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📣 Calling all BigHR Event 2023 ticket holders! 🎫  If you have secured your ticket for The BigHR Event, I want to hear what you're most excited about! Share your thoughts in the comments below. ⤵️ Are you eager to gain insights from our incredible lineup of speakers? Thrilled about the opportunity to network with industry professionals? Can't wait to learn the latest trends and best practices in HR? Or maybe you're simply excited about our lunch and happy hour? 🍾 🤣 Know someone that should be at The BigHR Event? Tag them below. I can't wait to hear from you! Together we will make this event even more incredible! ✨🌟 #HREventDallas #HRDallas #HRLeaders

Here are some of the topics of conversation from our event last week 👇🏼 Thanks again to Catherine Turbill from Daisy Chain for joining us as our first guest speaker. Want to get involved? Please reply in the comments section and we will get in touch with future event information. #HRcommunity #HRconversations

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 HRFull & OfferZen 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 🙌 Here are some highlights from this event, for those who couldn't join. - an insightful panel discussion 💬 - networking 👋 - and delicious food! 🍲

Today, we honor the hands that build our world. Thank you, workers, for your dedication, passion, and tireless efforts! #InternationalLabourDay #ThankYouWorkers #WorkersUnite #labourday #hospitality #WarmHospitality #TravelInspiration #staytunedformore #discover #digitalhospitality #digitalnews #community #magazine #events #indiahospitalitynews

It’s the time of year when HR does an eyeroll and dons the ‘Fun Police’ hat as we plan the corporate Christmas parties. What does a corporate ‘do’ look like in 2023? Ideas welcome. How do we limit the likelihood of grievances the week afterwards?? I once tried to limit alcohol at an AGM by making literal Beer Tokens. Did it work? No. Senior managers turned into teenagers and got pre-loaded in the hotel room beforehand. Off their faces by 7.15pm. Violence ensued. (Though it makes a good case study in my training sessions these days!) If alcohol isn’t everyone’s cuppa (think health, faith, generation, sheer weariness of drunk colleagues) and is a fine corporate line of liability, what can we do? Awards ceremonies. Create a personalised Award for each member of your team based on their ‘superskill’ that they have demonstrated in 2023. A certificate will be kept and treasured. For hybrid teams? Send everyone a small hamper in the post, do the awards ceremony, and then ask a kind soul to run a very-quickly-badly-behaved quiz. This was my department’s 2020 Covid-limited ‘do’ and I swear it was one of the best I’ve been to. Thanks to those who helped – you know who you are! 💚 Give departments a budget per head and let them decide. Go karting always a popular competitive craic. An interdepartmental social?? Who would you link with? If any department? Is this a terrible idea? Family days at work, including a kids’ panto if possible. This was always a winner at one of my previous employers. The ‘Everything New Day’. The team decide what they have never done before and have a go. A generous client of ours runs ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ where there’s a stella prize given away in a free company-wide raffle. Everyone gets a ticket everyday and someone always wins. Good food always works. I love tapas. It’s sociable, caters for all tastes and preferences, and it keeps on comin’ to the table. By the end of the meal, I am a stomach with a limb at each corner. A community volunteering day for something local that needs a hand? Everyone walks away with a warm ‘spirit of the season’ glow – followed by food (are you spotting a theme yet?) So what are you planning this year?? 

ATTENTION BUSINESS AND HR LEADERS. GenWell Weekend, May 3-5 is about you and your employees. Some will get their employees connected for their health and well-being. Some will get together with their partners and suppliers to build the healthy connections that make the work we do more enjoyable each day. Some will use GenWell Weekend to invite their community to get together, whether in a building, industrial park or a strip mall. Building the connections with those we interact with each day can have a powerful impact on our sense of connection and community. Finally, some will do it for the many business benefits that come from building healthier connections between all of the above. Whether it is the increased productivity, the support that comes from partners and suppliers, or the business support that comes from the local community, this really is a win:win. Let's get all business leaders across this country thinking about the role they play in building the more connected Canada where everyone thrives. Register your plans at www.GenWellWeekend.org #GenWellWeekend #socialconnection #socialhealth Leigh Mitchell Elena Iacono Janet Omstead Janet Young Mike Bendixen Stephen Satchel Bruce MacDonald Bruce Kelly Gerry Brine Sandi Pelly Sarah Glenn Eric Meerkamper Chris Besse Tim Reitsma Pamela French Christine Charnock Paul Jenkins, CFRE Rocco Rossi Andrew Zimbel Janice D'Souza Janice Merkley Lisa Stevens Daniel Neil Lauren Scharf Michael Burton Pam Ryan Tony Elenis 🇨🇦 Mat Boyer- Connecting people through their Story Kevin Moraes Elaine McDougall Frankie M. jim jackson Scott Cameron Nancy MacKay Jennifer Verschraegen, CFRE

