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2018 Annual Conference & Exposition
You will learn how to fix underlying communication problems so that your challenges with engagement and motivation are solved.
 

Total compensation and benefits is the highest cost item on the cash flow statement, yet modern organizations are struggling to leverage that investment into engagement.  We have very complicated benefits and total rewards programs, young employees with very short attention spans, and very high pressures. This session will outline the scary HR issues on the horizon, what our compensation and benefits strategies should be, and then share ways to fix it with updated communication methods. Most importantly, we will discuss several proven methods for reaching the Millennials, and the newest generation that is just emerging in our work lives. This session will provide you with:

  • A strategic understanding of multiple the issues on the horizon.
  • An understanding of what a modern organization's compensation and benefits strategies should look like.
  • Information on what audiences must be reached, and the challenges of the environment the target audience works and lives in.
  • Strategies to address the challenges with advanced communication methods.
  • Survey data from several organizational strategy resources, advanced communication methods from the surprising world of marketing and sales, and advanced metrics to measure success (or failure) with.
 
Date(s) & Time(s): 
Monday, June 18, 2018 - 10:45am to 12:00pm
Presenter: 
Karl Ahlrichs, SHRM-SCP, CSP
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Karl Ahlrichs specializes in helping professionals make order from chaos. He is a national speaker, author, and consultant, presenting on the people issues in all industries, and is often quoted in the local and national media. 

Karl’s experience is ideally suited to times of organizational change as he pulls on risk management and organizational development theories to replace “best practices” with “next practices”. He owes much of his communications mastery to working as a writer and editor in daily media, to on-the-job writing experience and to the process of becoming a published author.

He joined Gregory & Appel in 2010 after serving as a founding partner of ExactHire, bringing his HR, operations, diversity & belonging, and learning & development skills with him. Karl’s affinity for design, composition and learning started at a very young age, by taking and examining thousands of boring pictures with the goal of improving his craft. He loves deploying that practice-to-improve approach with all manner of hobbies including writing haiku, mastering cutting-edge technology and learning Spanish.

In 2003, he was named the SHRM Human Resource Professional of the Year for the State of Indiana. He is on the Boards of several organizations, including the Maryland CPA Society.  He has lived in Scotland and Spain and lives to explore new experiences with his wife and family.

 

SESSIONS:
Location: 
S404
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
•SHRM PDCs
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
Competency: 
Relationship Management
Consultation
Communication
Intended Audience: 
Mid-Level
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