Archived Webcasts and Podcasts

Sometimes an initiative to improve the performance of individuals, teams, and entire organizations hits a wall.

• Why are traditional change models insufficient when it comes to overcoming the Knowing-Doing Gap?
• What does it take to engage people in a way that will allow old habits to be replaced by new ones?
• How can HR business leaders and other change agents support implementation and execution of change when people are not putting needed changes into practice?
• How do you measure performance improvement when it comes to implementing change?

This presentation is delivered in a lecture format and also includes involvers, interactive group discussion and review of actual business case studies.

How do you keep your workforce engaged and excited? What can you do to assist management in aligning employee value to organizational vision?

In her dynamic presentation, executive coach and bestselling author Libby Gill shares a conceptual framework as well as concrete takeaways for creating client expectations that get measurable results.

The author of the award-winning You Unstuck: Mastering the New Rules of Risk-taking in Work and Life, Libby’s interactive webinar ensures that you will:

• Discover keys to articulating expectations with power and clarity
• Align employee’s value with your organization's vision
• Offer “Hope and Tools” to increase engagement and bring out the best in your workforce
• Overcome “Feedback Fear” and learn to give meaningful criticism
• Learn Libby’s method of 360 Interview Assessments to drive behavioral change
• Master “Foolproof Factors for Accountability” to maintain standards of excellence
• Experience a rousing call-to-action to keep clients equipped - and responsible - for their own success.

Libby is the former head of communications and public relations for Sony, Universal, and Turner Broadcasting. She is now CEO of Libby Gill & Company, an executive coaching and consulting firm. She has shared her success strategies on CNN, NPR, the Today Show, and in BusinessWeek, Time, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and more.

Her clients include ABC-Disney, Avery Dennison, Deloitte, Eli Lilly, GoDaddy, John Frieda, Kellogg’s, Microsoft, Oracle, PayPal, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Safeway, The Conference Board, Wells Fargo, and many more.

Addressing performance is the least favorite activity for most leaders. However, failure to handle these situations effectively will drastically impact the success of both the leader and the team as a whole. Unfortunately many leaders either choose to ignore the situation or utilize an approach that only exasperates the problem.

Leadership in the business world today requires a new set of skills. In order to accomplish the goals of the organization and his or her team, a leader depends upon complete commitment from every member of the team. Utilizing a coaching style will help leaders to instill ownership within their individual team members while unlocking their potential.

This session is a brief 15 minute introduction to the two day event. It will give you an overview of the IHR certification program as it relates to Developing Organizational Leadership Capabilities. There will be an introduction to the Institute's Advisory Board as well as the progress of the Institute over the past year. An overview of the speakers and their topics will be provided. You will be given guidance on how to chat online with colleagues and access the virtual exhibit hall. You will also have the opportunity to ask any questions as it relates to the overall program, prior to its commencement.

Harassment and discrimination prevention are always on the top of your to-do list. What about other risky claims that can arise from poor hiring practices or shoddy communications? What steps do you take to make sure your managers understand how their actions and words can create liability?

This fast-paced program will cover defamation, negligent hiring, privacy and misrepresentation claims. Oh, and a few others that you need to know about.

Why do you need to care about these claims? One example makes the point: the average negligent hiring claim is over $1 million.

Allison West, Esq., SPHR, an employment attorney, HR Consultant and a nationally recognized, top-rated speaker will take you through this engaging session.

Now more than ever, employee success is the key to business success. In the last few years, the landscape has changed: companies are selling new kinds of products to a new kind of consumer, and they’re doing so with a new kind of workforce. The traditional methods aren’t working. We need to learn to connect differently.

This webinar will take attendees through a fact-based, data-driven trend assessment of new recognition models. Utilizing key statistics and case studies, learn how technology can bolster your recognition strategy, and walk away with the tools to drive higher productive engagement. We’ll teach you what the most successful companies are doing to attract the best people, keep them engaged, and establish a mutually beneficial culture wherein your employees are eager to give you their best.

Employers with operations in California have two new sets of rules to understand, interpret, and apply: (a) California's Pregnancy Disability Leave Regulations (PDL Regulations) and (b) California's Disability Discrimination Regulations (Disability Regulations). While the PDL Regulations provide some clarity and guidance on notice and related obligations, they appear to create some conflicts with existing law. Employers should be aware of these conflicts and have a plan for dealing with them when considering leaves of absence and disability accommodation issues.

The new Disability Regulations emphasize the importance of the "interactive process." They also introduce complex definitions of "disability" and an apparent expectation that employers will rely on the employee's health care provider to apply those definitions to the employee/patient. Employers will face challenges in determining whether an employee seeking an accommodation is a person protected by the law.

In this insightful session, the presenters will review California's new PDL and Disability Regulations and provide employers with practical perspective on the complex scenarios that may arise under each.

The California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) recognizes the value employers provide to the child support program.

As a payroll or human resource professional it can get confusing keeping up with your roles and responsibilities as an employer.

Today’s webinar will provide you with the education you need regarding the child support process. Our focus is to provide employers with the latest changes, updates, laws and requirements as we work together to improve the lives of children. The law requires parents who owe child support to have it withheld from their pay. We hope you find this information helpful.

Cooperation between employers and the child support program is essential in supporting family self-sufficiency. We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to building a stronger partnership for the future.

Having a formal and written IIPP is the foundation for a truly safe workplace. Every workplace has different hazards and the IIPP is an effective tool for protecting employees from those hazards, as the IIPP lays out the organization’s policies and procedures in regards to preventing injuries and illness.

Cal/OSHA requires that businesses with 10 or more employees have a written Injury and Illness Prevention Plan. This session will cover the specific components that your Injury and Illness Prevention Plan must contain. You will learn how, step-by-step, to build your own IIPP, as well as learn about the Cal/OSHA e-Tool for creating an Injury and Illness Prevention Plan.

This presentation will situate UI concerns for California employers in the context of national trends and conditions, and then focus on the state of UI in California. We will then move on to legal developments including UI integrity legislation and new state legislation targeting employee misclassification.

In California, cross-agency collaborations have resulted in increased numbers of audits aiming to recoup lost tax revenue for the state. We will look at data on payroll tax audits and enforcement within the state to see how this trend is affecting employers.

Finally, it’s important to offset your rising UI taxes by using employer credit programs. The CA EZ and WOTC credit programs have had significant developments so far in 2013 that employers should be aware of.