This document provides a daily guide and schedule for sessions at the SHRM 2014 Annual Conference and Exposition held from June 22-25, 2014 in Orlando, Florida. Each day includes the time, location and description of keynote speeches and breakout sessions on topics related to human resources, leadership, talent management, and creating high-performing workplace cultures. The guide highlights recommended "must-see" sessions each day and invites readers to provide feedback on other sessions via Twitter.

1. O.C. TANNER PRESENTS
SHRM 2014:
Your Daily Guide
to the Must-See
Sessions

2. With all the great speakers
available, it’s hard to make the
decision of where you can best
use your time. Our quick guide
is here to help. Culling through
all the mega and concurrent
sessions of the SHRM Annual
Conference, we put together a
recommended must-see line up
for each day. Check out our top
recommendations and send us
a tweet (@octanner) if there
are sessions you love that
didn’t make the list.
SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition
Orlando, Orange County Convention Center
June 22-25, 2014

3. 7:00a
Hall A,
Level 1
2:30-
4:00p
Hall A
4:00-
7:00p
Halls
B2-D
REGISTRATION OPENS
Pick up your SHRM bag and badge at the lower level of the
convention center.
OPENING GENERAL SESSION FEATURING ROBIN
ROBERTS
As the co-anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America and author
of 7 Rules to Live By, Roberts shares her journey over the past
year after battling myelodysplastic symdrome.
GRAND OPENING RECEPTION
IN THE EXHIBIT HALL
S U N D AY

4. 7:00-
8:15a
W311
8:30-
9:45a
Hall A
10:45-
12:00p
W307
2:00-
3:15p
W224
4:00-
5:15p
W101
WHAT YOUR CEO WISHES HR WOULD START DOING
Tim Sackett, SPHR, President, HRU Technical Resources
Increase your influence with your senior executive team with
practical strategies that will move your HR operation into a
position of power within your organization.
GENERAL SESSION FEATURING TOM FRIEDMAN
An internationally renowned author, reporter, columnist, and
recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes, Friedman has been named by
U.S. News and World Report as one of “America’s Best Leaders.”
BUILDING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION
Jason Lauritsen, CEO, Talent Anarchy Joe Gerstandt,
Speaker, author, Talent Anarchy
Lead your organization's pursuit of innovation as a
competitive advantage by creating a culture of innovation.
HIGH POTENTIAL ENGAGEMENT: KEY STRATEGIES FOR
ASSESSING, ENGAGING AND DEVELOPING TOP TALENT
Amy Hirsh Robinson, Principal, Interchange Group
Learn new ways to engage and develop high potentials that align
with your unique needs, goals, culture and strategy.
TARGET AND MEASURE: EVALUATING THE
BOTTOM-LINE IMPACT OF TRAINING
David Maxfield , Vice president of Research, co-author, VitalSmarts
Get practical strategies for targeting, measuring, and evaluating
the impact of your programs to demonstrate the bottom-line
value of your training.
M O N D AY

5. 7:00-
8:15a
Valencia
AB
8:30-
9:45a
Hall A
10:45-
12:00p
W224
2:00-
3:15p
W303
4:00-
5:15p
W224
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN A TECH-DRIVEN,
DEVICE SAVVY WORLD
Brian Blasko , Speaker-author-fun guy, Brian Blasko LLC
Discover the interpersonal communication skills you need to
enhance your personal and professional development.
GENERAL SESSION FEATURING DAVID NOVAK
As a bestselling author, leadership expert, and Chairman and CEO
of Yum! Brands—where he leads 1.5 million associates—Novak has
been named one of the “100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World”
by Harvard Business Review.
LIP SERVICE: ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES REALLY AS
IMPORTANT AS YOUR CUSTOMERS?
Richard Finnegan, CEO, C-Suite Analytics
Gain a deeper understanding of the tools and methods you can
use to increase your executives’ commitment and accountability
for engagement and retention.
HR AS SOCIAL ARCHITECT: SIX STRATEGIES FOR
MAXIMIZING THE NEW TALENT EQUATION
Jason Lauritsen, CEO, Talent Anarchy
Learn strategies that cultivate social capital with human capital to
unlock your organization’s capability for innovation and performance.
“NEXT PRACTICES” LEADERSHIP: DRIVING GROWTH
& INNOVATION IN A PEOPLE-LED ECONOMY
Michelle M. Smith, CPIM, CRP, Vice president, Business
Development, O.C. Tanner
Explore the next practices leadership strategy of human value
connections and enrichment leadership to innovate and grow
in this people-led economy.
T U E S D AY

6. 8:30-
9:45a
Hall A
10:00-
11:15a
W109
11:30-
12:45p
Valencia
CD
GENERAL SESSION FEATURING MRS. LAURA BUSH
As the former First Lady of the United States, Bush is an advocate
for literacy, education, and women’s rights and serves as the Chair
of the Women’s Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute.
NO EXCUSES! HOW ANY LEADER CAN TURN A
WORKPLACE INTO A GREAT ONE!
Michael Burchell, Vice president, Great Place to Work Institute;
Jennifer Robin, Ph.D., Research fellow, Great Places to Work Institute
Get practical, research-based guidance to address employee
engagement and creating a high trust workplace.
BUILD “BEST BOSSES”: DEVELOPING
EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
Ian Cook, MILR, CSP, Principal, Fulcrum Associates Inc.
Identify the beliefs, assumptions, and habits of thought found in
managers who consistently get great results in an increasingly
complex business world.
W E D N E S D AY

7. 7:00-
8:15a
8:30-
9:45a
10:00-
11:15a
10:45-
12:00p
11:30-
12:45p
2:00-
3:15p
2:30-
4:00p
4:00-
5:15p
4:00-
7:00p
W E D N E S D AY
General Session:
featuring Mrs. Laura
Bush (Hall A)
No Excuses!
How Any Leader Can
Turn a Workplace Into
a Great One! (W109)
Build “Best Bosses”:
Developing
Extraordinary Leaders
in Your Organization
(Valencia CD)
T U E S D AY
Effective
Communication in a
Tech-Driven, Device
Savvy World
(Valencia AB)
General Session:
featuring David
Novak (Hall A)
Lip Service:
Are Your Employees
Really As Important
As Your Customers?
(W224)
HR as Social Architect:
Six Strategies for
Maximizing the New
Talent Equation
(W303)
“Next Practices”
Leadership:
Driving Growth & Inno-
vation in a People-Led
Economy (W224)
M O N D AY
What Your CEO
Wishes HR Would
Start Doing (W311)
General Session:
featuring Tom
Friedman (Hall A)
Building a Culture
of Innovation
(W307)
High Potential Engage-
ment: Key Strategies for
Assessing, Engaging &
Developing Top Talent
(W224)
Target and Measure:
Evaluating the
Bottom-line Impact
of Training (W101)
S U N D AY
Opening General
Session:
featuring Robin
Roberts (Hall A)
Registration Opens:
(Hall A, Level 1)
Grand Opening
Reception, Exhibit Hall
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booth 3164

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SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition
Orlando, Orange County Convention Center
June 22-25, 2014