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In This EditionPresident's Message Professional Development PHR/SPHR Study Group Available The Healthcare Resource Group – Looking for Industry HR Leaders Community Events Office of Skills Development Ready to Administer Wisconsin Fast Forward Grant Program GMA SHRM Social Media Our Member Directory is Now Mobile Friendly! GMA SHRM Upcoming Events GMA SHRM Announcements Volunteers Needed – Student SHRM events! 2013-2015 Philanthropic Partner 2014 GMA SHRM Corporate Partnership Program GMA SHRM November Strategic Summit Recap GMA SHRM Member News
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It’s the time of year to give thanks, reflect on the past year, and spend time with family and friends. As President and board member of GMA SHRM, I have a lot to be thankful for. Thank you to the many volunteers, board members, and chapter management, who make GMA one of the top SHRM chapters in the country! The time and commitment each of you invests always impresses me. The chapter would not be what it is without your engagement. Additionally, GMA SHRM would not be able to do what it does without our partners. Thank you to all of our 2013 partners. Your partnership is critically important to our organization, and I want to make sure all of our members recognize that. Thank you to each organization:
Now for that reflecting. As you look back at 2013, were you able to meet your professional goals? Was GMA SHRM a part of any of those? Perhaps you joined the study group for your PHR or SPHR, or you got those strategic credits at some of our programming events, or stepped outside your comfort zone and attended our networking events? Whatever your 2013 goals were, I hope you find value and utilize all that the chapter has to offer. If you weren’t able to in 2013, 2014 is right around the corner and we have an exciting year ahead. I’ll share more in our January newsletter, but start brainstorming now, setting those goals, and let us know if we can do more to help you achieve them. Finally the important part, enjoy the time with your family and friends over the holiday season!
Warmly,
GMA SHRM Board of Directors
 We are currently looking for new volunteer leaders from the industry to facilitate the group in 2014. Unfortunately, the initial leaders/co-facilitators no longer work in the industry so to ensure the future success of this Healthcare focused group it is best to find new leaders with a vested interest. The group has been meeting almost monthly going on two years now. The new facilitator(s) will manage the group by coordinating meetings and member information sharing, etc. Time commitment is very minimal, so it’s a great way to step into volunteering with GMA SHRM!
For those not familiar with this group, this is a Madison area network of trusted peer advisors, who together explore some of the unique challenges and opportunities presented by being an HR practitioner in the ever-evolving Healthcare industry.
This group provides Healthcare HR practitioners with the opportunity to share knowledge, ideas, strategies and lessons-learned, as well as practical tips, tools, and techniques for an industry with needs and challenges very different than most others. There are many topics, questions or instances where brainstorming as a group or partnering with other companies comes in handy and can be a great mutual benefit without having to sacrifice any competitive advantages. This is where colleagues can glean from their peers on best practices that work for their companies, and this is one of our objectives for this group.
For more information about this group follow this link: http://www.gmashrm.org/index.php?module=cms&page=183
If interested in becoming a facilitator for this unique group please contact:
Karla King, VP Programming
The Literacy Network offers a variety of courses, tutoring and other services to Dane County community adults to further reading, writing and speaking skills. Specifically the Literacy Network offers customized language instruction to improve employees' English communication skills both on and off the job. Literacy Network excels at developing programs tailor-designed to meet your company's specific workplace needs. If you are interested in learning more please visit us at: http://litnetwork.org/programs/index.php?category_id=4493
Office of Skills Development Ready to Administer Wisconsin Fast Forward Grant Program
The grants announced that they will provide Wisconsin businesses with funds to train workers where a clear workforce need has been established, providing an avenue for incumbent workers, as well as unemployed and underemployed individuals to receive targeted skills training.
Today, four grant program announcements have been made available on WisconsinFastForward.com. Visit the website for information on available grants and information on how to complete the application process:
· Worker training grants for Wisconsin Manufacturers:
Sector: Manufacturing
Company Size: Any
Deadline: December 16, 2013
· Worker training grants for Small Wisconsin Manufacturers:
Sector: Manufacturing
Company Size: 50 employees or less
Deadline: December 16, 2013
· Worker training grants for Wisconsin Construction Companies:
Sector: Construction
Company Size: Any
Deadline: December 2, 2013
· Worker training grants for Customer Service Representatives:
Sector: Various
Company Size: Any
Deadline: December 9, 2013
As part of the launch, the Office of Skills Development has unveiled a new website for the Wisconsin Fast Forward grant program. The new website, located at WisconsinFastForward.com, will enable businesses to provide information on skill gaps, review available grant announcements, apply for grants, and learn about the Wisconsin Fast Forward grant program.Visit WisconsinFastForward.com to learn more.
