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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..
The CLEAR (Consider, List, Evaluate Pros and Cons Objectively, Ask for Input and Reflect) decision framework: How successful leaders make better choices
The CLEAR decision framework (Consider, List, Evaluate Pros and Cons Objectively, Ask for Input, Reflect) is a structured approach that helps leaders make informed and balanced decisions. It emphasizes clarity, collaboration, and reflection to avoid impulsive or biased choices. This method builds principles from behavioral psychology and decision science, offering leaders a way to navigate complexity and un..
Guide for Writing a Professional Investigation Report
This webinar describes:How to structure and write a clear, concise, well-organized, objective, and credible investigation report from complaint to conclusion.How to identify and use the models of proof/standards as a guide in your investigation report for issues of discrimination, harassment, and bullying (violence/threats) How to provide parties with an analysis of the facts, conclusions, and or recommenda..
HR 101 for Departments of One and Small Business
In many small businesses, HR doesn’t begin with a fully staffed department or an experienced team—it often starts with one person. Sometimes, that person is hired specifically to handle HR, but more often, they find themselves in the role unexpectedly, with little formal training and a long list of responsibilities. Whether you're managing HR on top of your regular job or are the sole HR point of contact fo..
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..
Best Practices In Evaluation And Hiring
Best Practices in Evaluation and Hiring: What the Research Shows and What Actually WorksHiring is one of the most important responsibilities of any leader or HR professional. Done well, it builds strong teams, improves performance, and sets people up for success. Done poorly, it leads to turnover, disengagement, and organizational risk. Yet despite how high the stakes are, hiring practices often vary widely..
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..
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..
Neurodiversity in the Workplace and AI Applications
In this session, we explore the intersection of neurodiversity and artificial intelligence in the modern workplace. Speaker presents case studies and lived examples that show how neurodivergent team members, who may struggle with traditional social cues or synchronous communication, can thrive when provided with adaptive, AI-supported tools that respect their processing preferences. We will examine best pra..
Revive, Renovate and Reinvent Your HR Office with ChatGPT
If you peer under the hood of ChatGPT, technically, it is a Large Language Model or LLM and is a sophisticated form of autocomplete. You are familiar with this in email when it suggests the completion of a sentence. What makes it phenomenal is that when you ask it a question, it has the capacity to form an answer from all the information on the internet and to give you sources for research.In this webi..
Small Business Bookkeeping and Payroll Management on a Budget
Objective: Teach cost-effective methods for managing small business finances and payroll.Subtopics:Basics of Bookkeeping: Income, Expenses, and ReconciliationsChoosing Affordable Accounting Software (e.g., QuickBooks, others)Payroll Management: providers and compliance – payroll bookkeeping entriesTax Filing and Record-Keeping Best PracticesLet me know if you'd like me to expand on any of these outlines or ..
Leading with Empathy: Reimagining HR Business Partnership
“Leading with Empathy: Reimagining HR Business Partnership” equips experienced HR professionals with the mindset and skillset to act as transformational change agents within their organizations. Empathy, when integrated with strategic insight and system thinking, allows HRBPs to understand root causes, navigate complexity, and co-create people solutions that resonate across the business. This session e..
The Great Manager Program
The quality of a company’s management and supervision team goes a long way to defining that company’s culture… and its bottom line. When companies have untrained managers, they are relying solely on that person’s innate ability to manage. Not surprisingly, half of those managers will do a better job than the other half.Training your managers has a leveraged impact depending in part on how many people they m..
Developing a Culture of Continuous Learning and Development
This lecture provides a comprehensive guide to developing a thriving culture of continuous learning and development. We'll explore the key principles and best practices for creating a learning-centric organization, including strategies for assessment, design, delivery, and evaluation. Attendees will learn how to identify skill gaps, develop personalized learning paths, and leverage technology to enhance lea..
The Business Case for LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in the Workplace: Navigating Policies, Procedures, Practices and Bathrooms
LGBTQIA+ workers still go to work every day with the fear that they might lose their jobs because of who they love and who they are. There is no federal law protecting the LGBTQIA community from workplace discrimination and harassment. There is confusion among organizations as to whether the federal civil rights law Title VII protects LGBTQIA+ employees. The EEOC and several courts clearly have stated that ..