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Mark your calendars for the 2nd Tuesday
of every month to attend a dynamic Human Resource Program!
The time of the program rotates each month, throughout the calendar quarter, generally* as follows::
| 1st Month of each Quarter - Morning Meeting: 7:30 am - 9:00 am |
| 2nd Month of each Quarter - Lunch Meeting: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm |
| 3rd Month of each Quarter - Evening Meeting: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
*Note: Times may be altered for special presentations watch the newsletter and website for details.
General Monthly Meeting - Meeting Agenda Example:
| 7:30 - 7:45 | Registration & Networking |
| 7:45 - 7:55 | Announcements & Chapter Business |
| 7:55 - 9:00 | Speaker Introduction, Presentation & Questions |
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MC-SHRM... A Dynamic, Growing Local Chapter - Affiliated with SHRM
"Superior Merit Award" Winning Chapter, Affiliated with The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), which is the World's Largest Association, Devoted to Human Resource Management and Including 190,000+ Members!
Locally, We Offer:
Professional Development
- Monthly Meetings
- ...featuring Speakers on a Variety of HR Topics
- Workshops & Seminars
- ...emphasizing Education on Functional Areas of Human Resources
- Special Programs
- ...spotlighting Latest Trends Affecting Human Resource Professionals
- Professional Certification
- ...in Partnership with Rice University School of Continuing Studies, Increase Your Knowledge of Human Resource Management
and Prepare for the Professional Certification Exam, Administered by HRCI (Human Resource Certification Institute).
SHRM Learning System is Utilized. Discounted Rate is Offered to MC-SHRM Members. www.scs.rice.edu/hr
Networking & Professional Resources
- Network with Your Peers
- ...Build Professional Relationships
- Legislative Updates
- ...Access Current Human Resource Information Affecting Local and National Workforce and Advising on the Latest Trends
- Take Action to Impact Legislative Issues
- ... Participate in Legislative Activities that Influence State and Federal Laws Affecting Your Worksite and Employees
Leadership Enhancement
- Volunteer to "Serve the Professional and Advance the Profession"
- Build a Professional Network
- ... Attend Meetings, Join a Committee, Get Involved
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| Upcoming Programs |
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Tue. Jul 14, 2009 |
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Members: $10 - - - Prospective Members & Guests: $20 =========================================
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JULY PROGRAM CHANGE FROM: How to Evaluate an EAP
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HOW TALENT & OPPORTUNITY CONNECT IN THE FREE AGENT NATION
The Free Agent Nation is populated with millions of people who move from project-to-project, job-to-job. As a result, Talent has replaced Capital as the economy's most important resource. Using Daniel Pink's book by the same title, we will study the effects of this movement on our profession and on you and your organization.
Recruitment & Selection Learning Objectives:
- Identify who the Free Agents are
- Understand what it means to be a Free Agent
- Learn where it all came from
- Discover how and why it works
- Consider the Free Agent Future
Jill Silman, SPHR, Vice President, Meador Staffing, has spent more than 20 years as a professional in human resources, collecting stories and examples of the workforce at work. She has initiated and developed a variety of business ventures in the workforce industry. She is currently focused on Strategic Marketing Initiatives for her firm - positioning the firm to advance in today's free agent marketplace. Additionally, she holds a three-year appointment to the SHRM Staffing Management Special Expertise Panel, working to identify trends and responses for staffing and recruiting professionals throughout the world. Today Jill shares what she's learned with corporations, HR practitioners, associations and university students. Her presentations are an awesome means to understanding basic workplace issues. Jill received her Bachelor of Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin.
This program has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hour toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org |
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7:30am-9:00am |
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Lone Star College-Montgomery campus Room A-102 |
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Wed. Jul 8, 2009 |
| Speaker(s): |
Jill Evans Silman, SPHR |
| Organization: |
Meador Staffing Services |
| Sponsors: |
MC-SHRM
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Tue. Aug 11, 2009 |
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Members: $10 - - - Prospective Members & Guests: $20 =========================================
UNION UPDATE
Attorney, Stephanie John will discuss current issues surrounding organized labor, including the status of the Employee Free Choice Act and other legislation impacting the National Labor Relations Act, general overview of the advantages and disadvantages of unionized workplaces, the reasons employees seek unionization, union certification procedure before the NLRB, and strategies for legally remaining union-free. In this timely presentation, attendees will:
- Learn most current information about ongoing legislative attempts to amend the NLRA
- Develop a more complete understanding of union organization processes and procedures
- Gain information to assist them in efforts to maintain union-free status in a legal way
Stephanie G. John is a member in the labor and employment section of the firm's Houston office. Stephanie exclusively represents management, providing counseling and preventive advice to businesses and other organizations and defending employers in disputes with their employees and former employees. Stephanie successfully defends clients in employment discrimination and retaliation matters, tort and breach of contract claims, leave of absence and wage & hour matters, ERISA litigation, traditional labor and various Administrative matters before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.
