Discussion Group Meeting

How to Use a Mediator to Your Advantage

Mediation is not just for divorce or discrimination. A trained, neutral, contract mediator can be HR’s partner in building a trusting, collaborative workplace. Conflict is inevitable - but it does not always have to fall on your shoulders! 

In this session you will learn more about:

From Work From Home (WFH) to Return to Office (RTO):The ABCs of Hybrid Work

 During this presentation, you’ll hear about …

The 2021 Dulles SHRM June Discussion Group session is being held on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 8:30 a.m.  The topic is “Roadmap to Hiring Our Talented Veterans and Veterans’ Spouses”. 

Strategic Partnering with Executive Search Firms, Ensuring Diversity and Inclusion and Acquiring Key Talent without Bias.

In this session we will learn:

• How HR can best partner with Executive Search firms.
• How to ensure your hiring with Diversity and Inclusion.
• How to acquire Key Talent without Bias.
• How to hire the best candidate and eliminate bias

All participants will receive a SHRM certificate of attendance.

Leadership in the 21^st Century

Exploring Employee Work and Life Transitions

We welcome Dee Cascio and Reed Dewey, who are transition coaches focusing on helping employees and those recently retired to transition to the next chapter of their lives. Little attention is often paid by companies to the non-financial aspects of retirement, yet it can be a stressful and anxious period for employees who have not given much thought to what's next.

Emotional Intelligence and Why This Is So Important

Emotional Intelligence - What is Emotional Intelligence? Can it be improved? How might being more emotionally intelligent help our supervisors, managers, and leaders?

We are thrilled to have our guest speaker be Mauricio Velásquez, President of The Diversity Training Group (DTG) in Herndon, VA.  Mauricio is an accomplished Diversity Trainer, Coach, Consultant and so much more...

Communications Breakthrough  

Have you ever had a conversation with someone only to discover later that both of you had an entirely different understanding of that conversation.?  George Bernard Shaw famously said that “The single biggest problem with communications is the illusion that it has taken place.”

Effective Performance Management: Looking at What Matters

Performance management can, and should, provide a process that helps employees grow from ongoing feedback, reinforcement of excellent work and corrective action for sub-par performance. However, many employers are using ineffective forms, rating scales and systems that just don’t work. These same tools have little impact on changing employee behaviors and even less on employee engagement and retention. There is a better way!

How to talk about Race, Class, and Injustice for all.

This Diversity and Inclusion Discussion Group Session will have you talking about this session for quite a while. 

We are privileged to have our guest speaker be Mauricio Velásquez, President of The Diversity Training Group (DTG) in Herndon, VA.  Mauricio is an accomplished Diversity Trainer, Executive Coach, Consultant, and so much more...

In this session you will learn about: