Meet the SuperHeRo`s of the Conference

Metro Milwaukee SHRM
Spring Conference 2016
April 19, 2016
Country Springs Hotel | Pewaukee
President's Message
By: Andy Gallion
SuperHeRo
Put the HR in Hero
Growing up, I enjoyed my super heroes as much as the next guy. Sure, I liked some of them more than others and far be it for me to
take up space here to express my opinion on the whole Batman versus Superman controversy. If you want that answer, stick around
for the HR Happy Hour at the Conference and I may just reveal my choice….
I have to admit; I didn’t see today’s super hero thing coming. My super heroes were mostly action figures or me and my brother
playing in our Underoos (remember those, guys?). Yes, there were a few live action shows with super heroes, but they were lowbudget and campy at best and nothing at all like today’s blockbuster movies on the big screen.
Without a doubt, super heroes are big these days!
All of that said, it may seem a bit of a stretch to go from a trendy, cultural phenomenon to a theme for an HR conference. But is it
really a stretch? I think the HR profession can rightfully claim its proper place among the pantheon of super heroes. In defense of my
position, I offer the following:
Super heroes have extraordinary powers and abilities. You can’t judge an HR professional just by looking at them. All have
special talents. The diverse skill set of today’s HR professional is nothing short of extraordinary.
Super heroes have courage. It takes courage every day to succeed in the HR profession. Expectations for HR professionals
have never been higher. When you’re constantly under the microscope, pressure and demands are high.
Super heroes have a strong moral code. HR professionals do to. There’s a code that is shared by super heroes and HR
professionals about truth and justice, about doing the right thing, about caring.
Superman once said, "I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming
obstacles." Commissioner Gordon from the Batman series said, “You’re going to make a difference. A lot of times it won’t be huge, it
won’t be visible even. But it will matter just the same.”
The point is, we think all of you – the HR professionals of Metro Milwaukee – are super heroes. With humility, you make your families,
companies, and community a better place. Your unique set of talents and desire to become better have and will make a difference.
If you don’t believe that, I’ll invoke the words of Superman again, “You are much stronger than you think you are. Trust me.” You are,
as a group, a powerful force in Metro Milwaukee and we all know what comes with great power. Great responsibility. And that starts
with refining our skills and learning new ones and that’s what Spring Conference is all about !
How to Register
Online:
http://www.mmshrm.org/professional-development/springconference/
By mail:
MM SHRM
P.O. Box 833
Germantown, WI 53022
By fax:
(888) 287-4116
Schedule of Events
7:30 a.m.
Registration / Networking / Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Keynote by Steve Gilliland
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.
Session I
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Session II
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch / View Sponsor Tables
Keynote by Scott Lesnick
1:45 - 2:45 p.m.
Session III
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Session IV
4:00- 5:00 p.m.
HR Happy Hour
Note: Specific sessions identified in this brochure are subject to change prior to the conference.
Metro Milwaukee SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development
Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. This program has been approved for 6 hours of credit.
This activity has been approved for 6 (HR (General)) recertification credit hours toward California,
GPHR, PHRi, SPHRi, PHR and SPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.
The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the activity.
It means that this activity has met the HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.
Opening
Keynote
Address
8:30—9:30 a.m.
Steve Gilliland
All participants will receive a copy of:
Making a Difference
A Matter of Purpose, Passion & Pride
This insightful keynote speech expounds on the essentials toward Making a Difference – Purpose, Passion and Pride. In his down-to-earth,
humorous style, Steve Gilliland, CSP, CPAE shares fresh perspectives and practical strategies to help you become strategic partners,
administrative experts and employee champions. He gives you personal antidotes and useful tools to meet and defeat the challenges at work
and what it takes to perform better and more consistently as a human resource professional. This session will demonstrate what it takes to be
an influential person and accentuate human capital.
Workplace Application: This presentation is aimed at helping human resource professionals improve performance and deliver results within
their organization.
