Annual Conference 2019 HR Package
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This package includes 7 recordings focused on human resources from Annual Conference 2019.
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/16/2019
Whether the employee is doing a great job or needs significant improvement, it is critical that law firm managers know how to document appropriately the employee's performance and realize the importance of carefully drafting the appraisal. This session will explain why appraisals are important, how to better communicate with your employees, describe the drafting process and identify common mistakes made in the drafting process.
Organizations are dramatically revamping the appraisal processes to better adhere to the workforce in 2019. Law firms must follow suit and do away with their outdated processes and procedures. Letting your employees know how they are performing remains one of the most important aspects of any manager's job. Whether the employee is doing a great job or needs significant improvement, it is critical that law firm managers know how to document appropriately the employee's performance and realize the importance of carefully drafting the appraisal. This session will explain why appraisals are important, how to better communicate with your employees, describe the drafting process and identify common mistakes made in the drafting process.
Objectives:
- Evaluate your current appraisal process to determine whether it works effectively for your firm.
- Analyze common mistakes made in the drafting and delivering of performance appraisals.
- Discuss the importance of the appraisal process so that firm management appreciates the critical nature.
Audience: Advanced
Other Information:
90 Minutes
CLM Application Eligible: No
CLM App Management Category -FS: Human Resources Management
CLM Recertification Eligible: Yes
HRCI: General Credit
SHRM: Communication
SHRM Learning Format: Instructor-Led Activity
CLE: Participatory Credit
CPE Field of Study: Personnel/HR
Michael Cohen
Michael S. Cohen is a Partner at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia in the firm’s Employment Services Practice Group where he concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law training and counseling. A highly rated ALA speaker, he has trained and counseled employees throughout the country on employment subjects, including harassment prevention, diversity, discipline, hiring, firing, recruiting, performance evaluations and compliance.
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/15/2019
Nine Minutes on Monday is a simple system to help you raise productivity, boost morale and increase employee engagement.
Nine Minutes on Monday is a simple system to help you raise productivity, boost morale and increase employee engagement. The No. 1 reason managers fail to increase productivity and get the best out of their people is they neglect to keep their leadership priorities in front of them. In today's environment, it's easy to become task-focused, leaving work teams that are over-managed, under-led and operating below their true potential. Nine Minutes on Monday combines proven engagement drivers and principles of human motivation into a simple system of execution.
Objectives:
- Discover how to implement the top engagement drivers and identify which ones you need to focus on the most to create a motivated and high-performance team.
- Recognize how to increase motivation with three simple questions that will connect purpose to pay by creating a clear line of sight between what employees do and how it affects the organization.
- Develop a four-step formula for giving feedback that takes the stress out of addressing subpar performance and drives complacency from the workplace.
- Indicate how to use the recognition codes to reward and recognize your employees so they feel valued, appreciated and inspired.
Audience: Essentials
Other Information:
75 Minutes
CLM Application Eligible: Yes
CLM App Management Category: Organizational Development
CLM App Management Category -FS: Human Resources Management
CLM Recertification Eligible: Yes
HRCI: General Credit
SHRM: Communication
SHRM Learning Format: Instructor-Led Activity
CLE: Participatory Credit
CPE Field of Study: Personnel/HR
James Robbins
James Robbins is a rare mix of management consultant, change specialist, adventurer and motivational speaker. He speaks to audiences worldwide, helping them raise their performance to match their potential. He has been helping equip and transform leaders for more than 20 years. In 2012, Robbins wrote Nine Minutes on Monday: The Quick and Easy Way to Go from Manager to Leader. His style of teaching has set him apart as a master communicator, combining stories from his adventures with practical truths that help audiences make simple changes that stick.
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/15/2019
What's next for legal support of the future? Join HR leaders from various firms throughout the country in a panel discussion to learn more about the concepts implemented by ALA peers — where we have been, where we are now, and what to expect in the future.
The traditional "legal secretary" role and model have greatly evolved over the years. As we have heard at previous conferences, firms have created teaming structures with an intent to improve efficiencies and increase staffing ratios. What's next for legal support of the future? Join HR leaders from various firms throughout the country in a panel discussion to learn more about the concepts implemented by ALA peers — where we have been, where we are now, and what to expect in the future.
