Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

 Thursday, May 12, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

 Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 10, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 3:30-5pm
Talent Management and Career Development By Lisa Hellmann Rhodes
Lisa discussed the role each employee plays in driving the development of their career. She also looked at the linkage between organizational talent management processes, and the opportunity they create for individual career develoment. Lisa has been working in Organizational Develoment and Learning for over 15 years. Her experience includes both working internally as well as as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies. She is currently the Senior Director of Organizational Development and Learning at Gen-Probe. If you missed it, you can download the PowerPoint presentation here.

Featured speakers:
Richard Ranieri, Sr. VP and CAO of Neurocrine Biosciences
(former VP of HR at Genencor International and Glaxo Smith Kline)
Toni Wayne, VP of HR at Prometheus Laboratories
(former VP of HR at Baxter Healthcare and Elan Biopharmaceuticals)

Don't miss this great opportunity to draw on their incredible experience. Our featured speakers welcome your specific questions in advance so they can target their responses to our audience. Please send your questions to Judy Michell at jmichell@neurocrine.com or Suzanne.krinsky@gmail.com.

The presentation will take place from 3:30-5:00 pm on May 8th at the Ardea location. Refreshments will be available immediately following the panel discussion, so please stay and visit!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

Getting to Yes with Your CEO and Executive Team
When presenting to your CEO and executive team, you must show how your proposals advance the company’s mission and business objectives. And you must do so succinctly, credibly, and confidently.

Featuring: Dana Bristol Smith
By interviewing HR leaders and CEOs at more than 30 San Diego organizations, Dana found out what CEOs want to hear, and what they don’t when proposals are presented to them. Dana has built an Executive Summary Presentation Template to help you save time and stress, and get better results when delivering your proposals.

Come to this interactive presentation with ideas to share about your upcoming proposals and HR initiatives. You’ll get some hands-on practice and feedback pitching your ideas to your colleagues. You’ll leave this presentation:

• Feeling more confident in your abilities to present your ideas and proposals
• Knowing how deliver your proposals as a business case
• With a usable tool to help you develop an executive presentation
  

Your Presenter
Dana Bristol-Smith is the founder of Speak for Success, an organization that works with companies that want their people to communicate with confidence and credibility. Dana works primarily with leaders, sales, and technical professionals and has delivered presentations and training to more than 100,000 people since 1992.

Mark your calendars for our next quarterly meeting on Tuesday, August 12 at 3:30 at Ardea Biosciences; 4939 Directors Place San Diego, CA

Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

Increasing the Value of HR Professionals
What skills and competencies are needed today for the HR leader to be a successful contributor to his or her organization? How has the HR role changed from the traditional role to the current role of being an effective “business partner?” How strategic is your HR function?
Join Linda Shoob to answer these questions and more as she guides you through an interactive presentation that focuses on the emerging role of the Human Resources function and how the HR professional can increase his or her value and influence in their organization.
Linda Shoob, M.S., is the founder and owner of Organization Effectiveness Consultants (OEC), a full service organization development consulting firm. With over 25 years of consulting experience on both the local and national levels. Also plan on staying for networking and refreshments! See our meetings page for location and directions.