Stephanie delivers training presentations and speeches to human resources professionals and attorneys on a broad range of topics such as complying with federal and state employment laws and regulations, drafting and enforcing effective employment policies and managing the day to day issues that arise in the employer/ employee relationship. Stephanie frequently publishes articles and papers on topics of interest to employers. Stephanie is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Stephanie participates in a number of community organizations. She is a member of the Leadership Montgomery County class of 2005. She represents the firm with the South Montgomery County Woodlands Chamber of Commerce and the South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership. Stephanie is also a member of the CAFA Law Blog (www.cafalawblog.com) editorial staff, where she serves as a case analyst.
Education
- Louisiana State University Law Center, J.D., 1997 (Law Review)
- Louisiana State University, B.A., French, History, 1993 (Omicron Delta Kappa)
Professional Affiliations
- Greater Houston Society of Healthcare Risk Management, member
- Houston Management Lawyers Forum, member
- Louisiana Law Review, Managing Editor 1996-97
- Louisiana State Bar Association, member
- Montgomery County SHRM Chapter, Vice President for Legislative Action
- Society for Human Resource Management, member
- State Bar of Texas, member
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law
- Wex S. Malone Chapter of the American Inns of Court, student member
- Woodlands Bar Association
This program has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hour toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org |
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11:30am-1:00pm |
| Location: |
Lone Star College-Montgomery campus Room A-102 |
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Wed. Aug 5, 2009 |
| Speaker(s): |
Stephanie John, Attorney |
| Organization: |
MC Glinchey Stafford |
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Tue. Sep 8, 2009 |
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Members: $10 - - - Prospective Members & Guests: $20 =========================================
TOUGH TIMES REQUIRE LEADERSHIP
Pick up the newspaper, turn on the TV or radio, go to a meeting, and what do you hear? Doom and gloom, sad news on the economy: big name stock prices dropping to record lows - some cheaper than a box of Bic pens or paper clips; job losses mounting every day; corporations cutting out retirement benefits or 401K contributions in order to save the business; the list goes on and on. With all the bad news, morale among the employee survivors within corporations is dropping even faster than their stock prices.
NOW more than ever is the time for leadership. Anyone can be a leader when the times are easy, but true leadership arises out of crisis. Think of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela. Be the light in the dark, the lighthouse on the beach, the refuge in the storm, the resource that your employees need NOW.
It's time for us to hear some good news and learn what YOU can do within your own companies to be the resource that your employees need NOW!
During this dynamic presentation, learn how leaders can bring out the best in their employees, their companies and themselves during tough economic times, and how to:
- Identify leadership strategies to weather the current economical storm
- Share best practices of effective leadership
- Brainstorm new possibilities
- Determine creative action steps to implement within organizations to thrive during these tough economic times
- Develop personal action plans to Implement ideas and practices within your own organization, department and position
Jill provides the leadership acumen needed for success in today's business world. Since 1998, Jill Hickman Companies has provided organizations and entrepreneurs with a complete talent management solution providing Selection and Succession Planning Assessments, leadership and supervisory training, and leadership coaching.
An honors graduate and proud longhorn from the University of Texas, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. A native Houstonian, she earned a Master of Arts degree in Human Resources Management from the University of Houston Clear Lake and teaching certification in Marketing from the University of Houston. Jill recently was honored to have been selected as one out of 48,000 University of Houston Clear Lake alumni for her outstanding leadership and was featured in the Winter 2009 alumni magazine.
Jill maintains an active role in professional, community and service organizations, serving as Board President of the American Society of Training and Development Houston Chapter and other board membership positions within Leadership North Houston, Institute of Management Consultants Houston Chapter, National Charity League - Livable Forest Chapter and Mothers Against Cancer.
She married her high school sweetheart, Terry Hickman, and is proud to share that their only child, Cara (pronounced Care - a), recently graduated from the University of Michigan and is even happier to report that Cara is now a full time employee with the Houston Texans.
