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June 11, 2022June 11, 2022

Webinar: 3 Mistakes HR Makes in Corporate Strategic Planning Retreats

You’re an HR Manager who is aspiring to a seat at the table, or maybe you’re already there. You want to make an impact and have the executives understand the power of HR.

But before you even arrive at the first meeting, there’s a perception in the way.

Traditionally, HR has been seen as reactive. The first area to be cut when times are hard. Relatively unimportant.

It shows up when you, the HR Manager, starts his/her presentation in the strategic planning retreat. Attention lapses. Executives start to check messages. At some point, someone even rolls their eyes.

What is going on? Is it all their fault or are hidden mistakes being made? Could you be shut out if this situations isn’t corrected?

Unfortunately, from my experience facilitating retreats for a couple of decades, there is room for concern.

In this interactive webinar, you’ll understand the 3 mistakes HR Managers need to overcome to make a profound impact. Come to gain an awareness of what your (future) colleagues are thinking, but not saying…and why. You may also find ways to change their preconceptions before and after the retreat. This paves the way to your success in future high-stake meetings.

CaribHRForum Community

In the month of January, CaribHRForum will be undertaking a Beta PlayTest of its new platform.

During that time, we’ll be asking future members to sign in as Beta Testers, to provide valuable feedback on the setup of the system.

Interested in participating? Visit this link at CaribHRForum.com for further details.

November 30, 2018November 7, 2018

ASTD 2019 Conference

I just received some good news – I will be presenting at the ASTD Conference in Washington DC. Hope to see a great representation from the Caribbean and global productivity communities.

October 30, 2018September 30, 2018

Caribbean Tourism Organization – Speech

On November 28-30, the Caribbean Tourism Organization will be holding a conference in Cayman. I’ll be one of the speakers.

For more advanced information, see this link.

June 30, 2018September 24, 2018

HRMATT and Other Updates

In June I presented at the HRMATT Conference.

The theme of the conference was “Disruptive HR” and my presentation focused on designing an “Assertive Blueprint” for HR Professionals.

I also announced a reboot later this year of CaribHRForum.

There’s a brief video available here from my speech. I plan to upload my own recording and make it available publicly at CaribHRForum, so please stay tuned.

July 10, 2013

20 Year Anniversary

2 Years ago, I left a secure job with AT&T Bell Labs to start my own company – becoming an entrepreneur once my resignation was accepted. I had a lots of support, and that’s the only reason why I am still doing what I do today, here at Framework Consulting.

It’s been a real roller-coaster ride and many things, like writing a book, took a lot longer than I first envisioned. I have learned that nothing should happen before its time, among other lessons.

So whether you are a current or past client, an ex-employee, or just a well-wisher, please join me in a feeling of profound gratitude.

December 13, 2012

ASTD Conference Proposal Accepted

The American Society of Training and Development is the largest organization of its kind in the world, and I was recently accepted to give a speech at their annual conference in 2013 in Dallas, TX. The topic will be “How to Stop Failing at Behavior Change Training: The Case of Time Management.”

It’s a wonderful opportunity, and one that builds on our most recent work focused on helping time management coaches, professional organizers and time management trainers. Ultimately, the session will help clients learn how to develop their own time management systems.

November 19, 2011

Articles: Trinidad and Jamaica

In my Trinidadian and Jamaican columns I have written recent articles about doing business after the State of Emergency in T&T, and the need to re-think the annual planning retreat.

August 22, 2011

Recent Projects

Here is a short sample of some of the projects we have been involved with recently.

A Washington, DC – based non-profit asked us to help them devise and implement their on-line engagement strategy.

A Caribbean snack and food company hired us to act as their head of Human Resource while conducting a search for a replacement.

We are also part of a project team due to start soon in Trinidad that involves doing the strategic planning for a financial institution.

Another financial institution in Jamaica has hired us to train over 100 of its employees in our latest time management and productivity techniques.

January 16, 2011

Time Management 2.0

I have been fortunate to be able to present the ideas I have been working on in Time Management 2.0 in a variety of fora.

A recent article I wrote entitled “Why Jamaicans Have to Migrate to Become Productive” was published in the Gleaner and received a good amount of feedback, while generating an interesting discussion.

The link to the Gleaner article can be found here: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101205/business/business8.html

Based on the article, I got a call from a producer at TVJ to come back on the morning show to speak to some of the ideas in the article. The video can be found here:

Shortly after the interview, I gave a short speech at the Rotary Club of Downtown Kingston on the same topic, and the link to the audio recording can be found by clicking this link or uding the player below: