GLOBAL MINDSET
Versatile Leadership for Economic Recovery

July 21, 2009
San Francisco and Irvine

HRSF is pleased to bring you this cutting-edge web conference in a “live, face-to-face” format. Our presenter Dr. Dennis Baltzley, coming to us via web-conference, will focus on a message to leaders at every level who recognize the difficulties we face both now and for the foreseeable future. View this presentation with other HR execs at sites in both northern and southern California. After the web-conference we will have a facilitated discussion at each location.

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A Note From Our President

Welcome to the HR Strategy Forum, the California Affiliate of HRPS (Human Resource Planning Society). We are the premier network for strategic human resource thought leaders in California. Our unique value proposition is being able to combine education and sharing of best practices on strategic HR issues with networking and rich dialogue with other senior-level HR professionals. 

About Our Programs

We have just completed our programs for 2008 and it was a great year!  We had record attendance for our outstanding programs covering topics such as:  Doing Business Globally, Designing the Nimble Organization, Managing Cultural Differences, Workforce Planning, Building the Strategic HR Function, HR’s role in Mergers & Acquisitions, and Business Strategy for HR Professionals.

We are planning another exciting year of programs in both Northern and Southern California for our subscribers and colleagues.  In 2009 we can look forward to the events listed in the upper right section of this page, plus more still to come!

New Membership Benefits

The HR Strategy Forum is excited to offer our subscribers many new benefits including: 

·   Free membership to HCI (The Human Capital Institute) - A think tank and research organization for the human capital industry and strategic talent management.

·    Free membership to the Strategy Pillar for i4cP (Institute for Corporate Productivity) - i4cp is the world's largest private network of corporations focused on improving workforce productivity. This exclusive network allows members to interact with industry experts as well as peers in other organizations. Members utilize thousands of pages of HR research and workforce productivity research on how to attract, develop and retain key assets: their employees.

·    Access to our exclusive Linked-In network

·    HRPS’s Strategic HR trend bi-monthly newsletter

·    Access to the HRPS website, including searchable database, online People and Strategy Journal, Business Book Reviews, job postings, etc. 

These new benefits are in addition to the already existing benefits we have offered for many years. Please click on the Membership tab to your left for a description of all our benefits.

We are continuously working to ensure you get the most for your subscription!

Our programs are very informative and thought provoking and I hope you will take the opportunity to come to our meetings and to “subscribe” to our whole 2009 set of programs.  I want to close by giving particular recognition to our sponsors (see upper right side of this page).  Their commitment to and participation in HRSF help us to continue to offer high quality programs.

Edie Goldberg
President of the HR Strategy Forum

At Our Last Meeting ...

HRPS Event Summary: Fast Cycle Change for Volatile Times
May 20, 2009 – El Segundo

Presenters:
Mike Norman, Senior VP at Sibson Consulting
Ken Werner, Senior HR Executive at Chevron

Summary:
Mike Norman of Sibson Consulting and Ken Werner of Chevron co-presented on Direct Participation, a process that realizes change quickly by engaging a critical mass of employees, giving all stakeholders ownership of the change process and results.

The close loop process is the key to DP, as it ensures leaders are present to answer questions and make decisions, allowing issues raised in the meeting to be addressed in real time. The result of the highly structured DP meeting is an implementation plan the entire organization develops, which includes agreement on metrics and indicators of success. The meeting is followed by planned communication, implementation, and refinement or reinforcement of decisions to maintain momentum. With mass participation across multiple stakeholder groups, the outcome of the DP process is increased commitment and alignment around the change initiative.

In a business environment that is increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, DP is a proven vehicle that rallies people to act quickly and shortens the cycle time for real change.

Summary written by Kathie Bradley, Right Management 
(Thank you, Kathie!)