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2014 Alabama SHRM State Conference Speakers Step Up Your HR Game

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Conference Day 1 Tuesday May 13th 1:30 - 2:45 HRCI: No prior approval

Title: Step Up Your Employee Benefits, Health and Wellness Game Overview: HR Professionals will learn how to step up their employee benefits game by gaining a better understanding of the importance of developing and communicating effective employee benefits and wellness plans. Organizations struggle with creative ways to assist employees with a “holistic” approach to their health and welfare. They realize successful programs can help employees be healthier and increase the bottom line by decreasing healthcare costs. It can also decrease employee time away from work, increase productivity, and even increase morale. This panel discussion will identify ways to improve communication campaigns that will help improve organizational perception, and drive adoption and engagement in health, wellness and incentive programs. You will learn about best-practice examples and get tips to help you communicate to your employees about the importance, scope and strength of your benefits offerings. It will also provide insights into initiatives for transforming your work culture that are clever, work friendly and have a positive impact on morale, productivity, health, recruitment and retention.

Panelists: Scott Smith, EVP Director of Employee Benefits – SS Nesbitt & Company

Scott began his benefit career in 1995 as a healthcare consultant with New England Financial in Atlanta. Moving back to Alabama in 1999, he continued to expand his medical consulting practice and also started his own firm specializing in benefit communication and enrollment. In 2004, Scott’s firm was acquired by Northwestern Benefits of Alabama, and in 2009, he was named the President and CEO. Scott joined S.S. Nesbitt & Company in 2013 as Executive Vice President- Director of Employee Benefits when Northwestern Benefits of Alabama was acquired by the EBSCO Industries subsidiary. Scott brings unique experience and is considered a thought leader and is a sought after speaker on the topics of leadership, strategic employee communication and sales growth strategies.

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Michelle Pawlik - Hand in Paw Animal Assisted Therapy Team Michele has had an exciting career in nursing that includes clinical experiences in public health, drug rehab, labor and delivery and adult health. Beginning in 1989, she took on the challenging role as the Director of Employee Health and EAP Services at Protective Life Corporation as a member of the HR team. She established one of the first comprehensive corporate employee wellness programs associated with a Birmingham business. ProHealth, as it was known internally, included health assessments, disease management, onsite nursing and lab services, an onsite EAP counselor, nutrition consults with a registered dietician, massage therapy, health education and disease management, an onsite lactation area for new moms, an onsite fitness facility and negotiated the first HealthMiles, an incentive based activity program, to be offered in the southeast. After an rewarding 20 plus years at Protective, she retired to continue "working" as a volunteer with Hand in Paw. She graduated in 1972 from the University of Memphis with a BS in Microbiology and Secondary Education and then received a BS in Nursing from the University of Tennessee Medical Units.

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Conference Day 1 Tuesday May 13th 3:00 – 4:45 HRCI: No prior approval

Title: Step Up Your HR Brand (Competence, Confidence and Credibility) Overview: This session identifies specific ways human resource professionals can dramatically enhance their competences, confidence and credibility to be the strategic business partner desired from C-Suite leaders. Our panel of experts will provide practical examples that will allow you to be indispensable to your organization while boosting your function’s value laced with a bit of self-promotion to help you step up your HR brand. You will learn how to gain personal credibility and buy-in for your initiatives, gain internal and external human resource credibility, look, feel, walk and talk the part of a confident professional, develop the competencies that guarantee professional success and use your role to become more relevant as a business leader by aligning your strategies with your CEO’s priorities.

Panelists: Michelle Clemon, SPHR, JD - UCP of Greater Birmingham Michelle Clemon brings fifteen years of experience in employment law and human resources management as a licensed attorney and executive human resources professional. She received her Bachelor of Arts in History from Yale University and her law degree from Columbia Law School. Michelle currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham (UCP), where she is responsible for overseeing the day-to day operations as well as the implementation of UCP’s strategic plan to expand and position the organization as a continued leader in services and programs for children and adults with disabilities. Prior to joining UCP, she practiced employment law with Maynard, Cooper & Gale and also served as an HR and public affairs executive for McWane, Inc. More recently, she served as President/CEO of The Clemon Consulting Group, a human resources consulting firm with an emphasis on compliance/governance and organizational development. An active community volunteer, Michelle has devoted her time to raising funds and awareness for organizations such as the American Diabetes Association and UAB’s Minority and Health Disparities Research Center. She is currently a member of the American Heart Association’s Circle of Red and is a previous board member and chair of both the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Vulcan Park and Museum. In her spare time she listens to classic hip hop, pulls for the Crimson Tide and the 49ers and will stop whatever she’s doing to watch The Godfather (1 or 2).

