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Total Rewards Track at CAHR19

by | Jul 26, 2019 | Blog, Educational Tracks

Attendees at Total Rewards Sessions | CAHR19 in Long BeachWhat’s the difference between your ideal candidate ignoring your job listings and accepting your job offer? Sometimes the first red flag potential hires see is your benefits and compensation packages. At the 2019 California HR Conference, our track of sessions devoted to Total Rewards will help you uncover new ways to contribute to your organization’s success and your employees’ wellbeing – as well as increase what your organization’s propositional value to new employees.

As the future of work continues to unfold and eolve, so too must your ability to stsay competitive with compelling,  sustainable, and effective rewards structures. Through this specialized track, gain new insights to leverage benefits and compensation offerings to improve organizational performance, retain the best employees and elevate your employer’s brand to attract the best talent.

Our Total Rewards track is designed to help make your life – and work – easier. For convenience, we’ve gathered up all of our Total Rewards sessions below. Find the right sessions for you, then register to attend today to save $50!

 

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Explore our Total Rewards Track speakers and sessions below, and don’t forget to register for CAHR19! Prices increase this Wednesday, July 31.

 

Ditch the Calculator — Using Analytics to Solve Broader Pay Inequities

Stefan Gaertner – Monday 8/26, 11:15am – 12:30pm

Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19Eliminating pay inequities based on gender, race, ethnicity and other protected statuses is the most important compensation challenge of our time. And pay equity analyses can be used for a whole lot more than just predicting and adjusting pay levels for individuals — they can provide a window into the inner working of your compensation system and reveal the very practices that bring about pay inequality to begin with. This workshop is designed to make the case for why it is a business imperative, help attendees get their organization started with a pay equity analysis or take your current review a step further. Plan for engaging and interactive session with real- life case studies presented.

Stefan Gaertner is Partner at Aon.

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California’s New Mandatory Retirement Program

Terri McGray – Monday 8/26, 2:00pm – 3:15pm 
Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19California just launched the largest state-run retirement plan in the nation. This session will discuss what it means for your business and how the program works. We will address what you need to know with dates, deadlines and responsibilities. State Senate leader Kevin de Leon who wrote the bill, says this is the largest expansion of retirement security since the New Deal. The federal government has given its blessing, and many other states across the country are considering similar action. No matter whether your company offers a qualified retirement plan or not, you need to understand how this program works because it will likely impact all businesses. We will discuss our national retirement crisis and review the advocates and opponent’s view of this program. We will also review the costs, investment options and details as we take comprehensive look at this controversial program.

Terri McGray is President at Longevity Capital Management LLC.

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Pay Strategy as a Competitive Advantage: The Power of a Structured Approach

Greg Arnold & Margaret Hylas – Monday 8/26, 4:00pm – 5:15pm

Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19Learn how a strategic, structured, and thorough approach to compensation program design can optimize your organization’s performance, streamline processes, and help drive individual and corporate performance. This session will be led by two experts who have designed and implemented compensation programs and incentive designs at companies ranging in size from start-ups with less than fifty people to Fortune 100 organizations with thousands of employees.

This session will address:

1) What are the basics of setting up a compensation structure, including defining a pay strategy and philosophy that supports the company’s business strategy?
2) How can a framework for salary, bonus, and long-term incentives be tailored to a company’s pay strategy and philosophy?
3) How and why would different compensation schemes vary across different industries and different levels in an organization, and how can you use different approaches to pay to support your company’s unique strategy?
4) How can you design annual incentive programs that balance individual line of sight with enterprise wide objectives?

Greg Arnold is Principal at Semler Brossy Consulting Group.
Margaret Hylas is Consultant at Semler Brossy Consulting Group.

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WORK + LIFE: Balance or Collision? Why Workplace Wellness Works

Lindsay Bailey & Kaleana Quibell – Tuesday 8/27, 11:00am – 12:30pm

Lindsay Bailey, Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19Kaleana Quibell, Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19Join Lindsay Bailey, the founder of FitPros a national workplace wellness service provider, and Kaleana Quibell the Wellbeing Director of Sequoia Consulting Group for this high engagement discussion on how to design impactful wellness programs that target a total population. To recruit and retain high-caliber employees, its imperative companies are competitive in offering wellness programs that support a healthy work life balance, while being mindful of their wellness budget and company’s bottom-line. Learn how everyone has the power to influence healthy changes in their workplace, in turn carrying positive habits into their life outside the office. Attendees of this results driven discussion will walk away with inspiration and validation that by taking action as a Wellness Champion in the workplace, personal and professional balance is attainable. With social media at our fingertips, the rise of mental health issues, and the increasingly competitive work environment, the days of a simple and separate work life balance have been replaced by an always-on mobile workforce. Studies prove consistent, multi-faceted corporate wellness programs build team camaraderie and engagement with their employer, in turn heighten productivity, decrease absenteeism, and lower healthcare costs.

Lindsay Bailey is Founder at FitPros.
Kaleana Quibel is Wellbeing Director at Sequoia Consulting Group.

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The Need and Opportunities for Reward Innovation

Jon Ingham – Tuesday 8/27, 2:00pm – 3:15pm

Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19Over the last decade, HR has undergone a radical transformation. Much of what we do in recruitment, learning and communication has little similarity to the way these functions used to be performed. Even performance management is finally being re-engineered with reviews and ratings being substantially updated or abolished. But what about reward? Well, although there is talk about the new pay, as yet, there is not that much difference between the new and the old. However there is more that can be done. Some of the main opportunities include making better use of what we are already trying to do by taking a more employee centric perspective ensuring rewards are designed to motivate people; communicating the value people are gaining; allowing managers more discretion to set pay (within a framework) and emphasizing total reward. Other options include team level reward, increasing pay transparency, being smarter about the use of variable pay, taking advantage of the opportunities provided by prosocial rewards and using gamification. This session will review the opportunities to renew reward within a transformed approach to HR and in order to deliver cost savings and improved results in our businesses.

Jon Ingham is Author and Consultant at Strategic Dynamics.

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Too Much of a Good Thing? The Perks and Pitfalls of Unlimited PTO

Marina Galatro – Tuesday 8/27, 2:00pm – 3:15pm ☀️Sunshine Session☀️

Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19As the paid sick leave law wave continues to ripple across the country, companies are looking at ways to meet or exceed the now more than 40 different paid sick leave laws. The idea of unlimited PTO is still splashing through HR professionals’ minds as an alternative way to beat the explosion of paid sick leave laws and as a way to attract and retain talent. Need to go to Hawaii for five weeks? Yes, go — it’s paid time off! Need a “mental health” day or two (or five)? Why not — it’s paid time off! No questions asked. But before implementing such a program, is it too much of a good thing? Will it improve morale and work-life balance or will it cause fear within the organization? Is it a true total rewards element that attracts and retains top talent? What about employees who need an extended medical leave of absence? Are they paid for the full leave duration? “Unlimited” may not really mean without limits. Attend this session to learn what you should know and consider before transforming your total rewards strategy to include an unlimited paid time off program.

Marina Galatro is Sr. HR Consultant at Gallagher .

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Addressing Mental Health Challenges: 3 Unique Perspectives

Noma Bruton, Scott Ripley & Rachel Tilman – Tuesday 8/27, 4:00pm – 5:15pm

Noma Bruton, Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19Scott Ripley, Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19Rachel Tillman, Total Rewards Track Presenter at CAHR19The average life expectancy in the US is on the decline for the first time in 60 years. Experts cite a rise in suicides and the opioid epidemic as contributing factors. Furthermore, roughly 1 out of 5 American workers will experience a mental illness which has a direct impact on productivity costing US companies hundreds of billions per year. While awareness has increased, many HR professionals still shy away from the subject and struggle to find effective ways to address the issue. Competently and compassionately addressing mental health in the workplace is an essential business strategy for success.

