Chapter Meeting

Have you noticed the shift in HR towards the need to provide employees more social services support?

Learn to identify barriers, discuss how these barriers are affecting today’s workforce, and receive tools on how to become employee driven by connecting your workforce to the resources needed to be successful.  Focusing on a supportive approach will increase retention, create loyal employees, and provide your business a competitive advantage.

We are living in uncertain and sometimes unstable times.  It is not the time to place our heads in the sand and act like everything is all right.  Government agencies, police, businesses, health care, education have all been affected by workplace violence and it is not going away.  In fact, it is predicted to get worse.  OSHA has issued compliance guidelines to their officers to address workplace violence, but it takes more than enforcement.  Employers must take the lead and have proper security procedures, training, technology, personnel, and architectural features

The world of human resources has evolved greatly in the past few decades.  As we continue to validate our “seat at the table” we must continue to effectively develop our value proposition to our business.  Simply doing a “good job” isn’t enough.  We must clearly define our excellence, explaining how we contribute to the organization’s success.  Understanding the intricate balance of driving the people’s side of the business into metrics can be challenging.

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While the lasting impacts of COVID-19 on the future of work remain largely undefined, it’s clear that what worked in the past won’t be sufficient in the years ahead.  Employers have been challenged to consider alternative approaches to compensation, benefits, retirement, employee communication and culture in order to build lasting organizational wellbeing.  Please consider joining Jack Duffy from Gallagher to discuss the role of benefits in helping you attract, retain and engage employees.

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Ms. Katherine Males, Economist with Bureau of Labor Statistics will introduce tips to navigate the BLS website landscape.

The presentation will go over the basic design of the Bureau’s website and then focus specifically on the data available from the National Compensation Surveys, including the Employment Cost Index (ECI), Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC), the Employment Benefits Survey (EBC), and the Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS).  “We” will then go over how to retrieve data from these programs.

Program Descriptions:

COVID-19 has impacted every part of our lives.  It has changed how we interact in public and in private.  Nowhere is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic more apparent than in the workplace.  With extensive requirements for business to address COVID-19 that continue to change, what does Minnesota OSHA expect businesses to do?  What should you be evaluating?

Over the last few years, a new group of stakeholders has asserted itself.  “MeToo” is often misperceived as the source of this phenomenon, but a more accurate and helpful view is that it is an expression of the change.  Members of an organization’s “community,” as that term is used broadly, are regularly confronting organizations on their practices and the conduct of their principals.  A skilled management team must recognize what has changed and address a newly important range of issues.

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Post-Covid Resilience and Mental Health

Dr. Melissa Baatman Mork returns to explore the four factors clinical psychologists will consdier when making decisions regarding mental health and mental illness. Dr. Mork is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology, Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul. Her doctorate is in clinical and forensic psychology. She is a Certified Humor Professional, a grief coach and author of the book, "Navigating Grief with Humor".

Building a Culture on the One Thing that Motivates All People.

This seminar will be presented by Randal Weidenaar, founder of Notionfront and founder and CEO of Ultimate why located in Moberly, Missouri.

This seminar is designed for HR professionals on any level interested in learning more about how to pivot your organization toward effective leadership that can build and sustain profitable, winning AND caring cultures. Learning objectives are:

• Understand the neuroscience, emotional science and research associated with human connection and motivation.