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Robin Schooling, SPHR – Owner, Silver Zebras, LLC With 25 years of HR Management experience, Robin Schooling, SPHR, has worked in a variety of industries including gaming, health care, manufacturing and banking. In 2013, after serving as VP Human Resources with the Louisiana Lottery Corporation for almost 7 years, Robin opened up Silver Zebras, LLC, where she works with organizations to develop integrated HR and Talent Strategies that drive business success. She’s a member of the Smartbrief on Workforce Advisory Board and has served on the Boards of Directors for Geaux Veterans, and the Louisiana Business Leadership Network, which focuses on providing positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities. Robin is a Past President of the Greater Baton Rouge SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), a former board member with ASTD Baton Rouge, an active member of the Baton Rouge Social Media Association and a longtime volunteer leader with the Louisiana SHRM State Council. In 2012, Greater Baton Rouge SHRM awarded Robin its “HR Professional of the Year Award.” A regular speaker at HR and business conferences around the country, she has a popular HR blog at HRSchoolhouse, is a contributor to the blogs WomenofHR and SHRM’s We Know Next, and regularly provides content for other global channels. She was recently named one of the The Top 100 Most Social Human Resources Experts On Twitter by the Huffington Post and one of the 25 people most retweeted by recruiters by ere.net (Electronic Recruiting Exchange). While she absolutely hates to cook, she loves her 3 dogs, enjoys a good glass of wine, and has loads of fun hanging out on Twitter – especially during Saints game.

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Eunice Ellliott – NBC Alabama’s 13 Eunice is a proud graduate of The University of Alabama where she earned a Journalism/Theatre degree in 1997. A week after graduation, Eunice moved to Bristol, Connecticut where she started out in public relations and later moved over to the production side as a production assistant on ESPN’s Flagship program, SportsCenter. Not a fan of the cold temperatures and snow, Eunice sought an opportunity to continue to grow her skill set in Media and joined the NFL’s Tennessee Titans as a Media Relations Assistant. During her time with the Titans, she gained invaluable experience in media training, regional/national story pitches and enjoyed working closely with the NFL and its member teams during the Titans run to the Super Bowl. That hard work paid off as Eunice was a part of the Media Relations staff that was rewarded with The Pete Rozelle Award as voted by the Pro Football Writers Association for the best Public Relations Staff in the NFL. Later career moves saw Eunice living in Miami while working with the FedEx Orange Bowl Committee’s Media Relations staff, and in Atlanta working with a high profile sports agency before she started her own public relations firm offering media training/publicity/marketing services to professional athletes. Eunice has started several ventures including an athlete relocation company called Tradewinds and Created/Executive Produced a television program for Comcast called The Other Side of The Bench, featuring the Atlanta Falcons. Eunice was also recognized as one of Rolling Out Magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Women in Atlanta. Eunice performs regularly as a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, and corporate trainer and can be seen daily as the traffic reporter on Alabama’s 13’s morning show, TODAY in Alabama. She also enjoys acting, radio broadcasting and writing/producing new television shows. Feel free to follow Eunice on Facebook/Twitter to see where she may be performing soon!

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Opening Keynote Wednesday May 14th 8:25-9:35am Room: Ballroom Talent Management HRCI: Approved for Strategic

Title: Ubuntu: Inspiring Teamwork & Collaboration at Work Sense of Purpose, Connectedness and Unity Among Your Team Members Multi-million copy best-selling author Dr. Bob Nelson (1001 Ways to Reward Employees) shares his expertise and energy to show managers and organizations how to obtain new levels of focus, excitement and results in any work environment through the principles of Ubuntu as based on the parable he co-authored with Dr. Stephen Lundin (co-author of the mega-million copy best-selling Fish! series). Dr. Nelson delivers a passionate, inspiring, high-energy multi-media program that intertwines fun & creativity, learning & application, and numerous examples and best practices from business, sports, politics & music in applying this traditional African principle of connectedness and unity to the world of work today. This session will be filled with specific real-life examples and techniques that can be immediately applied back on the job by attendees to systematically leverage, build and sustain a culture of teamwork, motivation and engagement in their workplace. Learning objectives include: • The Core Principles & Philosophy of Ubuntu • Creating a Shared Vision and Sense of Purpose • Inspiring Others to Greatness at Work • Creating Greater Rapport from Shared Experiences at Work • Harnessing Individual Strengths to Create Stronger Teams • Creative Ways to Recognize Team Effort and Results