Our expert panel consists of an HR executive, employee benefits consultant, and a licensed psychotherapist. Each will share a unique perspective on mental health in the workplace as well as perform an interactive role play highlighting real-life scenarios faced by HR professionals. 

Noma Bruton is Principal at Sagacity HR.
Scott Ripley is Benefits Advisor at Arthur J. Gallagher.
Rachel Tilman, LCPC is HR Consultant & Psychotherapist at Tilly Connects Consulting.

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Gain a leg up against your competition and learn new strategies to invest in your employees and reduce turnover in our Total Rewards Track. Registering for the 2019 California HR Conference today!

Don’t miss this HR party with 2,700 new HR friends at #CAHR19 in Long Beach this August 25-28. Prices increase after Wednesday, July 31!

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CAHR19 Keynote Speakers

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AMBER BALDET

CEO, Clovyr, former Blockchain Program Lead at JP Morgan 

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LINDA A. HILL
Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School & Bestselling Author of Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation

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DANIEL H. PINK

Bestselling Author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, To Sell is Human and Drive

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Talent Management Track Sessions at CAHR19

Talent Management Track Sessions at CAHR19

by | Jul 26, 2019 | Blog, Educational Tracks

Talent Management at CAHR19 in Long BeachToday’s tight labor market makes your talent management strategy more important than ever. At the 2019 California HR Conference, we understand what a challenge it is to navigate the ever-changing best practices and emerging trends to stay competitive in the hiring market. But in 2019, talent management is so much more than recruiting – what strategies will you implement in 2020 to invest in your talent, their engagement, and their growth? Attracting, retaining, and growing your talent base requires an understanding of what the future of work will bring.

Our 2019 Talent Management track brings together forward-thinking experts ready to teach you how to attract, recruit, manage, and inspire the most sought after employees who will have the greatest impact on your company. From fostering genuine inclusion in the workplace, to navigating the effects of ICE raids on your company’s talent, to simply working with difficult people, the content in the Talent Management sessions will prepare you with best practices and insight to handle tough situations with ease.

Take a look at the speakers and sessions in the Talent Management track below, then register to attend today to save $50!

 

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Browse our Talent Management Track speakers and sessions below, and don’t forget to register for CAHR19! Prices increase Wednesday, July 31. 

 

Recruit From Your Head and Your Heart

Kara Yarnot – Monday 8/26, 11:15am – 12:30pm

Talent Management Track Presenter at CAHR19To be an amazing recruiter, you need to win the minds and hearts of everyone involved in the process – your candidates, your network, your hiring managers, and your leaders. Using the best technologies and applying analytics to your recruiting is just the basis for amazing recruiting. You must stay connected to the hearts of others. Kara will share a personal journey that reminded her how personal touch matters in creating first impressions, building your network, and staying connected to people.

At the end of this session, you’ll be inspired to:
• Create a candidate experience that inspires people to be an ambassador for your brand
•Build networks that include individuals beyond possible candidates and other talent acquisition professionals
• Construct plans to follow-up and stay in contact with your network

By using your head and your heart, you’ll discover that people want to include you in their journeys and you’ll be a better recruiter because of it.

Kara Yarnot is Vice President, Strategic Consulting Services at HireClix.

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Best Practices for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Workplace

Allison VanKuiken – Monday 8/26, 2:00pm – 3:15pm ☀️Sunshine Session☀️

Talent Management Track Presenter at CAHR19The landscape for LGBTQ inclusion is changing every day. In the US, an estimated 1.4 million adults in the US identify as transgender. A study put out last year by the Williams Institute discovered that 27% of youth in California are identified as transgender or gender non- conforming. When thinking about younger generations, we know that in the year 2025, millennials will represent 75% of the workforce. And millennials are more than 2xs as likely to identify as LGBTQ and more likely to identify as non-binary or genderfluid than previous generations. For employers, it is no longer a matter of what to do if they have transgender employees, but a matter of preparing for when they have transgender employees.

This session will provide an environment for professionals to elevate their cultural competency of transgender inclusion. Learn important human resources information about how to hire and support talented employees who are transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC).

Topics covered will include:

• The business case for TGNC inclusion
• The gender spectrum & transgender identities
• Coming out & navigating transition in the workplace
• Concrete actions for employers to elevate the level of inclusion in the workplace

Allison VanKuiken is Executive Director at Trans Can Work.

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ICE Raids, Green Cards, and Work Visas: Practical Guidance for HR Managers

David Fullmer & Bernard Wolfsdorf – Monday 8/26, 2:00pm – 3:15pm

Talent Management Track Presenter at CAHR19Talent Management Track Presenter at CAHR19This session will provide education and an update on laws and procedures relating to the most common work visas utilized in the corporate world, including employer-sponsored permanent residence “Green Card” applications, as well as immigration-related work-site compliance and enforcement.

Topics to be discussed include:

• H-1B Cap
• Alternatives to H-1Bs: L-1, O-1, E-2
• Free Trade Visas
• The employment based 1st, 2nd, and 3rd preference categories
• Perm labor certifications
• Process for completing I-9 with foreign workers
• How to do I-9s for foreign workers
• Tips for tricky I-9s
• I-9 raid statistics
• Employer rights during an I-9 audit
• How to prepare for an audit
• AB 450

David Fullmer is Partner at Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP.
Bernard Wolfsdorf is Partner at Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP.

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Nine Minutes on Monday

James Robbins – Monday 8/26, 4:00pm – 5:15pm

Talent Management Track Presenter at CAHR19Get ready for an inspirational, funny, and highly practical session to help you transform your leadership. Managers around the world are feeling the pressure of having too many plates to spin. Nine Minutes on Monday is a simple, easy-to-follow framework guaranteed to increase engagement and motivation among your staff. Thousands of managers around the world are seeing the results of using this simple blueprint. By following the Nine Minutes on Monday process, you will see an increase in employee engagement, a greater loyalty in your staff, and higher morale among your team.

James Robbins is President at The James Robbins Company LLC.

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10 Data-Driven Methods for Better Engaging Your Employees

Ben Travis – Tuesday 8/27, 11:15am – 12:30pm

Talent Management Track Presenter at CAHR19Are your employees engaged? How can you tell? What is engagement? Employee Engagement is one of the most popular yet misunderstood topics in HR. It requires much more than the annual employee engagement survey. This session will demystify employee engagement, share the advantages of optimal employee engagement, challenge HR leaders to examine their own practices, educate the audience on data-driven methods (based on never before seen data), and inspire attendees to more purposefully engage their own teams. For those who want to better engage their own teams but don’t know where to start or even those who’ve attempted to improve their own engagement programs but have hit a wall, this presentation will kick-start a new level of employee engagement.

Ben Travis is Customer Growth Manager at Bonusly.

