Best Place to Work in Kentucky - 2014 Application Deadline Is Coming Soon!!

Best Places to Work in Kentucky 2014 Application Deadline is Coming Soon!!

Interested in becoming known as one of Kentucky’s Best Places to Work and joining the ranks of some of Kentucky’s most successful companies? If so, don’t miss the deadline to apply for this prestigious award!

Why should you be a part of this? How about heightened company pride or the public relations and marketing advantage? Becoming a Best Place to Work increases employee morale and retention as well as improving the company’s reputation in the state!

How does it work? The assessment is a two-part process designed to gather data about each participating company. In part one, the employer completes the Employer Questionnaire detailing company policies, practices, benefits and demographics. In part two, up to 400 employees of the company complete a satisfaction survey.

Winners are announced at the Best Places to Work Awards Gala which is held annually in April. All participating companies will receive a world-class assessment detailing the company’s employee responses along with the Kentucky Benchmark Reports.

Registration deadline: October 25, 2013

For more information about the Best Places to Work in Kentucky program, call Best Companies Group at 1 (877) 455-2159 or by visiting The Best Place to Work website.

A link to Best Places can also be found on the LSHRM site under the Community tab.

National FFA - Volunteer Opportunity

The National FFA (Future Farmers of America) Convention will be held in Louisville on October 30-November 2. During the convention, there are a number of competitions planned which will require a lot of volunteer judges throughout our community. We are looking for volunteers in the Human Resources field to serve as judges for the Job Interview contest. This contest evaluates members on all steps that make a good interview – filling out the job application, cover letter, resume, networking skills, interview and follow-up letter.


We need 30 volunteers to help us judge during the preliminary face-to-face interviews on Wednesday, October 30 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at The Brown Hotel. All you need is experience in interviewing.

Our greatest need for volunteers is on Wednesday afternoon; however, there are also a few other opportunities for judges. We need a couple of volunteers on Wednesday, October 30 from 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. to conduct phone interviews.

Four judges are needed on Thursday, October 31 from 8:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. for final interviews.


Some information about the event is in the link below:

www.ffa.org/Events/conventionandexpo/Louisville-2013/Pages/default.aspx

Wendi Tatum - Education Services Manager
LSHRM Finance Chair
Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
502-495-5000 ext. 7591

Volunteer Opportunity - Your Help Is Needed!

KentuckianaWorks Youth Career Center has implemented a 4 Day Free Workforce Education-WE Training.

LSHRM Members are being asked to volunteer to assist the youth with mock interview coaching on:

8/8/13: 9:30am-11:30am
8/15/13: 8:45am-10:45am and 12:45pm-1:45pm.

Interested volunteers are urged to contact Natasha R. Cummings right away - natasha.cummings@kentuckianaworks.org


Natasha R. Cummings, M.Ed
Career Services and Intake Coordinator
KentuckianaWorks Youth Career Center-Metro
502-574-4139

Want to attend the KY SHRM Conference for FREE??

Would you like to attend the KY SHRM Conference for FREE??

If so, plan to attend the August LSHRM Chapter Meeting:

Click Here To Register for the August meeting

KY SHRM Conference – Drawing for free registration, sponsored by your LSHRM Chapter.

Bring your business card to the August chapter meeting and enter into the drawing for the FREE registration for the 2013 KY SHRM Conference.

MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN…drawing will be held at the conclusion of the program (approximately 1:30)

LSHRM August 2013 Chapter Meeting and Workshop - Register Now!

August 2013 Chapter Meeting and Workshop - Registration is open!

Tuesday August 13, 2013

Location:
The Olmsted
3701 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY

Workshop registration: 8:30 AM
Workshop: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
New member orientation: 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Monthly meeting registration and luncheon: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Business meeting: 12:00PM-12:30PM
Keynote: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM


REGISTER HERE: Click Here To Register

LSHRM Monthly meeting and Workshop-August 13, 2013

Workshop Presenters:

Topic: New Hires - Getting it Right from the Start: A bad employee can cause many issues in a company, most of them unpleasant. For example, hiring one bad employee can result in poor overall productivity, low morale and even lawsuits. You will find that HR spends 90% of its time on 10% of employees, most of who should not have been hired in the first place. Thus, initial hiring decisions can the most the most important ones companies make. This program will discuss how to best position yourself to make good hiring decisions to hopefully avoid the consequence of bringing on bad employees.

