Business Practices Summit
Date and Time
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
7:30 AM - 1:30 PM CST
7:30 - 8:00 am Registration
8:00 am - 1:30 pm Program
Location
Minneapolis Marriott West
Fees/Admission
Members: $150
Non-Members $300
Business Practices Summit
Description
The ACEC/MN Business Practices Committee has put together a Business Practices Summit, "Designing the Workforce of Tomorrow", geared toward human resource, finance and managers of engineering firms. This program includes two tracks, one focusing on human resources and the other on financial.
| 7:30 – 8:00am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 – 8:15am | Opening Remarks and Welcome – Jon Wacker, HGA, Workforce Development Co-Chair | |
| 8:15 – 8:50am |
Keynote: First Order of Business: Work Should Be FUN: The Fun Dept., Gayle Cartier
Are you curious... how companies like Google, Zappos, Southwest and others develop those winning workplace cultures, with such high productivity and profitability? Regardless of the industry, the highest performing companies have this in common: A culture of FUN! There is a REVOLUTION occurring in the workforce, and FUN has become the competitive edge. Why? Productivity goes up, retention goes up, and sales go up AND 75% of our future workforce, who are the Millennials, EXPECT a fun and social work environment. In this interactive presentation you will discover why fun is serious business and learn the #1 strategy to easily fit FUN into any organization. |
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| 8:50 – 9:00am | Break | |
| HR Track 1 – | Finance Track 2 – | |
| 9:00-9:50am | Benefits Update: Dealing with Trends: Michael Hyatt, MRA-The Management Association: Hiring & Talent Strategies. During this session we will discuss supply and demand in the talent amrket and the impact on your business in today's candidate-driven economy. | Accounting Updates: We are offering an Accounting Update for those that want to stay current on some of the accounting changes that will need to be implemented in the next couple of years. Tom Losey and Matt Crane, Partners with the Boulay Accounting firm, will present and discuss these new pronouncements and/or changes, and how they will affect you. Topics will include:
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| 10:00-10:50am | Effective Onboarding: Hope is not a Strategy Companies select and hire people but then underinvest in the required onboarding and training that leads to desired behaviors and success on the job. Companies simply hope employees will demonstrate the desired behaviors once on the job. Hope is not a business strategy. During this session, we’ll discuss how to create an effective onboarding program that translates into more successful hires. Presented By: Jana Cinnamon, Abdo, Eick & Meyers | Designing & Negotiating Workplaces for the Future Workforce presented by: Melissa Jancourt, HGA Steve Dorgan, Cresa. Organizations must navigate an increasingly diverse competitive talent market at a time where many struggle with record levels of disengagement and rising healthcare costs. This has prompted an expanded real estate conversation to include value as we continue to draw correlations between employee health and happiness to organizational performance. During this session we will explore current and future real estate market, design trends and the role of the built environment in responding to the needs of tomorrow's workforce. |
| 11:00-11:50am | Employment Law Update, Jim Kramer, Dewitt, Mackall Crounse & Moore: Paid Leave initiatives, the Status of DOL Exemption Regulations, New I-9 Requirements and Pitfalls, Developments in the Courts and NLRB, the Fate of Obama Care and other possibilities in the Employment World According to Trump |
“Professional Liability Insurance Trends 2017 – What Insurance Issues is Your Firm most likely to experience in 2017?” Topics covered include:
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| 12:00 – 12:30 | Lunch and Presentation: ACEC/MN Benefit Update – National Benchmarking, Doug Luick of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | |
| 12:30 – 1:30 | HR & Finance Facilitated Roundtables: Discuss best practices, business management concerns and other industry issues. Many of our panelist will stay for these open forum sessions. | |