HSU Lecture Series: Washington, DC

Transformational Leadership: Empowering Others to New Heights

Friday, April 30, 2010

10am - 4pm

Hall of the States

444 North Capitol Street

Washington, DC 20001

(near Union Station and the US Capitol)

Pre-approved HRCI credit:

Strategic Business Seminar: 5 credit hours

The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

The purpose of this five-hour seminar is to prepare participants to develop and practice an understanding of the change process planning and implementation techniques from the organizational consultant/facilitator point of view.

Upon successful completion of this seminar, participants will be able to:

• Define and illustrate the concepts and strategies associated with managing change
• Identify the necessary characteristics of an effective change facilitator
• Develop a change plan and its related interventions
• Define the impacts which change has upon an organization and demonstrate the skills required for designated agents.

Paul Shibelski has an MBA with Human Resource Management focus from American University, where he also implemented the graduate program in Strategic Human Resource Management. He has been an instructor for the SHRM Learning System since 1995, offering the PHR/SPHR preparation course to over 3,000 participants. He is former Maryland State Director for SHRM and is currently the Maryland State Council Certification Director. Previously, Paul was a manager and HR Effectiveness leader in the advisory Washington Federal Practice with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and currently heads the Human Capital Programs Practices at Crown Consulting, Inc. in Washington, DC.

Denean Robinson, Ed.D., holds a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from Argosy University in Arlington, Virginia. She has taught classes in management, marketing, and business at colleges across the Washingon DC metropolitan area. In recent years, Dr. Robinson has conducted research in understanding the effectiveness of faculty development programs in improving higher education pedagogies. Her dissertation will be published in 2010. Additionally, Dr. Robinson is in the process of writing a book on how minority families can create a learning environment in the home during the early years.

For more information, please contact Frances Gaeta at 301-548-7731 or fgaeta@hsus.org.

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