Educational Seminar

Understanding HR Metrics: The Practical Approach for Improving Business Performance

August 20 - 21, 2014
9:00 am - 4:30 pm

As businesses continue to embrace technology, there is increased opportunity to improve HR through wise data analysis. Drawing on plain English lessons from HR thought leaders, balanced scorecard implementations, quality assurance initiatives, and scientific measurement, this seminar gives you the background you need to understand metrics and use them to improve HR’s contribution to the organization. You’ll walk away with knowledge you need to be more credibly involved, and tools you need to measure and improve the success of HR efforts.

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Summary of Day 1:

• Making sense of the concept of metrics – how it relates to corporate culture, employee engagement, strategy and competitiveness
• A tactical tool - what a well-chosen metric should do
• Before you begin - making a rough estimate of the range of data that a metric will produce
• Lessons from companies using benchmarking and human capital metrics
• From efficiency to effectiveness to strategy – getting a clearer picture of your business maturity level and how different metrics play a supporting role

Summary of Day 2:

• Moving beyond process to improvement - approaches that work for improving productivity
• Key lessons from scientific management
• Viewing the department and its functions as a process – how the process view relates to metrics selection, customer criteria, and KPI’s
• Selecting metrics to make better decisions regarding the allocation of time, people, and resources
• Developing an action plan

Who Should Attend?

-Executives
-Directors
-Managers
-HR Practitioners
-Any professionals wanting to credibly understand and implement metrics and improve their contribution in the business

Why Attend?

"Instructor presented a great seminar...informative, well thought out, beneficial for use in today’s organizations."
-Manager of Personnel

"I will be able to drive metrics differently and now understand them myself."
-Director of HR

"I will be better able to explain and quantify HR’s impact on a company."
-CEO

About the Speaker

JIM VANCE, PE, SPHR is a former HR Director who came from a project management and operations background. Vance is a former top presenter for a national seminar company, and is a speaker, trainer, and consultant who has addressedbusiness audiences in over 30 states. Known as a true teacher who engages audiences from start to finish, he regularly presents seminars on a variety of HR topics including Strategic Leadership: Guiding and Leading the Change Process, Behavioral Interviewing Strategies: How to Make More Effective Hiring Decisions, Relationship Management for the HR Business Partner, Enhancing Your EQ: Practical Principles for Managing Employees, and HR 101. He is president of Advanced Business Resources, a Houston-based management and communication training company, and coauthor of the books Magnetic Leadership and HR Strategies that Work. He has been featured with Steven Covey and Ken Blanchard in the anthology Speaking of Success.

 

Payment

Payment is due before seminar. No POs or requests for invoicing can be honored. Checks should be made payable and mailed (to be received no later than 7 days prior to the start of the class) to:

DallasHR
4100 Spring Valley Road, Ste 300
Dallas, TX 75244
214.631.8775
214.631.4533 - Fax

IMPORTANT: Advance reservations with payment are required. To receive cancellation credit, you must fax your cancellation request to DallasHR no later than 7 days prior to the start of the class. There will be no refund if cancellation is received within 7 days of the start of the class. Payment will be required for advance reservations made but not kept, unless canceled by the registration deadline.