February 2017 - In This Issue:
President's Message

Did you know that approximately 145 million Valentine's Day cards are sent out each year in the U.S.?  And guess who receives the most?  Unfortunately not HR professionals... the answer is teachers.  While the thought of love in the workplace can make many of us in the profession nervous, we as HR professionals play a powerful role in how much our employees love to come to work each day.  From recruiting to onboarding, benefits to training, employee relations to professional development, we can impact the engagement of our employees.  I recently heard a speaker who insisted that the key to employee attraction and retention is generating employee love for your brand.  This made me think about all the opportunities that we in human resources have to make a connection with our employees and build teams who love to be a part of our organizations.  This Valentine's Day, let's focus on creating brand love with our employees.  After all, their love for what they do and the companies they work for is at the heart of organizational success.

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This month, we have an amazing program lineup including a breakfast, with the timely topic of attraction and relationships in the workplace, a Book Club meeting, our monthly luncheon, Young Professionals social, and our very first Diversity & Dialogue forum (which is part of a series).  I hope to see you at an event soon!

 
Brandi Riggs, SHRM-CP, SPHR
2017 President
SHRM Membership Recruitment Campaign
Refer a friend or colleague!
Research shows that word of mouth and personal referrals are the best way for association groups such as SHRM-KC to reach potential new members. As part of our ongoing efforts to promote the HR profession in the Kansas City area, we want to encourage our members to share the benefits of SHRM-KC membership with your colleagues. To promote membership referrals, we are providing the following incentive:
For any new member that you refer who joins our chapter, you will earn a $25 Visa gift card!

There is no cap on the number of incentives you can earn, so the rewards are unlimited! In order for the referral to be credited correctly to you, the new member must list you as the referral source when they complete their membership application.



Upcoming Events
Register Now at www.shrm-kc.org
February 7th - Rise & Shine Breakfast Meeting - Relatively Working
Shelley Freeman, FineLine HR Consulting
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - North Kansas City Hospital

February 9th - SHRM-KC Book Club
Book:  The Decoded Company by Leerom Segal & Aaron Goldstein. 
5:30 p.m.- Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen - Crossroads

February 14th - Enlightened HR Luncheon - The Resilient and Adaptable Leader  -  Dr. Joe Ross, President, HigherEchelon Inc.
11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Grand Street Cafe - Country Club Plaza

February 16th - SHRM-KC Young Professionals Social 
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Blue Moose - Prairie Village, KS

February 23rd - SHRM-KC Diversity & Inclusion Dialogue Forum
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - McCoy's Public House - PLOT Room

March 30th - SHRM-KC Spring Membership Social 
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Crane Brewing Company

To register for these and other upcoming events, please visit SHRM-KC .
The Resilient and Adaptable Leader
February 14th Monthly Luncheon - Grand Street Cafe
Did you know...
  • 30% of employees are actively committed to doing a good job
  • 50% of employees merely put their time in
  • 20% act out their discontent in non-productive ways
  • Nearly 75% of leadership teams fail to achieve business goals
  • Only 2% of organizations believe "they are doing a great job of developing leadership talent"
In this program you'll learn how to combat common issues such as:
  • Putting out fires - spend more time dealing with the issue of the day than executing plans to grow and improve, resulting in a stagnant organization
  • Do more with less - unrealistic expectations of productivity that result in stress, poor performance, and low morale
  • Sink or swim - lack of guidance and mentorship for new employees and/or managers resulting in disillusioned and underperforming teams and/or departments
  • Slow and steady - organization is slow to react to a constantly changing set of external pressures (i.e. regulatory changes, new competitors and technology enablers) resulting in lost market share to more adaptable competitors.
Dr. Ross (Retired, US Army) is the President of HigherEchelon, Inc., a service disabled veteran owned small business. Joe's background includes diverse leadership assignments, years of performance study, and the development of organizational effectiveness programs, culminating in the Resilient and Adaptable Leader (RAL) concept. With the RAL Team, Joe helps deliver the RAL program to groups such as eBay, Merck, Cornell Executive MBA program and Dartmouth University Athletic Department, seeking to improve team results, leader effectiveness, and overall organizational performance. In addition, Joe has consulted with NFL teams about state of the art technology to enhance coaching and player learning. 
Membership Committee
Members Seeking More Members!
Our Membership Committee is looking forward to an exciting year in 2017! We are thrilled that our chapter has grown to over 525 members over the past year and is continuing to grow on a monthly basis.  This year, our committee will continue to recruit new members through networking and targeted campaigns.  Once new members join, we are the team responsible for conducting new member orientations ahead of our monthly meetings and making sure all new members know how to get involved in the chapter.  We also love to have fun and engage with our members through various networking and social events throughout the year to promote member engagement.  Think of our committee as the Recruiting, Onboarding, and Engagement team of SHRM-KC!   If you have a flair for recruiting, planning events, and connecting with people, we would love to have you join us.  We meet on the first Thursday of each month at 4:30 p.m. at Fred P. Ott's in Overland Park (6700 College Blvd).  Please contact Renee Elliott or Jill Crutchfield for more information!
Diversity & Inclusion
Join the conversation!
SHRM-KC's Diversity and Inclusion Committee is proud to be launching our Quarterly Happy Hour Dialogue Forum!  This is an incredible opportunity to have meaningful conversations with other HR Pros in KC to develop and accelerate inclusion within our organizations.  Dialogue with others to discover and understand best practices.
 
