Pre-Conference Sessions

The Garden State Council SHRM is pleased to announce our fifth year of Sunday learning opportunities at our 20th annual state conference. Sunday, October 23rd, join us for classes and earn STRATEGIC recertification credit hours.

There will be a morning and afternoon installment of both pre-conference sessions, which will be held on 10-23.  The morning session will be from 8:00am to 11:00am. The afternoon session will be from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.

The Challenges of Conflict Management for HR Business Partners

Many HR professionals agree, “unmanaged conflict is the largest reducible cost in organizations today, and yet the least recognized.” Conflict situations drain productivity and damage morale. Being a strategic business partner in your organization often means being the go-to person to assist in developing an understanding of and strategies to deal with such issues. How do different and diverse people construct various conflicts? How can you work to change the conflict narrative and culture for partners in the workplace? Come develop a greater ability to investigate and understand particular conflicts, and learn conflict-coaching essentials for successful dispute resolution.
This course is approved for 3 strategic credts.

Don R. Swanson, Ed.D., CLP, is Professor of communication and founder of the Corporate Communication MA program at Monmouth University, teaching courses in the HR Management focus area. With more than 30 years experience in organizational communication improvement as an educator, trainer, coach, consultant and administrator, Don is an experienced mediator and certified listening professional, CLP. Don holds an interdisciplinary doctorate in Training and Development: Conflict Management. Principal Communication Counsel with Communication Success Associates, recent consulting clients include the U.S. Postal Service, DOD, Royal Caribbean International, colleges, and professional associations.

Building Your Leadership Pipeline Toward Your Top Objectives

How do you execute your performance strategy in today’s economy? Intellectual capital, products and services, changing needs and expectations, keeping pace – how do we prepare our current and future leaders? Despite changing priorities and resources, get results with a proven method and blueprint to align your capability with your objectives.

• Evolve - Create a Learning-Based Organization
• Educate – Build Your Leadership Pipeline
• Execute – Critical 90-Day Process Plan for Transition

This course is approved for 3 strategic credts.

Jack Gottlieb, President, Total Solutions Group, Inc., works to drive sustainable increases to performance, results and culture in organizations. He serves on the Executive Board of Collegiate EmPowerment, College of Business Advisory Board at Kutztown University, and the Center for Development of Leadership Skills at Rider University. Jack was a strategic consultant with Dale Carnegie Training prior to founding Total Solutions Group. Consulting clients include Microsoft, Wal-Mart, Comcast, EPA, Investors Savings Bank, and Kessler Rehab.

Start your networking early by joining us on Sunday at 6:00 pm for a Welcome Reception in the Knowledge Center.  Meet your conference colleagues and get registered to save time on Monday morning.  Once you are registered, you can preview your conference materials to make the most of your time at the conference.  We look forward to seeing you there!