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10 Minutes by Friday: Enhance Motivation and Accelerate Business Results

Gregg Lederman – Tuesday 8/27, 11:15am – 12:30pm ☀️Sunshine Session☀️

Talent Management Track Presenter at CAHR19Eighty-plus years of research has proven that humans CRAVE three things that enable them to become more motivated: Respect: Help me feel respected for the work I do. Purpose: Show me how what I do has purpose, makes a difference, and is relevant to the organization. Relationship: Help me build stronger connections with people, especially my immediate manager/supervisor. Lederman says, “We, as humans, love recognition, but we struggle to give enough of it. Whether we want to admit it or not, recognition plays a huge role in our everyday work lives— in our happiness, well-being, and working relationships. Learning to strategically recognize employees is the most effective and efficient way to give people what they CRAVE. Doing so leads to accelerated improvements in employee engagement and the work culture, which together inspire a more consistent customer experience.” In this highly interactive session, supervisors, managers, and executives commit to the 10 Minutes By Friday™ habit for giving people more of what they CRAVE! In return, they become better managers and leaders who are able to achieve the business results that matter most to their team, department, and/or organization.

Gregg Lederman is a professional speaker and the President of Employee Engagement at Reward Gateway, .

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Working with Difficult People: Suffering at Work Is Optional

Shari Harley – Tuesday 8/27, 2:00pm – 3:15pm

Talent Management Track Presenter at CAHR19When you feel depleted and exhausted at the end of a workday, chances are, it wasn’t the work that tired you out, but the people you work with. People can be difficult, hitting CC and Reply All when everyone doesn’t need to know, missing deadlines, talking about others when they’re not there . . . the list is endless. Difficult people create unnecessary complexity, strife, and worst of all, stress. What if suffering at work was optional? What if you could work with just about anyone? Get easy-to-use techniques to smooth out even the most challenging workplace relationships. Find out why difficult people are so difficult. Get some practice to prevent difficult behavior. And get the words to tell people to back off or step up.

Shari Harley is President at Candid Culture, Inc.

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High Functioning Teams Deliver High Performance! What is Your Plan?

Curt Archambault – Tuesday 8/27, 4:00pm – 5:15pm

Talent Management Track Presenter at CAHR19Highly skilled team members are not enough. You must have high functioning teams to succeed today. Teamwork is the ultimate competitive advantage because it is so powerful and so rare. Leaders who take on the goal of building high performing teams need a disciplined, persistent, and thoughtful plan. By attending this session, you will be presented with solutions that will create a high-performance team culture.

Leaders and team members willing to do the heavy lifting with the team can experience the following benefits of high performing, cohesive teams:

• Avoid wasting time talking about the wrong issues and revisiting the same topics over and over again because of lack of buy-in
• Make higher quality decisions and accomplish more in less time and fewer resources
• Are comfortable asking for help, admitting mistakes and limitations and take risks offering feedback
• Tap into one another’s skills and experiences
• Put critical topics on the table and have lively meetings
• Align the team around common objectives
• Retain star employees

In this highly interactive session, you will learn about processes, tools and innovative ideas that can assist leaders to build stronger, high performing teams which achieve critical organizational goals.

Curt Archambault is Vice President at People and Performance Strategies.

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Invest in your Talent Management and people strategy by registering for the 2019 California HR Conference today!

 

Join us and your 2,700 new HR friends at #CAHR19 in Long Beach this August. Prices increase after Wednesday, July 31.

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Use this customized request letter (word document) to share with your supervisor the sessions you want to attend, and the value you will bring back to your organization.

CAHR19 Keynote Speakers

Learn from World-Class Experts

Wednesday Keynote
AMBER BALDET

CEO, Clovyr, former Blockchain Program Lead at JP Morgan 

Tuesday Keynote

LINDA A. HILL
Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School & Bestselling Author of Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation

Monday Keynote
DANIEL H. PINK

Bestselling Author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, To Sell is Human and Drive

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HR Compliance Sessions and Track Preview at CAHR19

HR Compliance Sessions and Track Preview at CAHR19

by | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog, Educational Tracks

The California HR Conference in Long Beach (August 25-28) is fast approaching! Although we’re known for packing in many opportunities for high-impact relationship-building and good old-fashioned fun – including our 2019 Comedy Show & Music Show – you can rest assured that your educational needs are covered, especially on the HR Compliance side. We understand the latest developments in employment law, as well as the many preventative measures HR can take, are crucial components you need in your continuing education. What better way to invest in your HR compliance education than steps away from this gorgeous, temperate Southern California beach?

As your organization’s first line of defense against litigation and workplace disputes, you need a complete, nuanced understanding of the latest regulations from as many perspectives as possible. With constantly changing labor laws, increasingly tougher privacy rules, and new developments in federal policy, it’s never been more important to keep pace with the latest HR laws and legislation. Help protect your company from liability and avoid legal risk before it arises by staying current with the latest changes in labor legislation. We offer a broad range of sessions presented by some of the top legal minds in the country.

The #CAHR19 HR Compliance track will give you the opportunity to learn from experts on wage & hour law, sexual harassment investigations, engaging Veterans in the workforce, marijuana policies, free speech in digital communications, and so much more. No matter what your greatest compliance curiosities or business needs are, you’ll walk away from these CAHR19 sessions with actionable tools, tips and resources to help minimize your organization’s exposure to litigation. 

Dive into our HR Compliance Track speakers and sessions below, and don’t forget to register for CAHR19! 

Managing Communications During an Internal Investigation

Zach Olson – Monday 8/26, 7:30am – 8:45am

HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19As an employer, what you say is just as important as what you do. This holds especially true for an organization in the throes of an internal investigation, when, in addition to tough decisions about how to appropriately investigate and resolve a matter, legal and HR teams are facing rumor mills, questions and scrutiny from other staff members, board members, media and customers. From employees, shareholders and boards of directors to the media and online trolls, the task of managing the internal and external communications during an investigation can be daunting. This panel will use real life examples of companies that have navigated these challenges well, avoiding undue reputational harm and litigation in the process, and those that have fallen short and suffered the consequences. This panel will outline best practices for communicating during and after an investigation and how to avoid common pitfalls when faced with an internal crisis, as well as legal parameters for what can be said, and confidentiality and privilege considerations.

Zach Olson is President of Infinite Global.

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Prevention Strategies to Keep Your Company Out of Wage & Hour Trouble

Brandon Sylvia – Monday 8/26, 11:15am – 12:30pm

HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19In this presentation, attendees will learn about meal periods & rest breaks – what the penalties are; the most common mistakes regarding breaks and meal periods and how to implement rest period exposure/policies. They will also learn about timecard requirements, how to minimize off-the-clock violations and primary risk factors. Implement written policies regarding pre/post shift work, as well as active management of such work. Eliminating rounding time punches. Have a process for time punch edits. Provide management training. Implement timecard audits to ensure compliance. And implement an attestation. Overtime calculation errors – exempt vs non- exempt employees. Learn about commissions/non-discretionary bonuses and regular rate. Overtime rules in California. Minimize exposure of OT miscalculations. Another topic that will be discussed is paystub compliance and the problems businesses are having with paystub compliance. Arbitration agreement mistakes is another topic that will be discussed. Poor document handling practices, no class action waiver, electronic onboarding without proof that an employee acknowledged and agreed to an arbitration are issues that will be discussed. The last topic will be compliance self-audits. What is an internal wage and hour audit? How does it help? Discovering problems on your own terms versus in response to a discovery demand.

Brandon Sylvia is Partner at Rutan & Tucker, LLC.

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Navigating the New Harassment & #MeToo CA Laws Landscape

Beth Whittenbury – Monday 8/26, 2:00pm – 3:15pm

HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19Wondering how to comply with the sexual harassment training requirements or if you even have to? Questioning whether you need to change your harassment and discrimination policies and if so how? What exactly do you have to pass out to employees each year to comply with new California sexual harassment laws? Who needs to be on our Board of Directors and by when? What do they mean by “practical examples inclusive of harassment based on gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation”? Many are confused and if you are saying #MeToo, then you need to come to this lively session which will cover all the new requirements for employers under California harassment and discrimination laws. We’ll discuss how to comply with your new obligations in this area. We’ll explore unique ideas for preventing sexual harassment by going beyond just today’s legal obligations. You’ll see actual policy clauses that you can incorporate into your handbooks. You’ll walk out knowing you’re covered and not fearing that your #Time’sUp because you don’t know the new rules!

Beth Whittenbury is Principal at Beth K. Whittenbury & Associates.

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Free Speech in the Digital Media Era: Navigating a complex legal landscape

Grant Alexander – Monday 8/26, 4:00pm – 5:15pm

HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19Free speech in the workplace, and speech made on social media both in and out of the workplace, is an ever changing landscape that employers must be cognizant of. A number of high-profile events within the past year have thrust free speech in the workplace into the national spotlight. As employers grapple with the nuances of when the expression was made (on the clock or off), the devices used to amplify the messages, particularly on social media, and any links back the employer on an employee’s digital profile, it is essential to understand how laws vary from state to state, especially with regard to political commentary, and the legal parameters that dictate employer policies.

Grant Alexander is Partner at Alston & Bird LLP.

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Workplace Bullies are too expensive to keep

Frank Mulcahy – Tuesday 8/27, 7:30am – 8:45am

HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19Learn how to Deter, Detect, & defend against Workplace Bullying by using evidence-based tools from the firm recognized as the originators of U.S. Workplace Bullying Solutions. We have been instrumental in helping to draft legislation in multiple states including California. More then 21% of American workers directly experience bullying. An incredible statistic is that approx. 65.6 million workers, including witnesses, are affected. Employers suffer turnover, absenteeism, presenteeism, and payouts for severances and settlements. These costs are preventable. Employers tend to ignore bullying. State laws mandating training are proliferating. This session can help you to Detect, Deter, & Defend as well as prepare you for compliance.

Frank Mulcahy is Director of Business Development at Workplace Bullying Institute.

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Nightmare on Elm Street: Rise of Local Employment Law Ordinances

Kimberly Miller & Walter Stella – Tuesday 8/27, 11:15am – 12:30pm

HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19It’s an unprecedented trend: As the federal government works to reduce regulations on businesses, cities and counties from the West Coast to the East Coast are enacting local employment law ordinances regulating minimum wage, paid sick leave, predictive scheduling, criminal history checks, salary history inquiries, and more. And there’s no end in sight to the rise of local regulation. For any organization operating in multiple cities across the country, managing compliance with the new patchwork of local rules can be a legal and HR nightmare. Our panel will focus on key categories of local ordinances, along with provisions they often share in common – and where they often differ. We will also offer practical strategies and best practices for drafting and updating employment policies and juggling other compliance considerations in a multi-jurisdictional regulatory environment.

Kimbler is a Psychologist, Consultant, and Trainer at Kimberly A. Miller & Associates, LLC.

Walter Stella is Partner at Miller Law Group.

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When No Witnesses Are Around: Tips for Assessing Credibility

Allison West – Tuesday 8/27, 2:00pm – 3:15pm

HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19You just completed your last investigation interview. Now comes the hard part: assessing credibility. Sometimes the facts and credibility of the complainant, subject and witnesses is clear. But often, the investigator finds it’s a close call as to who is more credible, or finds that both parties and witnesses are credible. Giving up and saying “inconclusive” is not an option: the investigator must reach a conclusion. Credibility assessments are imperative in helping the investigator determine which testimony and evidence is more credible. Gain insights from an experienced attorney investigator how to effectively assess credibility using factors such as plausibility, prior record, corroboration, consistency or motive. In this #MeToo and #TimesUp era, employers must confidently rely on investigation findings that are based on credibility assessments in order to support their employment decisions.

Allison West is Principal at Employment Practices Specialists.

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Legality vs. Policy: Addressing Legal Marijuana Use in the Workplace

Tricia McLaurin – Tuesday 8/27, 4:00pm – 5:15pm

HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19With many states legalizing marijuana in one form or another, how do you treat legal drug use in the workplace? Where is the line between health, wellness, and recreation on personal time? Depends on the workplace. This session will provide recommendations on identifying updates to your current drug policy, policy language to address legal drug use, determining safety- sensitive issues, addressing medical marijuana from an ADA and FEHA perspective, and more.

Tricia McLaurin, PHR is a Consultant at Paychex.

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How to Hire a Criminal

Noelle Harling – Wednesday 8/28, 7:30am – 8:45am

HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19One third of the US working population has a criminal history. With today’s competitive recruiting market, you are no doubt seeing a higher percentage of candidates with criminal records – but do you really understand what those records mean, and are you confident you’re making fair, legal and informed hiring decisions based on those records? With Ban the Box and Fair Chance laws popping up at every turn, you will – and should be – hiring people with criminal histories. You just need to understand how to evaluate the risk vs. reward when inviting ex convicts into your workplace. Join seasoned speaker Noelle Harling in this fun and informative session to learn:
• What types of criminal records are available for employment decisions
• How to use a criminal record to evaluate a candidate’s suitability
• How to discuss a record with your candidate without running afoul of the law
• What your obligations are if the candidate indicates the criminal check is wrong
• What financial benefits your organization may qualify for when hiring a former felon

Attendees will leave the session with a criminal history primer and a certificate for a free 15 minute consultation with the speaker.

Noelle Harling is Vice President Operations & Compliance at Frasco, Inc.

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Veterans In The Workplace: A Primer On Military and Veteran Workplace Issue

Teresa McQueen – Wednesday 8/28, 9:00am – 10:15am

HR Compliance Track Presenter at CAHR19The United States has more than a million members of the military and almost 22 million veterans. About 10% are from California. Both federal and state statutes set forth procedures specially directed to those who are presently serving and those who previously served our country. This program will serve as a primer on working with service members and military veterans to alert employers about matters not always considered when interacting with current and former military personnel. The program will provide a practical perspective on policies protecting active duty and veteran service personnel in today’s workplace as well as the employer’s duty to prevent discrimination under state and federal laws.

Teresa McQueen is Attorney at SAFFIRE LEGAL, PC.

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CAHR19 California Employment Law Track Preview

CAHR19 California Employment Law Track Preview

by | May 17, 2019 | Blog, Educational Tracks

How have recent legislative changes affected California’s workplaces, and what do you need to know to best protect your organization? At the 2019 California HR Conference, we will cover all your most important HR questions with an entire track devoted to California Employment Law and all the vital current information your organization needs to remain compliant while navigating tricky nuances.

California is always on the cutting-edge of HR developments due to its complex and ever-changing legislative environment. What happens in California tends to spread throughout the United States – so you know what you learn here will help keep you ahead of the employment law curve!

Our California Employment Law track is designed to help make your life easier, so take look at the speakers and sessions in the track preview below, then register to attend today!

California Employment Law

Practicing HR in California is a constantly moving target. Invest in these sessions for California-specific content, recertification credit, and more.

Managing the Biggest Hurdles for California Employers in the Current Economy
Sunday, 8/25/2019 from 1:00pm – 2:15pm
Presented by Jonathan Segel
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Strategic

Recruitment, hiring and retention of talent are the largest hurdles for California employers and in an economy with record low unemployment, employers are being challenged in new ways. Learn to be a strategic business partner in an era of cannabis at work, ban the box legislation, equal pay strategies and a movement to hire the recently incarcerated. Understand the employment law challenges inherent in incorporating new tools and resources to proactively address your recruitment, hiring and retention strategies.

Managing Employee's Off Duty Conduct: The Do's and Don'ts
Sunday, 8/25/2019 from 2:00pm – 3:15pm
Presented by Jennifer Suberlak
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Strategic

This session will examine case law, legislation, and guidance regarding the extent to which an employer may make personnel decisions based on employees’ conduct outside of work. Discussion topics will include social media, drug and alcohol use, political and/or social engagement, and personal and/or romantic relationships.

Wage and Hour Bombshells
Monday, 8/26/2019 from 7:30am – 8:45am
Presented by William Betley
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Foundational

Practical insights into how changes of federal overtime exemptions, independent contractors, and de minimis rules are impacting California workplaces, Recap recent Supreme Court, Circuit Court and District Court decisions, and proven tactics for countering claims and much more.

The Five Ws (and How) of Workplace Investigations
Monday, 8/26/2019 from 11:15am – 12:30pm
Presented by Jennifer Komsky
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Foundational

What do you do when you receive a complaint from an employee, whether you consider it well-founded or not? Such a situation places the company in a perilous position and the law places certain obligations on the company to investigate the complaint. Attendees will learn the investigator’s role in the process and the proper way to conduct the investigation (including how to avoid the most common mistakes made by employers in conducting workplace investigations.) Participants will also acquire skills to reduce the risk of having the investigation leading to litigation, including steps to take before, during and after the investigation. Attendees will also be provided with tips and samples for documenting investigative interviews and preparing the investigative report.

Legalities of the 24-7 Workplace
Monday, 8/26/2019 from 2:00pm – 3:15pm
Presented by Brian Nagatani
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Strategic

The proliferation of computers, PDAs, other electronic devices, and telecommuting means that work follows you everywhere. This creates numerous complexities with respect to employment law compliance. Companies need to worry about how to compensate non-exempt employees who work outside the office. What happens when a non-exempt employee checks email for two minutes on an iPhone over the weekend? Because of the mass use of PDAs, companies always expect employees to be available. When must an employer compensate an employee for on-call time? Do employers need to reimburse employees for the cost of their PDAs and monthly bills? Cell phone use on the road raises separate risks. What happens if an employee gets in an accident while talking on a cell phone? Who is liable? Finally, telecommuting raises its own set of separate issues. What precautions do employers need to take with employees who are working from home? This session will cover all of these developing issues that are now critical to think about due to the 24-7 workplace.

Getting Down & Dirty with the Interactive Process
Monday, 8/26/2019 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Presented by Nancy Yaffee
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Applied

California law requires employers to engage in a good faith interactive process when an employee has a disability. This sounds easy, but it is not! Lawsuits abound when steps in the interactive process are missed or are poorly documented. Attend this session to learn the in’s-and-out’s and the do’s-and-don’ts of the interactive process. Learn from mistakes of others with real-life, entertaining, and engaging hypotheticals.

Leave Laws & Benefits
Tuesday, 8/27/2019 from 7:30am – 8:45am
Presented by Marilyn Monahan
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Applied

California HR professionals have to master the complexities of a number of overlapping leave laws. This program focuses on the administer health benefits during leaves, including leaves under FMLA, CFRA, PDL, and USERRA. The program will address which benefits employers must offer, for how long, and who has to pay for them. Designed to answer common questions, this program will include examples, best practices, and action items.

Seeing 20/20 in 2020: A Look at the New Employment Laws Coming Next Year
Tuesday, 8/27/2019 from 11:15am – 12:30pm
Presented by Kelly Scott
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Applied

This presentation will cover the recent legislative developments likely to become law in 2020, as well as the year’s most important case law to date that is sure to change your business practices for 2020 and beyond. Don’t miss this opportunity to prepare yourself for compliance… because hindsight is not a strategy.

ADA, Workers Compensation and Return to Work: Handling Complex Leave Issues
Tuesday, 8/27/2019 from 2:00pm – 3:15pm
Presented by Lisa Aguilar
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Applied

Handling leave issues and returning employees to work following a workers compensation injury, a disability, or a non-industrial injury is tricky. What leave laws are employees entitled to? How does an employer administer the leave? Who is responsible the TPA or the employer? Both workers compensation laws and the Americans with Disabilities Act apply to return to work scenarios and sometimes the requirements appear contradictory.

Call Me Caitlyn: Navigating the New Transgender Workplace
Tuesday, 8/27/2019 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Presented by Joan Cochran
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Foundational

As public awareness surrounding transgender individuals has increased, so have transgender issues in the workplace. A study conducted by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights revealed that virtually all transgender employees experience harassment or mistreatment on the job. The study also showed that many transgender employees were forced to use restrooms that did not match their gender identity, were told to dress and act like a different gender than their own or they would lose their job, or had their private information divulged without permission. This presentation is intended to provide an up- to-date and comprehensive overview of the legal protections afforded to transgender employees in California. As transgender awareness is increasing, so will lawsuits regarding discrimination and harassment against transgender individuals. This discussion will provide human resources professionals with a basic understanding of transgender laws and how to handle claims brought under those laws which are continuously evolving.

Disability Accommodation Law & Practice for California Employers in 2019
Wednesday, 8/28/2019 from 7:30am – 8:45am
Presented by Richard Falcone
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Applied

Accommodating employee disabilities is a seemingly endless waltz fraught with the opportunity for a misstep at every turn. The goal and purpose of this session is to:
1. Provide an update on the current state of the law impacting California employers when addressing employee disability claims.
2. Identify and discuss the 8 Steps to managing disability accommodations and the interactive process.
3. Identify and address common missteps in the interactive process and how to get back “in- step.”
4. Review checklists and forms that assist in the interactive process. [Includes Handouts.]

Reasonable Accommodation - From The Employer And Attorney Perspective
Wednesday, 8/28/2019 from 9:00am – 10:15am
Presented by Nicole Minkow
Track: California Employment Law
Credit: California-specific | Learning Level: Applied

Does the Interactive Process frustrate you? You are not alone. What the employer may deem as a reasonable accommodation to support its business needs may vary greatly from what legal practitioners may recommend. With the recent trends in litigation over employers’ failures to comply with their obligations to engage in the interactive process in the rise, it is now even more important that company executives and HR professionals fully understand what’s required of them under the law.

Hear this unique seminar form the perspective of both the employer and the legal practitioner. Our experts will take you through an interactive discussion that covers:

  • The current state of the law
  • When an employer is required to provide a reasonable accommodation
  • Components of the interactive process
  • Limits to the employer’s duty to accommodate
  • What constitutes undue hardship issues
  • Best practices to protect your business

CAHR19 Keynote Speakers

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Wednesday Keynote
AMBER BALDET

CEO, Clovyr, former Blockchain Program Lead at JP Morgan 

Tuesday Keynote

LINDA A. HILL
Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School & Bestselling Author of Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation

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CAHR19 Business & HR Strategy Track Preview

CAHR19 Business & HR Strategy Track Preview

by | May 17, 2019 | Blog, Educational Tracks

HR is the lifeblood of successful companies that often goes unnoticed as the strategic partner it is, but you can change that. How you position yourself and your department to the C-Suite is crucial to the adoption of HR as a strategic (and critical) driver of organizational success. You’ll find the best guidance on how to achieve this positioning within the Business & HR Strategy Track at the 2019 California HR Conference.

With expert speakers focusing on innovation, business competencies and strategic alignment, these sessions will give you actionable takeaways to change the conversation about HR in your next staff meeting. 