1. An inspiring look at how to be driven by purpose, passion and pride to enhance employee engagement.
2. To understand the leadership knowledge, skills and attributes necessary to have people follow your vision
3. Learn how to improve communication, improve performance, and create a more revitalizing work environment
4. To find your “leadership voice” that will influence the people and motivate them to be more productive
A member of the Speaker Hall of Fame, Steve Gilliland is one of the most in-demand and top-rated speakers in the world. Recognized as a
master storyteller and brilliant comedian, he can be heard daily on SiriusXM Radio’s Laugh USA. With an appeal that transcends barriers of
age, culture and occupation—plus an interactive and entertaining style—Steve shows audiences how to open doors to success in their careers,
their relationships and their lives. Presenting to over 250,000 people a year, more than two million have now heard him speak, with audiences
encompassing nearly three dozen industries. Steve has the distinction of speaking in all 50 states and in 15 countries. As one newspaper
stated, “Steve is what happens when the humor of a stand-up comic collides with the inspiration of motivational speaker."
In addition to his brilliant speaking career, Steve is a prolific, accomplished author, evidenced by four of his books—Enjoy The Ride, Making a
Difference, Hide Your Goat and Detour—perennially making the publisher’s bestseller list and his being named Author of the Year. His thoughtprovoking writing style makes his articles a favorite with nationally prominent magazines. He influences the lives of millions through his
presentations, books, CDs and DVDs. An extensive array of these products has been utilized by small businesses, Fortune 500 companies,
U.S. and Canadian government agencies, churches, school districts and nonprofit organizations. Speaking the language of active business
leaders, his books and CDs identify practical lessons that grow people and their businesses.
Session 1
9:45—10:45 a.m.
Power of Hiring:
Attract & Retain Top Talent
Dan Gramann
Co-Founder & Lead Facilitator
Brew Your Skill
Change Management v. Human The High Calling of Developing
Nature: How HR can Help?
Others in the Workplace
John Graci
MRA—The Management
Association
Jim Bohn
CEO and Principal Consultant
PRO/Axios
Casey Clark
Co-Founder & Lead Facilitator
Brew Your Skill
This is an engaging workshop for attendees to
learn the 3 key areas of attracting and retaining
talent for their organization. These 3 core skills
will support future growth.
Upon communicating change to employees, did
you ever hear: "When is management going to
understand it is the real world down here?" How
about, "If my boss would just get off my back
and let me do my job, everything would be
okay!" How about, "Why can't they leave well
enough alone?" These expressions reflect
symptoms of employees not only resisting
change, but more importantly, leaders
potentially not fulfilling their responsibility in
communicating change. This presentation has
been designed to help leaders and professionals
communicate change and helping employees
overcome resistance. Common sense says, if
employees are good at resisting change, a
leader needs to be just as effective in getting
them to accepting change.
All of us struggle with the lifetime value of our
work. Why do we do what we do? This
workshop will focus on the personal satisfaction
that comes from truly developing people and
seeing them succeed. With a four decade
perspective of leadership, and using servant
leadership as a philosophical framework, this
presentation will help HR leaders grasp the
incredible importance of their work in the lives of
others.
Learning Objectives:
1. How to sell the role
2. Effective qualifying strategies
3. Better practices for transitioning prospect
into employment
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize how a leader's behavior impacts
employee acceptance. Communicate
unpopular mandated changes.
2. Learn a method to confront employees who
resist change.
3. Communicate unpopular mandated
changes.
Learning Objectives:
1. Reflect on the philosophical foundations for
developing others.
2. Consider the satisfaction gained in
developing others.
3. Assess the steps for assessing one’s own
skills in developing others.
A business growth and skill development guru, Dan has a
passion for teaching business leaders how to grow their
organization. HFI Consulting & Brew Your Skill fulfill Dan’s
desire to help others as he consults, coaches, and inspires
leaders & entrepreneurs across the US. Previous
experience includes the training of Comcast Management
Team - "Hire and Retain Top-Talent"
John Graci is an Author, Consultant, and Leadership
Adviser with more than 20 years of management
experience in production, office, union and non-union
environments. He has the unique ability to look at the
leader and employee relationship in straightforward terms
which allows him to coach managers through the process of
changing their employees’ attitudes and performances.
