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SPEAKER: 

Abbe Goncharsky  (BIO)
Vice President of Human Resources
  & Associate Counsel
Mister Car Wash

TOPIC:  Developing a Strategic HR Department (Whether You’re a Small  or Large
              Company)

Though the skills necessary for an HR leader have a lot in common with those of an employment lawyer, the journey from employment lawyer to VP-HR is not a regularly recognized one. However the transition between the roles  does provides an example of the key factors to successful presentation of the HR department as a strategic business partner for an organization. Whether you are starting in a new organization or new HR role or just want to go in a new direction, here are some key tips:

Learning objectives will include:

1. People are the most important resource: Get to know your team, and keep on getting to know your team. Don’t limit yourself to the HR department, but identify your partners throughout the organization. Marketing, finance, operations, and other decision makers and influencers are key players in making sure that the HR message is supported and distributed.

2. Expect the unexpected: It’s important to plan for the best, but expect the worst. Have at least a Plan B, and preferably Plans C and D.

3. Be the example: HR is expected to set and drive culture for a company, but it can’t do it alone. Set the tone both by your words and your actions. Include your HR staff and the share with the key partners in your organization.

4. Do your research: HR has to sell its ideas in order to ensure success. You have to have support of your business leaders, including those in operations, and doing your research will help to get you to where you need to be. Don’t just research the nuts and bolts of a project—research its background, what projects have been successful and not, and how the decision-makers think. What’s important to them and their success-how can your projects/ideas benefit them. Find that out and they will be on your “team”.

5. Balance is an overall process, not a day-to-day concept: HR has to balance compliance against projects, and that balance simply cannot be achieved on a daily basis. Many companies have long-term strategic plans; HR departments have to have them, too. Compliance isn’t just a matter of whether you’ve completed paperwork and investigated complaints—it is a broad-based concept that requires involvement at many levels.

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Festivity Information: 
We are once again presenting our  “Trade Show” of SHRM-GT Committees.  Learn what each committee has planned for the year. Consider volunteering.

Buy some Silent Raffle tickets, view all the gift baskets and enjoy some holiday cheer. You can buy tickets and select the gift basket you want to win. In addition, if you visit all tables and get your card initialed, you are in the running for the grand prize.

Tickets are 6 for $5 or $1 each. You can purchase raffle tickets at the same time you register**.  Your tickets will be put in your name badge.  All proceeds go to the SHRM Foundation to support their HR research.

Gift Baskets:
A Night at the Movies
Brighton Pocketbook/Bag
Burt's Bees
Celebrating Success
Grapes & Buds
Health & Wellness
Italian Dinner at Home
Pet Lovers
Star Wars
University of Arizona
Wine & Chocolate 

**The SHRM Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit affiliate of SHRM. They have studying the evolution of the workforce for over 40 years and offer unmatched workforce knowledge for the benefit of professional workforce leaders with a total focus on studying and reporting the management practices that work. Supporting the SHRM Foundation is a chance to contribute to an ongoing study of the direction of human resources in society.

SHRM GT Committee Bingo ~ A bingo card will be provided for you. Once you visit each committee table, be sure to have your card signed off. Once you have visited ALL the tables, you can be entered for a special drawing.

Schedule: 
10:30 ~ 10:45:  Check In/Registration (Please note the earlier time) 
10:45 ~ 11:30:  “Trade Show of Committees” and Silent Raffle 
11:30 ~ 12:00:  Chapter announcements. LUNCH 
12:00 ~  1:00:   Program

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Holiday Buffet