Annual Conference

The 2016 Annual Fall Conference held Friday, November 4, 2016,  was a fantastic event.  If you were one of the more than 90 people that attended - "Thank You" for joining us!  If you weren't able to attend you missed very informative and thought-provoking presentations from these dynamic speakers:

As always, the conference provided lots of opportunities to network with those colleagues that we seem to only know from email, learn about important trends in our field in the trends on , Change Management , and get up to speed (or start worrying about how to get up to speed) on regulatory changes "coming down the pike," regarding FLSA.

The Board of Directors give a sincere "Thank You" to the Council of Governments and Larissa Fitzhugh, Janet Ernst, Kamille Henderson, and all their staff for their generous hospitality, again, in making their facilities available and for helping us to produce the conference. We also thank Mike Barbier, Debbie Aceto, and the many others who volunteered to make the conference a success.

Remember that your attendance at the conference qualifies for 3 credit hours towards your HRCI, SHRM, IPMA-HR, and World At Work recertification credits.  Attendance certificates are available for HRCI; if you have not yet received a certificate for attending please contact administrator@lgpa.org.  For SHRM, IPMA-HR and W@W you will need to enter the information below for each activity in your recertification application. Click on the presentation titles for downloadable copies of the presentation materials (there are no materials for the panel discussion).

      If you would like to help us make next year's conference even better than this year's by volunteering on the conference Committee or simply by suggesting topics or presenters please contact administrator@lgpa.org.

 

Our FEATURED SPEAKERS:    Note: Click the presentation title below for Slide Decks for the presentation (there are no materials for the panel discussion).

Neil Reichenberg, Executive Director of the IPMA-HR, IPMA-HR's "HR 2020 Task Force Report: Transforming Local Government HR to Meet Today's and Future Workplace Challenges".  Neil is the Executive Director of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR). He has worked for IPMA-HR since 1980 initially as the Director of Government Affairs and since 1996 as the Executive Director. He is the chief staff executive and is responsible for the overall management of the Association.  He is a frequent speaker on human resource and employment issues and has given presentations around the world including to the United Nations and giving testimony before the United States Congress.  He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and New York Law School and is admitted to the Bar in New Tour and the District of Columbia. He is also a member of the American Society of Association  Executives and holds the designation of Certified Association Executives. 

Panel Discussion facilitated by Shawn Stokes (Director, Office of HR - Montgomery County Government), with: Stephayne Maxwell, Esq., (Director of HR, Prince George's County Government), Eric Sanner (Vice President, Aon Northeast Region Health and Benefits Practice), and John Peebles (Sr. Vice President Human Resources, Dimensions Healthcare), on "Transforming Human Resources into a Strategic Business Partner-Insights and Analysis":

  • Learn proven strategies from top local Human Resources Directors to transform your Human Resources function into a Strategic Business Partner.
  • Discover approaches to assist Human Resources professionals to be less administratively focused and take more accountability to achieve business objectives.
  • Learn how Human Resources professionals can “raise their game” to answer the business need for a stronger, more strategic skill set.

Barbara Talley, on "The Neuroscience of Leading Cultural Change and Transformation in Government: An Interactive Exercise"; Now, more than ever, organizations need new paradigms that can shift this downward trend, transform employees, and get them re-engaged at work again. The carrot and stick motivators of the past no longer work in the constantly changing, technology driven, limited resources, untrusting and diverse environment we work in. The focus on behavior change is no longer sufficient. What employees need now is a mindset change and that alone will change the culture. In this workshop, learn some fascinating research that explains why morale, productivity, trust, and employee loyalty are at an all-time low as well as what we can do about it right now. Participants will learn and apply some proven cutting-edge tips from Appreciative Inquiry, Generative Leadership, Positive Psychology, Sociology, and Neuroscience that can help reverse those trends and get employees re-engaged again.  Barbara Talley has worked in a variety of disciplines in her forty years of working with adult audiences, beginning in 1976 in the areas of Technology, Customer Service, and System’s Analysis. In 1989, Barbara Talley started her own business and began training and speaking nationally on various technology and human resources development themes including Diversity, Time Management, Goal Setting, Personal Empowerment, Conflict Resolution, Sexual Harassment, Effective Communications, Leadership, Morale, and Motivation.  This love of training brought her to Montgomery College in 1990 when she became a part-time Adjunct Professor, initially working with Continuing Education and Workforce Development in it’s Diversity Initiatives, which over the past twenty-six years has expanded into many other Change Management programs, including Appreciative Inquiry, Effective Communications, and Time Management for Montgomery County Government departments as well as many federal agencies. Barbara’s signature workshops are ‘Understanding You: Understanding Me’, Time Management is Self Management, On Track On Fire On Purpose,’ and ‘How to Keep Your Cool When Your Emotional Hot Buttons are Pressed.’  Her programs assist individuals and organizations how to quickly override faulty programming, destructive habits, and self-sabotaging behaviors. Barbara speaks and trains nationally for businesses, associations, colleges, community groups, and government organizations.  Her focus over the past decade has focused neuroscience, positive psychology, strengths-based leadership, and generative change has culminated in the field of Appreciative leadership, which incorporates all these seemingly separate change management strategies. This wife, mother of six, and entrepreneur is also an author of six books.

Mark Lara, Baltimore District Director, Wage and Hour Division, US Department of Labor, on the "FLSA Overtime Final Rule and Implications for Local and State Governments".  Department of Labor Update on Federal Labor Standards Act (FSLA); Overtime Final Rule and the Implications for Local and State Governments; Overview of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Key provisions, changes, and effective date of the Final Rule; Unique provisions applicable only to public sector workers; Compliance steps and advice.   Mark Lara is a native of San Antonio TX. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio where he received BA degree in Education.  He began his Wage and Hour Career in1996 as a State Wage and Hour investigator with the North Carolina Department of Labor.   In 2001 he became an Investigator U. S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division in the North Carolina District Office.  In 2009 he became an Assistant District Director in the North Carolina District Office and in July 2011 he became the District Director for the Baltimore District Office.  The Baltimore District Office encompasses Northern Virginia, The District of Columbia and Maryland.  Mark has participated and managed initiatives throughout the Northeast and Southeast United States and has received several awards.  Mark has participated labor panels and has been called upon to be a subject matter expert in various labor issues.