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• 58th Annual JollyDay Party-at-Lunch!

  • When
    December 10, 2024
  •  
    11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    70 South 7 (UAFS Location in FS's Bakery District)

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  Holiday Party-at-Lunch! * 

  *And a teensy bit of biz at the 58th Annual Business and Planning Meeting

  
  

  Featuring updates by

  Steve Jackson (2024-25 President)

  
  

  Happy Jolly Days!  Join us in-person for our annual toast to the outgoing year and overview of what's ahead. 

  In addition to lunch, attendees will participate in a gift swap - dirty Santa style - with all gifts supplied by WAHRA. And WAHRA is covering lunch as well! Everyone is a winner at WAHRA! 

  PLEASE NOTE: WAHRA is supporting the Community Rescue Mission this holiday season! They are asking for large dinner-sized sturdy plates, small dessert-style plates, napkins, hot/cold cups, and flatware.  Of course, volunteers are welcome as well. If you are so inclined, please bring donations to this meeting.  Jessica Sinclair will deliver the goodies to the Community Rescue Mission on WAHRA's behalf.  

  Only in-person attendance is available for this session. 

  Additional parking can be found 
  

  • adjacent to the National Cemetery (north edge) on Garland Avenue (FREE)

  • adjacent to the ArcBest Corporation Performing Arts Center on the east side of Wheeler (Free)

  • and for a nominal rate in metered spaces and the parking garage at 715 Rogers Avenue. 

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• The Yellow Cake Principle: A Prizing-Winning Recipe for Influencing Others

  • When
    January 14, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    70 South 7 (UAFS Location in FS's Bakery District)
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  The Yellow Cake Principle: A Prize-Winning Recipe for Influencing Others

  Presented by Roger Grannis of GrannisGroup (New York City, NY) 

  Would you like to have your cake and eat it too? The Yellow Cake Principle will show you how. Served up with a blend of actionable ideas and a generous dash of humor, the Yellow Cake Principle provides the ingredients you need to connect, influence, and persuade. The laughter is just the icing. Need to get buy-in from senior leaders, engage staff and employees, or have not-so-fun conversations? Whisk your worries away. After this program, those interactions will be a piece of cake. The laughter is just the icing. Warning: The Yellow Cake Principle has zero calories but may be addictive.

  Learning Objectives:

  • Implement a three-step influencing model
  • Speak the four languages of influence
  • Improve relationships, results, and revenue

  Parking permits are not required.  Parking is available in a number of locations including the lots

  • along the west side of the Bakery District building along South 6th Street
  • adjacent to the National Cemetery (north edge) on Garland Avenue (FREE)
  • adjacent to the ArcBest Corporation Performing Arts Center on the east side of Wheeler (Free)
  • and for a nominal rate in metered spaces and the parking garage at 715 Rogers Avenue.

  The Yellow Cake Principle has been submitted to SHRM and HRCI for their consideration.

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• Earning Super Employer Status: Exploring Trends in Benefit Programs

  • When
    February 11, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    70 South 7 (UAFS Location in FS's Bakery District)

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   Earning Super Employer Status: Trends in Benefit Programs

  
  

  Presented by Andy Torelli, Area Senior Vice President, Arthur J Gallagher & Co (Newport Beach, CA) 

  
  

  What are the best employers doing to attract and retain quality employees? In this information packed 1 hour session, Andy Torelli will review benefit programs using the latest data. As a key influencer for Gallagher, Andy showcases the top benefit trends and provides ROI arguments to aid in growing the culture needed to attract and retain the best talent. Participants will learn how the best in class employers are using benchmarking data to create strategies to reduce benefit costs, increase employee engagement and improve retention

  Parking permits are not required.  Parking is available in a number of locations including the lots
  

  • along the west side of the Bakery District building along South 6th Street
  • adjacent to the National Cemetery (north edge) on Garland Avenue (FREE)
  • adjacent to the ArcBest Corporation Performing Arts Center on the east side of Wheeler (Free)
  • and for a nominal rate in metered spaces and the parking garage at 715 Rogers Avenue.

  Participants who opt to attend via Zoom will receive the Zoom link the confirmation email after registration.

  Earning Super Employer Status has been submitted to SHRM and HRCI. 

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• HR's Impact on EBITDA

  • When
    March 11, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    70 South 7 (UAFS Location in FS's Bakery District)

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  HR's Impact on EBITDA

  
  

  Presented by Racquel Harris, MBA, President & Chief Strategy Officer, R. L. Harris & Associates, LLC

  
  

  The proverbial seat at the table is awarded to critical partners who drive organization success. For HR professionals, this is centered on leading strategic initiatives that support financial sustainability through the organization's people assets.

