Archived Webcasts and Podcasts

Discover how to lose guilt and feel better easily through using the groundbreaking Active Energy System. In this talk Adam Shaw explains the role of guilt in wellbeing and how it can inhibit health and wellbeing. If you want to feel better easily, lose guilt and learn a system that can make you and those who you know feel better easily then this event will show you how.

Through a set of steps that you can do as you walk it is possible to easily increase your wellbeing, energy and motivation easily and effortlessly, saving you time and eradicating the need to find extra time for gyms, diets and strenuous exercise routines.

Launch your learning journey with a high energy start! This session will introduce the Institute for Human Resources (IHR) Benefits: Cost Containment, Audits and Legal Risks and the Institute for Human Resources (IHR) certification program. Find out about the workshops that will be available, and learn how the IHR certification process works. Throughout this conference you will gain practical ideas and concepts that you will be able to put into practice in your organization. You will be introduced to the Advisory Board, learn about the opportunity to become certified within the IHR and see who is speaking and their topics. You will be given guidance on how to chat online with colleagues and access the virtual exhibit hall. You will have the opportunity to ask questions as it relates to the overall program, prior to its commencement. You can access all of the archived sessions where we launched this Institute in May, 2011.

Staying Ahead of the Curve is designed to provide defined contribution plan fiduciaries, committee members, plan administrators, human resource, and compensation & benefits specialist with the latest trends in retirement plan management. Our presentation provides insight into how the current legal and regulatory environment is driving changes in plan design. These changes include how plan fees are allocated to participants, the use of plan investment options to pay recordkeeping expenses, and the processes utilized to ensure plan fees are reasonable and competitive. We will provide an overview of the steps required to monitor plan expenses and determine their reasonableness. We detail the fact and fiction of regarding benchmark, vendor RFP, and targeted renegotiation projects.

The retirement plan landscape is changing quickly and much of that change is taking place in 2013. Join us in a discussion on best practices for retirement plans for small-mid size businesses to learn what is required to start and succeed at creating a retirement plan. Learn about staff time commitments, costs involved in starting a plan and keeping it going; who pays for the plan expenses, what parties are involved in retirement plans, and what their duties are.

Half of Americans do have access to a retirement savings plan at their workplace. For those that do, about one-third fail to join. And for those that do join tend to save too little and often make unwise investment decisions. The 401(k) arena is in crisis, and workers need sound guidance and help. This webinar will help employers who have yet to set up a retirement plan learn the steps to do so to include commitments to time, costs and associated risks.

Fiduciary competency is rightfully on the minds of many fiduciaries due to the tightening regulatory environment and heightened fiduciary awareness. Indeed, fiduciaries must insulate themselves from breaches of duty as well as possible litigation, and they must be ready to provide evidence of fiduciary compliance. In their preparedness, they must be prudent experts, required to apply substantive and procedural prudence – assessing the right information in the right way.

The purpose of this webinar is to help fiduciaries of 401(k) plans avoid common fiduciary errors and learn how a prudent fiduciary process can help avoid mistakes. Case studies will be used to illustrate how to use a prudent process. Attendees will have a better understanding of their role as a fiduciary and how to properly apply it to fulfilling their fiduciary duties.

Launch your learning journey with a high energy start! This session will introduce the Institute for Human Resources (IHR) Benefits: Cost Containment, Audits and Legal Risks and the Institute for Human Resources (IHR) certification program. Find out about the workshops that will be available, and learn how the IHR certification process works. Throughout this conference you will gain practical ideas and concepts that you will be able to put into practice in your organization. You will be introduced to the Advisory Board, learn about the opportunity to become certified within the IHR and see who is speaking and their topics. You will be given guidance on how to chat online with colleagues and access the virtual exhibit hall. You will have the opportunity to ask questions as it relates to the overall program, prior to its commencement. You can access all of the archived sessions where we launched this Institute in May, 2011.

Given the uncertainty of future tax rules, limited marketability of a closely held business, and the growing number of business owners approaching retirement age, now is the time to understand how ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) work. Come learn about the current ESOP environment from two panelists who serve hundreds of ESOP companies nationwide.

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Basics I. Succesion Planning Options
II. ESOP Overview

• A. What is an ESOP?
• B. Why ESOP?
• C. ESOP Tax Incentives and Mechanics
• D. How to implement an ESOP

III. Advanced ESOP Concepts (Optional Presentation at a future meeting)

• A. Plan Design
• B. Valuation
• C. Administration
• D. Living with an ESOP
• E. Current Transaction Environment

III. Q&A

Is your executive compensation program competitive and effective? Is your company paying its top executives (your CEO and heads of HR, Operations, Finance, Sales, Marketing and R&D)competive bases salaries, benefits, perks, bonuses and equity incentives? Find out what other private companies are paying these executives and how some of the most successful companies are using their executive compensation programs as competitive tools.This session will provide highlights from Chief Executive Group's definitive CEO and Senior Executive Compensation in Private Companies Report www.ChiefExecutive.net/comp Find out what other private companies are paying their senior executives and how they are structuring these compensation programs to be able to recruit, retain and motivate the right people and the right behaviors.

Presentation Intended for U.S. Audience: According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 7 in 10 people who reach age 65 will need some long term care during their lives. One year in a nursing facility can cost over $100,000 per year if the care were needed in 2012. If costs continue rising at their historical 5% rate, they will more than double every 15 years. Group Long Term Care Insurance is an essential benefit for employers looking to attract and retain employees. Long Term Care Insurance can be purchased solely by employees or through a combination of employee and employer contributions. The new Partnership Program Long Term Care Insurance policies allow policyholders to protect assets away from Medicaid without a 'look-back' period. Premiums paid by the employer can be expensed in part or in full, depending upon the type of business entity registration. Most policies meet the IRS definition of tax qualified - a requirement to gain federal and state tax advantages.

This session provides an open forum where you will also have the opportunity to ask questions and address any concerns regarding your organization’s plan Advisory arrangements. Within the human resource profession, it is an understanding that selecting the right person for any job is crucial. This webinar will hope to show that selecting the right Advisor for your company’s retirement plan is deemed just as important. Especially since making a prudent selection is mandated by Federal law (ERISA). This session will discuss the following items: - Understanding the basics of fiduciary responsibility - How to evaluate your organization’s needs - The evolution of qualified plan advice - The distinct cultures and business models that exist among Advisory firms and the resulting trade offs - Identifying and recognizing Advisory firm business practices that could create potential conflicts - How to evaluate your plan’s Advisory relationship and ensure you are receiving the most desirable set of services for your plan at a competitive price The goal of this session is to provide you with a background and tools so you and your organization will be able to make educated decisions when involved in an Advisor search or evaluating an existing Advisory relationship.