WHEN
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
8:00 to 10:00 AM
Networking at 7:30 AM

WHERE
WIRE-Net
4855 W. 130th Street, Suite 1
Cleveland, OH 44135

COST
Come see what it's all about.
This kick-off event is
Free of Charge!
Pre-registration is appreciated.

QUESTIONS
Mark Pinto
216.920.1960

WIRE-Net plans to launch our 2nd HR Roundtable group in March 2012 based upon WIRE-Net’s proven peer-based learning group format. These meetings provide a forum for leaders to discuss major issues facing the manufacturing workplace and ways in which HR professionals can find solutions through community, networking, and peer learning.

Topics tackled in Series I:

• Dealing with an aging workforce: retention and replacement strategies
• State workforce policy and funding changes and their impact for manufacturers
• Performance management and reviews
• Managing employee benefits
• Developing/updating your Employee Handbook

Participants like Steve Craig from UniControl Inc. found the format extremely effective: "As a small manufacturer focusing primarily on core product and operational issues, it is sometimes difficult to stay current with ever-changing HR issues including safety, health care, compensation, benefits, and professional development. Roundtables like this offer affordable training and relevant peer-group benchmarking."

You are invited to attend our kick-off event facilitated by Leslie Yerkes to help craft our next series topics that will be timely and useful. You will also hear from a few of our Series I participants and have an opportunity to network with other manufacturing HR leaders. If you have any questions, please call Mark Pinto at 216.920.1960.

About Leslie Yerkes. Twenty-five years ago, Leslie founded Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc. with a mission help organizations grow and evolve into stronger, more profitable, more productive entities. Leslie's specialty is helping organizations turn challenges into opportunities.

Leslie is co-author of the best-selling 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work and the author of Fun Works: Creating Places Where People Love to Work, Beans: Four Principles for Running a Business in Good Times or Bad, They Just Don't Get It! Changing Resistance into Understanding, and Beyond Kicks and Carrots, Motivation in the 21st Century.