Space is limited, so please email WisconsinFastForward@dwd.wisconsin.gov to reserve your spot.
GMA SHRM Social Media
Wish you could stay connected with GMA SHRM members? Now you can search for a member, call, e-mail or find directions to their listed location and be confident that it’s up to date. Check it out today, you can now stay better connected to GMA SHRM members and it’s just a click away at http://www.gmashrm.org/mobile
Forward HR Want to know what’s going on in HR for the other areas of Wisconsin? WI SHRM has a new blog, Forward HR. Click here to take a look.
January 21, 2014 - GMA SHRM Strategic Summit
Topic: The Top Five Threats Facing Business and HR’s Role in Leading through Them Location: The Alliant Energy Center We are entering a new economy and business model with tremendous potential for success. However, your business is facing new threats for survival. You must be able to anticipate, respond and adapt to these threats quickly or risk becoming extinct. The old economy was embodied by large companies facing limited competition in stable markets. The new economy is about competition through the entrepreneurial spirit where the fast eats the slow. The facts point towards five critical threats that all businesses face today. Find out why the best CEO’s are turning to HR to lead their organizations through these challenges and how you can prepare!
Our speaker, Jack Smalley, provides human resource training and consulting for over 600 Express offices and their clients in the U.S. and Canada. Jack offers clients extensive leadership guidance from a progressive career as an HR Executive. His presentation on Business Threats has been described as “riveting, brilliant, inspiring, and uber excellent” by HR professionals across the country. Jack has presented at 5 national SHRM conferences. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a national speaker without the travel expenses on January 21, 2014 at Alliant Energy Center!
Volunteers Needed – Student SHRM events!
UW Madison will be hosting the Student HR games March 7-8, 2014. This is a great way to share your enthusiasm for HR with students and to volunteer at a local event. There are many volunteer roles available and time commitments vary depending on the role. To register as a volunteer, visit www.wishrm.org and the “conference” tab.
The Marketing & Communications Committees is seeking a lover of social media for long moonlit walks on the beach and candlelight dinners…wait, forget that part.
We have an exciting opportunity available to become involved on our committee for an individual who loves all things social media. This person will manage the chapter’s Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter accounts and postings. If you are social media savvy and are looking to become involved with the fun-loving Marketing & Communications committee, we would love to talk with you about this opportunity. For more information, please contact Kate Karre at kkarre@pjpower.com or Shaun Thomson at sthomson@dcpcinc.org.
GMA SHRM is proud to announce our new philanthropic partner for 2013-2015, REACH-a-Child. REACH-a-Child aims to put smiles on the faces of children in crisis across America through the power of books. Whether the children are in the hospital, victims of domestic disturbance, or automobile accident or temporarily homeless, REACH-a-Child wants to help first responders engage these children in a positive way through the power of a book.
Stay tuned for information on upcoming ways to give at our events. Visit their website at www.reachachild.org. If you'd like to get more involved, please contact Past President, Melissa Versnik at melissav@payrollcompany.biz.
Return to Top If your organization is looking for strategies to promote its products or services to the Madison area Human Resources community, this is a unique opportunity to reach out to over 800 HR professionals representing more than 500 employers.
Reach HR professionals through GMA SHRM while also enjoying the benefits included in your partnership with one of the largest, most successful chapters in the United States.
We are currently offering Gold, Silver and Bronze Corporate Partnerships levels for 2014.
Volunteer GMA SHRM members will be following up through October regarding this limited-time annual partnership offer. If you’re interested, please contact Shaun Thomson (SThomson@dcpcinc.org), or Meg McGrane (meg@careermomentum.com) to secure your spot for 2014 In addition to partnerships, we offer other advertising & promotional opportunities during the year on a limited basis (first come, first-served). They include:
· Web site advertising
· E-blast sponsorship
· Displays at meetings
· Meeting sponsorship and special events including Annual Human Capital Conference Sponsorship.
This annual, day-long event in May is the perfect opportunity to reach local HR professionals.
Click here to learn more about these options. We appreciate your consideration of these opportunities and look forward to another successful year with our corporate partners, sponsors, and advertisers!
GMA SHRM November Strategic Summit Recap
Contributed by Alise Wozniak
November 19th, Tracy Butz; owner of Think Impact Solutions spoke with the GMA SHRM group attending the November strategic summit. Tracy kept us engaged with her wit and charm and engaged us as participants in learning the steps of how to engage and inspire the workforce.
Engagement is when one chooses to commit extra effort, time and mental energy to actively and willingly contribute to an organizations’ success, using their head, heart and hands.