Presenter: Tom Birchfield, J.D., Managing Partner Fisher & Phillips LLP

BIO: Tom Birchfield is the managing partner of the Louisville office, which he helped open for the firm in 2009. Prior to 2009, he was the chairperson of the labor and employment practice group of a large regional law firm. Tom has represented employers exclusively for over 22 years in federal and state courts and before various administrative agencies throughout the nation. Tom assists employers with their employment practices liability prevention efforts by conducting training, counseling, reviewing and revising policies and preparing severance agreements. Tom also represents companies in collective bargaining, arbitrations and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.

Topic: Social Media-What does it mean for the employers: We will look at statistics and trends, consider legitimate uses of social media as well as some of the issues and land mines. Cases will be discussed and we will answer questions regarding what an employer can and cannot do.

Presenter: Shannon Antle Hamilton, J.D., Member and Chief Talent Officer with Stites & Harbison, PLLC

BIO: Shannon Hamilton is a seasoned litigator and counselor on complex employment law issues. She is currently Stites & Harbison’s Chief Talent Officer. She is also the co-chair of the firm’s Employment Service Group and a former chair of the Diversity Committee. She was recognized in the 2006-2013 Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers in Business, in the 2007-2012 Kentucky Super Lawyers magazines, and is listed in Louisville Magazine’s Top Lawyers for 2013.Shannon is also the General Counsel of Women 4 Women, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and economic well-being of women and girls in the Louisville area.

Ignite Louisville Class of 2014 - applications now being accepted

Applications are now open for the Ignite Louisville Class of 2014

Award-winning talent development program now recruiting its 11th Class

Louisville, Kentucky (June 3, 2013) – The Leadership Louisville Center invites high-potential young professionals to apply for the Ignite Louisville Class of 2014, an opportunity like no other for building the skills, problem-solving abilities and connections essential to professional success.  The award-winning program, presented by Norton Healthcare, has graduated over 450 up-and-coming leaders and is now entering its eleventh year of preparing next generation talent for expanded roles in their organizations and in the community.  Applications will be accepted June 3 - July 26, 2013.  Visit www.leadershiplouisville.org for complete program and application details.  For more information, contact Jennifer Stevens at (502) 561-5231 or jstevens@leadershiplouisville.org.

Ignite Louisville recently earned a national award for “Excellence in Innovation” from the Association of Leadership Programs. Ignite Louisville is a seven-month program that grows the next generation of leaders by developing key components of leadership. Many of the region’s top corporations share their best practices and provide Ignite Louisville’s leadership training. Partners include Norton Healthcare, Yum! Brands, Inc., Brown-Forman Corporation, Northwestern Mutual and the U.S. Army.  Another component of the program, the exclusive Northwestern Mutual Networking Series, connects the class with high profile community leaders, developing networking skills and beneficial professional connections.

In addition to the program’s core curriculum, Ignite Louisville teams participate in the Yum! IGNITES Louisville Challenge and take on a project proposed by a local nonprofit, gaining hands-on experience performing on a team and serving the community. The Leadership Louisville Center received a Pyramid Award for Collaboration from the Center for Nonprofit Excellence for the Challenge. 

Ignite Louisville was founded by the Leadership Louisville Center in 2003 in partnership with the Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL) and the Louisville Urban League Young Professionals (LULYP).

Quotes from Ignite Louisville 2013 graduates:        

“As a recent transplant to Louisville, Ignite Louisville didn’t just open doors for me, it kicked them down! The access to training, facilities and community leaders was outstanding, and the new friendships convinced me that Louisville is a place to call home.”
Jonathan Hall, IL ’13 – Director of Operational Excellence, Horseshoe Southern Indiana·       

 “Ignite Louisville exceeded my expectations and is truly one of the best things I’ve done for my personal and professional development.”
Amanda Bledsoe, IL ’13 Senior Analyst, Global System Communications – Yum! Brands, Inc.


About the Leadership Louisville Center:
Created in 1979, the Leadership Louisville Center is the region’s most valuable resource for leadership development and civic engagement.  Its mission is to grow and connect a diverse network of leaders who serve as catalysts for a world-class community through dynamic programming and strong community connections.  Over 6,000 community leaders have graduated from the Center’s programs that include Leadership Louisville, Focus Louisville, Ignite Louisville and Bingham Fellows.  In 2011, the Leadership Louisville Center was recognized as one of the top seven community leadership programs in the U.S. in a benchmark study by the Center for Creative Leadership, the “gold standard” global provider of executive leadership education and research. 