John also assists leaders in understanding the
A motivated Chicago business leader, Casey is a passionate responsibilities that go along with their position and the
entrepreneur focused on scaling businesses to the next level. consequences of not applying their knowledge. John
In less than six years, Casey worked his way from Franchise possesses a folksy, tell-it-like-it-is approach that comes
Owner to Vice President for a national franchise organization. across as refreshing and riveting. Executives often thank
As a serial entrepreneur, Casey went on to start and grow two him for articulating, in very practical terms, what they have
businesses that aid others in achieving success. Casey
been trying to get across to their employees for years.
invigorates businesses to take ownership and reach for their John has a Bachelor of Science in Speech Communication
financial and growth objectives. Casey consults
from UW-River Falls and is a frequent presenter at SHRM
entrepreneurs, executives, and CEO’s to develop their
events.
businesses.
Identifying himself as a Blue Collar Scholar, Dr. Jim Bohn has
served in a variety of roles in the corporate world since 1973,
personally leading the transformation of multiple
underperforming teams to achieve award-winning levels of
success. “Working in the real world, I have had to live with
the change management decisions I have made, both good
and bad, and I believe that experience has given me insight
into the best ways to approach change.” Having retired after
several decades with Johnson Controls, Dr. Bohn launched
his own Change Management and Organizational
Transformation Practice. http://proaxios.com/
Session 2
11:00—12:00 p.m.
Harnessing the Power of a
Diverse Workforce
Cheryl Lucas-DeBerry
Learning and Development Manager
MRA - The Management Association
Justice League Milwaukee: The
Heroic Work of HR Transformation in
a Change-Adverse Environment
Kerry Mitchell
Chief Human Resources Officer
Milwaukee County
My Leaders Have Problems!
Developing Leaders to Deliver Both
Business and People Results
Daniel Stewart
Director, Consulting Services
Stewart Leadership
Unmask the talents of a diverse and multigenerational workforce to unearth their
superpowers! Employers are grappling with a
changing and challenging workplace shift as baby
boomers retire and millennials are poised to
occupy 50% of the workforce in the next few
years. In addition to age, diversity encompasses
race, ethnicity, gender, and even personality,
education, and background. Tap into the power of
today’s inclusive and diverse workforce to give
your company a competitive advantage.
The original Justice League provided a loose
band of some of the greatest Super Heroes of all
time the chance to come together and do good
in the world. This presentation tells the story of
everyday heroes within Milwaukee County
Human Resources working hard to champion the
County through some of the most dramatic
public sector workforce changes in Milwaukee’s
history. You will learn about how, when faced
with a seemingly insurmountable change
initiative, you can develop a path to achieve
heroic results.
How do you develop a leader who does not have
time to focus on development? How do you build
leadership with someone who is solely focused on
operational results with little attention paid to talent
development, managing change, engagement,
and team dynamics? Arming you and your
leaders with on-the-go tools will enable leadership
development to happen despite packed
calendars. Using the acclaimed LEAD NOW!
Leadership Development Model, you will learn
how to fix lopsided leadership so your leaders can
focus on leading change and developing people,
while achieving business results. This highly
interactive and engaging session will leave you
with a simple, results-driven action plan to build
your organization's leaders!
Learning Objectives:
1. Embrace and honor the diversity of a
multigenerational and multi-cultural workforce
2. Explore inclusion strategies to create a
powerful workforce
3. Examine the organizational impact of varied
strengths with a diverse workforce
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn about how to
organize a major HR transformation.
2. Participants will gain an understanding of
how to transition from chaos to order in the
business environment.
3. Participants will deepen their knowledge
about what it takes to begin the process of
massive cultural change.
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn what effective leadership looks like in
a constantly changing marketplace.
2. Identify the necessary leadership behaviors
required to build and manage key
relationships with a leader’s boss, direct
reports, peers, and customers.
3. Apply tools to develop leaders to accomplish
both business and people results and create
a tailored action plan to build their
organization’s leaders.
Cheryl’s more than 18 years of experience include the
development programs in human resources, leadership,
customer service, and diversity. Her career has also included
management of training department operations and
supervision of a basic education program for adult learners in
the nonprofit arena. During her years as an independent
consultant, she advised and trained numerous managers in
effective communication techniques and leadership skills.
