Jennifer.Payne
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Jennifer Payne is an HR veteran with nearly two decades of experience in various aspects of the profession, including employee & labor relations, learning & development, and talent acquisition. She currently oversees talent management, engagement, and employee communications for Tops Markets, a regional grocery chain based in Buffalo, NY. A seasoned blogger, she is one of the co-founders and contributing writers of the Women of HR blog, and has held the role of editor for the past several years. She strives to bring an HR practitioner’s point of view to the topics she explores, and to challenge others to think differently about how they approach their jobs.
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The 2017 Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference and Expo is well underway. This year’s edition in New Orleans, LA boasts the second largest in history from an attendance perspective with well over 17,000 attendees from across the country and world.
June 19, 2017
As part of our coverage of the SHRM 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition, each of the official bloggers is conducting Q&As with session speakers. As I scanned the list of speakers, one that caught my attention right away was Jeffrey Tobias Halter, president of strategic consulting company YWomen. His session is titled, “Why Women – The Leadership Imperative to Advanc
March 28, 2017
Day 2 (and the first full day) of SHRM 2016 had me jumping around in various directions. Here are some highlights…
Power Posing
June 21, 2016
The 2016 edition of the Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference and Expo is well underway.
June 21, 2016
When I think back over the course of my HR career thus far (now nearly two decades long….yikes!
May 31, 2016
As part of our coverage of the 2016 SHRM Annual Conference, each of the official bloggers is conducting a Q&A with one of the session speakers. The speaker I chose was Catherine Mattice of Civility Partners. Her session, “The Real World: Case Studies of Real Organizations Who Solved Their Workplace Bullying Problems” caught my eye for several reasons. First, I’m an HR practitioner, so any session that focuses on solutions to real world problems interests me. Second, workplace bullying is a topic that I believe is gaining more traction and attention.
April 28, 2016
It’s been about a month since the 2014 SHRM Annual Conference in Orlando. By now, those of us who attended have settled back into the realities of our jobs and day to day life. We’ve probably filed away our notes and stashed our swag, but have we thought about what we actually learned? Have we spent any time at all considering how we can take some of the ideas we gathered and put them into practice?
July 22, 2014
Transformation
The theme of the 2014 SHRM Annual Conference, and one that manifested in a number of ways throughout the course of the four days. The keynote speakers touched on it. Many of the concurrent and Smart Stage sessions reinforced it. But the question is, did the HR professionals that attended walk away ready to assume a transformational mindset?
June 26, 2014
We’re down here in sunny Orlando, Florida where the 2014 SHRM Annual Conference has been underway for the past day and a half. This year’s theme is “Transform,” and it’s a theme that has reappeared and been reinforced numerous times already.
June 23, 2014
This weekend I’ll be heading to Orlando for the #SHRM14 Annual Conference and Expo. Many of you may be joining me; for some of you it may be your first time, others of you may be SHRM Annual veterans. No matter if it’s your first time or tenth time attending, I ask you this question: Are you maximizing your conference experience?
June 17, 2014
It’s hard to believe, but the 2014 SHRM Annual Conference is only about a week and a half away. This year’s location is right in the heart of tourist mecca Orlando, Florida, at the Orange County Convention Center, and runs from June 22nd to the 25th. Once again, I’ll be heading down and reporting in as part of the SHRM Social Media and blogging team.
June 11, 2014
Becoming More.
That was one of the overarching themes of the 2013 SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition. A theme meant to encourage us, as HR professionals, to think about how we can bring ourselves and our profession to the next level.
June 21, 2013