Speaker: Dr. Bob Nelson – President - Nelson Motivation Inc. Dr. Bob Nelson is one of the world’s leading authorities on employee motivation and engagement. He is president of Nelson Motivation Inc. (www.DrBobNelson.com), a management training and consulting company that specializes in helping organizations improve their management practices, programs and systems; a co-founder of Recognition Professionals International; and previously worked closely with Dr. Ken Blanchard (co-author of The One Minute Manager) as his vice president, chief of staff and ghost writer for ten years. Dr. Nelson has sold 4 million books on management and employee motivation, including 1501 Ways to Reward Employees (the original edition of which sold 1.6 million copies), The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook, 1001 Ways to Energize Employees,1001 Ways to Take Initiative at Work, The Management Bible, Keeping Up in a Down Economy, andUbuntu! An Inspiring Story About an African Tradition of Teamwork and Collaboration. He has appeared extensively in the national media including CBS’ 60 Minutes, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, NPR and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Fortune, BusinessWeek and Inc. magazines to discuss how to best motivate today’s employees. He received an MBA in organizational behavior from UC Berkeley and earned his PhD in management with Dr. Peter Drucker (The Father of Modern Management) at The Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management School of the Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles. He teaches organizational behavior for the Rady School of Management at the University of California at San Diego.

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Concurrent - A Wednesday May 144h 9:45-10:55 am HRCI: Approved for Strategic Business

Title: Why the Best CEOs are Turning to HR to Lead the Organization Through Today's Top Five Threats Workplace Application: Learn how to leverage your leadership skills to help your company overcome the top five threats to organizational success. We are entering a new economy and business model with tremendous potential for HR to lead strategic organizational success. The first of the five threats that will be discussed is the loss of your competitive advantage as other organizations level the playing field while simultaneously failing to engage your workforce to create and develop new products and services faster than your competition. Second, we will discuss the cost of reckless hiring, as most analysts agree that 80% of turnover can be attributed to bad hires. Third, regulatory nightmares can become a huge external nightmare due to the impact that government regulation can have on your business. The other two threats we will examine are the inability to innovate, and poor leadership and communication skills. You must be ready to anticipate, respond, adapt and above all, lead through these critical threats.

Speaker : Jack Smalley ,Director, HR Learning and Development, Express Employment Professionals Jack serves as Director of Human Resource Learning & Development for Express Employment Professionals international headquarters. He provides leadership, human resource training and consulting for more than 600 Express offices and their clients in the U.S. and Canada. Jack offers clients extensive leadership guidance from a progressive career as a Human Resource executive. For the last thirty years, Jack has devoted his career to the field of leadership and human resources. His experience includes executive-level management in a number of different industries such as oil, chemical, and packaging with an emphasis in manufacturing, engineering, sales, logistics, and corporate management. He is a sought after national keynote speaker. Since 2010 Jack has had over 500 speaking engagements, including numerous state and local SHRM (Human Resources) conferences, totaling more than 50,000 attendees. Also, Jack has been a regular speaker at the National SHRM Conferences and will be conducting two mega sessions at the 2014 National SHRM Conference in Orlando. Jack is included in SHRM’s very small but elite group of “most preferred speakers.” Jack is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management and hold the designation of Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

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Concurrent - B Wednesday May 144h 9:45-10:55 am HRCI: No prior approval

Title: Step Up Your Legal & Legislative Game Overview: This session will explore the most recent legal and legislative decisions that impact you, your employees and your organization. Our panel of legal and legislative experts will discuss new legislation, employment laws, court decisions and regulatory initiatives that will affect how you remain compliant, manage your talent and strategically position your organization for the remainder of 2014. In addition to sharing common pitfalls that can put your organization at risk, our panelists will share action items to help you step up your knowledge and understanding of employee legal and legislative issues.

