Meeting

Diversity and inclusion work isn’t easy, but here is a secret: It can be some of the most important and rewarding work you’ll ever do! The key is choosing to start – or if you’ve already started, to take your current focus to the next level.

Join a panel of professionals for an honest discussion on:

• the benefits of inclusion and diversity

• the challenges experienced

• and practical steps we can each take to make real progress in advancing diversity and

  inclusion

Because of the abundance of scientific studies correlating employee happiness with employee retention and performance, business development and HR publications contain a plethora of strategies to build employee happiness. These strategies can range in complexity, beginning with the simple act of thanking employees. Because of the reality of legal risk inherent in almost any HR or management initiative, many employers are hesitant to implement new strategies, even where there is some promise of positive change.

This presentation will provide an update on some of the hot topics in HR and employment law impacted by the non-stop, energized Trump administration and what the future holds. Though at times arguably unpredictable, the Trump administration’s intentions in terms of impacting the workplace have never really been in doubt. The question is how smoothly and efficiently the current administration has been (and will be) able to change the framework established by the Obama administration.

Ross DeSimone, Managing Director, peripheri and Greater Pottstown SHRM Board Member

This workshop is a light-hearted review of leadership basics exercised by Santa Claus.  This interactive experience enables each participant to evaluate her/his approach to leading a team and supporting her/his colleagues’ leadership objectives (from a Human Resources perspective) against the success practices used by Santa.  By the end of the workshop, the participant will:

Anita D. Tinney, Esq., Employee and Labor Relations Academy

In this presentation, we will review the top 10 best practices for internal workplace investigations.  Following this presentation, participants will be able to: 

Christina M. Reger, Esq., Shareholder at Bazelon, Less & Feldman, P.C. and Robyn Pollack, Esq., CEO & Founder of Trellis Consulting, LLC

Join us for an interactive sexual harassment program discussing The #METOO Movement - What is Sexual Harassment?  How to protect your business and change your culture.  Learn

Al Chiaradonna, SEI Investments

Whitney Rahman, Shareholder and Chair of the Employment and Labor Group at

Blakinger Thomas Law Firm

Rebecca Rakoski, Esq., XPAN Law Group, LLC

Katie Iorio Martin, President, Dale Carnegie Philadelphia

One of the most challenging responsibilities of management is leading organizations and personnel through organizational change.  This presentation focus upon the impact of organization changes due to internal and external factors, the role of the manager and how that role changes as a result.  As managers we are responsible for three clear areas of change: