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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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"HR Earning A Seat At The Leadership Table”

Many HR Leaders of small to mid-sized companies (defined as 50 to 5,000 EE’s) just assume that HR can never get out of the tactical day to day administrative duties and become a strategic partner in the business. Streamlining efficiencies (one of the essential keys to getting in front of the business) is often discussed but rarely implemented. Too often these same leaders and companies assume that only larger corporations can afford solutions, and dedicate the time to do so. HR is the only department that sees, touches, and permeates all parts of the organization regardless of organization size. As HR Leaders you can’t afford not to be at the Leadership Table!

Interactive discussion on how HR Leaders and Administrators can improve their ability to get out if front of the business, become a strategic partner in the business and earn and maintain a seat at the Leadership Table.

Learning Objectives:

1. Assess HR’s position within the company.
2. Identify barriers/obstacles preventing HR Leadership from becoming a strategic partner.
3. Discuss solutions to get out of the tactical day today.
4. Become a pro-active leader rather than a re-active doer.

About the Speaker:
Joe Barrett is the vice president of sales for Achievant. He has 17 years of sales and leadership experience at Eli Lilly and Abbott. Joe brings to Achievant experience in multiple aspects of human performance including change management, performance management, sales and leadership training, recruiting, operations and human resource management. Serving in leadership and training positions for two Fortune 100 companies has allowed Joe to identify the critical aspects necessary for managers and organizations to create clear vision, establish key milestones and processes for assessing individual and team performance, organizational effectiveness and how to coach others to do the same.

Joe graduated from Marian College with a bachelor of science in business administration with a concentration in marketing. Additional certifications and memberships include: insights, evaluation & measurement, critical thinking, targeted selection, emotional intelligence, and membership in the Society of Pharmaceutical and Bio Tech Trainers.

This program has been approved for recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute (HRCI). The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org