Ms. Kerry Mitchell has been the Chief Human Resources
Officer (CHRO) at Milwaukee County since November,
2011. Ms. Mitchell leads major change initiatives that touch
all aspects of Human Resources and the workforce,
including talent acquisition, organizational development,
employee relations, employee and retiree benefits, learning
& development, diversity & inclusion, leadership
development, compensation and HRIS. Prior to her work at
Milwaukee County, Mitchell served as an HR Director for
U.S. Bank, where she worked for nearly 20 years in a
variety of Human Resources leadership roles. She is an
active member of TEMPO Milwaukee, where she chairs the
Placement Sub-Committee for the Mentor Circle Program.
Mitchell holds a Masters Degree in Management and
Organizational Behavior, and a Bachelor Degree in
Psychology and Business. She lives in Milwaukee with her
husband and three children.
Daniel J. Stewart is a sought-after leadership, change and
talent consultant and coach with proven experience advising
senior leaders, leading change, and designing leadership-rich
organizations.
Over the past fifteen years, he has been an
internal and external organizational development executive
and consultant delivering talent and team development
solutions, executive leadership coaching, group facilitation,
change management, organizational design, and strategic
planning for companies that include JetBlue Airways, Avaya
Telecommunications, Lockheed Martin, The Weihs Group
(Venture Capital), Kohl’s Department Stores, Aurora Health
Care, Briggs & Stratton, and UWM. He is the co-author of
the award-winning book, LEAD NOW! A Personal Leadership
Coaching Guide for Results-Driven Leaders, which was
awarded First Place by the National Indie Excellence Book
Award for best leadership book published over the last 5
years. He has also published articles in Executive
Excellence, Practicing OD, Proposal Management, and
HR.com. Daniel is originally from California and Oregon and
lives near Milwaukee, WI with his wife, Katie, and their 4
children.
Cheryl is a member of the American Society of Talent
Development (ASTD), National Association for African
Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHR), and Zonta
International. She has also served on the boards of several
nonprofit organizations.
Lunch
Keynote
Address
12:30—1:30 p.m.
Scott Lesnick
Copies of Scott’s book will be available for sale!
HR Superheros
Leading With The “Never Give Up” Perspective
Despite their super powers, super heroes have been known to take a terrible beating in some of their battles. Maybe you don’t have x-ray vision
or a cool utility belt, but you do have the one thing that every super hero has to have. You have the ability to get up and keep on fighting.
This program is about a “never give up” attitude, told using our speaker’s all too real experience. It’s a program about a daring plan to reunite
with two small children who were kidnapped and taken to the Middle East. No law required them to be returned!
In this journey, you’ll learn about the limits of resolve and the strength of convictions. You’ll learn about the principles of tenacity and persistence
and how these skills can help you as an HR professional and in everything you do.
Being a super hero means you have found and developed your special talent. All that talent matters little if you aren’t using it for good, not evil,
and if you give up the fight. This program is about applying your talent and tenacity toward excellence in HR, business strategy, leadership and
more!
The objectives of this program are to:
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Increase your leadership abilities through relationship building,
Improve your communication effectiveness with both management and staff,
Recognize when stress may be affecting business decisions,
Give you tools to reduce stress and increase focus,
Develop new approaches to long-term challenges through strategy, tenacity, and
Learn to grow, mentor and lead even during times of significant change.
Scott Lesnick is a high content speaker who is motivational/educational in style and tone. He presents powerful keynotes and breakout
sessions and is a consultant and author. Also, Scott is a professional member of the National Speakers Association and dean of the Speaker
Academy. He is a graduate of The University of Miami, Florida. His memoir, “Kidjacked – A Father’s Story” was recently published to critical
acclaim. In addition, Scott has 28 award-winning sales and management years at Shaw Industries a Berkshire Hathaway Fortune 500 company.
Scott’s motivational and inspirational messages center around topics including HR, generations and inclusion excellence in management,
maximizing performance and management, managing change through great leadership, focusing on what’s important and useful tools in
overcoming adversity both professionally and personally.
