Another Day in the HR Field

While I did not see any turkey’s on this Pilgrimage it was one that I will remember for a lifetime.   If you were from any other state than Illinois at the annual SHRM Leadership Conference in National Harbor, MD last week you would have seen the sea of red shirts and thought it was a “wow-look at the masses that made the trip (Pilgrimage) from half way across the country too.   Again this year (3 rd in a row) all attendees from the ILSHRM board and chapter board members were offered a red shirt to wear for two reason: 1) Take a group photo and 2) show our team/state spirit.   The latter was the more important of the two because no one felt alone.   They had others to turn to and felt included which is extremely important to me as a leader in this state.   In the “ Strengths Finder ” assessment one of my top five is “INCLUDER” and if this is the only legacy I leave for my time in a leadership role, I am ecstatic, because when I was a chapter leader, I ha...

I have had the pleasure of knowing, Joe & Jason, from  Talent Anarchy for almost a year now.  They are unique, talented and genuine.  They keynoted at our conference last year and the reviews were so magnificent that we are proud to bring them back again by way of "popular demand".  Take a couple minutes to watch the following videos and I know you will agree!!! http://youtu.be/7wcqprMCAS4 http://youtu.be/2OIzXwolyWs The ILSHRM conference will be August 6 & 7 in Oakbrook, Illinois.  I hope you will consider joining us and flying your "HR Freak Flag with us!"

Over the last couple weeks I have been compiling my required annual faculty performance review which summarizes teaching, scholarly work (which is not required for my professionally qualified (PQ) position as opposed to AQ for those with PhDs) and service to the university, community and the profession.  Since I had to compile the following information as part of my blogging contribution (service to the profession), I thought I would share the links here especially as it relates to the two sites I have contributed to in addition to my own.  I have not shared on this site in the past that I have blog posts elsewhere.  So the following is exert from my performance review: “While I do not write scholarly works, I do write for my students, clients, and the HR community via blogging which I started in 2010.  In addition, I am a contributing author for two other blogs called Women of HR and Illinois State Council SHRM).  In 2011, I wrote a total of 41 posts betwe...

After attending the SHRM Leadership Conference since 2000 as a volunteer either at the chapter or state level this year promises to be one of the best of 10. I can't say 11 because I did skip the 2001 conference due to what happened on 9/11/01. This year, like last, will have one of the largest contingencies attending from Illinois ever. We will have almost 100% from our Chapter Presidents/President-Elects and several new CORE Board Members will be in attendance this year for the first time in their state roles. I look forward to building relationships with all of our fabulous volunteers and meeting others throughout the country to learn from and share with ideas that can help each other. I also look forward to the red carpet type of feeling we get from the great #SHRM staff. Thanks to ILSHRM board of directors and all of our chapter presidents and their boards of directors. You are the face of #SHRM in #Illinois! On Tuesday, I will be on the Drive Thru HR blog talk radio ...