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Program Schedule

Upcoming events

  • WorldatWork Course - T2: Accounting and Finance for the Human Resources Professional

    • March 05, 2012
    • March 06, 2012
    • Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center, 10920 Nall Ave., Overland Park, Kansas
    Sponsored by KCCBA in Overland Park, Kansas
    Register for this event on the WorldatWork website.

    Accounting and Finance for the Human Resources Professional

    Learn to Speak the Language of Business

    This course presents an introduction to U.S. accounting regulations and practices. It will provide you with the understanding you need to interact effectively with accounting and finance departments in your company.

    • Identify the key financial components of the annual report
    • Describe the importance of cash flow to companies and shareholders
    • Focus on the measures and processes used to assess companies’ financial health
    • Recognize the measures that are affected directly or indirectly by the HR function
    • Explore methods of financing the business and financial planning issues
    • Focus on the relationship between the HR department and the finance department

    Seminar will be held on Monday, March 5 and Tuesday, March 6 at the:

    Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center
    10920 Nall Ave
    Overland Park, KS  66211
    Phone: (913) 312-0900
    Fax: (913) 312-5992
    Lunch will provided.

    KCCBA has reserved a block of sleeping rooms at the host hotel. Event participants are responsbile for making individual room reservations 2 weeks prior to the event. After that date, neither room availability nor the special rate can be guaranteed. To make reservations, please call the hotel listed above and mention you are a KCCBA attendee.
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  • How Internal Social Media Can Drive Business Results

    • March 28, 2012
    • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • CBIZ, 11440 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, Kansas 66211
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    Sherry Scott and Scott Healy will share internal social media insights from the APCO Worldwide - Gagan MacDonald third annual Employee Engagement Study.
    • Hear what employees want from internal social media programs
    • Learn how effective internal social media programs can increase employee collaboration, productivity and innovation
    • Find out what employees view as the most important component of an internal communication program

    Gagen MacDonald is a pioneer in the field of employee engagement and specializes in engaging leaders and employees in strategy execution by creating a mindset biased toward alignment, action and urgency. Before joining Gagen MacDonald, Sherry ran internal communications for Navistar International and consulted on investor and media relations for Fleishman Hillard. She has a journalism degree from KU. Scott is a graduate of Yale University and has an MBA from University of Chicago. Before joining Gagen MacDonald, he worked in business management at Capital Plus Exchange, Town Green Special Services District and the Yale Urban Design Workshop.

    For more information on Internal Social Media (ISM), check out the following:

    ISM InfoGraphic

    Brief Video on the Power of ISM

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  • WorldatWork Course - C1: Regulatory Environments for Compensation Programs

    • April 02, 2012
    • April 03, 2012
    • Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center, 10920 Nall Ave., Overland Park, Kansas
    Sponsored by KCCBA in Overland Park, Kansas
    Register for this event on the WorldatWork website.

    Regulatory Environments for Compensation Programs

    Learn U.S. Federal Requirements All Compensation Professionals Should Know

    Human resources professionals are challenged with understanding and staying current with U.S. Federal regulations. This basic-level course presents an overview of the regulatory requirements for compensation programs. You’ll cover the major federal statutes that affect compensation design and practice.

    • Analyze the labor regulations that focus on either a specific type of employer or have been utilized in compensation disputes.
    • Examine the many issues related to FLSA, including record-keeping requirements and potential penalties.
    • Explore discrimination legislation relating to compensation.
    Seminar will be held on Monday, April 2 and
    Tuesday, April 3 at the:
    Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center
    10920 Nall Ave
    Overland Park, KS  66211
    Phone: (913) 312-0900
    Fax: (913) 312-5992
    Lunch will provided.

    KCCBA has reserved a block of sleeping rooms at the host hotel. Event participants are responsbile for making individual room reservations 2 weeks prior to the event. After that date, neither room availability nor the special rate can be guaranteed. To make reservations, please call the hotel listed above and mention you are a KCCBA attendee.
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  • The Patient-Centered Medical Home

    • April 12, 2012
    • 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
    • DoubleTree Hotel, 10100 College Blvd., Overland Park, KS
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    Bruce Bagley, MD, FAAFP, of the American Academy of Family Physicians, will brief us on the new Patient-Centered Medical Home and its implications for employers.

    • What is a PCMH?
    • Why is it important for your employees to choose a medical home?
    • Requirements for primary care offices
    • Reducing or eliminating copays for primary care services
    • Incenting employees to use a PCMH
    • Potential cost savings, better health and productivity
    Dr. Bagley is the Medical Director for Quality Improvement for the AAFP and its subsidiary TransforMED. TransforMED provides ongoing consultation and support to physicians as they seek to implement the patient-centered medical home model of care in their practices. 

    During his 28-year practice career, Bagley provided the full range of family medicine services in a single specialty family medicine group practice in Albany, N.Y.

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  • May 2012 Meeting

    • May 10, 2012
    • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
    • TBD
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    Topic and speaker will be announced soon for the lunch meeting on Thursday, May 10, 2012.