Panelists: Jennifer Swain - Attorney - Littler (Law Firm) Jennifer Fox Swain represents employers in a broad range of employment matters in the Southeast and throughout the United States. Jennifer handles administrative and litigation matters in state and federal courts, as well as before arbitrators, the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and numerous other state and federal agencies. She has a strong track record of successfully defending employers against various employment claims, including those arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act. Additionally, Jennifer offers counseling on compliance with various employment discrimination statutes, rules and regulations and counsels employers of all sizes on day-to-day personnel issues. She also assists employers with the development, drafting, implementation and enforcement of workplace policies and procedures, including mandatory arbitration programs. Jennifer graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1989, and is a cum laude 1994 graduate of Notre Dame Law School. Her practice areas include Discrimination and Harassment; Policies, Procedures and Handbooks; Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation; Wage and Hour; and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

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JAMIE M. BRABSTON - Senior Counsel with Lehr Middlebrooks & Vreeland, PC. Jamie has litigated cases involving sexual harassment, retaliatory discharge, disability, age, religion, race and sex discrimination, FMLA, ERISA, invasion of privacy, negligent supervision, intentional infliction of emotional distress, fraud and breach of contract. Jamie assists employers in compliance, problem prevention and legal analysis of complex employment issues, as well as conducting investigations to address employee complaints. She also assists federal government contractors with regard to affirmative action compliance, record keeping, training, mock audits and audit defense. Following more than a decade of private practice with a large Huntsville based law firm, Jamie served as General Counsel, Vice President of Human Resources, and Corporate Secretary for Digital Fusion, Inc., a Huntsville based government contracting firm, from 2006-2009. In 2009, Jamie founded her own employment law compliance business, Practical Employment Solutions, Inc., where she partnered directly with small businesses, including government contractors, to assist them with a full range of human resource and employment law compliance needs. Jamie was born and raised in Birmingham. She received her undergraduate and law degrees from The University of Alabama. During law school, Jamie served as editor of THE LAW & PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW and a member of the Order of the Barristers, the John A. Campbell Moot Court Board, and the Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team, where her team received the Dillard Award for Best Brief in the world.

Juanita K. Phillips, SPHR- Director of Human Resources with Intuitive Mrs. Phillips came to INTUITIVE in 2006 with a background in both government contracting and manufacturing. She brings over twenty years of experience in developing and promoting human behavior and resources. Her practiced skills add solidity to the company’s base as INTUITIVE is poised to move forward. Mrs. Phillips is a business oriented professional leading the human resource function to connect solidly up and down the organizational chain, to engender trust and build relationships and to partner with INTUITIVE’s leadership across the board to recruit and retain the brightest and best in order to provide customers with outstanding solutions and support. Her area of responsibility includes the company’s facility security function. Mrs. Phillips received her Master of Science Degree in Management/Human Resource Management from Florida Institute of Technology, and her Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Management. She is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and past president of the North Alabama Society for Human Resource Management (NASHRM). She is also the current Co-Director of Governmental Affairs for the Alabama State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management.

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Concurrent - C Wednesday May 144h 9:45-10:55 am HRCI: Approved for General

Title: Crucial Accountability®: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations and Bad Behavior VitalSmarts

Overview: Why don't employees or managers engage in accountability discussions? Because they don't want to? Why is Accountability Important? A culture with weak accountability wastes $1,500 and an eight-hour workday for every accountability discussion avoided. These costs skyrocket when you consider that 95 percent of a company’s workforce struggles to hold others accountable. As HR Professionals, we need a new model to provide strategies on making accountability a priority and to solve problems. Organizations around the world have turned to Crucial Accountability® Training for a methodology to effectively hold others accountable. More than one million people and three hundred of the Fortune 500 companies have used these skills to improve their organizational culture and create change for good. Participants in this session will learn real-life applications in an entertaining and engaging format.

Speaker : Sharon Lovoy, SPHR, President, Lovoy’s Team Works Inc. Sharon is an experienced Human Resources consultant who has developed a thriving practice through proven results and long term relationships with client organizations. In addition to her SPHR certification, Sharon is a Certified Mediator through Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Advanced Mediation through CDR, and has received Dialogue training through DiaLogos, Cambridge, MA. She has been retained by law firms and state and local governments to conduct Diversity and Prevention of Harassment training and to intervene to remedy problem behaviors AND create a wholesome work environment. She is a certified Master Trainer in Crucial Conversations® and is certified to conduct training in Emotional Intelligence, Corporate Coaching ® from Corporate Coach U, Crucial Accountability, Change Anything® , Influencer®, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Time Management. Sharon is on the faculty of the Management, Master Management and Training and Development Certificate Programs at the , College of Continuing Studies and received the Outstanding Faculty Member award. She is also a Career Ministry Organizer, and speaker and facilitator for churches and community organizations. Sharon is praised for helping clients achieve positive, lasting results in a cost effective manner and inspire “buy-in” at all levels.

