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TVHRA Strategic Leadership Conference

Date: March 2, 2012, 8:00am – 4:00pm
Organizer: Tennessee Valley Human Resource Association
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Knoxville, TN
HRCI approved for 2.75 strategic hours and 2.75 general hours..
Price: $200.00 - $175.00 SHRM Member - $150 TVHRA Member
Event Type: Conference

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8:00 AM      Registration/Breakfast

8:45 AM      Introduction

9:00 AM     1st Session

The Business Case: Why Diversity and Inclusion are Good for Business
If HR and Diversity professionals want to get their organizations behind diversity and inclusion initiatives, they need to be skilled at making a strong business case for them. It’s not enough to use the typical response of, “it’s the right thing to do.”

Presented by Eric Peterson, Manager, Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

10:30 AM Break with Exhibitors

10:45 AM 2nd Session

WELLNESS – Developing a Program that Really Works
In today’s benefit market, with the costs of health care sky rocketing and the still to be determined unknown costs that will follow Health Care Reform, it is more important than ever to develop a strategic plan that will assist your organization in lowering and/or controlling health care costs and improving productivity.

Presented by Margie Kidd, MBA Health Outcomes Practice Consultant Willis North America

12:00 PM Lunch with Exhibitors

1:00 PM 3rd Session

Legal Panel Discussion
A panel discussion with Q & A opportunities focusing on the plethora of activity involving NLRB decisions and rule making, as well as, the shifting environment of labor-management relations. Topics will include changes in union election procedures, appropriate bargaining units, mandatory poster, recess NLRB appointments and deferral policies of the NLRB.

Presented by a panel consisting of an NLRB Agent (Atlanta Region), an International Union District Director, and a Management Labor Attorney

2:30 PM Break with Exhibitors

2:45 PM 4th Session

Leadership Alignment
Critical to the success of any organization is the alignment of its leadership. Understanding the expectations of senior leaders, predicting their individual behaviors and pressing this learning down into the organization is LEADERSHIP ALIGNMENT.

Presented by Don Jenkins, Managing Partner Leaders Advantage

4:00 PM Closing Remarks

 


Sponsored by TVHRA
Catherine Barnes, SPHR – Committee Chair
Angie Bearden, Becky Jones, Don Truza Committee Members