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SHRM 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition
This session will help you enhance your credibility by understanding and implementing key business acumen characteristics.
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Small business HR professionals are expected to be generalists and specialists and be able to answer all HR-related questions. This session will offer a solid foundation of what Business Acumen is and how as small business HR professionals, you can carve out time in your busy schedule to increase this important behavioral competency. This session will help you:

  • Learn how to read a financial statement and use it for HR programs.
  • Learn how to leverage knowledge from other departments to boost HR's effectiveness.
  • Learn various methods of how to conduct an environmental scan and use the data to improve your HR programs.
  • Understand the entrepreneurial spirit and how it can boost your business acumen and your career.
 
Date(s) & Time(s): 
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - 2:15pm to 3:30pm
Presenter: 
Jennifer Currence, SHRM-SCP, MBA
Senior Partner
HR Soul
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Jennifer Currence is a Senior Partner of HR Soul consultancy firm in Tampa, Florida, where she delivers results through strategic HR solutions, customized training, and coaching programs for organizational and HR leaders. She is the creator of The SOTO Approach to Leadership and the content architect for the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) international People Manager Qualification (PMQ).

Jennifer is regularly published and featured in industry magazines, webinars, and podcasts, and is the author of three HR books on behavioral business competencies.

Jennifer was named one of the top 100 Influential HR professionals in Leadership and Development in 2023 and Tampa Bay’s HR Consultant of the Year in 2017.  She is a faculty member for SHRM and a former management professor at the University of Tampa.

SESSIONS:
Location: 
278-282
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
•SHRM PDCs
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
Competency: 
Leadership & Navigation
Business Acumen
Intended Audience: 
Mid-Level
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Business & HR Strategy

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