ANNUAL CONFERENCE

June 10-12, 2015
Breckenridge, CO
2015
An affiliate of the American Society for
Healthcare Human Resources Administration
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Forging New Leadership Skills:
Trust, Communication and Recognition
REGISTER TODAY!
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
Learn how to create great results through employee appreciation
Learn the art of giving executive feedback
See how trust impacts, and will improve, all aspects of your business
Learn conflict management tools for the reflective HR professional
Get motivated and back in the game of life with
Emmy Award Winning Keynote Speaker Susie Wargin
Participate in the discussion and learn best practices from colleagues
This program has been
submitted to the HR
Certification Institute
(HRCI) for review, for up
to 9 credits.
Network and share ideas with many other health care HR professionals
Network with CHAHRM’s sponsors and exhibitors
Conference Location: Mountain Thunder Lodge in Breckenridge, CO
Located in the heart of the Breckenridge, CO, Mountain Thunder
Lodge features cosmopolitan luxury, in a rustic mountain setting.
$165 for one bedroom suite
$196 for two bedroom suite
Resort fee of $15 per night includes business center use, local
phone calls, in-room and lobby coffee, local newspaper, in-room
water and other services and amenities to enhance your stay.
Rates will be honored three days before and three days after the
conference, based on availability. To reserve your room, please call
888-525-1787, by Friday, May 27th and reference Group Code
#BC2CH5. Rooms must be reserved by this date to guarantee
posted room rate.
MAP to Mountain Thunder Lodge
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015
2:00pm – 5:00pm CHAHRM Executive Committee Meeting - All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
6:00pm – 8:30pm Welcome Reception
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015
7:00am – 8:30am Breakfast, Registration and Visit with Exhibitors
8:30am – 9:00am Welcome and Introductions
9:00am – 10:30am “Recognition 2.0: How to Lead, Inspire, and Create Great Results Through Effective
Appreciation"
Speaker: Kevin Ames, O.C. Tanner
Recognition has evolved. With insights from the largest-ever study of award-winning work. Kevin will reveal the 5 practical
skills anyone can use to foster an environment where Great Work flourishes. Drawing from inspiring stories of real people in
healthcare organizations across the U.S., you'll learn how you and your organization can leverage recognition to help
employees make improvements in the jobs they have today, while producing extraordinary results. Kevin will provide a
strategic and tactical guide to making recognition more effective and impactful.
Kevin Ames is O.C. Tanner's Director of Speaking and Training. With more than 20 years of experience, he's traveled the globe
as a trainer and motivational speaker, entertaining and inspiring audiences from Washington, D.C., to Beijing. Kevin has
successfully coached employees in some of the world's biggest organizations, including Coca-Cola and American Express.
10:30am – 10:45am A Word From Our Sponsors
10:45am – 11:00am Break and Visit with Exhibitors
11:00am – 12:15pm “Executive Feedback”
Speaker: Kevin Kearns Psy. D., University of Colorado
Feedback is essential to learning and growing for all of us. Yet, it can be difficult to receive feedback and, oddly enough, even
more difficult to give feedback. Throw in some real or perceived power imbalance often present when working with senior
level leaders, and it is no wonder the mere thought of executive feedback makes some of us cringe. The focus of this session
will be on how we can establish relational foundations that provide more space for two-way dialogue and meaningful feedback
with executives. Participants will walk away with specific techniques for using the 3Ps (purpose, people, process) to optimize
feedback interactions with their executive leadership.
Kevin Kearns Psy.D, is the system director of leadership development and consulting for the University of Colorado
Health. With a highly pragmatic and borderline-contrarian approach, Kevin has the opportunity to help leaders strive for
improved performance on a daily basis. He holds a Doctorate in psychology with a specialization in organizational leadership
and a Masters in organizational development. His dissertation research focused on the correlation of executive function,
optimism, and affect in nurse leaders.