June 2013 LSHRM Chapter Meeting

June 11, 2013
The Delphi Center, U of L Shelby Campus
310 N. Whittington Pkwy
Louisville, KY 40222


Margaret Morford is CEO for The HR Edge, Inc., an international management consulting and training company. She has a BS degree from the University of Alabama and a JD degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law. She has worked as an attorney, specializing in employment law as well as been Vice President of Human Resources for three large companies. She is often quoted as a business expert in newspapers and magazines across the country including Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, MSNBC, CBS Money Watch and Entrepreneur and appears regularly on local ABC, CBS and Fox television affiliates. She is the author of the business books, “Management Courage – Having the Heart of a Lion” and “The Hidden Language of Business – Workplace Politics, Power & Influence.” She serves on the Board of Directors for various companies and charities. 


 This presentation has been submitted for HRCI Business and Strategy Credit

Strategic HR - The Normal Play Book Won’t Get You There Keynote

This session will identify the top six areas Human Resources needs to change in order to gain credibility and prevent eroding HR's effectiveness.  Learn what management (the customers) really wants from HR and how to astound them regarding what HR can bring to the table.  Look at contributing in several very different ways so HR is seen as a real asset to their organization.  Participants can become the future of HR by adjusting their current mindset and re-aligning all that they do in order to deliver what their organizations need today...and a decade from now.

 

Participants will:

 

• Change their mind set about what initiatives HR should pursue;
• Review business/organizational trends and statistics that underscore the need for a different type of HR in the future;
• Focus on talent management and skill development;
• Pursue initiatives that are specifically tailored for the long-term needs of their organizations;
• Use benchmarking as a beginning to formulating strategy, not as a final work product;
• Take risks; and
• Really understand what it means to learn about the “business” of their organizations.

 

 Once Upon a Time - Using Story Telling to Build Core Values, Communicate Ethics, Inspire Teamwork and Develop Positive Culture! - Workshop

Since the beginning of time, human beings have employed story telling as a means to build a common sense of purpose among groups or communities as well as to illustrate complex concepts.  When it is done properly, this powerful management tool can be used to increase teamwork, to move groups in a specific direction or to make individuals resilient when the mission or task becomes difficult.  Learn how to use imagery to connect with employees and coworkers on a deeper, emotional level rather than just a conceptual one.  Mine the most powerful aspects of your organization’s culture or your management style in order to use it as a branding or marketing tool both internally and externally for your organization.

 

Participants learn to:

• Develop and coach other employees with effective workplace feedback scenarios;
• Stimulate creative business thinking using humor; Change the way they express themselves so that it dramatically improves employee engagement;
• Assist employees in embracing change as well as understanding and accomplishing the business goals of the organization;
• Build culture, core values and ethics by using true workplace stories; and  Recruit strategic talent needed in order to sustain future growth. 

 

 

  

Event Schedule
11:00 - 11:30	LSHRM New Member Orientation (Requires separate registration. Please click HERE for Registration Form.)
11:30 - 12:00	Registration and Lunch Open
12:00 - 12:30	Chapter Meeting
12:30 - 1:30	Keynote Speaker:  Margaret Morford "Strategic HR - The Normal Play Book Won't Get You There." *HRCI Business and Strategy Recertification Credit Pending
1:45 - 4:30	Workshop Speaker: Margaret Morford "Once Upon a Time - Using Story Telling to Build Core Values, Communicate Ethics, Inspire Teamwork, and Develop Positive Culture." *HRCI Business and Strategy Recertification Credit Pending

Prices	Keynote Only	Workshop Only	Keynote and Workshop
LSHRM Member	$25	$50	$70
LSHRM Student Member	$20	$40	$55
Non-Member/Guest	$35	$60	$80
Non-Member/Guest w/o Reservation	$40	$70	$90

 **All registrations for meetings and events must be pre-paid (via credit card or bank debit card).  Cancellations for pre-paid registrations may be accepted up to the meeting registration deadline. Cancellations after the meeting registration deadline will not be refunded due to the financial commitment LSHRM makes to its host.**
Registration Deadline for this meeting is 5pm Thursday, June 6th, 2013.