Session 3
1:45—2:45 p.m.
Emerging Employee Benefits
Sarah Fowles
Senior Human Resources Consultant
Associated Financial Group
Donna Pierson, CEBS, ISCEBS Fellow
Benefits & Compensation Manager
Milwaukee Center for Independence
Measure What Really Matters –
The New HR Metrics That Steal
The Show
Kelly Renz
President/CEO
Novo Group, Inc.
Bringing Mindfulness to
Your Organization
Jane Dolan
Owner
JEDInc Consulting
Approved for HRCI
Business Credit
Ms. Fowles and Ms. Pierson will discuss emerging
employee benefits including telemedicine, identity
theft insurance, and bike commuter benefits. Ms.
Fowles will discuss the legal aspects of emerging
benefits, and Ms. Pierson will provide practical tips
for implementing emerging benefits.
Building a Human Resources practice that is a
true business partner requires business and data
acumen. In a world where data is king, HR can
demonstrate their superpowers by providing
unique and meaningful information about their
workforce, trends and real business outcomes.
Gone are the days that turnover, cost per hire
and time to fill cut it as HR metrics. In this
discussion, we’ll challenge conventional ways of
looking at HR information and identify new ways
to get at the underlying and sometimes hidden
trends that may change how you look at your
workforce. You’ll be your company’s next
information super hero!
This session will be a combination of large and
small group exercises, interactive lecture, videos
and on-the-job application. Contemporary
research on the benefits and practices of
mindfulness in regards to individuals, leaders, and
organizational health will be shared. Participants
will be encouraged to try new mindfulness
behaviors and share their personal experiences
with mindfulness. Finally, participants will be
invited to assimilate key insights for themselves,
their leaders, and their organizations.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn about the range of
new and emerging benefits available to
employers.
2. Employers will become aware of legal
aspects of emerging benefits.
3. Employers will learn how to communicate
about emerging benefits to employees.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand data opportunities in
organizations
2. Learn about alternative metric options that
better analyze the workforce
3. Discuss ways the data can improve
business outcomes – will use several case
studies as examples
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn about the benefits and practices of
mindfulness
2. Analyze the impact of mindfulness to leaders,
human resource professionals and
organization wellness.
3. Practice mindfulness techniques and
formulate key take-aways.
Sarah Fowles helps employers both reward employees and
enable employees to plan for financial and physical security
through retirement, health and welfare plans. She also assists
companies design compensation solutions for executives,
owners, and high-performers. Currently, she spends a good
amount of time assisting large companies evaluate the
bottom-line impact of health care reform and implement its
mandates in a time of uncertainty regarding health care
reform.
With nearly two decades of executive leadership
experience in both human capital and operations/P&L roles,
Kelly has found that organizational transformation and
developing business execution excellence is where she
thrives. Whether it is a start-up, change management, turnaround/reorg or high growth environment, she enjoys
working on complex business problems across an
enterprise. She has lead a breadth of practice areas
supporting overall business effectiveness – M&A (deal
project management, due diligence and integration lead
Ms. Pierson has extensive experience and expertise in
roles), global human resources, organizational
overseeing all facets of employee benefits including plan
effectiveness and efficiency (including process
design, claims analysis, data presentation and benefit
improvement and workforce effectiveness), talent
communications, leading implementations due to
acquisition, talent development, org design/OD, employee
organizational change, managing enrollment activities, and
relations and risk management, performance management
vendor relationship management. Her employers include The and other core business operations and P&L management
Medical College of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of
in operations.
Wisconsin, and Veolia North America. She has served as a
national committee member for the International Society of
Certified Employee Benefits Specialists (ISCEBS), is a Past
President of the Milwaukee Chapter of the ISCEBS, and has
also previously served on the Board of Directors and as a
Special Interest Group Chair for the Metro Milwaukee Society
of Human Resource Management.
Jane Dolan is a recognized expert in developing individuals,
teams and organizations. Her areas of expertise include:
leadership development and coaching, mindfulness, training,
talent assessment, performance management, succession
planning, retention and engagement, competency systems,
and change management strategies & tactics.
