I cannot believe it is 2014. It is mind boggling to me how fast time goes
as we get older.
It's also mind boggling how fast
things change.
Our profession is not what it was 20
years ago. I'm going to say that it isn't even what it was 10 years ago.
We are different. Better. Evolved.
Sort of.
We are more entrenched in our
businesses than we ever have been and yet.....we aren't.
We understand the importance of being
a business partner more than ever before and yet....we don't.
It's not the same for everyone, but
some of us are stuck. We are stuck in between who we were and who the business
now needs us to be.
It's only going to get worse.
Business is changing and with that we
have to change. We have to think about what will be expected of us in the
future and adapt quickly.
It is my hope that this year's ILSHRM
conference will help.
The theme is Shaping the Future of HR
and everything from the pre-conference workshop to the keynotes to the Monday
night mixer is going to focus on preparing each of us for what future business
expects of us.
It's going to be awesome (if I do say
so myself).
Let me introduce you to our keynotes:
Jeff Lanza is an award-winning,
nationally known speaker whose career as an FBI Special Agent has fueled his
passion for helping people and organizations. He will be speaking on Leadership
Ethics: How to Ensure a Future of Employee and Corporate Integrity.
Jennifer McClure is President of Unbridled Talent LLC, a consulting
and advisory firm providing services to clients in the areas of recruiting
& human resources strategy, employment branding and leadership/career
development. Jennifer will be sharing her very popular keynote, The Future
of HR: Delivering Competitive Advantage Through Innovative People
Strategies
Jim Knight cut his teeth in the
training field in the Hospitality industry, starting out as a restaurant
staff-level employee for Olive Garden and Hard Rock Café. He eventually became
the head of the School of Hard Rocks, running point on all training &
development functions for Hard Rock International. As you would expect from
someone who spent years at Hard Rock, Jim will be talking to us about Culture
that Rocks!
I didn't do three J's on purpose, but
that's kind of cool. With our MC John Hudson in the mix it's the perfect
superfecta!
Now for the
pre-conference workshop.
You might remember Joe Gerstandt from
the times he has keynoted with his Talent Anarchy partner Jason Lauritson. Joe
is the bald one. Well this time he is partnering up with Doug Shaw an
enchanting bloke from London to offer a three hour workshop that is going to
stretch our minds in ways HR professionals are not accustomed to.
They will be presenting the Art of
Leadership and when I say art I am not being theoretical. They literally mean
art. Doug and Joe are going to help us tap into our creativity and apply new
techniques to aid in creative thinking and problem solving. They also plan to
show us how creativity can help us in our succession planning and development
of employees.
Seriously, I cannot do it justice in a
blog post. I'm going to see if I can't get these guys to tape a short video for
us explaining what they are up to. Leave them a note in the comments if you
would like that!
So there you have the ILSHRM14 updates
for now. Lots, lots more to come in the upcoming weeks.
I hope you are planning on joining us
August 3-5 in Oakbrook. If you weren't, hopefully this blog post has changed
your mind. To register click here.
See you soon!
Sabrina