Take a look at what the Business & HR Strategy sessions have to offer below, then register to attend CAHR19 today to ensure your HR department gets the consideration it deserves. Your chance to save $100 with our Early Bird rate ends two weeks from today – Friday, May 31!

Business & HR Strategy


Expand your strategic toolkit with our Business & HR Strategy sessions at CAHR19.

What the CFO Wants You to Know as Their HR Business Partner
Monday, 8/26/2019 from 7:30am – 8:45am Presented by Paul Butler Credit: Business | Learning Level: Applied Everything you always wanted to know about finance but were afraid to ask! HR Professionals can only make so much contribution to their organization based on their technical competence. Over and above their area of expertise, they have to be excellent at managing themselves and at influencing others. But is that it? Is there anything else? Yes! In today’s highly competitive marketplace where HR Professionals must be able to demonstrate their strategic value to an organization, they also must have a sharp business acumen: in short, PIHRA members need to demonstrate Business Financial Intelligence. In this engaging, practical and participative session, Paul Butler will demystify working capital, the income statement, the balance sheet, the statement of cashflow and commonly-heard but commonly misunderstood terms such as; depreciation, goodwill, amortization, accruals, unearned revenue and EBITDA. Outsourcing is becoming increasingly common: be on the leading edge – be a true business partner by investing in your Business Financial Intelligence. You’ll leave this session smarter and with absolute clarity on the subjects discussed and addressed.

Paul Butler is a Client Partner with Newleaf Training and Development, based in Valencia, CA. Paul is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA), having qualified with Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Prior to starting Newleaf Training and Development in 2005, he served as a Regional Finance Director for Marriott International Hotels and Hilton International Hotels. Paul also served as the Director of Finance for Hilton Honors. Paul is a very engaging facilitator, able to take the complexity of a subject and distill it into simple, memorable concepts that can be immediately applied.