Jane started her own consulting business in 2007 after 20
years of experience in the human resources field. She has
consulted with Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial
start-ups alike in high technology, service, and manufacturing
industries. Jane was a co-owner of a retail business in
downtown Milwaukee for 8 years and has a Master’s of
Business Administration from Marquette University. Jane is a
graduate of Coach U and received her Associate Certified
Coach (ACC) accreditation from the International Coach
Federation. In addition to her coaching and consulting work,
Jane teaches at Marquette University the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of WisconsinMilwaukee.
Session 4
3:00—4:00 p.m.
Scrap Performance Appraisals
Use your HR Spidey Sense to
Avoid Getting Caught in a Web
While Hiring & Firing Process
Sally Piefer
Attorney
The Schroeder Group, S.C.,
Attorneys at Law
Rena Somersan
Principal, Compensation Consulting
Verisight, Inc.
The Key to Unlocking the
C-Suite: Leading From the
Right Level
Michael Harper
President
TalentGenesis
Approved for HRCI
Business Credit
Have you been hearing about the trend for
companies to DRASTICALLY change their
performance management processes? Whether
you use the word SCRAP or RE-ENGINEER,
there are more and more companies who have
decided to do away with traditional performance
ratings and dramatically change their annual
appraisal process. What do you know about
this trend? What do you think about this trend?
Join us for an interactive LIVELY discussion about
this topic. Your facilitator, Rena Somersan,
Principal of Compensation Consulting at Verisight,
Inc., will provide handouts to those who want to
attend and gain more knowledge of the trend,
share a summary of how some organizations are
going about this, and then facilitate conversation
from the group on pros and cons as well as
opportunities and threats posed by this change…
This discussion is not for the faint-of-heart ~ come
prepared to think, challenge, question and debate!
Regardless of the size of your business, there
are some general employment laws and HR
requirements that all businesses need to be
aware of and follow. Pitfalls about both when
hiring employees and when terminating them.
Being unaware of these issues is like stepping
into a spider web. This interactive session will
discuss the key areas and strategies to help
protect you and your organization.
Topics will include:
Learning Objectives:
1. Articulate what several Fortune 500
companies are doing to “reboot” their
performance management processes
2. Understand what a small organization might
do to employ some of these tactics
3. Be able to pinpoint the rationale for what
you expect out of a performance
management system
Learning Objectives:
1. Ensure interviewing, hiring, onboarding
doesn't spark legal claims
2. Learn how to avoid having your current
problem employee become your worst
nightmare
3. Walk away with practical tips and strategies
to implement
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand principles of work level-based
leadership
2. Consider a new way to think about HR
leadership requirements in your organization
3. Learn about a new model for optimizing the
structure of your Human Resources
Rena Somersan is a Principal with Verisight's Compensation
Consulting group. She has over twenty years of consulting
and industry experience assisting clients in executing their
strategic human resources and compensation initiatives. Her
focus has been in the areas of workforce and executive
compensation, performance management, leadership
development, talent motivation and retention.
Sally is an employment law attorney. Her approach is to
assist clients at the earliest stages when addressing
employment matters, with an aim to minimize the risk for
litigation. Sally partners with businesses and their human
resources departments when clients have employment
related concerns, concerns which all businesses face on a
day-to-day basis, and provides guidance in drafting
employee handbooks and employment policies and
employment agreements. She also guides clients in best
practices in training for hiring, terminating and managing
employees. Sally regularly partners with business clients
when internal investigations and employment compliance
matters arise. Originally a lawyer with a downtown
employment law firm, Sally has enjoyed her move to The
Schroeder Group where she has been able to provide a
broader range of legal services to clients in the everchanging employment arena.
Michael Harper, organization design and talent management
consultant and development coach, is co-founder and
President of TalentGenesis, Inc. and a Master Associate of
Korn Ferry.
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Work Level-based management structure design
used by leading global companies applied to the
HR function. Defining a CHRO role such that it
can only exist as a full-fledged member of the Csuite. Exploring how to optimize their current HR
Leadership roles against three possible levels of
HR leadership.