  Leveraging HR analytics to influence key financial metrics, particularly EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization), is vital to organizations. HR professionals must adapt to this evolving landscape to play a strategic role in driving profitability and financial health. Through HR Analytics, attendees will learn how to analyze workforce data to address common HR challenges like turnover, performance, and employee development while directly impacting their organization’s financial performance.

  Harris will share her favorite and most effective tools for making data-driven decisions in workforce management, cost optimization, and employee development. Harris leads participants through an exploration of the intricate relationship between human capital and financial capital, and how their strategic initiatives can affect profitability metrics such as EBITDA. By the end of the course, attendees will be able to identify key performance indicators (KPIs), implement targeted interventions, and develop a comprehensive understanding of how HR contributes to overall organizational value. This course is essential for HR executives looking to strengthen their influence on financial outcomes and align HR strategies with business goals.

  Parking is free!  Spaces are available: 

  • along the west side of the Bakery District building along South 6th Street
  • adjacent to the National Cemetery (north edge) on Garland Avenue (FREE)
  • adjacent to the ArcBest Corporation Performing Arts Center on the east side of Wheeler (Free)
  • and for a nominal rate in metered spaces and the parking garage at 715 Rogers Avenue.
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  HR's Impact on EBITDA has been submitted to SHRM and HRCI. 

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• Building Connections from Day One: Activities for Integrating New Hires

  • When
    April 08, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    70 South 7 (UAFS Location in FS's Bakery District)

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  Building Connections from Day One:  Activities for Integrating New Hires
  

  
  

  
  

  Presented by Alexandra Suchman, CEO and Co-Founder, Barometer XP (Washington, DC)  

  
  

  Do your new hires feel like they belong? How does belonging impact retention?  In this session, Alexandra Suchman explores the barriers to forming new relationships faced by new hires, and share several simple ideas for how to incorporate more opportunities for relationship-building and connection into the employee onboarding process.

  The need for activities that encourage connection is especially critical for remote and hybrid teams. This session will focus on simple activities teams can do to help foster individual connections and a sense of belonging between new and existing team members. During the session, you'll try out different activities that encourage storytelling to learn more about each other's backgrounds, help uncover shared interests, and inspire fun shared memories for the new team.

  Learning Objectives:

  • Explore barriers to forming new relationships faced by new hires.
  • Design effective team bonding sessions for integrating new hires into in-person and distributed teams.
  • Lead engaging activities to catalyze connections between new and existing employees.

  Free parking is available in a number of locations including the lots

  • adjacent to the National Cemetery (north edge) on Garland Avenue (FREE)
  • adjacent to the ArcBest Corporation Performing Arts Center on the east side of Wheeler (Free)
  • and for a nominal rate in metered spaces and the parking garage at 715 Rogers Avenue.

  Building Connections From Day One has been submitted to both SHRM and HRCI for professional development approval. 

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• Eliminating Stinky Performance Evaluations: Keys to Freshen Outcome

  • When
    May 13, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    70 South 7 (UAFS Location in FS's Bakery District)

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  Eliminating Stinky Performance Evaluations: The Keys to a Fresh Outcome
  

  
  

  Presented by Albert Foster, MHR, SPHR, Express Evaluations (Provo, UT)
  

  
  

  Performance reviews. The mere mention of performance reviews sends people running. And there's often good reasoning for that! After all, performance evaluations have a bad rap. They are associated with cumbersome processes, being used as a way to terminate employees, or as a way to point out the negative. In this session, Albert Foster, CEO of Express Evaluations, will teach attendees how to flip the script and turn evaluations into an incredibly effective employee engagement and retention tool

  Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how to use performance evaluations to make employee retention and satisfaction a strategic advantage at your organization
  • Learn the key components of successful performance evaluation structure
  • Understand the importance of giving employees structured feedback, and the risks of keeping it informal.

  Parking permits are not required.  Parking is available in a number of locations including the lots
  

  • along the west side of the Bakery District building along South 6th Street
  • adjacent to the National Cemetery (north edge) on Garland Avenue (FREE)
  • adjacent to the ArcBest Corporation Performing Arts Center on the east side of Wheeler (Free)
  • and for a nominal rate in metered spaces and the parking garage at 715 Rogers Avenue.

  Eliminating Stinky Performance Evaluations: The Keys to a Fresh Outcome has been submitted to SHRM and HRCI. 

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