Networking. To be honest, most people are horrible at it.
The vast majority of people network out of necessity, but few do it consistently. It is a needed business skill, so why do people struggle with it so much?
The HR Roundtable in Cincinnati gathered in April to take this on. They started with the following questions to get discussion going:
The people gathering for the March HR Roundtable in Cincinnati were faced with “change” because Steve was called away for a great event recognizing one of his Team Members, so his best friend and mentor, Fred Eck, stepped in to tackle the topic of defining Employee Engagement.
To get the discussion kicked off, the following questions were posed:
While the attendees bustled into the room for the February HR Roundtable in Cincinnati, you could feel that it was going to be a very lively discussion!
The forum was tackling a tough topic this month by looking at “How do we integrate HR throughout the organization?” The fact that HR is siloed in most companies makes this difficult. So, the following questions were posed to see what would come out:
As people rolled into the room for the January 2013 HR Roundtable in Cincinnati, the monthly topic had a sharper feel to it. Everyone was gathering to discuss “HR would be better if …”
Steve gave the group some direction before they broke into small groups, because to sit back and bash HR is (honestly) way too easy. Too often, when discussions of this topic occur, either in person or in print, the railing calls against the evils of HR rear their ugly head.
So, the attendees were asked to give some context to answers so that the summary would be something that HR pros could take, review, and act upon. Let’s see what they had to say. Read more…
The people gathering for the December HR Roundtable in Cincinnati were coming in with a particular frame of mind about the topic, but it took a different turn (as it usually does). The topic was, “What makes workplaces great?”
Most people have tucked this away into HR and culture catchphrases or, even more likely, the results of an engagement survey where you get an award for being a “Best Place to Work.” We weren’t going that way.
To get people to open up, the following questions were offered to chew on: Read more…
You could sense that the November HR Roundtable in Cincinnati was going to be a little prickly.
Not only were we meeting on Election Day, but the topic was generating quite a bit of buzz! We gathered to talk about The Myths About Recruiting.
Since people were all ready to go, Steve lofted the following questions to the group to get them started:
The October HR Roundtable in Cincinnati took on a very broad topic that actually affected EVERYONE in the business world today and that is: “How do you handle all of the information you get hit with today?”
To get started, the attendees broke into small groups to discuss the following three questions:
After our month’s hiatus in August, the HR Roundtable in Cincinnati came back strong in September to discuss various issues of recognition and feedback (or lack thereof) in the workplace.
The attendees were excited because they really were eager to reconvene and have something to chew on. To sate the masses, Steve gave the group the following three questions to tackle:
Chip Ramsey, who works in sales for Everstaff, filled in this month for Steve.
With such a great crowd, a great topic and a great discussion, it was actually quite easy to step into Steve’s role and fill his very large shoes, literally, and fill-in as facilitator.
At the July Cincinnati HR Roundtable, we discussed the role of HR when it comes to sales and marketing.
May’s HR Roundtable in Cincinnati went on a deep dive into the HR trenches for this month’s meeting.
There was a great article from XPertHR which asked if the HR Trenches were the best place to be in 2012. Here is the link if you didn’t see the post before.
To get everyone to dig in, the following three questions were posed:
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