The Garden State Council SHRM Conference sessions are designed to provide you tools and resources that can be applied in your HR roles. The opportunity to #network with conference speakers and #HR colleagues enables us to learn from each other. #gscshrm2023 #hrjobs #opportunities #networking

Familiar with a speakeasy? During Prohibition, the production, sale, and distribution of alcohol were banned across the United States. However, this didn't stop people from enjoying their favorite drinks. Speakeasies emerged as underground bars, that discreetly served alcoholic beverages. The entrance was often hidden behind an unassuming exterior. Secret compartments and hidden doors were not uncommon. We are ready to share the secrets to a resilient workforce, and how to open the hidden doors to a culture of trust and community. DFW HR PROFESSIONALS, COME JOIN OUR WATCH PARTY. It’s going to be at Roam in the Colony. The venue is reminiscent of speakeasy times, with a secret entrance to the Library! DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS DFW NETWORKING EVENT. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gACvJS_N Event Highlights: August 16, 2023 Networking, webinar, scavenger hunt, and happy hour Topics include: - Learning to thrive past failure - How to create a culture of community, trust and a sense of belonging - Working together to empower and support women in the workplace - Developing a personal board of directors #Gallagher #WILWatchParty #gallagherTexANS #consulting #humanresources #austinhr #austin #smallbusiness #benefits #totalrewards #sanantoniohr #austintexasthings #humanresourceconsulting #employeeengagement #employeebenefits #humanresourcelife #hrcompliance #hrexpert #hrbenefits #dallashr

#HRCommunity - We're only 17 days away from the 2024 SHRM Annual Conference and Expo in Chicago! If you're still waffling, here are 5 reasons to attend: 1) Professional Development - YOU are in the driver's seat of your career. You don't have to wait for your employer to support your goals. Take charge. 4 days, 12 professional tracks, over 375 sessions, and over 400 speakers = 28 PDCs. 2) Continuous Learning - The line up of speakers this year is really incredible. A lot of new (and familiar) faces, with a broad set of topics that apply to all HR pros - regardless of how new or seasoned you are, and regardless of your level/title. There is something for everyone! 3) Networking with your peers - 25,000 of your #HRPeers will be in attendance. What an amazing opportunity to mingle, get to know those who are in similar roles and similar industries. Iron sharpens iron! 4) Chicago - This is one of my favorite cities. There is so much to do and see, and the conference venue (McCormick Place) is very nicely laid out and easy to navigate. Take advantage of your evening time to do some sightseeing, try out the famous Chicago-style pizza (so freakin' yummy) and/or all of the other Chicago-style culinary experiences. (Tip: DO NOT put ketchup on a Chicago Dog. Just don't.) 5) Acquaintances turned life-long friends - One of my most favorite aspects of the annual conference is getting to see people that sometimes I don't get to see but once a year. Virtual connections are great. But those in-person connections are even better. Some of my closest friends have come from the relationships built right here. Hope to see you there! Register here: https://lnkd.in/eU2T8GS9 #HR #HRCommunity #SHRM24 #SHRM24connector #Leadership #HRShenanigans

Lunch with one of the kindest people on the planet. He may be close to sainthood at this point. I've know Geoff and his family for years. Geoff Talbot is the 2nd in command at Sourcing Industry Group (SIG). I've been attending SIG conferences for ~8 years (might be more actually - I've lost track). One of the best procurement industry groups for peeps working in indirect. They have online training, regional events and host 2 executive summits a year. Their summits are at swanky hotels with the best conference food you'll ever eat (and I'm picky - vegetarian picky). Their next summit is March 25th - 27th in Asheville, North Carolina. Given I don't know where I'll be working next, not sure if I'll be able to make it. They're also hosting a one day event Thursday, Feb 22nd in the Bay Area which I'll be at. If you're interested in carpooling with me, shoot me a DM. They also have one of best public job boards I've seen in the industry. If you are looking for your new gig, checkout https://lnkd.in/gaGuV5Ku. Kind of feel like I wrote a commercial for SIG. Wasn't my intention. But I do think they have useful resources for those working in procurement. Networking is SO, SO, SO important. At most dinner tables, kids are told to eat their veggies. At the Scudder dinner table, you're told to network (I'll pick networking over veggies any day).