2022

Morning Keynote

Organizational cultures are being tested like never before. Purpose is quickly becoming the standard for individuals to gauge their careers and the metric companies use to judge their employees.

Millennials make up approximately 50% of today’s workforce. 87% of millennials are willing to work for less money if their work provides a sense of purpose.

How can we provide purpose to our teams?
In this highly interactive session, attendees will learn how to provide purpose for an unparalleled employee experience in a post-Covid workplace.

Participants will:
• Obtain tools for cultivating a unique employee experience
• Learn how to identify negative triggers and eliminate workplace toxicity
• Discover the secret for finding fulfillment and purpose beyond pay and benefits

Breakout Session 1

1-A Mastering the Art of Delegation, Jeffrey Russell, Russell Consulting, Inc.  

Everyone likes to be on a winning team!  It motivates, it inspires and it can catapult you to new levels of productivity and success!  However, not everyone knows what it takes to make a winning team (or what to do with a legacy team).  This program is guaranteed to help your leaders understand and implement the 3 core essential elements to creating and maintaining a winning team…plus it’s fun and VERY interactive!





 

1-C Employment Law Update,  Jennifer Mirus and Brian Goodman, Boardman & Clark Law Firm

Legal issues surrounding employment continue to evolve, even with a divided government at the state and local level.  Recent regulatory developments and court decisions continue to impact the workplace.  HR professionals need to keep abreast of these changes and assess how these changes might impact their organization going forward.
 
The Annual Employment Law Update will provide an overview of developments in several major areas of employment law and will help you identify the issues you need to know to be an effective business partner in your organization.  This information–packed session will leave you better equipped to assess your organization’s needs with respect to employment law compliance.  

Participants will learn:

1. Key federal and state legislative and regulatory developments; 
2. New regulations and administrative guidance relating to wage and hours; and
3. How recent judicial cases might affect your practices regarding discrimination, harassment, disabilities, and more. 

Late Morning Keynote

Darcy Luoma -  Thoughtfully Fit®: Solve Your People Problems with Confidence

 
Join executive coach Darcy Luoma as she teaches you how to handle people problems of all kinds—no matter how difficult—by being Thoughtfully Fit®.

You know it and I know it. The biggest problems facing any organization, no matter its size, are its people problems. Teams have conflict, managers struggle with communication, and productivity gets slowed by a lack of trust. These things take energy away from the organization’s mission and stop leaders and employees from doing what they do best.

What to do? You train to be Thoughtfully Fit® so you can handle any people problem with confidence—even the most challenging ones. Join Darcy as she explores how you can engage
your Thoughtfully Fit core, which is your source of power in every situation. Leave with inspiring insights and a core workout that will give you more time and energy to focus on what you do
best!

Lunch Keynote

Joshua Evans - Change Engage Evolve 

The world is changing at a record pace and today’s teams are tasked to do more with less. They are also expected to remain engaged while facing an unprecedented shift in the traditional workplace.

Cultivating resilience in each employee is necessary during transitional times, and it starts with realigning each team member with the meaning of their role in their organization.

This presentation will amp up the enthusiasm in your organization and rekindle engagement, commitment, and trust between leaders and team members.

Participants will:
• Obtain insights for empowering your team to positively adapt
• Learn the common workplace traps and how to avoid the spread of toxicity within your teams
• Discover effective tools for moving your team beyond their daily roles and into a state of deeper purpose

Breakout Session 2

3-A   Compensation in a Post Pandemic World,  Rena Somersan, Newport Group

Compensation strategies and approaches have not been immune from the impact of the pandemic.  The challenges to finding and compensating capable production, front line or entry level employees is as challenging as ever. Top talent pay is made more complicated by the options available with remote and flexible work arrangements. 

This session will identify the most effective techniques to use compensation strategies to help an organization attract, retain and motivate employees in this new atmosphere.  We will explore the latest impacts on base salary, premiums and incentives so they are delivered in a way that reinforces the organization’s desired strategy and work environment.  This will include the latest data and approaches so an organization can remain competitive in the talent marketplace.  BRING YOUR QUESTIONS, we're envisioning an audience led excursion through these topics and we'll ask you for your questions ahead of time. 
 
Learning objectives:

• Examining alternatives for competitively paying a “hybrid” workforce
• Highlighting key aspects that are essential for attracting entry level employees
• Developing a compensation framework that can expand across geographic areas
• Explaining concepts to help make informed pay decisions aligned with performance

3-B DEI: Challenges and Success Stories From the Field - Local HR Experts,   

You've heard the culture and business cases for DEI in your workplace and you've bought in. 

What you want to know are ideas, implementation strategies and tips on how to get it done.

This session will tap into the knowledge and experiences of local HR and DEI experts to advance your program!   Our panel will share thier stories and field your questions about advancing DEI in their organization.

Our panelists include:

Shiva Didar-Sielaff Vice President/Chief Diversity Officer, Associate Dean for Diversity & Equity Transformation, UW Health and University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health

Heidi Duss Founder, Culturescape Consulting

Kingsley Gobourne  Chief Equity and Engagement Officer, Group Health Cooperative-SCW

Bridgett WIlley, PhD Director, Allied Health Education and Career Pathways, UW Health

3-C Employment Law Update, Jennifer Mirus and Brian Goodman