     

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  • WorldatWork Course: Sales Compensation Design – Developing Incentive Plans that Work

    • June 05, 2012
    • 8:30 AM
    • Overland Park, KS
    Sponsored by KCCBA in Overland Park, Kansas
    Register for this event on the WorldatWork website.

    Sales Compensation Design – Developing Incentive Plans that Work

    Build sales compensation plans with the right formulas that drive sales success!

    Sales strategies change because products and services change.  As a result, sales plans become obsolete.  Sales compensation professionals need to be able to assess the effectiveness of existing plans and then develop the correct formula to ensure that their programs are successful.

    Content rich, this course will teach you how to develop sales compensation programs that motivate sales personnel to exceed your company’s objectives!   You will learn how to assess current plan effectiveness and select the right pay mechanics. You will also learn how to communicate the new sales program to your sales team in order to gain their support and generate excitement.

    It’s time to employ best of breed in your sales compensation design processes. Bringing together the science and art of sales compensation design, you will ensure that your sales compensation program remains current, contemporary and effective year-after-year.

    • Discover how growth rate drives sales job design which affects incentive plans
    • Learn how to balance incentive plans with your pay programs
    • Identify best practices sales compensation design principles
    • Review and apply incentive formulas
    • Learn about motivation principles that can guide design practices
    • Find out how to configure a sales compensation design team
    • Learn how to manage a sales compensation support program

    Location for this seminar will be Overland Park, KS - the specifics will be announced soon.

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  • David Chichelli - Sales Compensation Design - Developing Incentive Plans that Work

    • June 05, 2012
    • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
    • Location to be announced

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    David Cichelli
    Sales Compensation Design - Developing Incentive Plans that Work

    Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 8 am to noon

    Best-selling author and popular WorldatWork speaker David Cichelli comes to Kansas City June 5, 2012, to present a half-day program on “Sales Compensation Design undefined Developing Incentive Plans That Work.” The program will be presented at a local business TBD. Watch your mail for registration information next spring.

    • Discover how growth rate drives sales job design which affects incentive plans
    • Learn how to balance incentive plans with your pay programs
    • Identify best practices sales compensation design principles
    • Review and apply incentive formulas
    • Learn about motivation principles that can guide design practices
    • Find out how to configure a sales compensation design team
    • Learn how to manage a sales compensation support program

    Location and registration details will be announced soon.

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  • WorldatWork Course - T3: Quantitative Methods

    • September 10, 2012
    • 8:30 AM
    • September 11, 2012
    • Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center, 10920 Nall Ave., Overland Park, Kansas
    Sponsored by KCCBA in Overland Park, Kansas

    Register for this event on the WorldatWork website


    Quantitative Methods

    Understand HR Statistics

    This course focuses on general quantitative concepts, basic statistical tools, the mathematics of total compensation design and administration, mathematical modeling, and regression analysis. Participants learn to consider data from numerous sources, with an emphasis on problem solving and decision making.

    • Learn basic quantitative concepts and the four levels of measurement
    • Understand how to define and compare percents, market index and compa-ratios
    • Study the time value of money—including compound interest and the compound salary growth rate
    • Find out how to collect, analyze and accurately display statistical data
    • Learn how to determine central tendency and measures of central location
    • Discuss measures of variability
    • Explore shapes of distribution
    • Gain an understanding of modeling and regression analysis

    Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center
    10920 Nall Ave
    Overland Park, KS  66211
    Phone: (913) 312-0900
    Fax: (913) 312-5992
    Lunch will provided.

    KCCBA has reserved a block of sleeping rooms at the host hotel. Event participants are responsbile for making individual room reservations 2 weeks prior to the event. After that date, neither room availability nor the special rate can be guaranteed. To make reservations, please call the hotel listed above and mention you are a KCCBA attendee.
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  • WorldatWork Course - C2: Job Analysis, Documentation and Evaluation

    • October 29, 2012
    • 8:30 AM
    • October 30, 2012
    • Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center, 10920 Nall Ave., Overland Park, Kansas
    Sponsored by KCCBA in Overland Park, Kansas

    Register for this event on the WorldatWork website


    Job Analysis, Documentation and Evaluation

    Matching the Right Methods to Your Organization

    This course examines the methods and processes that support job analysis, job documentation and job evaluation in order to attract and retain effective talent. You’ll cover various methods of job evaluation including quantitative and market-based approaches. Exercises help you see how the methods outlined in the course can be put into practice in your organization.

    • Review strategic concepts associated with job analysis, documentation and evaluation.
    • Learn how to approach job analysis planning and implementation.
    • Discuss job documentation and the necessary components and format for job descriptions.
    • Examine market-based and content-based job evaluations with a focus on quantitative and nonquantitative approaches.

    Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center
    10920 Nall Ave
    Overland Park, KS  66211
    Phone: (913) 312-0900
    Fax: (913) 312-5992
    Lunch will provided.

    KCCBA has reserved a block of sleeping rooms at the host hotel. Event participants are responsbile for making individual room reservations 2 weeks prior to the event. After that date, neither room availability nor the special rate can be guaranteed. To make reservations, please call the hotel listed above and mention you are a KCCBA attendee.
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