Chapter Meeting - Breakfast

Topics of the Presentation:

1) Develop awareness of cross-cultural and multinational workforce behaviors and legal requirements for working with expatriate or immigrant colleagues in the USA.

2) Prepare to manage Human Resources for a non-US employer in the USA.

3) Take the first steps toward readiness to travel outside the USA for business purposes or as an expatriate.

Email Charlan Cornwell at charlan.cornwell@bnlinc.com to register for this event.

Presenter: Edith Umole, Program Manager, Talent and Succession Management, The World Bank Group

Overall employees tell us that career development ranks among the top reasons why they join or leave an organization. Best in class global organization are increasing their investments in career development and redefining career growth. This session will showcase World Bank's approach to building a robust strategy for career development.

Key Objectives:

At this breakfast meeting, you will see that it’s a common myth that you either have ‘executive presence’ – that essence that helps you to command a room – or you don’t. Actors know that there are tangible techniques and exercises you can do to cultivate that presence…and that they can be taught. This keynote translates the skills of the theater to the office. The approach is from two vantage points - the external and the internal aspects of presence.

The Internet As a Forum for Employee Complaints and What to Do About It:

What does your data tell you about employee engagement?  The Global Employee Engagement Landscape is changing, and it is impacting business outcomes. The presentation will discuss findings from a global study conducted by PwC to explore where employers—and employees—stand today in the ongoing talent challenge. The study is a representative sample (over 7,400 respondents) of full-time employees across industries and global regions to gain insight regarding issues and trends organizations are facing in their efforts to attract, retain, and engaged employees.

Presentation

Speaker:  Lesley Boucher, Managing Director, Pensare Group

Program Description:

As leaders in organizations, we understand the importance of employee engagement, and ensuring the whole team delivers an outstanding customer experience at every point in the customer journey.  We certainly recognize the impact customer loyalty has on the company’s bottom line.  As HR professionals, we have a critical role to play in

This program, has been pre-approved for 1 (Business) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

Presenter: Joan Fletcher, Winning Ways, Inc.