016 | 8:00 am - 4:00 pm | Overland Park Convention Center

Agenda

8:00 - 8:30 am 

Registration & Coffee Networking

8:30 - 10:00 am

Why Should Someone Be Led By You?  Eight Hard Hitting Questions to Ask Yourself? 

Are you worried about future talent shortages and turnover in your organization?  Are you constantly concerned about retention and productivity?  As the labor pool shrinks, employees will examine more carefully the organization for which they are willing to work and the people for whom they are willing to go the extra mile.  More and more the type of management that exists within an organization will become the deciding factor for whether that organization will be able to retain its current employees and attract new ones.  This presentation differentiates leadership skills from management characteristics and reveals the eight behaviors individuals must develop in order to become leaders in their own organization as well as create other leaders for that organization.  This information will revolutionize your thinking about leadership and the way people need to be managed for the future. 

This session includes:

·       Discussion of workplace studies/metrics and their conclusions about leadership;

·       Explanation of differences between management characteristics and leadership skills; and

·       Self-Assessment of each individual's current leadership ability and a determination of the necessary personal development needed against eight very hard-hitting questions to test their progress in becoming a leader in their own organization.

10:00 - 10:10 am

Break

10:10 - 11:40 am

Why Should Someone Be Led By You?  Eight Hard Hitting Questions to Ask Yourself? - Part 2

11:40 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch

12:30 - 2:00 pm

Organizational Story Telling - The Swiss Army Knife in Your Leadership Toolkit

Since the beginning of time, human beings have employed story telling as a means to build a common sense of purpose among groups or communities as well as to illustrate complex concepts.  When it is done properly, this powerful management tool can be used to increase teamwork, to move groups in a specific direction or to make individuals resilient when the mission or task becomes difficult.  Learn how to tap into one of the four major human needs to connect with employees and peers on a deeper, emotional level rather than just a conceptual one.  Mine the most powerful aspects of your organization’s culture or your management style in order to use it as a branding or marketing tool, both internally and externally, for your organization.

This session includes:

·       Develop effective workplace feedback scenarios;

·       Stimulate creative business thinking using humor;

·       Change the way they express themselves so that it dramatically improves employee engagement;

·       Assist employees in embracing change as well as understanding and accomplishing the business goals of the organization;

·       Build culture, core values and ethics by using true workplace stories; and

Recruit strategic talent needed in order to sustain future growth.

2:00 - 2:10 pm

Break

2:10 - 3:40 pm

Organizational Story Telling - The Swiss Army Knife in Your Leadership Toolkit - Part 2

3:40 - 4:00 pm

Questions & Wrap-Up

About the Speaker:

Margaret is CEO for The HR Edge, Inc., an international management consulting and training company.  Her clients have included Lockheed Martin, Chevron, Time Warner, Sara Lee Foods, Home and Garden Television, Roche, Nissan North America, HealthStream, Nationwide Insurance, Aegis Sciences Corporation, NAPA Auto Parts, Homeland Security, U.S. Treasury Department, New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell & Columbia Medical Centers), Domino’s, Chimerix, Schneider Transportation, U.S. Marine Corps, Deloitte, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Vanderbilt University, Comcast, Intercontinental Hotel Group, National Institutes of Health, McKee Foods, Skanska, Fox Broadcasting, Schwarz BioSciences, Tractor Supply Company, Cook Medical, Fifth Third Bank, Verizon, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, SAS (computer software), The Nashville Predators national hockey franchise, Northrop Grumman, American Pacific Mortgage, Alliance Data, Miami University, Skogen Foods, Wells Fargo, The Peabody Hotel, The Hartford, TECO Energy, AmSurg, Quorum Health Resources, the U.S. Naval Nuclear Submarine Group and various local and state governments.  Previous to owning her own company, Margaret was Sr. Vice President, Human Resources Consulting for a national consulting firm out of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  She has a BS degree from the University of Alabama and a JD degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law.  She has worked as an attorney, specializing in employment law as well as been Vice President of Human Resources for three large companies.  She has written for The Sunday New York Times, is often quoted as a business expert in newspapers and magazines across the country including Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, MSNBC, CBS Money Watch and Entrepreneur and appears regularly on local ABC, CBS and Fox television affiliates.  She is the author of the business books, “Management Courage – Having the Heart of a Lion” and “The Hidden Language of Business – Workplace Politics, Power & Influence.”  She has served on the Board of Directors for various corporations and charities.  

Registration Fee

$249 per person - includes seminar, materials, lunch and beverages

This program has been APPROVED for 6.0 hour of PHR/SPHR business  recertification credit through the HR Certification Institute (www.hrci.org) and SHRM CP/SCP professional development credit through SHRM (www.shrm.org)

Register online at www.shrm-kc.org!