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• Current Healthcare and Benefits Trends

  • When
    August 06, 2024
  •  
    11:50 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Avalon Events Center OR Virtual
  • Spaces left
    168

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   Current Healthcare and Benefits Trends

  To Register: Current Healthcare and Benefits Trends

  Tuesday, August 6th | 11:50 AM - 1:00 PM

  Presented: Avalon Events Center OR Virtual

  Speaker: Adam Craghead

  Program Summary

  We’ve entered a new era of benefits where employees place a premium on personalization and empathy, and healthcare costs are rising dramatically due to advancements in pharmaceuticals, inflation, and post-pandemic challenges. As an employer, how do you meet the needs of a workforce expecting a more personalized approach to benefits when costs continue to rise? What new solutions should be on your radar as you begin planning for 2025? Join us as we deep dive into the 2024 employee benefits and healthcare trends and look at innovations in plan design and care delivery impacting ND and MN. 

  Key Takeaways
  

  1) 4 generations, 1 workforce: what are the different generations looking for in their benefits?

  2) Local Evolution: New plans and new ways to access care in ND/MN.

  3) Healthcare costs - the pressure is on.

  Speaker Bio

  Adam Craghead joined the Marsh McLennan Agency team after 14 years with carrier industries. In his most recent roles he functioned as the lead pricing actuary for a large stop loss carrier, and then the director of underwriting for a provider owned health plan.

  Adam has been an integral part of a provider owned health plan, TPA, and stop loss carrier and provides the pricing perspective from each. His expertise is utilized in pricing negotiations, rate setting, underwriting, predictive modeling, and benefit selections to assist the decision-making process for employer groups.

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  Chicken Supreme - Green beans Almandine

  This presentation is pending approval for:

  • 1.0 SHRM Credit
  • 1.0 HRCI Credit

  
  

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• Ethics in Business

  • When
    August 14, 2024
  •  
    8:30 AM
  • Location
    Zoom Virtual Meeting
  • Spaces left
    238

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  Ethics in Business
  

  To Register:  Ethics in Business

  Wednesday, August 14th at 8:30 am, presented via Zoom.

  Speaker: Joe Rotella

  Program Summary & Key Takeaways:

  Ethics is the code of moral standards by which people judge the actions and behaviors of themselves and others. Business ethics brings the moral standards of ethics into the workplace.

  In this hour seminar, we’ll discuss:

  • Ethics in business
  • Common obstacles to ethical business behavior
  • The 3 characteristics of ethical workplaces
  • The 3 categories of business ethics
  • The 10 ethical issues most business face
  • The role of HR in business ethics, including the elements of an investigation
  • 10 Ways managers can keep their organizations ethical
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

  About the Speaker:

  Joe is a nationally recognized speaker and HR Strategist. He helps organizations boost the bottom line using Continuous Performance Management (CPM) techniques. He encourages HR professionals to shift their mindset, from being HR Professionals to being Business Professionals with Expertise in HR. Business professionals help organizations achieve their vision by using systems thinking, understanding the business and its industry, collaborating across functional areas, and presenting ideas as solid business cases.

  With over 35 years of experience, he combines the disciplines of management, human resources, software design & development, and psychology to understand people in the workplace and engage them to make great things happen. He looks for ways to motivate people and connect them to their jobs and the tasks they need to accomplish, set goals, track progress, and reach their goals.

  He’s proud to be a top-rated speaker for the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) and serve as the Chief Value Officer for Delphia Consulting, a Human Resources and Payroll software consulting and development firm based in Columbus, Ohio.

  Joe serves on the Human Resources Association of Central Ohio (HRACO) Board of Directors as Certification Manager. He teaches several modules of the SHRM Learning System in HRACO’s CP/SCP Certification Review Course, including Technology & Data and Business & HR Strategy. Joe is a content contributor for the SHRM Learning System and has been recognized as a SHRM Learning System Champion.