12:15pm – 1:00pm Lunch and Networking
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 (continued)
1:00pm – 2:30pm “The Speed of Trust”
Speaker: Jeff Carney, Franklin Covey
“Nothing is as fast as the Speed of Trust. Nothing is as profitable as the economics of trust. Nothing is as relevant as the pervasive
impact of trust.” - Stephen M. R. Covey
The workshop is based on The Speed of Trust - a #1 Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-seller. You will learn why
trust is your strategic advantage. With confidence weakening across the world, leaders are struggling to restore trust with
stakeholders, employees, amongst teams, between departments and with their customers. The foundation of every highperforming team and organization is trust. Without it, nothing happens! Speed goes down and costs go up. The opposite is
true also. Where there is high trust, speed goes up and costs go down. It’s a trust dividend. The Speed of Trust will:
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Increase the speed of business, decrease costs and decrease bureaucracy, etc.
Improve collaboration and communication on teams
Increase engagement among employees
Equip leaders to restore trust and confidence within their organizations
Get improved, sustainable and predictable results in unpredictable times
Accelerate growth and enhance innovation
Help you to live the 13 behaviors common to all high-trust leaders around the world
Jeff Carney has been an outstanding Region Manager and training consultant with Franklin Covey since 1987. In addition to
managing a sales and consultant team, Jeff teaches several Franklin Covey workshops, including FOCUS, the 7 Habits of Highly
Effective People, the Speed of Trust, and the 4 Disciplines of Execution. His passion and love for what he does is clear to all
those who come in contact with him. Jeff works with a variety of clients representing industries such as retail, transportation,
biotechnology, healthcare, real estate, gas and oil, and defense. He also works with various government agencies and non-profit
organizations.
2:30pm – 3:00pm Break and Visit with Exhibitors
3:00pm – 4:15pm “The Blind Side: A Conflict Management Tool for the Reflective HR Professional”
Speaker: Vanita Bellen, True North Consultants
HR´s role in conflict management is an extension of its fundamental role in managing change and building high-performance
teams and organizations. Human resource professionals must:
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Serve as the catalyst for conflict management, activating and expediting resolution
Get key players to "look into the mirror" and face themselves and their behaviors
Be a role model for best practices in conflict management
Transfer conflict-management skills in order to fulfill HR’s responsibilities for developing future generations of
leaders, and
Serve as the organization’s radar to proactively identify the areas in which conflict is most likely to arise.
In conflict situations, trust between parties has eroded and a breakdown in communication has occurred. In this interactive
workshop participants will learn about the Johari Window, a communication model that is used to improve understanding
between individuals. There are two key ideas behind the tool:
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That you can build trust with others by disclosing information about yourself and
That, with the help of feedback from others, you can learn about yourself and come to terms with personal issues.
Vanita Bellen is an accomplished human resources and organizational excellence professional committed to supporting
individuals and teams actualize their potential through self-awareness and mutually supporting relationships. She works
directly, personally and in an integrated manner, with individuals and teams to enhance their overall effectiveness. A lifelong
learner, Vanita draws from her keen interest in the science of systems and her experience as a senior business leader, to create
practical business solutions that unite systems design with the wisdom and expertise of the people within an organization.
Owner of True North Consultants in Denver, Colorado, Vanita is a published author and speaker. She is a certified mediator and
serves as affiliate faculty at Regis University.
6:00pm Dinner at a Local Restaurant
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015
8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast, Registration and Visit with Exhibitors
9:00am – 10:30am “Get in the Game of Life”
Speaker: Susie Wargin
Keynote Address
Why sit on the sidelines of life? No matter your situation—full time, part time, work
from home or stay at home, married, single, kids or not—there are always
opportunities to better your work and home life. Are you ready when those
opportunities present themselves? Emmy Award winning TV sports anchor, radio
host and realtor, Susie Wargin has spent a lot of time reporting from the sidelines.
She has observed hundreds of gifted athletes who rarely, or never, get in the game.
Why? They have the physical ability, however something is missing mentally.
Attitude? Lack of leadership? Or perhaps they don’t love what they do, who they are
and those around them. Going through the motions is transparent and coaches
notice. Same holds true in the “real world.” Susie has refused to live her life on the
sidelines. To win the game of Life, you must love what you do, who you are and your
support system. Top off all that love with faith and the knowledge you will be taken care of, provided you also take care of
others. Not only will you be IN the game, you will win on every level. Susie has spent over 22 years in a gender-dominated
industry, while managing a family of four, full-time jobs, full-time egos, and training for endurance athletic events. Find out how
she harmonizes home, work and “Susie-time” without compromising any of the three.