Top 5 Reasons why Employers are Being
Sued
Current "hot spots" in Employment
Discrimination Claims
HR Safeguards to Assist Organizations
Practices and Policies All Organizations
Must Have
He brings a unique perspective to coaching and consulting
having held positions in design and planning, operations,
marketing, executive search, outplacement and talent
management consulting.
Michael has provided assessment, coaching and
development services to organizations on three continents.
Clients have included Actuant, Emerson, Hallmark, Kraft,
Littelfuse, Navistar, Avnet, Deutsche Bank, Herman Miller,
CommScope, QuadGraphics, Morningstar Foods, Advocate
Health, Theda Care and Abt Associates.
Conference At-a-Glance
Grand Ballroom South
Welcome & Keynote
8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Grand Salon
Session 1
9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Session 2
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Lunch
Keynote
Grand Salon
Session 3
1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
Session 4
3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom Center
Grand Ballroom North
KEYNOTE
Steve Gilliland
Making a Difference | A Matter of Purpose, Passion & Pride
Power of Hiring:
Attract & Retain Top Talent
Change Management v. Human
Nature: How HR can Help?
The High Calling of Developing
Others in the Workplace
Dan Gramann
Casey Clark
John Graci
Jim Bohn
Harnessing the Power of a
Diverse Workforce
Justice League Milwaukee: The
Heroic Work of HR Transformation
in a Change-Adverse Environment
My Leaders Have Problems!
Developing Leaders to Deliver Both
Business and People Results
Kerry Mitchell
Daniel Stewart
Cheryl Lucas-DeBerry
KEYNOTE
Scott Lesnick
HR Superheros-Leading With The “Never Give Up” Perspective
Emerging Employee Benefits
Sarah Fowles
Donna Pierson
Scrap Performance Appraisals
Rena Somersan
Measure What Really Matters – The
New HR Metrics That Steal the Show
Bringing Mindfulness to
Your Organization
Kelly Renz
Jane Dolan
Use your HR Spidey Sense to Avoid
Getting Caught in a Web While
Hiring & Firing Process
The Key to Unlocking the C-Suite:
Leading From the Right Level
Sally Piefer
Reception
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Grand Foyer
Michael Harper
HR Happy Hour *
Metro Milwaukee SHRM is
recognized by SHRM to offer
Professional Development Credits
(PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRMSCP. This program has been
approved for 6 hours of credit.
This activity has been approved for 6 (HR
(General)) recertification credit hours
toward California, GPHR, PHRi, SPHRi, PHR
and SPHR recertification through the HR
Certification Institute.
= Approved for HRCI Business Credit
* = Not approved for HRCI or SHRM Certification
Credit.
All other educational sessions have been
approved for HRCI General Credit
The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of
the quality of the activity. It means that this activity has met the HR
Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.
Details About the Venue
Country Springs Hotel
2810 Golf Road
Pewaukee, WI 53072
(888) 702-8582
www.countryspringshotel.com
Directions
From Downtown Milwaukee:
Go west on I-94 (to Madison) approximately 20 miles to
Hwy. T (Exit 293). Turn right on Hwy T and travel 1/4 mile to
Golf Road (Hwy DR). Turn left of Golf Rd. (Hwy DR) and
travel approximately 1 mile to the Country Springs Hotel.
Parking: Complimentary parking is available on the east
side of the building.
NOTE: Specific rooms for each session will be communicated at the conference.
Hallway to Lobby
Grand Ballroom
South
Grand Ballroom
Center
Grand Ballroom
North
Grand Salon
Annual Sponsors
Grand Foyer
Registration / Exhibitors / HR Happy Hour
Conference
Center
Entrance
Parking Lot for Conference Center
Online:
http://www.mmshrm.org/
professional-development/springconference/
By mail:
Registration
Form
MM SHRM
P.O. Box 833
Germantown, WI 53022
By fax:
(888) 287-4116
Cost:
MM SHRM Member:
MM SHRM Non-Member:
MM SHRM Student Chapter Member:
$169.00
$229.00
$69.00
CANCELLATION POLICY: A $50 administration fee will be applied for all cancellations received prior to April 15, 2016.
Refunds will not be issued for cancellations received after that date.
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