Help us design a new PHRA logo! Official Rules for Participation in the PHRA Logo Design Contest PHRA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE in this issue >>> 148 Active PHRA Members Going the Extra Mile PHRA President’s Message Jamuary Meeting Details Legal Update Save the Date! Connect with PHRA Chapter Awards & Information By: Teresa Morris Teresa Morris is the Human Resource Generalist with Herring Bank. You can reach Teresa at [email protected]. WOW!!! WHAT Happened it is 2019!!! Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? I don’t, I kept breaking them. LOL! Below is a list of New Years Resolutions that I have broken: Get in Shape Join the Gym Go to the gym and exercise So instead of setting resolutions, I have decided to dedicate my life of going the extra mile. The extra mile is very fitting for 2019 as I am going to be President of PHRA for my 2 nd term. The good news is I know what to expect and I know where the pitfalls are. The best part is all the people I get to work with and to network with. The lifelong friendships that I have found in being a part of PHRA and then being a part of the board are priceless. PHRA is definitely a value add in my life. As part of being PHRA President I get to be a board member of Texas SHRM, as well. My network of colleagues only grows each year I serve. I encourage you to serve on a committee or consider being a board member in 2020. We are all here to make HR Better and to have a little fun on the way. I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Cheryl Roberts, Velena Sims and Becky Lopez. Talk about going the extra mile, they have all three done so much more than just a mile. Words cannot express how grateful I am to have them in my life. Their knowledge and wisdom are something that I will treasure forever. They may not be serving on the board in 2019, but they will still be around to help when needed. Going the Extra Mile The Resource Newsletter - A Monthly Insight into Human Resources Happenings January 2019 Volume 23 Issue 1 January Chapter Meeting Details on Page 2 RSVP: Click Here Wednesday, January 9 th 11:45am – 1:00pm Amarillo Botanical Gardens 1400 Streit Drive $25 – Members $30 – Non-Members
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Help us design a new PHRA logo!
Official Rules for Participation in the PHRA Logo Design Contest
Issue
FIVE
PHRA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
in this issue >>>
148 Active PHRA Members
Going the Extra Mile
PHRA President’s Message
Jamuary Meeting Details
Legal Update
Save the Date!
Connect with PHRA
Chapter Awards & Information
By: Teresa Morris
Teresa Morris is the Human Resource Generalist with Herring Bank. You can reach Teresa at [email protected].
WOW!!! WHAT Happened it is 2019!!!
Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? I don’t, I kept breaking them. LOL!
Below is a list of New Years Resolutions that I have broken:
Get in Shape
Join the Gym
Go to the gym and exercise
So instead of setting resolutions, I have decided to dedicate my life of going the extra mile. The extra mile is very fitting for 2019 as I am going to be President of PHRA for my 2nd term. The good news is I know what to expect and I know where the pitfalls are. The best part is all the people I get to work with and to network with. The lifelong friendships that I have found in being a part of PHRA and then being a part of the board are priceless. PHRA is definitely a value add in my life.
As part of being PHRA President I get to be a board member of Texas SHRM, as well. My network of colleagues only grows each year I serve. I encourage you to serve on a committee or consider being a board member in 2020. We are all here to make HR Better and to have a little fun on the way.
I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to Cheryl Roberts, Velena Sims and Becky Lopez. Talk about going the extra mile, they have all three done so much more than just a mile. Words cannot express how grateful I am to have them in my life. Their knowledge and wisdom are something that I will treasure forever. They may not be serving on the board in 2019, but they will still be around to help when needed.
Going the Extra Mile
A Monthly Insight into Human Resource Happenings The Resource Newsletter - A Monthly Insight into Human Resources Happenings
The Resource Newsletter - A Monthly Insight into Human Resources Happenings January 2019
Volume 23 Issue 1
"The Human Side of Quality - Employee Engagement"
Presented by: DON SWIFT
President, Don Swift & Associates - Wichita Falls, TX
Although there is no universal definition of employee engagement, we know the following: (1) Engagement occurs when an employee’s willingness and ability to help their company succeed is done largely through discretionary effort. – Perrin; (2) Engagement is the involvement with and enthusiasm for work. This definition likens employee engagement to a positive employees’ emotional attachment and employees’ commitment. – Gallup; (3) Engagement is characterized as a positive attitude held by the employee towards the organization and its value. The employee is aware of the business context and works to improve performance within the job for the benefit of the company. - Robinson. The organization must work to develop and nurture engagement, which requires a two-way relationship between employer and employee.
January Meeting Details
The goal is clear: implement and sustain a performance excellence system with the understanding that the culture required for this will recognize the value of both the internal and external customers. A senior management team intent on improving its organizational practices has a choice of models to emulate. They can follow the 18th century model and ask, “Who should we involve?” Or, they can go directly to the 21st century model and ask, “Who can we afford to exclude?” The answer is “Nobody!” 100% involvement in any continual improvement, or performance excellence, effort is essential. So, how do we get there?
During this presentation, the following learning objectives will be discussed:
Bio: Don has worked in Quality Management and Human Resources since his college years. These industries include automotive (GM), office products, large equipment manufacturing, aluminum tube (automotive/aftermarket) defense contracting, criminal justice, graphite manufacturing, household goods moving and his own consulting business. He has served as project manager for the implementation of ISO 9001/AS9100 for 5 companies.
Today Don owns and operates his own business, Don Swift and Associates, LLC, which focuses on “The Human Side of Quality”. The Company analyzes and proposes suggestions on the continual improvement of his clients’ quality and/or human resources systems – from implementation to revision. He specializes in the “human side” - so employee engagement, training, competency, problem solving skills, conflict resolution and cultural improvements are at the center of the plans for success.
Don also provides dispute resolution resources including Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution Training, Use of Dispute Resolution Tools and Mediation Services. Don is a Credentialed Advanced Mediator having received his training from Howard Zehr in Victim/Offender Resolution Programs, Basic and Advanced Mediation from Adam Gough at El Centro College in Dallas, TX, and Family, Divorce and Elder Mediation Training from Barbara Manusso in Houston. Don has logged over 200 hours in mediations. Don conduct mediations in the Victim/Offender Resolution Process, civil issues, workplace disputes, family, divorce, elder and church conflicts. These days his main focus is on workplace disputes. In addition to Consulting, Training and Mediation Services, Don has achieved certification in Life Coaching for both personal, professional, and spiritual paths.
Don holds a bachelor’s Degree in both Education and Psychology and a Masters in Organizational Leadership. He is a Certified Quality Improvement Associate, as well a certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001, AS9100 and TS 16949. Don is a TMTA credentialed mediator, a Certified Life Coach, a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality, and a long-time member of the Society for Human Resources Management. Don has held several offices in affiliated chapters of both ASQ and SHRM and was elected to the Texas Association of Mediators, (TAM) Board of Directors in 2015. Don has served on the SHRM Texas State Council (2017) by virtue of his past position as President of the Wichita Falls Human Resource Management Association.
Don is a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict. He has been married for 48 years to Mary Lynn and together they have three children and two grandchildren – ages 10 & 9. He spends his free time learning about these people and cheering them on, working on Ancestry.Com, communicating with his 6 siblings, cooking, working in the yard, and caring for his Bassett Hound, Ralph, and his cat, Mr. Whiskers. Don loves life and believes very much in peace.