This program has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hour toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org |
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3:30pm-5:00pm |
| Location: |
Lone Star College-Montgomery campus Room A-102 |
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Wed. Sep 2, 2009 |
| Speaker(s): |
Jill Hickman |
| Organization: |
Jill Hickman Companies |
| Sponsors: |
MC-SHRM
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| Date: |
Tue. Oct 13, 2009 |
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Members: $10 - - - Prospective Members & Guests: $20 =========================================
AVOIDING COMMON PITFALLS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF INCENTIVE PLANS
The purpose of this seminar is to highlight resolutions to pitfalls that are commonly encountered in the administration of cash incentive plans, equity incentive plans and synthetic equity incentive plans. These pitfalls will be discussed from both the private company and public company perspective, and, where applicable, the merits of alternative incentive arrangements will be discussed.
Anthony Eppert's legal practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefit arrangements (including their related tax, accounting, securities and corporate governance issues) in the United States, Canada and China. Before entering private practice, he served as a judicial clerk to the Hon. Richard F. Suhrheinrich of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Admitted to Practice
- California, Illinois, Colorado and Michigan
Professional & Community Involvement
- National Association of Stock Plan Professionals
- National Center for Employee Ownership
- ASPPA/IRS Los Angeles Benefits Conference (Co-Chair, Board of Directors 2006 - 2008)
- National Institute of Pension Administrators
Publications
- "IRS Publishes Final Regulations Under 409A" - ECEB E-Update - April 11, 2007
- "California Corporations Commissioner Proposes Changes to Compensatory Equity Plans" - ECEB E-Update - March 12, 2007
- "Roth 401(k)s Are Coming!" - ECEB E-Update - July 7, 2005
- "State, Feds Differ on Domestic Partner Issue" - San Diego Business Journal - May 9, 2005
- "Carefully Monitor Stock Options" - ECEB E-Update - March 17, 2005
- "Immediate Action Should Be Taken to Amend Your Corporation's Stock Option Plan" - ECEB EUpdate - January 13, 2005
- "Deferred Compensation Arrangements Should Be Reviewed Prior to Year End" - ECEB EUpdate - October 27, 2004
- "Pending Legislation Changes Deferred Compensation Arrangements" - ECEB E-Update - August 4, 2004
Education
New York University, LL.M., Taxation, 1999
Michigan State University College of Law
J.D. (Tax Concentration), 1998, cum laude
- Editor-in-Chief and co-founder, Journal of Medicine and Law
- President, Tax and Estate Planning Society
Michigan State University
B.A., 1993
This program has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hour toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org |
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7:30am-9:00am |
| Location: |
Lone Star College-Montgomery campus Room A-102 |
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Wed. Oct 7, 2009 |
| Speaker(s): |
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| Organization: |
Winstead |
| Sponsors: |
MC-SHRM
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| Date: |
Tue. Nov 10, 2009 |
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Members: $10 - - - Prospective Members & Guests: $20 =========================================
HOW TO EVALUATE AN EAP
In order for an organization to gain the full potential of an employee assistance program, it must understand the multiple ways by which an EAP can support its business objectives. Properly conceived and embedded within an organization's executive processes, an EAP is far more that a form of employer-paid outpatient counseling. Rather, it is a key player that lends its subject matter expertise to a number of organizational structures, including:
- Human Resources
- Health, Safety, and Environment
- Corporate Security
- Legal
- Dispute Resolution/Mediation
- Disability Management
- Benefits
- Business Development
This presentation will describe EAP's value in relation to the objectives of these structures and explain the advantages of a fully-utilized EAP.
Jeff Christie, LCSW, CEAP is Global Manager of the Halliburton Employee Assistance Program, an internal program serving Halliburton employees and their families. He received his Master of Social Work degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. For the past 27 years he has worked in the fields of chemical dependency treatment and employee assistance programs. Prior to Halliburton, Mr. Christie served in the employee assistance programs of Conoco, Pennzoil, and those of a large external EAP vendor.
In addition to his Halliburton responsibilities, Mr. Christie has presented over 50 workshops on the subjects of stress management, EAP ethics, and mental health care. He has published numerous articles on ethics and ethics education. He is a primary author of the book, Ethical Dilemmas in Workplace Counseling: A Casebook.
Last year, Mr. Christie served on the EAP task force of the National Business Group on Health, charged with creating and disseminating an NBGH product that will serve as an employer's guide to evaluating EAP services.
In September 2008, Mr. Christie was selected as president-elect of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association, the largest of the EAP professional associations. In October 2008, he was elected as president of the Employee Assistance Roundtable, an organization of internally managed employee assistance programs of Fortune 500 companies.
This program has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hour toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org |
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11:30am-1:00pm |
| Location: |
Lone Star College-Montgomery campus Room A-102 |
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Wed. Nov 4, 2009 |
| Speaker(s): |
Jeff Christie, LCSW, CEAP Global Manager |
| Organization: |
Halliburton EAP |
| Sponsors: |
MC-SHRM
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