Susie Wargin was born in Denver and raised in Broomfield, Colorado. She began her communications career in Fort Collins as
an intern in radio, while attending college at Colorado State University. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in speech
communications from CSU, a radio station hired her to push buttons for syndicated broadcasts. Like most 22 year olds that get
into radio, her dream was to be a DJ on the FM Dial. In December 1992 she was asked to work a Christmas Day shift no one
wanted on Channel 93.3. From there Susie worked three years of overnights and weekends as an FM DJ. During this time she
also worked in the promotions department, waited tables, and started a mobile DJ business. In November of 1995, opportunity
knocked and Susie became the midday DJ at KBPI in Denver, where she "Rocked the Rockies" for almost 9 years. While Susie
loves music, her main passion is sports. In February of 1998 she began doing sports updates during "The Zoo" on 850-KOA and
eventually became the first full-time female sports reporter for KOA. She also spent two years as the radio sideline reporter for
Colorado State football games before being hired at 9 News. Susie joined 9NEWS in September of 2001 as the high school prep
sports reporter. Three years later, after hosting the "Prep Rally", the Sonny Lubick Show and filling in for the guys, Susie was
hired to be the morning weekday sports anchor, which she did for nine years. These days, Susie is a Realtor, afternoon host on
KOA from 3-5pm and continues to fill in anchor, report and work on special projects with 9News. Believe it or not, the
combination gives her great flexibility to enjoy a lot of time with her family. Susie's married to Mike and they have two children,
Justin and Samantha. She enjoys competing in triathlons, running and biking events, as well as skiing with her family.
10:30am – 11:00am CHAHRM General Meeting (We hope all will attend.)
11:00am – 11:15am Break and Visit with Exhibitors
11:15am – 11:45am “Join the Discussion—What’s Got Colorado Hospitals Talking?”
Facilitator: Greg Thress, HR Operations Director, Denver Health
The only thing constant is change. We’ll discuss current topics of interest to Colorado hospitals, especially with regard to:
1 - Human Resource programs – the latest and greatest
2 - What's Working?
3 - Insights on today’s challenges
Greg Thress is currently serving a two-year term as CHAHRM’s president. In 2005, he accepted the position of Director,
Human Resources Operations with Denver Health and Hospital Authority. Responsibilities include Compensation, Benefits and
Employee Records. Greg started his career in Human Resource Management in 1985.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015 (continued)
11:45am – 12:30am Lunch and Networking
12:30pm – 2:00pm “Breaking Bad Behavior: Drugs, Alcohol, Marijuana, Cigarettes, Cursing, Social Media,
Attire, Tattoos, Piercings, Missing Underwear, Body Odor, etc.”
Speaker: Todd Fredrickson, Attorney, Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Long gone are the days of Miss Manners and etiquette classes that provided a common means for respectful interaction within
society. Self-centered behavior and inaccurate beliefs about “rights” abound among employees. Employees often come to work
with an attitude of personal freedom that frequently is at odds with employment policies. This session addresses an
employer’s right to prohibit inappropriate conduct and maintain the work environment best suited to its needs.
Todd Fredrickson is managing partner of Fisher & Phillips, LLP’s Denver office. He also serves as Chair of the firm's Diversity
and Inclusiveness Committee. His practice involves representing employers in various matters arising under such laws as Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family Medical Leave Act, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Fair Labor Standard Act. He was recognized as an Employment Law –
Management Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America for 2014. Todd was also selected as a BTI Consulting Group Client
Service All-Star for 2011 and he has been named the "People's Choice" selection as the Best Employment Lawyer in Barrister's
Best by Law Week Colorado every year since 2011.
2:00pm Evaluations and Closing
Event Sponsors
GOLD EVENT SPONSORS
SILVER EVENT SPONSORS
Come see the very latest HR products and services at our sponsor exhibits. They will be staffed during registration, breakfast,
lunch, and break times on Thursday and Friday.
If you would like to sponsor and exhibit at a CHAHRM conference, please contact
Greg Thress 303-602-7001 or greg.thress@dhha.org.
2015
June 10-12, 2015
Breckenridge, CO
An affiliate of the American Society for Healthcare
Human Resources Administration
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Forging New Leadership Skills:
Trust, Communication and Recognition
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