Dialogue Topic:  Culture Inclusion
Thursday, February 23rd
Order your cocktail!  5:30pm-6:00pm
Dialogue Forum will go from 6:00pm-7:30pm
 
McCoy's Public House-The PLOT Room: 4057 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO. 64111
 
For questions and further details, please contact Clinton Bradley.
Communication/Social Media
Help Us Spread the Word!
With over 500 members and growing, communication is more important than ever before! We have many awesome programs and opportunities available to our members and often to guests as well and our Communications and Social Media Committee helps to spread the word through multiple channels. Are you a Facebook fan? We got that covered. A lover of LinkedIn? Got that covered too.  Constantly trolling Twitter?  We're all over it!  Social media too much streaming for you? Welcome to your favorite monthly newsletter!  Our committee is constantly trying to come up with ways to ensure we are getting you, our members, the information you want and need in the manner you want and need it!  If you have a passion for communication or have ideas you could share please contact Marlene Wilkerson or Jessica Robino. No social media skills required! 
2017 SHRM-KC Wage, Salary & Benefits Survey
COMING SOON!
The SHRM-KC annual Salary, Wage & Benefits Survey invitations to participate will be going out soon! It is so important for organizations today to stay abreast of current trends for merit budgets, salary range movement, and benefit offerings. 
 
Want to participate or need more information?

Sponsored by Lockton Companies
SHRM-KC Young Professionals
Valentine's Social - February 16th 
SHRM-KC has developed a pilot program for Young Professionals (YP)!  SHRM locally, and nationally, has identified that programs centered around building a community for the next generation of HR professionals is critical to the continued strength of the HR profession, as well as our association (SHRM-KC).  This program will help young and/or new HR professionals engage through social media, networking events and educational opportunities.  Our next Young Professionals event is going to be a Valentine's Social on Thursday, Feb. 16th from 5-7 at the Blue Moose in Prairie Village. Please contact Lorean Hahn with any questions and register online.
HR Meetups! 
Promoted Through Social Media
Be on the look-out for SHRM-KC's HR Meetups - These informal events will provide members and their guests an opportunity to network with other HR professionals over lunch, coffee, or drinks.  This is a great opportunity to network and discuss whatever HR topics are hot on your list.  We will promote these Meetups via social media so be sure to follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.  No need to register, just show up... We hope to see you there!
SAVE THE DATE
Spring Membership Social - March 30th
Our spring membership social will be held on Thursday, March 30th
from 4pm - 6pm at Crane Brewing Company.  Join us for networking and fun, and check out this new local brewery.   Crane Brewing
New Members
Welcome to our new members!
Welcome to the following members who joined or rejoined SHRM-KC in January!

Andrea Anderson Butler Brothers Steel Rule & Die
Janine Bedora Spencer Reed Group
Torshea Booker-Brooks TFT Global (USA) Inc
Jackie Brown HOK
Ronni Crouss Essense of Australia
Joy Davis Spencer Reed Group
Amy English Kiss
Maria Griffith Best Harvest Bakeries
Lorean Hahn LegalShield/ ID Shield
Jamie Hoover US Farathane
Michael Iammarino First National Bank
LouAnne Jensen GEHA, Inc
Kathryn Johnston Ryder System, Inc.
Julie Kingsland Go Local Interactive
Nick Lauber QPS Employment Group
Amy Leslie Perspective Consulting, Inc.
Ann Mann Lee Hecht Harrison
Katie Marx QPS Employment Group
Christina McGee Metropolitan Community College
Jacquelynn Neat Employee Benefit Professionals, LLC
Rudy Nigro Vance Brothers Inc.
Deborah O'Connor Morrow Willnauer Klosterman Church
Jessica Ouweleen Gallagher NA
Sarah Owings Cerner Corporation
Amy Tysseling DEMDACO
Michele Valentine InQuest Marketing, LLC.
Lauren Viestenz North Kansas City Hospital
Dionne Wheeler Mid-Continent Public Library
Anthony Willis Mid-Continent Public Library
Peggy Wilson Morrow Willnauer Klosterman Church
Colleen Wysong KHC Wealth Management
Jenny Zygmunt Validity Screening Solutions

You are cordially invited to attend our next New Member Orientation on February 14, 2017 10:45-11:15 am just prior to the monthly luncheon at Grand Street Cafe. This is a great way to meet other members and learn more about the multitude of member benefits!
Lori Maher, Executive Director
(913) 948-8623
 lori@mahergroupllc.com

Mission
SHRM of Greater Kansas City promotes excellence in Human Resource management practices through education, advocacy, and leadership development. 

Vision
SHRM of Greater Kansas City will be the premier HR Association in Greater Kansas City.