Event Details

Annual Summer Program – for Executives, Supervisors and HR Professionals

Date:                    Monday, August 13, 2018

Time:                    7:30 a.m.    –   8:00 a.m.                Continental Breakfast, Networking and Sponsor Booths

                              7:45 a.m.    –   8:00 a.m.                Announcements & Sponsor Highlights

                              8:00 a.m.   –   9:45 a.m.                Presentation by Bob Gregg                               

                              9:45 a.m.    – 10:00 a.m.               Break

                              10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.                Presentation by Stephen Utech                               

12:00 a.m.   – 12:30 p.m.              Lunch and Sponsor Break-Out

                              12:30 p.m. –   2:30 p.m.                Presentation continued by Stephen Utech              

Location:             Aurora Medical Center   Draper Hall                                                            

                              36500 Aurora Drive

Summit, WI  53066         (Oconomowoc Exit from I-94)

Speakers:            Bob Gregg                          Boardman & Clark Law Firm

Stephen Utech                 The Utech Group

Cost to Attend and Registration

Member Cost:   $65.00 per person                          Non-Member Cost:         $80.00 per person 

Student Cost:     $10.00 per person                          Special Discount:              $290 for a group of 5 people

Register online by 12:00 pm on Friday, August 3, 2018

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jchrma-summer-program-tickets-46651190968

Continental Breakfast (included in the price): Includes coffee and assorted bakery selections.

Box Lunch (included in the price): Includes a Hard Roll sandwich with choice of turkey, ham or roast beef prepared with lettuce, tomato and choice of cheese. Vegetarian sandwiches are available. Served with mayo, mustard, baked chips, whole fresh fruit, small cookie and bottled water.

This program has been submitted for approval for general re-certification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. This program has also been submitted for approval for SHRM recertification credit.

                          Certification credits will be emailed to participants after attending the full sessions.

About the Presentations 

Session One –    Is It Humor or Harassment?

“Humor” is important for stress relief, morale and creativity. Yet “humor” also results in harassment, defamation or other legal actions. It can create personal liability. It can cost you your job. When does a joke, a cartoon, banter or teasing go over the line? Do you have to sanitize? Must we be “politically correct” – and what "duty of care" do managers have to manage all the sensitivities of a growing racial, sexual, ethnic and religiously diverse workforce? This informative program addresses the humor issue with practicality and solid legal principles.

Learn About:

➢           How humor started as a medical concept

➢           Changing humor

➢           Fun versus the law

➢           Personal liability of partners, owners and key managers:  the "undefendables"

➢           Harassment, bullying "making fun of others"

➢           Duty of care for the workplace

➢           Where are the lines between humor and harassment?

➢           Emails and other electronic problems

➢           When teasing leads to violence

➢           You do not have to sanitize; there is a great deal of OK humor

➢           Guidelines for avoiding liability

Session Two – Accountable Openness - Driving Trust and Productivity in Your Culture.

Honest, direct conversations are the exception rather than the norm in corporate environments.

In this interactive session you’ll explore the pervasive inefficiency of withholding and learn how to start creating a culture of Openness in your workplace.

➢           Gain awareness of your own defensive behaviors and how they limit openness in the workplace

o             Understand the 7 levels of openness.

➢           Learn to identify the common ways we all communicate unaccountably

o             Gain an experience of increased openness

➢           Identify strategies to increase openness and accountability in the workplace.

About the Presenters

Bob Gregg, an attorney with Boardman & Clark LLP in Madison, Wisconsin, has been involved in employment relations for more than 30 years. He litigates employment cases, representing employers in harassment and discrimination cases, FLSA, FMLA and all other areas of employment law. His main emphasis is helping employers achieve enhanced productivity. He has designed the anti-harassment and respectful workplace policies of numerous employers, creating positive work environments and resolving employment problems before they generate lawsuits. Bob has conducted over 3,000 seminars throughout the United States and authored numerous articles on practical employment issues. Bob is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, the National Speakers Association, a National Faculty Member of the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity and serves on the Board of Directors of the Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute Foundation.

About the Presenters

Stephen Utech, is a principal at the Utech Group and the founder and CEO of illumyx.  His background in both the hard sciences and the art of family dynamics inspired him to combine data and people as he entered the field of leadership, team and culture development 10 years ago.  Adept at breaking down complex processes into logical, manageable steps, his ‘quick read’ perspective enables him to recognize patterns and connections to speed the process of developing teams and leaders. When organizations are going through troubled times, Steve has a knack for stepping in and diffusing tension while bringing clarity to the situation.

An entrepreneur at heart, Steve can’t help but create.  He has been spending the past 5 years developing illumyx, finally giving companies a way to objectively measure and improve their workplace culture. Illumyx was a finalist in Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest pitch competition in 2017. Steve is married with 4 children.  When not working or spending time with his family, he volunteers his time to help integrate entrepreneurial leadership practices in K-12 schools.