Tag: SHRM Annual Conference
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#SHRM18: Lessons from The Biggest HR Event in History
This year’s SHRM Annual Conference is a milestone. The team is estimating about 20,000 HR professionals, vendors, and miscellaneous other attendees have converged on Chicago for this year’s event. Attendees are here from around the world–I’ve already met delightful individuals from both Italy and India. One of the interesting things I sometimes hear from people…
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I’ll be at #SHRM18 — My Interview on #DriveThruHR
Last week I had a quick conversation with my long-time friend Michael Vandervort on the DriveThruHR podcast. As one of the official social media team members for the SHRM 2018 Annual Conference, Mike wanted to chat about me, my background, and my current projects as a lead-in to the event. It was one-sided (as interviews…
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Want to End Harassment? It’s a Culture Thing (#SHRM16)
In case you missed it, there was a SHRM Conference Daily post this week with a very interesting headline. In short, the EEOC said that training doesn’t reduce discrimination. The logic behind the commentary had a few holes that I want to point out really quick, but I want to spend the majority of the time today…
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Your HR Certification is Worthless (#SHRM15)
I had the distinct pleasure of seeing my friend Steve Browne speak this morning at SHRM. His session was intended to fire up the audience, and I’d say it was a smashing success. One of his comments was powerful, and I thought it deserved to be repeated here because I talk about certification quite a…
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Are You Going to SHRM in Las Vegas? #SHRM15
A few weeks from now I’ll be joining thousands of my closest HR friends in Las Vegas for the 2015 SHRM Conference. This year is a bit different than the years I visited only as an attendee, because I will be speaking on behalf of Brandon Hall Group about strategic HR at the SHRM SmartStage,…
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Increasing Benefit Value at No Cost (#SHRM14)
Before I jump in, I realize that there is some cost associated with everything. My love of economics doesn’t allow me to get away with the idea of a “free lunch” without mentioning that; however, I’m talking about increasing the perceived value without increasing the direct cost of the various options offered. Hang with me,…
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SHRM 2013 Conference in Chicago, IL
So the SHRM 2013 Conference is in Chicago. I’ll be there, will you? This will be my third SHRM conference to attend, and my hope is that it will be the best one yet. 60+ other HR and recruiting bloggers will be there. Who else is going? What sessions are you looking forward to? I…