  This session is pending approval for the following:
  

  • 1.0 SHRM PDC
  • 1.0 HRCI Credit

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• Discover Your Genius! The 6 Types of Working Genius

  • When
    September 10, 2024
  •  
    11:50 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Avalon Events Center OR Virtual
  • Spaces left
    299

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  Discover Your Genius! The 6 Types of Working Genius

  To Register: Discover Your Genius! The 6 Types of Working Genius

  Tuesday, September 10th | 11:50 AM - 1:00 PM

  Presented: Avalon Events Center OR Virtual

  Speaker: Patrick Metzger

  Program Summary

  It's proven that happy and fulfilled individuals create higher achieving teams and organizations. When people better understand the types of work that bring them more energy and fulfillment and avoid work that leads to frustration and failure, they are more self-aware, productive and successful. Therefore, it's essential that individuals in your business are working in their areas of genius and giftedness. The 6 Types of Working Genius helps people discover their natural gifts and thrive in their work and life. Prepare to take on a whole new perspective around how to best use the talents you have within your team and organization to create better workflows, more efficient and effective meetings and to increase overall organizational productivity.

  Key Takeaways
  

  1. Provide valuable insight into personal strengths and the types of work that bring joy and fulfillment to your employees, significantly boosting individual and team productivity.

  2. More effectively assemble teams with a diverse mix of skills and strengths that is crucial for tackling organizational challenges, idea generation and execution.

  3. Optimize meeting and workflow effectiveness and productivity.

  4. Enhance overall team functionality, morale, connection and engagement.

  5. Dial in your training and development opportunities in alignment with employee strengths.

  6. Foster a more positive and inclusive work environment where all team members feel valued, understood and appreciated.

  7. Ensure that new employees are well-suited to the roles they are being considered for based on their innate strengths and working styles​.

  Speaker Bio

  Dynamic transformational business coach and speaker Patrick Metzger has a foundational career rooted in education and coaching. His journey began with over ten years as a dedicated public-school teacher and coach, which laid the groundwork for his transition into entrepreneurship.

  As CEO and Founder of The Greenhouse, as well as a Certified EOS Implementer®, Value Builder™ Advisor, and Exit Planning Advisor, Patrick's expertise lies in elevating companies and leaders to their fullest potential. His approach is centered around empowering organizational growth and personal achievement, making him a sought-after figure in the business coaching realm.

  Patrick and his team at The Greenhouse collaborate with a diverse range of organizations, from burgeoning startups to established billion-dollar organizations. Their focus spans the Midwest, USA and beyond, as they assist businesses and owners in refining their operations and achieving the elusive balance between professional success and an ideal lifestyle as they grow businesses and people to the next stage.

  Menu

  Ground beef Taco Bar

  This presentation is pending approval for:

  • 1.0 SHRM Credit
  • 1.0 HRCI Credit

  
  

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• 2024 Fall SHRM Certification Prep Class

  • Start
    September 19, 2024
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • End
    December 12, 2024
  •  
    9:00 PM
  • Location
    In-Person Only, Location TBD
  • Spaces left
    12

  2024 Fall SHRM Certification Preparation – 12 weekly sessions 

  (sessions are IN PERSON ONLY)

  
  

  FMHRA is proud to announce that we are again offering an in-person   certification preparation course this fall for individuals preparing for either the SHRM-CP or the SHRM-SCP! The 12 week course will run from September 19th to December 12th, 2024, meeting each Thursday from 6pm to 9pm. Class location TBD. This is an excellent way to prepare for your certification test! If you wish to participate, please register below.

  Cost: 

  • FMHRA Member = $1060
  • Non-Member = $1160

  To Register:

  2024 Fall Prep Class

  **Registration Deadline is Friday, September 6th, and the class is limited to 12 participants.**

  About the Facilitator:

  Gabrielle (Gabby) Oen holds her SHRM-CP and is currently an HR Business Partner with Marvin. Coaching/Teaching is one of her passions and she is looking forward to using those skills to help others prepare for the SHRM Certification Exam.

  Outside of the classroom, she lives in West Fargo with her husband and two cats. When not spoiling her cats, she enjoys reading, puzzles, and spending time at the lake.

  Upcoming SHRM Testing Window:

  December 1, 2024 through February 15, 2025    https://www.shrm.org/credentials/certification/exam-options-fees 

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