8/28/2012 ? Getting Management to Listen to HR ? NAAAHR-GNY ...

Muriel Watkins ? MRW Consulting Group International LLC

6:30 pm

American Cancer Society
132 West 32 Street
New York City

Join us on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 for

Getting Management to Listen to HR: Critical Influencing Skills for HR

Ask yourself the question: how influential are you within the organization as an HR professional? This session will focus on the importance of understanding and speaking the language of the business, diminishing HR jargon, and using metrics to build the business case for HR initiatives. Only with the imperative skills of non-defensive strength and confidence and a knowledge of the value and impact of the HR function will you be able to rightfully claim ?your seat at the table and establish your influential voice in your organization! Three of the critical steps to success will be discussed in this session:

Understand the business. Engage with key stakeholders and initiate meetings in order to understand what they do and the challenges they face.

1. Learn to think and talk like Management. Don?t hide behind HR jargon that business leaders don?t fully appreciate. Learn the language of the business and translate HR value into business terms.
2. Don?t be the HR expert. Do not just tell your stakeholders what to do because you are the HR expert. Take a consultative and collaborative approach and engage your business leaders in a problem solving discussion.

The skills covered in this session will enable you to break away from the traditional cost center, administrative or compliance view of HR.

About The Speaker

Muriel Rosa Watkins is founder and president of MRW Consulting Group International LLC. Her consultancy focuses on supporting organizations through various stages of growth, providing human resources services aligned with the employee life cycle. Services include recruitment, employee engagement and retention strategies, employee relations and conflict resolution, training and development, leadership coaching, workforce restructuring and terminations.

Muriel has more than 20 years of experience designing human resources and talent management solutions, such as performance management, staffing, career development, workforce transformation and culture change. She has worked with organizations across multiple industries, including print and digital media, colleges and universities, and non-profits.

Prior to founding MRW Consulting, Muriel was HR vice president for The New York Times Media Group. In this role she was responsible for all HR strategies and initiatives, leading a team of HR professionals who supported the organization?s day-to-day and long-range organization effectiveness issues, including HR operational strategies, talent acquisition and retention, learning and development, diversity, culture and change management.

Prior to The Times, Muriel held senior Human Resources roles with Reader?s Digest and Avon Products.

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