| Jonathan Pearce, Global Mobility Transformation Senior Manager, Deliotte Tax, LLC | Keynote Speaker | SM -1.0 hours |
Jonathan Pearce promises to be an exciting keynote speaker. His experience covers a wide range of global mobility consulting, including transformation, program start-ups and strategy. He is a national champion for Deloitte's Global Mobility Transformation service offering. He is focused on better integrating the mobility and talent functions of global organizations.
Mr. Pearce has provided a range of employment-related services throughout his career, including employer compliance, employee incentive consulting and international compensation benchmarking.
He earned Arts and Law degrees from the University of Sydney and has obtained Six Sigma Greenbelt. He is certified as GPHR and currently sits on the Forms Review Panel for the GPHR certification exam.
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| Cristina Amyot, SPHR President, EnformHR | You’re Not Alone, and You Can Do It! How to Build a High Performance Workforce in Your Organization | General |
Your company pays for performance in all areas of your business. Sustained success depends on everyone in every position, at every level. In this session, you will learn seven steps to building a high performance workforce, including: establishing accountability; fostering a culture of respect through review and reward systems; and managing talent for optimal impact and growth
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| Edward Balderston, Jr., Exec. VP, CAO, Susquehanna Bancshares | Creating a More Effective Organization: How do you do what you need to do when you need to do it? | SM 1.25 hours |
A thought provoking and mind expanding strategic vision session using a people centric differentiating model, blending the past, the present and the future. By attending this session, participants will be able to understand the essential components of exceptional service and how the role branding, technology, strategic planning and human resources play in the successful execution within an evolving corporate culture.
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| Jack Gottlieb, President, The Total Solutions Group, Inc | Creating & Executing a Culture of Core Genius” | SM 1.25 hours |
Research shows that 83% of people are not utilizing their full talent and potential. In this session, you will understand how to drive a culture that is focused on results while engaging people in the value they can provide. You will learn how to redefine how people create value within an organization so that you can leverage full capability and Core Genius.
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| Jamie Hongiman, SVP & Nat’l Practice Leader, Talent Strategies | Sustaining Your Firm’s Momentum – Effective Succession and Talent Management | General |
The key to sustaining momentum is to attract, motivate, develop and reward talent. If your organization does not take care of your talent, another organization will. In this session, you will learn how effective succession planning and talent management is critical in maintaining organizational momentum and in avoiding downward spirals
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| Ann Kiernan, J.D. Fair Measures | Don’t Get Even!: Five Ways to Avoid Liability for Retaliation Claims | General |
What could be worse than having an employee accuse your organization of illegal discrimination or harassment? Having the employee claim retaliation, as well. In this session, you will understand the law of retaliation; know how to reduce the risk of retaliation claims; and learn about strategic use of performance management systems to prevent retaliation claims.
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| Anne Pauker Kreitzberg, President; Charles Kreitzberg, President; PHD Cognetics Corporation | Building a Web 2.0 – Friendly Culture | General |
Web 2.0 is having a profound impact on how organizations work. It is all about building relationships. Participants will be provided with a framework for understanding 2.0; understand the transformational effect web 2.0 is having in the workplace; how companies are using 2.0 for recruitment, on-boarding, training, communication, collaboration and knowledge management; and how HR portals and web sites need to be designed in order to engage people.
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| Theresa McGlinchey, Regional HR Generalist, Ingersoll Rand - Climate Control | CSR - Don't Board the HR Express Without It! | SM 1.25 hours |
What do Target, Kohl’s, Newman’s Own, and JC Penney’s have in common? They all demonstrate the value of Corporate Social Responsibility for their organizations in not only being community giving; but also, and most importantly, guarantee their sustainability! A company that practices CSR attracts talent, engages employees and increases productivity. This interactive session will help you identify where your company is in this process; and if they haven’t started, how to get ON BOARD!
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| Barbara Pachter, President of Pachter & Associates | The Power of Positive Confrontation | General |
Learning to confront others is a key element of leadership development. Yet, when slighted, taken advantage of, or treated rudely, most people will pretend to ignore the situation, complain to others or lose their temper. They often miss the most effective strategy of all: confronting positively. In this seminar the participants will access their confrontational style and learn a practical step-by-step guide for dealing with difficult people and situations.
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| Claudia A. Monte, CAM Consulting Group LLC | The Dynamics of Change | General |
Change is not always easy, yet it has become a way of life for those living in today's professional environments. Managed properly, it becomes an opportunity for people to contribute, learn, and grow from the experience. Participants in this program learn how to strategically plan for change, and will leave with the tools to move themselves and others forward as change agents instead of change resistors.
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| Leanne M. Cindea, Vice President of Employee Benefits Evesham Capital Management | A National Study of Current Benefit Trends | General |
Learn what employees truly desire and eliminate wasteful spending of benefits that have no perceived value in their workplace. Participants will be armed with the practical skills that are needed to replace outdated plans with new choices based upon a national employee benefits trend study. All HR professionals who are interested in creating value for their company and advancement in their career should attend this session.
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| Denise M. Keyser, Esquire, Jennifer L. Sova, Esquire and Aisha M. Barbour, Esquire of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP | Disability Discrimination and Reasonable Accommodation Issues in New Jersey: Exploring the ADA and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination through the Mock Deposition of an HR Manager | General |
Explore a mock deposition of an HR manager, and learn how matters ought to be handled internally by HR professionals. How to avoid common mistakes, and the proper handling and resolutions of ADA and NJ Law Against Discrimination issues. Two attorneys will play the defendant’s and the plaintiff’s attorney, and another attorney will play the HR Manager.
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| Matthew R. Grabell, Esquire, CEO Employee Relations Solutions, Inc. | How to Avoid the Most Common Areas of Attack in an Employment Lawsuit – Learn the Inside Secrets From a Former Plaintiff’s Attorney | General |
Learn from a perspective not offered by any other firm, the most vulnerable areas of HR employment law in a lawsuit brought by a former employee. You will learn how to take proactive measures to avoid the legal land-mines that an employee’s attorney will seek to attack.
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| Louis Lessig, Esq. of Brown & Connery, LLP | What's New? What's Changed? What's coming up in the legal arena that HR Professionals need to know? | SM .50 |
Hear about recent developments in state and federal legislation, including EFCA, NJ Paid FLA, FMLA Changes, ADAAA, and bills pending in the House and Senate. Participants will gain information to assist in policy development as well as tools to use your collective voice to effectively influence the legislative process. Half of the session will be related to building an advocacy program in the workplace, particularly as it relates to EFCA.
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