Speaker Profile
DON PHIN
Don Phin has been an employment law attorney, business owner, workshop leader, and executive coach. After leaving his litigation career, he built HR That Works, which was used by 3,500 companies and sold to ThinkHR (now Mineral) in 2014 where he worked for two years as a VP. Today Don spends most of his time presenting, coaching, and on occasion, investigates workplace problems. Don lives in sunny Coronado, California.

Don Phin
March 21 2023
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Attracting and Hiring Great Employees
Who gets hired at your company maybe the number one reason for its success or failure. Whether you are a company’s recruiter, HR manager, or other leader, who you put on your team will make an enormous bottom-line difference. Hire the right people and you will have profitable and enjoyable times. Hire the wrong people and you will be faced with one negative drama after another.Hiring has to be viewed as a p..

Don Phin
April 17 2023
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Change Management that Works
How will you be prepared for the change guaranteed to come your way? Successful companies and people learn how to adapt to changing circumstances. They don’t just react to change, they drive it!Most people don’t like change and can either purposefully or subconsciously resist it. The result is lowered productivity, turnover, and way too much unnecessary drama.In this fast-moving presentation, Don will help ..

Don Phin
May 15 2023
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
New Management Training
Becoming a new manager is both exciting and scary. You were most likely promoted because you had an excellent skillset and showed leadership potential. But since this is new territory for you, there is much to be learned.In this fast-moving program, attorney, consultant, and coach Don Phin will help guide you with insight strategies and tools so you can become a great manager.Areas Covered Why did you say y..

Don Phin
June 16 2023
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Time Management Mastery
It seems as if everyone is running 75 miles per hour today. Even if they are working from home! Most management level employees aren’t constricted to working 40 hours per week and often find themselves working 60 hours or more. This can only lead to burn out and resentment.Don Phin has studied about time management for more than 20 years. Don has read more than a dozen books on time management, read about t..

Don Phin
July 06 2023
01:00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Marijuana in the Workplace
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), studies suggest specific links between marijuana use and adverse consequences in the workplace, such as the increased risk of injury or accidents. One study among postal workers found that employees who tested positive for marijuana on a pre-employment urine drug test had 55 percent more industrial accidents, 85 percent more injuries, and 75 percent grea..

Don Phin
August 02 2023
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Mental Health at Work: Strategies to Remain Caring, Productive, and Compliant
In this program, Don will go over the broad scope of mental health challenges. I’ll share statistics, resources, relevant laws, and accommodation ideas. We will discuss the FMLA, ADA, and workers’ compensation. Don will share a great tool to use when managing the accommodation dialogue.Areas CoveredThe current status of the workplace mental health challenge Different types of mental health challengesP..

Don Phin
September 05 2023
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Mastering the Emotional Energy of Great HR/Leadership/Sales
It’s hard to ignore today’s conversation around emotional intelligence. Studies show it is far more important to leadership success than having a high IQ. The term “emotional intelligence” implies the answer lies in the frontal lobe of the brain. It implies we can think our way through all our problems. Let me ask you this: when two people are yelling at each other in the hallway, or meeting room, or ..

Don Phin
October 09 2023
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
The Great Opportunity in Great HR!
How clear are you about your WHY for becoming a strategic HR partner? Are you on the right path? How motivated are you? What could be blocking the way? While it’s great to brand to your clients and customers, how well are you doing so with your employees? How well are you branding HR? Do you know how others view you?How do you show your value? What data are you tracking? What do your monthly reports look li..

Don Phin
November 07 2023
01:00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Investigations that Work
How a company manages a workplace investigation affects its legal exposures, corporate culture, and brand. That investigation may involve a claim of sexual harassment, suspicion of theft, or a threat made against another employee. The failure to properly investigate can lead to lawsuits, brand damage, and ruined reputations. Don has been an employment law attorney for more than 40 years and has investigated..

Don Phin
December 06 2023
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Spirit in the Workplace
The Holiday season is a great opportunity to show our employees how much we care about them. Like good old Mr. Fezziwig. Spirituality at work doesn’t imply religion at work…although that is part of it too. It’s a broader concept where we look for the best in each other, nurture each other, and build community. It is a time for rest, recovery, and merrimentAreas CoveredWhat we don’t mean by spirituality at w..

Don Phin
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Coaching at Work- Improving Employee Engagement and Performance
In this fast-moving presentation, HR, engagement, and coaching expert, Don Phin, will share with you strategies and tools to help you and your managers step up their engagement and performance management games by learning how to coach their direct reports. Coaching helps for a myriad of reasons. The best managers and employees want to improve their ability to engage everyone from board members to the rank a..

Don Phin
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Employee Engagement that Works
The lack of engagement dampens an employee’s "discretionary effort", with huge consequences including poor performance, turnover, customer dissatisfaction, brand damage, and lawsuits. All of which impact company culture and the bottom line.Today’s remote and hybrid work arrangements, coupled with the accelerating rate of change, are constantly challenging the engagement effort. In this fast-moving program, ..

Don Phin
Recorded Webinar
90 Minutes
Hiring and Retaining in this Crazy Economy
Don has delivered this presentation to dozens of CEO and HR groups in the past few months. Employers are faced with The Great Resignation and The Great Quit, placing their companies and existing employees under enormous pressures. Since hiring and retention are closely related challenges, they are addressed together in this fast-moving presentation. Areas Covered How to decide who to hireEmployee referrals ..

Don Phin
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Mental Health at Work: Strategies to Remain Caring, Productive and Compliant
Mental health has become an ever-increasing challenge for employees and employers. Already on the rise, the pandemic made mental health challenges even worse. There is no doubt just about EVERYBODY is stressed today. People feel overwhelmed, under-appreciated, and are dropping out of the “rat race” at record levels. In addition, Gallup says more than two-thirds of the workforce remain “disengaged”, also aff..

Don Phin
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Now that I’ve Got Them, How Do I Keep Them?
Employee Turnover is an expensive problem. Coupled with the difficulty in hiring, turnover is putting additional pressure on existing employees and managers. It limits growth opportunities, causes stress, morale problems, customer dissatisfaction, and brand damage.Compensation challenges, the demand for job flexibility, an unwillingness to “come to work”, cost of living, and other factors are driving the tu..