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Conference Luncheon Keynote Wednesday May 14th 11:30-12:30pm Room: Ballroom HRCI: No prior approval

Title: Get Fired Up HR People (And get your employees fired up too!) Overview: Happier employees set the stage for a happier workplace. But did you know that happier employees actually are 50% more productive-translating to greater efficiency and a healthier bottom line? In this program, Aric Bostick helps managers and employees get FIRED UP! by using 7 simple, but powerful, principles to ignite engagement and increase performance-effective immediately.

This session is high-energy, interactive, hands on, engaging, inspirational, and jam packed with practical content to get you FIRED UP IMMEDIATELY!!

The FIRED UP Model: Fuel- Happy employees are 50% more productive Inventory- 77% would work harder for recognition Reframe- Employee recognition can boost performance 44% Energize- 60% fewer errors are made by healthy employees Declare- 20% are motivated by career development opportunities Understand- 80% lost work time due to a conflict with a colleague Present- 84% of engaged employees feel they can improve their workplace Speaker: Aric Bostick Aric exemplifies one of his favorite quotes: I am not afraid. I was born to do this! (Joan of Arc) Aric Bostick is considered among the nation’s leading motivational speakers and success trainers—having inspired and equipped more than a half million people from all walks of life to believe in themselves by setting higher goals and achieving more fulfilling dreams. Aric passionately infuses energy, engagement, and performance into the workplace and beyond—by delivering humor, inspiration, and practical tips in his high-energy, world-class keynotes, training seminars, customized retreats, and educational programs.

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Concurrent - D Wednesday May 144h 12:45-1:55 pm HRCI: Approved for Strategic

Title: There Must Be Fifty Ways to Lose Your HiPos Overview: The business imperative: Engagement. Unless your organization has a bona fide monopoly, your people are your only true competitive advantage. And, research shows that if your high potential /high performers are not engaged with you, they will likely walk out the door at their earliest convenience. Even in the current uncertain economic climate, the best talent always has choices no matter what market conditions exist. To allay this, organizations rely on HR to help them find ways to retain top performers. Unfortunately, you can’t change what’s happening in the external economic world, but you can change your “people strategies” in order to respond to those market trends and position your organization for competitive growth.

Speaker: Art Smith, SPHR, CCP Art Smith is a human resources and compensation professional and executive director of the Middle Tennessee Society for Human Resource Management, an organization of more than 1,200 human resources, training recruiting, compensation and benefits professionals practicing in business, government and education.

Art has more than 30 years of progressive human resources, compensation and organizational developmen experience in various industries.

Art served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam-era before attending the University of Illinois and Southwes University to receive his masters in business administration. Art is noted for his commitment to sharing his accumulated experience and knowledge with his fellow professionals and recently served as an adjunct instructo at Lipscomb University’s Graduate School of Business. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Benton Hall Academy, a non-profit private school in Franklin, Tennessee for children with learning challenges, and Menta Health Association of Middle Tennessee.

Art resides in Brentwood, Tennessee USA where he is a member of several civic organizations, the Leadership Advisory Council for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a long-standing member o WorldatWork (formerly the American Compensation Association), a three-term member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee State SHRM Council, and currently serves as executive director of Middle Tennessee SHRM.

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Concurrent - E Wednesday May 144h 12:45-1:55 pm HRCI: Approved for General

Title: The Contingent Workforce - Are They Contractors, Temps, Leased or Your Employees? Overview: You can't watch the evening news without hearing mention of the problem with unemployment in the economy. Many attribute unemployment to a poor economy, but many analysts counter that the reality is that we are witnessing the end of jobs as we have known them. Some studies predict that the increase in contingent workers will be 3-4 times the increase in traditional jobs. While economic conditions may be a reason for the rise of contingent workers, it cannot be ignored that many people are choosing contract work for other reasons like increased work-life balance, increased opportunities to manage their own careers and increased opportunities to continually learn new skills. As companies increasingly rely on a contingent workforce, government regulators are increasing their scrutiny of these alternative work arrangements. This session will review the various legal issues relating to contingent labor, including, but not limited to, pre-employment screening, benefits and wage and hour issues, as well as offer practical suggestions to avoid legal landmines in these areas.

