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                        Next Business Meeting February 25, 2010

Holiday Inn, Hyannis, MA  02601

7:30a.m. - Breakfast Buffet

 7:45 a.m. - Business Meeting

8:00 a.m. - Building an Innovative Architecture - Lisa Prior

Corporate responsibility. Corporate goodwill. Global citizenship. These three interrelated business topics will increasingly shape the role of human resources (HR) and organizational development (OD) in the decades to come. Are today’s organizations prepared to internalize these values and issues as part of their strategic focus and in their day-to-day operations? Is human resources prepared to step into a leadership role that would help organizations respond to these issues? What changes must we, as a profession, make to take an active and strategic place at the business table? And, most importantly, how do we implement these strategic issues to build a responsible company from the inside out?

The demand for a broader HR role in redefining the connections between business and society requires a new mindset and new set of competencies for the HR profession. The corporate responsibility movement, the increasing importance of company goodwill, and the impact of globalization have increasingly required companies to include stakeholders that are outside of the traditional borders of the corporation.

Lisa will take us through three steps to facilitate attempts to build the responsible company from the inside out:

• Identifying the key strategic and operational intersections between the organization and the outside world;
• Integrating corporate responsibility into HR practices; and
• Embracing a new set of competencies for HR professionals.

   

Coming Attractions:

                     3/25/2010      The Art of the Business Presentation      Joesph W. Perkins

                     4/29/2010      Creating A Learning Culture                  Nancy Brennock

                     5/27/2010      Understanding Cape Cod and 
                                          Employment Issues In Our Region         Lisa McNeill

                     6/17/2010      Legal Update                                        Katherine Hesse