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Stakeholder Management, Navigating Stakeholder Relationships: Strategies For Success
Stakeholder management is a critical competency in the modern business environment, directly impacting project success, organizational effectiveness, and professional growth. At its core, stakeholder management involves identifying, understanding, communicating with, and effectively engaging the individuals or groups who have a vested interest in the outcomes of a project or decision. Stakeholders can inclu..
Burnout Prevention in Finance and Banking: Compliance Strategies for Employee Well-being
The finance and banking industries are driven by regulations, high expectations, and intense competition. Compliance professionals in these sectors face the challenge of balancing intricate regulatory requirements while managing vast amounts of data, risk assessments, and deadlines. However, the stress inherent in these roles often leads to burnout, one of the most significant threats to both employee well-..
Building Psychologically Safe Workplaces: Strategies for HR Leaders
Psychological safety is a critical element of a healthy workplace culture. Coined by Harvard researcher Amy Edmondson, it refers to the shared belief that it’s safe to take interpersonal risks — to speak up, offer ideas, ask questions, or admit mistakes without fear of humiliation. For HR leaders, psychological safety is not just a concept to promote, but a foundation to embed in hiring, onboarding, pe..
Change Management And Organizational Communication
Change Management is the structured process of preparing, supporting, and guiding individuals, teams, and organizations through change. This can include changes in strategy, operations, technology, culture, or leadership. The goal of change management is to ensure that transitions are smooth, efficient, and successful by addressing both the technical and emotional aspects of change.Organizational Communicat..
From Claims to Culture: A Holistic Approach to Workers’ Compensation
This holistic session explores how workers’ compensation can become a strategic asset when embedded into the fabric of an organization’s culture. Rather than operating as an isolated risk management tool, workers’ comp can reflect—and reinforce—how a company lives its values, supports its people, and delivers on its mission.We will start by examining the disconnect between claims management and organization..
From In-House HR Professional to Solo HR Entrepreneur: 5 Key Lessons for Success from a Seasoned Freelancer
Starting your own business is exciting, especially if you’ve been working for (large) organizations for a long time. Finally, you’re fully in charge of how you organize your day, what clients you work with, etc. But what some people forget, or don’t consider enough, is the other side of working for yourself. How do you make sure you get paid enough, for example? What are the taxes going to be like? Where wi..
How to Transform Existing Wellbeing Practices. From Burning out to Flourishing
Let’s cut through the noise: most employee wellbeing programs are failing, and the data show this. Burnout is rising. Engagement is falling. Stress-related absenteeism is surging. And despite companies spending billions on wellness solutions, leaders are still asking, “Why isn’t any of this working?”Here’s why: Most well-being initiatives are reactive. They’re built to treat symptoms, not solve ro..
Skill-First Hiring: Why Education and Years of Experience Are Less Important for Many Jobs
Hiring is one of the most important decisions an organization makes, yet many hiring processes rely on assumptions and guesswork. Resumes highlight the polished version of a candidate. Interviews often reward confidence over competence. And common filters like college degrees or years of experience are treated as reliable predictors of performance, even though they rarely tell the full story.This webinar in..
Independent Contractors- Are They Independent or Aren’t They
In this webinar, we’ll define what independent contractors and employees are. You’ll be provided with examples, and you'll explore the pros and cons of classifying someone as an independent contractor. You’ll also learn the penalties for misclassifying them. We’ll cover the business relationships, pros and cons, how an independent contractor is taxed and deductions they can take, penalties for misclassifica..
The Best Offense Is When The Injury Is Reported, Including The Best Follow-Up, Thereby Reducing Or Eliminating Citations
When an employee injury occurs, most HR professionals and supervisors assume that simply completing the claim form from their workers’ compensation carrier is enough. Unfortunately, this bare-minimum approach can leave organizations vulnerable to audits, citations, and escalating claim costs. In today’s regulatory environment, the best offense is not just fast injury reporting—it’s proactive follow-up, stra..
New to HR? Building Trust and Achieving Success in HR
Stepping into a Human Resources role is more than just starting a job — it’s stepping into a mission that shapes the very heart of an organization. As a new HR professional, you have the unique opportunity to build bridges, inspire trust, and champion a workplace where people feel valued, heard, and empowered. Your actions, conversations, and decisions have the power to create lasting positive change. Succe..
Utilizing a Proven Process When Conducting Sensitive, Internal Investigations
An internal investigation is a formal inquiry to determine whether workplace policies or regulatory practices have been violated. Investigations can follow:A complaintAllegationSuspicion of misconductFraudHarassment accusationsOr many other reasons covered by federal, state, and/or local employment laws.The goal of any internal investigation is to obtain a straightforward view of the facts:What happened?Whe..
CA Wage and Hour Law – Update 2025
In addition to the new laws, we will review all ramifications thereof, and review the following areas of Wage and Hour compliance:Wage orders: How to determine which of the 17 wage orders applies to your companyOvertime: CA has daily and weekly overtime and daily and weekly double time. Learn how to determine when it’s straight time, overtime or double time.Alternative workweeks: Are your employees el..
Is DEI Dead? Maybe: Reviewing the Strategic Value of DEI
The global backlash against DEI has prompted a necessary re-evaluation: What is DEI really for? Is it outdated? Or have we simply misunderstood its role? This keynote tackles the controversy head-on. It argues that DEI, when reframed and implemented strategically, remains essential to organisational success.We explore how understanding human identity, bias, and behaviour directly impacts how teams collabora..
EEOC Report: Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Not Working—Workplaces Fail To Implement Systemic Changes
You have been in Human Resources or management for years. Your plate is full—too much to do and to know in your increasingly stressful job. You are expected to stay current in discrimination and harassment case law for all the federal and state-protected classes. Are you current? It seems like an unending responsibility. You remember hearing something in the news about a change in the pregnancy law, but can..