Organization Design: Going Beyond Drawing an Org Chart
Monday, 8/26/2019 from 11:15am – 12:30pm Presented by Kifaya Thallam Credit: Business | Learning Level: Foundational  With the changes in the economy, politics, demography and the speed of technology, businesses today operate in an environment that is far more complex and competitive than at any time in history. Therefore, to rely on traditional organizational structures that often characterized by too many management layers, bureaucracy, inflexible functions and silo’s will affect the sustainability of the business in the market The workshop/presentation shall explain the framework/ methodology of organization design from the decision stage to implementation covering all the elements of design (strategy, structure, management process, People & Reward) as proper organization design shall create alignment of the organization to its strategy and business model and the performance of people within the business is enhanced with corresponding benefits to results. Kifaya Thallam is a seasoned HR Executive with over 20 years of experience in HR, holding several key positions in Human Resources including, but not limited to Chief HR Officer, Regional Head of HR Group HR Advisor, Group HR Director, HR Consultant in Governmental & Multinational Organizations in the Middle East. Kifaya is specialized in HR Organization Design, HR Transformation and M&A, served in several industries; Telecommunications, Defense, Banking, Manufacturing & Transportation. In addition to her work Kifaya is an active speaker in HR Conferences in the Middle East & Europe (Dubai, Belgium, Spain, Budapest, Jordan) delivered several lectures and workshops on Organization Design, Talent Management & Performance Management. Kifaya holds several degrees; BSc, MSc, MBA & MA in addition to other several professional certifications in HR (CIPD, CAHRI, CPHR, CPD,BPS) completed her certification in Organization Design from USC. Kifaya is currently based in UAE-Dubai. 
How AI Can Prevent Workplace Harassment and Protect Your Bottom Line
Monday, 8/26/2019 from 2:00pm – 3:15pm Presented by Ben Mones Credit: Business | Learning Level: Applied Historically, there hasn’t been a viable solution for companies that want to address people risk management, prevent hostile workplaces and ensure that current/future employees are aligned with their mission/values. HR has had to rely on time consuming methods to vet employees that fail to provide a thorough picture of a new hire/existing employee. This is a growing concern for businesses of all sizes, as the reach of social media enables minor internal incidents to go “viral,” blossoming into consumer boycotts, ultimately affecting a company’s bottom line and shareholder value. HR professionals need the tools to proactively manage brand risk and identify toxic behavior, which is easily missed in the hiring/management process. AI presents a wealth of opportunities to solve this problem, at scale, by quickly and effectively identifying damaging behaviors for an employer and providing admin-level benchmarks on how they are performing against similar organizations. This session will review problems facing HR professionals and how these affect the goals of an organization, as well as how AI can be leveraged to address hiring and people risk management. It will explain how AI is reinventing the way that organizations handle HR functions and create fair/balanced workplaces where all employees feel welcome. Ben Mones is CEO and Co-Founder of Fama. Fama (fama.io) is an AI-based solution that helps companies limit the incidence of sexual harassment in the workplace, and similar, crippling issues such as abusive behavior and insider threats. They do this by applying machine learning to publicly available online information and internal HR data. Fama’s mission is to create a more productive and welcoming workplace, while ensuring that businesses are not exposed to unnecessary risk. Based in Los Angeles, Fama’s cloud-based software solutions are deployed globally, with enterprise customers in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia.
Disrupting the HR Model: What Happens When You Blow Up the Old Way?
Monday, 8/26/2019 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm Presented by Ramona Agrela Credit: Business | Learning Level: Strategic The University of California, Irvine (UCI) HR department has undertaken a significant transformation by unifying disparate HR units and elevating the visibility and leadership of HR to the chancellor level to provide more disciplined, strategic services. These changes respect the differences across three unique business enterprises — medical center, health affairs and campus — and includes a think tank partnership that works across the three units on initiatives that support the university’s strategic goals, addresses issues, and implements programs and applications that are changing the way UCI staff members work. We’ll share how individual units were reorganized to help solve problems at an enterprise level and the single service center that is the result of centralizing the three HR units to provide more shared, consolidated services. Ramona Agrela serves as the associate chancellor and chief human resources executive for the University of California, Irvine. She is the senior university official responsible for all human resources administration and operations and sits on the Chancellor’s Cabinet at campus and the CEO’s Cabinet for UCI Health. Ramona is a dynamic human resource professional with extensive, award-winning experience across multiple disciplines including labor relations, compensation/classification, executive compensation, employee relations, HRIS systems, and organizational development. She has been successful in implementing human resource programs in support of business strategies that motivate, retain, engage, and attract valuable employees. Through strong faculty, staff and student relationships across the organization, she has built successful partnerships that have helped launch many innovative human resource programs. With a passion for helping organizational leaders achieve their strategic goals through progressive talent management strategies, Ramona truly believes that HR’s role is to empower people to drive a culture of innovation, learning and service.
What’s in It for Me? The Business Case for Tailored Employee Communications
Tuesday, 8/27/2019 from 7:30am – 8:45am Presented by Gregg Apirian Credit: Business | Learning Level: Strategic Business leaders today are demanding better employee engagement, yet capturing employees’ attention has become exceedingly difficult as employees are increasingly dispersed, distributed and often deskless. As the workplace continues to evolve, HR practitioners are now challenged with reaching and engaging employees wherever they are and on whatever devices they use – and in this new landscape, a “one-size-fits-all” approach simply will not suffice. But while all effective marketers are accustomed to knowing and targeting their audiences, why has this same approach proved so challenging for HR when communicating with employees? This session will provide a deep-dive into the business impact of personalized, targeted communications, outlining best practices, strategies and actionable takeaways for HR to engage employees and segment communications to different groups by location, role, demographics, and more. Just like marketers, HR practitioners must take the time to know their employee audiences – learning what they want and when and how they want it. By creating audience profiles and strategically targeting their messaging, HR professionals will be able to not only compel employees to take the desired action and provide more relevance and value, but also more clearly define and deliver stronger results and performance. As Senior Director of Advisory Services at SocialChorus, Gregg develops and delivers a suite of strategic services that support communications professionals with the guidance to plan, create, publish and measure their communications. These experiences build trust with communications professionals and business leaders, drive employees to take action, and create winning company cultures. Gregg brings 20 years of experience ranging from customer experience and employee experience strategy, content creation, technology implementations, and data-driven marketing and communications. Over this time, he has worked with brands like GE, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Target, Verizon, OWN, Sony Pictures, NBCUniversal, Johnson & Johnson, HSN, Ann Taylor & LOFT, Nike, and Reebok. Gregg is passionate about helping HR and Internal Communications professionals innovate and activate employees through powerful branded content, communications and engagement. When not helping customers to define strategies that deliver desired outcomes, Gregg spends a good amount of time as an employee experience thought leader, writing articles for multiple blogs and publishers like Forbes, speaking at conferences. He also enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, working out, and relaxing on the beach.
Technology is NOT the Solution: Bust the Myths about HR Technology
Tuesday, 8/27/2019 from 11:15am – 12:30pm Presented by Tina Robinson Credit: Business | Learning Level: Applied Technology is NOT the Solution: Bust the Three Myths about HR Technology that Keep HR Transactional, Disempowered, and Longing for Radical Transformation • Do you want more investment and support for your HR technology initiatives? • Do you want to get out of the HR weeks and help drive business strategy? • Do you want both? If so, join us for a rousing discussion about what HR technology can, can’t, and shouldn’t do in the modern enlightened workplace. We will dive into the benefits of a strategic vision and business case for HR technology, and how it can help you achieve your desired ROI from your program. And we’ll have fun exploring how HR can avoid shiny object syndrome and stay true to what really matters with humans at work. You will learn how technology can and should be: • An enabler of strategic touch rather than make HR “no touch” • Evaluated and measured as a strategic initiative • An example of exemplary change agility that starts with the “why” vs. the “what” As a talent executive, leadership coach, and organizational consultant, Tina Robinson empowers humans to love what they do, educates leaders on how to encourage and inspire this passion, and equips organizations with the structures, systems, and practices that support radical engagement. Tina solves humans-at-work challenges. Outcomes include: * Learning design, development, and delivery: Practical and engaging leadership development programs that result in positive measurable behavior change and mindset shifts. * Executive coaching: Leaders with tighter focus on critical business results, renewed engagement, strengthened workplace relationships, and improved communication with stakeholders up, down, across, and outside the organization. * HR strategy: Alignment of people initiatives with organizational priorities to exceed business and financial objectives through harnessed human potential – enabled by systems and measured by data. The new HR is HUMAN RELEVANCE. * Program stewardship: Complex global programs with clear measurable objectives and clockwork communication cadences, supported by engaged coalitions, that accomplish their purpose. * Workforce technology strategy: Value-driven business cases that secure financial investment and executive championing, guide implementation, and support ROI measurement of HRIS, from talent and learning management to applicant tracking systems. We all have our own moon shot, our big bold dream waiting to become reality. We each deserve to love what we do, to be radically engaged, and to have the opportunities and support to experience this love.
PIVOT! Turn Change & Disruption Into a Culture of Innovation & Agility
Tuesday, 8/27/2019 from 2:00pm – 3:15pm Presented by Adam Markel Credit: Business | Learning Level: Strategic Disruption is something we have come to expect more and more. If your organization is not prepared to manage and make the most of change, or is married to the status quo because the cost of failure is perceived as too high, your days are probably numbered. In fact, 88% of the Fortune 500 companies from 1955 are no longer in business. Constant and never ending innovation is the key to sustainable success. Our ability to reinvent and innovate – what Adam refers to as “pivotability” – is critical to business longevity. Without a pivot-ready culture, businesses run the risk of mediocrity creeping in, threatening an organization’s long term profits and even its very survival. Through a combination of foundational principles, case studies, stories, and interactive exercises, we will initiate a conversation that helps your team understand: ? How to enable your teams to not only embrace change, but utilize it effectively ? What “out of the box” really means and what it requires to implement ? How to build resilience into your organization for long-term growth ? How to prevent toxicity and turnover by aligning company goals with employee fulfillment and growth? Adam Markel is a CEO, Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, and Business Mentor. Adam has spent the past 10 years training hundreds of thousands of people all across the United States, Southeast Asia, Canada, Europe and Australia on how to PIVOT to living a life of purpose, passion and freedom. Known as one of the most charismatic speakers you’ll ever see, Adam Markel has reinvented what it means to be a heart-centered and inspiring leader. He’s admired for his refreshing and inspiring impact on entrepreneurs, creative thinkers and leaders worldwide. Adam is also the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author of PIVOT: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life. A Recognized Expert in the integration of business and personal transformation, Adam has been interviewed by: Fox News, Newsday, The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal and more. Prior to his work with New Peaks, Adam spent two years teaching junior high school English, founded a successful commercial real estate investment firm and went to law school — where he passed the New York State, New Jersey State and Federal Court bars. After law school Adam founded a multimillion-dollar law firm specializing in finance, commercial and employment litigation. Over the course of his 17-year practice, Adam represented over 1,000 matters with hundreds of clients including Citibank, Wachovia and HSBC.
Create an Effective Employee Experience Strategy Using HR Metrics
Tuesday, 8/27/2019 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm Presented by Melissa Anzman Credit: Business | Learning Level: Strategic Do you have a cohesive employee experience strategy or are you still focused solely on employee engagement and culture? Creating an effective employee experience is at the core of what HR leaders are being asked to create in today’s workplace – to entice key talent, become a top company to work for and help employees find meaning in their work. In this session, you’ll learn how to create an employee experience strategy based on HR metrics and analytics, ensuring your efforts have a positive lasting impact for your employees. Taking the guesswork out of true engagement and focusing on strategies that deliver an ROI for your HR department and reinforce your company’s bran at every touch-point along your employee’s life- cycle. In addition to learning the concepts, you’ll see how to instantly implement these solutions with a live example – seeing exactly how to create an effective employee experience at your company. Melissa Anzman is the CEO and Founder of bettHR. Since 2004, Melissa has been establishing employee focused communication solutions across global organizations, including establishing and leading Employee Communications and HR departments at several highly regarded organizations. Her work has been implemented at organizations big and small across various industries including automotive, non-profit, healthcare, financial services, publishing, aerospace, retail, and more. Melissa’s approach to delivering impact-based HR solutions, starts with understanding the metrics behind HR-activities, ensuring the HR strategic business partners are leading the organization from the front, and creating meaningful relationships between employees and their company. Her work has been featured in places such as Business Insider, Amex OPEN Forum, and the Huffington Post. Melissa holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications and a master’s degree in Business Administration (HR Management), from the University of Wisconsin.
Workforce Trends That Will Redefine the Workplace, Workers, and the Work
Wednesday, 8/28/2019 from 7:30am – 8:45am Presented by Shirley Davis Credit: Business | Learning Level: Strategic The work, workers, and workplace of the future will continue to undergo dramatic transformation. Research suggests that by 2030 workers will be older and younger at the same time, more educated and less skilled, hyper-connected through new technologies, and more ethnically diverse. How can we ready our organizations for this new workforce reality? What new strategies, competencies, and skills will be necessary to harness the benefits, yet counter the negative effects of these global disruptions? More importantly, what new leadership models will be needed in order to achieve high performance, innovation, and inclusiveness? Dr. Shirley Davis, a 30 year veteran in Human Resources, a business executive and consultant, and a leading authority on the changing global workforce will answer all of these questions in a high energy, provocative, and informative presentation. She will detail the megatrends and business implications that will shape the workforce of the future. Additionally, she will provide practical strategies and best practices that organizational leaders can employ today in order to ready their organizations to achieve sustainability, a competitive advantage, and greater Inclusion by 2030. Dr. Shirley Davis, CSP, is an accomplished corporate executive, global workforce management expert, a certified leadership coach, and a master of reinvention. She works with leaders at all levels and has worked in more than 30 countries on 5 continents and delivers more than 80 speeches a year. She brings a high-energy, high-content and high-value message to audiences all around the world. With over 20 years of business experience in a variety of senior and executive leadership roles with Fortune 100 companies, Dr. Davis’ expertise lies in providing solutions and strategies for achieving leadership excellence and in building high performance and inclusive workplace cultures where all talent can thrive. Most recently, she worked at the world’s largest HR membership association, the Society for Human Resource Management as Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion and Workplace Strategies. Dr. Davis has also been a featured expert on NBC’s The Today Show, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, USA Today, HR Magazine, Profiles in Diversity Journal, CNN.com, and Inclusion Magazine. She is the author of, “Reinvent Yourself: Strategies for Achieving Success in Every Area of Your Life,” and “The Seat: How to Get Invited to the Table When You are Over-Performing and Undervalued.”
Relationship Intelligence: HR's Bridge Between People and Performance - Michael Patterson
Wednesday, 8/28/2019 from 9:00am – 10:15am Presented by Michael Patterson Credit: Business | Learning Level: Strategic Until recently, successful leaders were defined by their ability to assess situations quickly, make decisions, take action, and deliver on goals. Now it’s based on how well they empower their teams to do so. Business performance, more than ever, is people performance, and navigating personality differences, whether developing leaders or achieving inclusion, can be helped by technology. In times of harmony, opposition, and inevitably, when tensions rise and conflict occurs, the right information helps your people become more fearless, innovative, and productive. In this breakout session, participants will discover how relationship intelligence empowers manager coaching conversations and other key interactions among the talented people you rely on to drive your business. Whether it’s a face-to-face meeting, presentation, text, or instant message, actionable insight provide in the moment by technology helps leaders and their reports keep relationship skills sharp when the day is demanding, allowing them to tailor their approach to one another in ways that bring out the best in each other and drive results. In this experiential session, all participants receive a complimentary Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI 2.0) assessment, along with free basic access to the Core Cloud performance platform to personally experience the power of relationship intelligence. Michael Patterson, Ed.D. is a principal and author at Core Strengths, a global talent development company pioneering relationship intelligence as a utility for leaders. Using data created by the company’s strengths-based, psychological assessment, Dr. Patterson and his colleagues have created a cloud-based portal that puts relationship intelligence to work in daily meetings, conversations, and presentations, allowing leaders to bring out the best in their talent and drive results. In addition to his work with the Core Strengths team, Dr. Patterson is a frequent conference and keynote speaker and the co-author of the highly acclaimed book, Have a Nice Conflict: How to Find Success and Satisfaction in the Most Unlikely Places. He also teaches in the doctoral program at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology and in the Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology program at Vanguard University. Dr. Patterson holds degrees from Wheaton College (IL), Troy University, Biola University, and Pepperdine University. He began his career as an active-duty Army officer and later served in the California Army National Guard. After completing his military service, Dr. Patterson had a successful, 20-year career at TAP and Takeda Pharmaceuticals where he held a variety of sales, marketing, training, and leadership development roles. Dr. Patterson now resides in Temecula, CA.

CAHR19 Keynote Speakers

Learn from World-Class Experts

Wednesday Keynote
AMBER BALDET

CEO, Clovyr, former Blockchain Program Lead at JP Morgan 

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Announcing CAHR19 Keynote Speaker Amber Baldet, Blockchain Expert

Announcing CAHR19 Keynote Speaker Amber Baldet, Blockchain Expert

by | May 2, 2019 | Blog, Educational Tracks

FORMER BLOCKCHAIN PROGRAM LEAD AT JP MORGAN

Meet the missing link between Wall Street & Crypto Hackers: Amber Baldet

Tech Leader, Entrepreneur, CEO of Clovyr

If HR is the last place you’d imagine impacted by blockchain, think again. Who says HR is stuck in an analog world? Blockchain its a widely discussed but often misunderstood technological advancement that could have an enormous impact on HR.

This buzzword you’ve been hearing about is only going to become more relevant and important to grasp – and it will certainly impact the human resource function in ways we both can and cannot yet predict.

That’s why we’re so excited bring Amber Baldet, former blockchain program lead at JP Morgan & CEO of Clovyr, to the CAHR19 Main Stage as our Closing Keynote Speaker! Amber Baldet is a decorated tech leader, having been named as one of CoinDesk’s 10 Most Influential in Blockchain, and a recipient of the Microsoft Award for Corporate Innovation.

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In terms of blockchain speakers, Amber Baldet offers unparalleled insight. “The work I did at JP Morgan exposed me to a breadth of perspectives,” she told Glamour for its feature, “Cryptocurrency is Not Just a Boys Club.” 

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Those perspectives come from working with investment banks, central banks, Fortune 100s, corporations, startups, cypherpunks, hackers, and hardcore blockchain developers. “I have a relatively unique view on where we are going.”

A member of Fortune’s 40 Under 40, Baldet was named to The New York Times’ list of “People Leading the Blockchain Revolution” for her “unusual ability to bring together the corporate and hacker camps.” She’ll look at what blockchain means for your company, and explain how “an internet of value” may disrupt the global economy while making life better for everyone.

Amber Baldet is that rare blockchain speaker who brings clarity—and personality—to these important, often opaque, new technologies. Baldet has presented at SXSW, MIT, Wharton, Harvard, Cornell, EthCC, Defcon, Money 20/20, Consensus, and other venues.

Prior to the startup world, Baldet led JP Morgan’s Blockchain Center of Excellence—one of Wall Street’s first high-profile initiatives to harness blockchain technologies. There, she helped develop Quorum, which “has since become one of the most popular places for corporations and governments to start building blockchain projects” (Times).

Now, Amber Baldet is the CEO of Clovyr. Think of it as an app store for various, competing approaches to blockchains, helping consumers, developers, and businesses explore blockchain-based, decentralized technologies. 

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Who better to lead us into the implications blockchain technology will bring to HR – from a compliance perspective, to HR process-disruption, to HR innovation – than someone with so much experience translating tech jargon into everyday language?

Join us in welcoming Baldet to the CAHR19 Main Stage on Wednesday, August 28 – and don’t forget to register! Our $100 Early Bird Savings expire Friday, May 31, 2019. 

Register for the 2019 California HR Conference in Long Beach, August 25-28, 2019 to learn all about what blockchain has to do with HR. Over our four days at the Long Beach Convention Center you’ll also learn how to better position yourself as a strategic partner to the C-Suite, get a handle on the latest Federal and California employment laws coming in 2020, hear from Southern California CHROs about the future of HR, and gain insights to develop your organization to be a great place to work – for all. Join the CAHR19 community for human resources education, elevation, and celebration of HR’s meaningful impact on so many lives.

Get a sneak preview of our sessions here, and register today to save $100 off final rates.