Objectives:
- Examine the different types of teaming models and how to adopt a plan that works best for your firm.
- Identify the benefits of team structures and how to sell a new model to your firm's leadership.
- Discover how other firms faced with a retiring workforce have located the talent necessary to build legal support teams.
- Discuss legal support trends now and in the future.
Audience: Intermediate
Other Information:
90 Minutes
CLM Application Eligible: No
CLM Recertification Eligible: Yes
HRCI: General Credit
SHRM: Communication
SHRM Learning Format: Instructor-Led Activity
CLE: Participatory Credit
CPE Field of Study: Personnel/HR
Julie Logan, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Julie Logan, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is the Director of Human Resources at Newmeyer & Dillion, LLP, a firm based in Newport Beach, California, and named one of the Best Places to Work in Orange County for the last seven years. With more than 30 years' experience in the legal industry, Logan is a strategic and influential human resource professional with proven achievements in leading organizational initiatives, innovation, process improvement, and comprehensive human resource programs. She has been a member of ALA since 1998 and has served in numerous leadership positions on the local, regional and international levels, most recently completing her three-year term as At-Large Director on the ALA Board of Directors. Logan acquired a bachelor's degree in Psychology and holds two human resource professional certifications.
Nichole Cornwell
Nichole Cornwell is currently Senior Office Administrator in the St. Louis office of Husch Blackwell, LLP and has management responsibility over several additional offices. Previously held positions include Paralegal and Paralegal Manager at Cordell & Cordell, P.C. Cornwell has 14 years of experience in the legal industry with proven achievements in leading firmwide initiatives, including being an instrumental member of Husch Blackwell's task force assigned to successfully implement a new administrative support structure. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies from Maryville University and has served in multiple leadership positions in the local ALA Gateway Chapter, most recently as President of the Board.
DeAnna Ouderkirk, CLM, MBA
DeAnna Ouderkirk, CLM, MBA, is the Office Administrator of the San Francisco office of Sheppard Mullin, where she is responsible for the day-to-day operations and the ongoing leadership and development of staff. Working collaboratively with the co-managing shareholders and her team, she plans, develops and implements best practices to improve the effectiveness of their processes. Ouderkirk also serves as Chair of ALA's Certification Committee and is an active member of the Golden Gate Chapter of ALA, the Bay Area Human Resource Executives and the Society of Human Resource Management.
Julie Paul
Julie Paul is the Director of Human Resources for Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP in Wilmington, DE, where she oversees the human resources policies and practices for the firm. She began her legal career as an attorney for an AmLaw 100 firm. Specializing in Labor & Employment practice, she later transitioned to the HR function, working for large Philadelphia employers, including a regional law firm where she honed her expertise in delivering HR leadership to legal professionals.
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/16/2019
The pressures of legal management are accentuated in this 24/7 world. In this session, we will practice and play with mindfulness exercises you can take home for yourself and your team.
The pressures of legal management are accentuated in this 24/7 world. In this session, we will practice and play with mindfulness exercises you can take home for yourself and your team.
Objectives:
- Recognize the benefits of mindfulness.
- Practice techniques to improve mindfulness.
- Calculate your stress level and how to reduce it.
Audience: Intermediate
Other Information:
60 Minutes
CLM Application Eligible: Yes
CLM App Management Category: Self-Management Skills
CLM App Management Category -FS: Human Resources Management
CLM Recertification Eligible: Yes
SHRM: Communication
SHRM Learning Format: Instructor-Led Activity
CPE Field of Study: Personal Development
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/16/2019
This fast-paced, interactive and entertaining session will focus on uncommon HR issues in the law firm context and examine practical, business-focused solutions that you can use immediately to solve those problems.
As law firm management professionals and those with law firm human resources responsibilities, we've all said it: "I would write a book, but who would believe these stories are true?" Unfortunately, many of our tales are far too real. Whether the situation involves workplace sexual harassment, conducting internal investigations, transgender employees or others, the legal workplace has become far more complicated to manage. This fast-paced, interactive and entertaining session will focus on uncommon HR issues in the law firm context and examine practical, business-focused solutions that you can use immediately to solve those problems.
Objectives:
- Identify when a complicated issue arises. Identification is often overlooked.
- If administrators and HR professionals do not recognize that there is an issue, they cannot solve the problem.