Speaker: Tamula Yelling - Partner Constangy, Brooks, & Smith, LLP Tamula Yelling is a partner with the law firm of Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, where she devotes her practice to defending and counseling employers on various employment matters. Tamula earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Spelman College and her J.D. degree from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. Before joining Constangy, Tamula specialized in representing plaintiffs in cases involving claims of sexual harassment and disability, age, religion, race and sex discrimination and violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Family & Medical Leave Act, as well as cases involving claims of retaliatory discharge, invasion of privacy, negligent supervision, intentional infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract. Tamula is a hearing officer for the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama, and she serves as adjunct faculty at Samford University. She is a Past President of the Alabama Lawyers Association, which is the oldest and largest minority bar association in the State, and a current member of the Birmingham Bar and Magic City Bar Associations. Tamula has been named a Rising Star for Employment Litigation: Defense by Alabama Super Lawyers.

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Concurrent - F Wednesday May 144h 12:45-1:55 pm HRCI: Approved for Strategic

Title: Preparing Your Leadership For The Future Learn how to breed leaders, coach more effectively, and tactics to get a better ROI in your talent management. Session objectives include: How to develop an organizational leadership strategy to manage change and balance organizational needs, provide an overview on coaching, leadership concepts and talent management strategies, and develop a talent management program, including talent assessment and developing high potentials. Presenter: Scott Kiefer, Vice President, The Oliver Group Scott Kiefer is a Vice-President with The Oliver Group and oversees strategic consulting, managing consultants to deliver customized solutions to a wide variety of client needs. Scott consults on executive and management levels to implement the Predictive Index® systems and works with leaders to create performance improvement strategies. Scott is a speaker and executive advisor with a dynamic, energetic style. He has extensive experience with designing and delivering high-impact solutions that fundamentally change how leaders run their businesses. He is a trusted advisor to CEOs and boards across the country. Prior to joining The Oliver Group, Scott spent 10 years as an Army officer, including assignments in the Cold War capital of Berlin, where he led Army soldiers as an Infantry Company Commander. He also served as Assistant Professor of Military Science at Western Kentucky University where he evaluated and developed new Army officers. After the military, Scott led business teams at Frito-Lay and ExxonMobil. At ExxonMobil, he led supply chain organization for a world-class supplier of petrochemical products to the automotive industry. Scott earned his M.B.A. from the University of Louisville and a B.S. in Political Science from James Madison University in Virginia. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School, the most challenging combat leadership course in the military.

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Conference Closing Keynote Wednesday May 14th 2:15-3:25pm

HRCI: Approved for Strategic

Title: Leading And Living Like You Own It! Why We Never Wax A Rental Car Overview:

Leading And Living Like You Own It” is a collection of real life management successes, failures and the actions that led to each from thousands of team members. It is a result of an attorney telling a newly promoted 24 year old Greg Gilbert to document everything. It is a collection of Ah Ha moments from 20+ years of Franklin Planners, Day Runners and spiral notebooks. It is also complimented with Edutainment with “The Leadership Czar With A Guitar”.

Speaker: Greg Gilbert President Greg Gilbert, Inc. If it pertains to Human Resources, leadership, management or supervision, Greg Gilbert has probably been there, done that, witnessed it, heard the grievance on it and is now teaching and speaking about it. Greg Gilbert is a speaker, leadership instructor, author, blogger, podcaster, poet, singer/song writer, dad, papaw and husband to his best friend of 37 years. Yes, his wife and best friend IS the same person. What prepared and provided Greg material for some of these roles were his 20+ years in leadership and Human Resources with a Fortune 100 telecommunications company. The MOST developmental and the greatest source of speaking, training and writing content were his dozen years as the primary HR contact to over 2000 team members. This was where he was first exposed to the difference in the Leader/Owner and boss employee mindsets. He learned a lot about people but more about himself. He also learned very quickly, he couldn’t change anyone but himself. He has a passion for sharing the life and leadership lessons from years of personal experience and great mentors. He is also a firm believer in presentations with both content and humor. The humor is interjected into his presentations with “The Leadership Czar With A Guitar. His message of “Becoming A Top Ten Percent Manager” has been delivered to thousands as a leadership seminar and keynote. It is also the foundation for his new book, “Becoming A Top Ten Percent Manager By Leading And Living Like You Own it – Why We Never Wax A Rental Car.”