The #SHRM18 Bloggers have already produced some excellent Q & A posts with many of the 2018 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition speakers and vendors. To give you a peek behind the scenes, I've conducted some interviews with SHRM colleagues who work so diligently to create an amazing conference experience.
Registration for the 3rd Annual Step Challenge, powered by Fitbit Health Solutions, at #SHRM18 officially opened yesterday, May 8. As you complete your registration process and select your Step Challenge team, we will be sharing more about the team captains to help you decide which team to join!
Here is your first team captain lowdown.
The war for talent hasn’t spared HR. The leaders of our organizations are constantly working to recruit and develop the best and the brightest for this dynamic career. However, when I speak to audiences of business majors and ask how many of them want to pursue a career in HR, few, if any, raise their hands. Our profession has a prestige problem. That is our challenge.
If you are looking to connect with someone who really understands labor relations, look no further than Michael Vandervort. Michael will be attending SHRM 18 in Chicago, IL as an official #SHRM18Blogger!
If you are looking to connect with someone who really understands life as an HR Consultant, look no further than Mike Haberman. Mike will be attending SHRM 18 in Chicago, IL as an official #SHRM18Blogger!
If you are looking to connect with someone who really understands HR compliance at work, look no further than Wendy Dailey. Wendy will be attending SHRM 18 in Chicago, IL as an official #SHRM18Blogger!
When I saw the list of speakers at #SHRM18, I knew immediately I wanted to interview David Rock, the co-founder and director of the NeuroLeadership Institute. I am very interested in neuroscience (particularly as it relates to implicit bias), and I have learned a great deal from a number of writings about and by David.
Human resources leader Michelle M. Smith reveals how HR leaders today have a rare opportunity to think more strategically.
Pop quiz: Your company just expanded its oil business to West Africa, specifically Mauritania. You need to send a geologist to do testing. The area will be remote, the worker will be isolated with a very small local team and conditions will be harsh. Do you send the brilliant gay guy or the genius lady with the chronic heart condition?
Quantum Workplace will be one of the vendors at the #SHRM18 in Chicago, IL. They are an employee engagement software company designed for a manager-driven work culture. Quantum Workplace is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska (my new home town). I had the opportunity to tour their new location where I conducted this interview.
I was so excited when Jackie Oliver agreed to do a Q & A with me for the SHRM18 Blog. I met Jackie when I first landed at SHRM in 2005 and we worked together for two years before I transferred to Public Affairs. Jackie is an unsung hero at SHRM. She is one of the hardest working, kindest, smartest, most dependable and most caring individuals at SHRM. She is a role model and one of the reasons SHRM continues to be a great place to work. If you see things working well on the outside, it’s because Jackie is making it all happen behind the scenes on the inside. Period.
An often overlooked area at the SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition is the SHRM Certification Lounge, an area to celebrate and enjoy your status as a SHRM certified professional.