We learned that there are 10 key components of an Effective Engagement Strategy. In most organizations, only 2 out of 10 people are required to complete tasks that play to their strengths. To understand engagement, workplace strength surveys are the best way to measure the current state of your organizations, job satisfaction, supervisor’s effectiveness, level of engagement, in addition to ones commitment to the organization. Tracy provided us with a great baseline of questions we can ask to perform a survey to capture this information within our own organizations.
Once the level of engagement is determined, we can best execute an engagement strategy. There are 10 steps to be reviewed and then and only then can a Individual Development Process be created to outline SMART goals, goals that are future-oriented, targeting attainment in one to three years.
We then looked into the Factors for Selecting Development Activities and discussed the many forms of the activities such as: Stretch Assignments, Mentoring Relationships, classroom training, project team involvement, formal education and involvement in professional organizations.
As Leaders, Managers, Supervisors and Human Resource Professionals we learned the importance of how an effective engagement strategy and measuring the level of engagement will give us what we need to apply the strategy within the organization.
GMA SHRM Member Spotlight Name: Leah Elsen
Where do you currently work?
Placon
What is the focus of your position?
Director, Human Resources – oversee entire HR function; strategic planning; team building.
How long have you been in the Human Resource field?
18+ years
Which of your career accomplishments makes you proudest?
Creating a training “University” for internal employees and external distributors; receiving my MBA while working full time.
What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
Seek first to understand others. (Stephen Covey)
Why did you decide to join GMA SHRM?
Networking.
If you’d like to be published in an issue of HR InTouch, please complete this profile and submit (along with a photo) to Tia Gibson @ tia.gibson@covance.com.
GMA SHRM Volunteer Spotlight Name: Tia Gibson
How long have you been volunteering with GMA SHRM?
About two years.
What committee are you volunteering with? Have you volunteered on other committees? If yes, which one?
I volunteer with the Workforce Readiness Committee and I also volunteer with the Marketing & Communications Committee.
What do you enjoy about volunteering?
Volunteering with the Workforce Readiness committee is very rewarding. After each mock interview or resume writing workshop, I love being able to hear the gratitude someone has because I helped them, just a little, to prepare them in the real world. It’s such a small fraction of my time, but I always walk away feeling great about what I’ve done.
What would you say to others who are considering volunteering with GMA SHRM?
It’s never too late to join.
What have you gotten back from volunteering with GMA SHRM?
With this volunteer experience I’ve realized that this simple knowledge of how to write a resume or act during an interview isn’t always obvious. I do my best to share this knowledge with others as much as I can.
Welcome New Members!GMA SHRM welcomes the following members who joined our chapter in October 2013!
Movin' UpHave you started with a new company? Has your organization recently promoted you to a new position? Or do you want to recognize a new person or promotion within your department? If so, we want to hear about it. Send us an e-mail, and we’ll publish your good news in the next HR InTouch! In TransitionIf you are a member who is in between jobs, or who is currently employed but seeking new positions or career paths, write us a brief description of your skill set, areas of expertise, what you’re looking for, etc. Send us an e-mail. We’ll publish your information in the next HR InTouch.
HR InTouch GuidelinesArticle Writing: Do you have an interest in writing for the HR InTouch? We have an interest in learning more about your area of expertise! Why should you volunteer? Top three reasons: 1) to share your knowledge and experiences to educate others; 2) to become more connected in the HR and Dane County communities; and 3) to contribute towards the advancement of GMA SHRM and the HR profession. The first step is for you to choose a submission option: you can pre-submit an article to GMA SHRM at any time for us to use in any of the upcoming newsletters, you can sign up to write for a particular month, or we can put you on a list of people to contact in future months whenever we need articles. Article length: Because the HR InTouch is now in an online format, the size is flexible. The article should be engaging and hold readers’ attention. Include the core information in your article, and we will advise if it is too lengthy. Solicitation: GMA SHRM is conscious not to allow solicitation through the articles, in an effort to protect the interests of our partners and members. The nature of the article should be educational (i.e., what are the business advantages of having a product like yours) or informational. Otherwise, if you truly are interested in advertising through the HR InTouch, you can work with our Marketing Committee. As a rule of thumb for article writing, if the submission relates to a for-profit event, or specifically markets your company (vs. your industry), it is an advertisement, and should be purchased. If it is a not-for-profit event that your company is hosting, or an announcement (i.e., a SHRM member recently joined your company), it is an acceptable addition to the HR InTouch content. If you have any questions related to the appropriateness of your submission, please contact us. If you have questions, or to submit an article, contact GMA SHRM at chapteradmin@gmashrm.org .
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