Arrive a couple of days early and attend one of these stellar pre-conference courses. These specially designed workshops provide an in-depth look at the topics and issues of importance in HR and HR information management. With real-life examples and case studies, they give you information and solutions that will make a difference in your career and your organization’s bottom line. Choose from a variety of course topics and durations. Some are one-day programs, one is one and half-day and others are half-day. All are top notch!

For those unable to attend the IHRIM 2008 Conference, these seminars are designed as stand alone educational courses. Please use the Conference Registration form to register for one – or two – of these courses.

IHRIM is pleased to announce that our courses have been approved for recertification credit hours toward PHR,   SPHR and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For information on the number of credits per course, please contact Michelle Czosek at moreinfo@ihrim.org.

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This course is a must for anyone who is new to HR systems, seeking to improve systems capabilities, or needing to implement a new system or expand the use of existing automated HR systems. The course content provides an understanding of the advantages and benefits of using technology effectively to enhance your contributions to organizational effectiveness. This course will assist in developing your personal plan for improved use of technology.

You’ll learn:

• The various HR systems and delivery options available to you, the benefits of HR automation and trends in HR technology.

• The use and advantages of technology and systems throughout the HR function.

• How to manage a successful project.

• Steps to take in selecting an HR technology solution.

• Basic processes in a system implementation.

Topics covered include:

• Overview of HR Technology Solutions

• Systems Applications: An HR Functional Focus

• Project Management

• System Selection

• System Implementation

This course is designed for:

• HR Managers from any-sized organizations with limited automation and the need to implement a new system or expand the use of existing automated HR systems.

• HR Generalists & Professionals who can't risk NOT understanding application technology competencies in their current or planned positions.

• Compensation/Benefits Administrators seeking to improve systems capabilities that will assist them in the performance of their jobs.

Presenter: Myron Oakes, Senior Consultant, Improvisations, Inc.

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The COACHING CLINIC® - Mini-Day Program is a jammed-packed, highly inter-actional full day coaching emersion program. The COACHING CLINIC® Mini- Day is a compacted version of a larger two-day coaching skills program that has been successfully presented to corporations in a variety of industries worldwide.

This workshop presents both the theory and practice of great organizational coaching. Through the COACHING CLINIC, organizations and individuals can:

• Experience using the Coach-Approach as a powerful model of leadership and management

• Learn and practice state-of-the-art coaching tools

• Practice having ‘conversations with bite’

• Position their organization for rapid growth and development

• Immediately apply the learning within the workplace

The COACHING CLINIC® Mini- Day will introduce individuals to the skills necessary for coaching within an organization. It embodies a fully-developed coaching model and methodology which participants can implement immediately in their organization to:

• De-mystify the role of a manager/coach

• Promote creativity and sustained change within an organization

• Improve communication between individuals, teams and divisions

• Deepen commitment to achieving professional and organizational goals.

Topics covered include:

• The business case for coaching

• A powerful model for having learning conversations that invite others to change

• Contextual Listening – listening beyond the words

• Building trust so people will share

• Helping employees bridge performance gaps

The COACHING CLINIC® Mini-Day has been designed for professionals: executives, managers and HR leaders who want to develop their ability to motivate, monitor, hold-accountable and support their staff and business partners to achieve excellence.

Presenter: Peggy Grall, President, Peggy Grall & Associates

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Multi-national employers face numerous privacy challenges in working with HR data, including the need to comply with omnibus privacy laws in Europe, Canada and other countries in every region of the world. This course is a comprehensive, in-depth workshop defining the challenges and exploring the options, resources, tools and programs multi-nationals can use to meet them. It is designed to provide practitioners with the background, framework, and insights needed to guide their companies in developing and deploying effective HR data privacy initiatives.

You’ll learn:

• What leading companies are doing to comply with privacy laws

• How to deal with the data privacy issues involved in collecting and using HR information internationally

• What is the nature and scope of data privacy challenges

• How to meet European requirements for handling and importing HR data

Topics covered include:

• The nature of privacy and its relationship to security

• The US approach to protecting privacy and how it compares with that in Europe, Canada and elsewhere

• Options for legally transferring European HR data to the US

• Privacy programs of three multi-national companies

• Complexities and decision points for multi-nationals

This course is designed for:

• HR functional staff involved in developing global HR programs

• HR systems staff involved in developing global HR systems/databases

• Information security staff

• Legal counsel

• Audit and compliance staff  

Presenter:  Dr. Donald Harris, President, HR Privacy Solutions

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This course focuses on the skills, tools and techniques that project managers or project team members should know to effectively define, plan and manage projects and project assignments. This course is designed for both the beginning project manager who wants a good foundation and the experienced project manager who wants a refresher course. It would benefit whole project teams by providing them with an understanding of the overall process and their roles.

You’ll learn:

• Project planning, including stakeholder analysis, domains of change, communications, and work breakdown structure

• Project management approaches, and how to select the approach best suited to your project type, needs, and constraints

• Project team assembly including defining roles and responsibilities

• Team building, covering team dynamics and barriers to teamwork

• Project management skills, the key competencies and traits for success

• Estimation and justification skills, including cost/benefit analysis and risk assessment

• Project scheduling and control, tracking methods, the use of project management software, progress reporting, meetings, and final post-completion audit

Topics covered include:

• Project Structure – Roles and Responsibilities

• Project Scope

• Project Justification

• Project Planning & Scheduling

• Project Communication

• Scope Management

• Project Assessment

This course is designed for:

• Any HR or HRS professional requiring a sound knowledge of project management

Presenter:  John Hinojos, Director, Consulting Services, HRchitect

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A one-day workshop designed to not only cover the why, what and when, but also the HOW of HR Measurement. This interactive workshop contains case studies of successful HR Measurement programs and real world examples of both successful and unsuccessful metrics. In addition, templates and reporting approaches are provided to jump-start your HR measurement.

You’ll learn:

• Whether you are measuring the transactional side or the strategic side of HR, it must be placed in the context of the business strategy

• Why measurement is critical to HR’s more strategic role

• How to examine the operations that HR manages and report performance similar to your business operations

• How to examine the alignment of your HR strategy with the business strategy

• How to identify the critical few strategic measures and use this information in focused discussions with senior management

Topics covered include:

• The changing role of the HR organization and its impact on the overall profession.

• Why running the HR functional operations like a business is critical to HR’s strategic role.

• The importance of strategic alignment to a successful measurement program.

• Bringing the information to the “table” – what do they really want to see? 

This course is designed for:

• Human Resource Executives

• HRIS Professionals

• Organizational Development Leaders

• HR Business Partners

Presenter:  Noel Hannon, Principal Consultant, Hannon Associates

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PDS Number 9
Sunday, June 1, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Creating a 3-5 Year Technology Strategy  

Every organization should create a formal documented strategic plan that defines the steps and timeline to meet the objectives and goals of the organization’s HR technology strategy. Without this in place, many organizations put pieces together in an ad hoc manner which results in incompatible systems and greater costs to evaluate and select replacement systems across an organization. The HR Technology Strategic Plan is the embodiment of an organization’s goals and objectives (the corporate business plan) and the HR and IT strategic plans that support the meeting of these goals and objectives. With the completion of a HR Technology Strategic Plan, your organization should have: (1) A strategy, vision and objectives for Human Resources technology, (2) A technology strategic plan and a validation of your technology strategy to support your plans (should we buy more modules from our ERP vendor, buy a TMS suite, or acquire individual best of breed components?), (3) A timeline and plan for HCM software purchases and (4) An established solid framework for decision-making and setting priorities on software implementations.

You’ll learn:

• What an HR technology strategy encompasses

• Why an HR technology strategy is critical in any organization

• How to develop an HR technology strategy for your company 

Topics covered include:

• Facilitated Discovery – Reviewing related strategies, process maps and incumbent systems

• Developing your strategy, vision and objectives for HR technology

• Building the business case to support the HR technology strategy

• Gaining executive consensus on the HR technology strategy

• Creating the long-term governance model to support the HR technology strategy

This course is designed for:

• HR Practitioners

• HRIS Analysts/Managers/Directors

• HR Executives

• CIOs/Senior IT Executives

• CEOs 

Presenters:  Rick Fletcher, President, HRchitect and Dan Katavola, VP – Consulting Services, HRchitect

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PDS Number 10
Sunday, June 1, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

A Practitioner's Guide to Complex Organizational Change Management  

The Change Management skill set is in increasing demand as organizations undertake ever more complex wholesale reconfigurations of work and workforce composition to meet today's flexible business needs. This course will cover classic change management processes, using Fidelity's change management models and techniques from our client consulting practice. The emphasis will be on practical, useful approaches, toolsets, frames and methodologies which could be used by any organization or consultative practice to achieve large scale business changes. We have created and managed these efforts with a high degree of success and will share our most useful insights and tools with you.

You’ll learn:

• Fundamental organizational change models, their use/utility, strengths and weaknesses

• Common elements in a "change management toolkit", how these elements can align to create a powerful "campaign for change" in your organization

• Change management, communications and training strategies and plans which have proven useful to organize, engage and drive complex change initiatives

Topics covered include:

• Change Management, Training and Communications Strategies and Plans

• Impact Analysis Maps, Focus Group Inputs to Strategy Creation

• Change Management Campaigns - Creating and Engaging the Organization

• Sponsor Management, Relationship Management, and Governance of Complex Changes

• Measuring Impact - the ROI for Change

This course is designed for:

• Chief HR Officers

• VP or Directors of HRIS/HRMS

• HR Strategy and Project Management Officers

• Project Management Office (PMO) Practitioners

Presenter:  LouAnn Muir, Vice President, Consulting Services, Veritude, a Fidelity Investments Company

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