- Receive tools with which to solve these novel or confusing law firm concerns.
- Discuss how to communicate with the "higher-ups" within law firms so that they are best able to communicate the "whys" and "hows" of solving these problems.
- Recognize practical and business-focused solutions to often complicated and difficult law firm employee-related issues.
Audience: Intermediate
Other Information:
90 Minutes
CLM Application Eligible: No
CLM App Management Category -FS: Human Resources Management
CLM Recertification Eligible: Yes
HRCI: General Credit
SHRM: Consultation
SHRM Learning Format: Instructor-Led Activity
CLE: Participatory Credit
CPE Field of Study: Personnel/HR
Michael Cohen
Michael S. Cohen is a Partner at Duane Morris LLP in Philadelphia in the firm’s Employment Services Practice Group where he concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law training and counseling. A highly rated ALA speaker, he has trained and counseled employees throughout the country on employment subjects, including harassment prevention, diversity, discipline, hiring, firing, recruiting, performance evaluations and compliance.
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/17/2019
This session provides a strong foundation for understanding the various risks and liabilities inherent in your employment practices.
Once an organization hires staff, it is exposed to risk and liability that not every manager or leader is familiar with, prepared for, or trained to handle effectively. This session provides a strong foundation for understanding the various risks and liabilities inherent in your employment practices. The presenter will discuss the employee lifecycle, pointing out the practices you execute and the risks to manage to avoid liability. Attendees will benefit from receiving guidance and strategies on being an effective supervisor, achieving effective engagement, improving job performance, and enhancing your communication with your workforce.
Objectives:
- Formulate a comprehensive understanding of the scope of employment practice risk and liability.
- Demonstrate the correlation between effective employment practices and its impact on the workforce.
- Distinguish how the supervisor/manager can be one of the greatest risks to the employer.
- Employ proactive strategies for effective management, engagement, and communication.
Audience: Intermediate
Other Information:
60 Minutes
CLM Application Eligible: No
CLM App Management Category -FS: Human Resources Management
CLM Recertification Eligible: Yes
HRCI: General Credit
SHRM: Relationship Management
SHRM Learning Format: Instructor-Led Activity
CLE: Participatory Credit
CPE Field of Study: Personnel/HR
Warren Cook
Warren Cook leads SymbianceHR and consults with small to mid-size organizations across industries nationally. He provides strategic advisory services on human resources infrastructure, policy development, risk management of employment practices, workforce communication, employee relations, engagement training and process engineering to maximize the productivity of the workforce. Cook has been providing coaching and human resources services to business leaders, human resources professionals and C-suite executives successfully for 24 years.
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Contains 2 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 04/17/2019
In this presentation, we will explore addiction in the legal profession, why lawyers suffer at significantly greater rates than the general public, and what the profession could/should be doing to address the problem.
Law is a demanding field, and attorneys expect even more of themselves. Attorneys sometimes turn to substances to escape from daily problems and cope with their enormous workload. In this presentation, we will explore addiction in the legal profession, why lawyers suffer at significantly greater rates than the general public, and what the profession could/should be doing to address the problem.
Objectives:
- Discuss the presenter's personal journey with depression, drug and alcohol addiction and how they affected his career as a lawyer.
- Identify key data affecting the profession from the Betty Ford Hazelden/ABA Study.
- Discover the stigma lawyers face in seeking help.
- Examine how the profession as whole from top down can break that stigma.
- Identify the resources currently in place and new resources needed.
Audience: Essentials
Other Information:
60 Minutes
CLM Application Eligible: No
CLM Recertification Eligible: Yes
CLM Recertification: Substance Abuse
HRCI: General Credit
SHRM: Communication
SHRM Learning Format: Instructor-Led Activity
CLE: Competence Issues
CPE Field of Study: Personnel/HR
Brian Cuban
Brian Cuban, the younger brother of Dallas Mavericks owner and entrepreneur Mark Cuban, is a Dallas-based attorney, author and addiction recovery advocate. He has been in long-term recovery from alcohol, cocaine and bulimia since April 2007. He has authored two books that address the mental health issues and addiction that destroyed his career, and he has spoken at colleges, universities, conferences, nonprofits and legal events across the United States and Canada. Cuban has also appeared on prestigious talk shows and numerous media outlets around the country. He is a graduate of Penn State University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
