7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Registration

Grand Ballroom Foyer (Pre-function)

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Workshop Session 4

See Congress Guide

9:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.General Session

Grand Ballroom

Introductory Remarks

Dan Maddux, Executive DirectorAmerican Payroll Association

2015 Payroll Education Grant Recipientssponsored by

2015 Accounts Payable Education Grant Recipient

sponsored by

Guest Speakers

Karen Beaman, HRIPFounder & Lead Researcher,

Mercer PayrollBenchmarking Survey (MPBS)

Karen PiercyPartner, Global HR Effectiveness, Mercer

“Mercer Global Payroll Benchmarking Survey”

Keynote Speaker

Jason Dorsey“Crossing the Generational Divide:

Unlocking the Power of Generations to Grow Your Business”sponsored by

Strategist to Explain Global Compliance RisksBy Kerry Cole

Global payroll has opened up a whole new

world of compliance regulations.

In the new workshop “Compliance Is No

Longer Just Local—It’s Now Global!” Celer-

go’s Michele Honomichl will discuss during

Session 5 today at 2:15 p.m. how to remain

compliant with international standards such

as Offi ce of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

regulations, the UK Bribery Act, and the

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

“You have to be really careful

to ensure that you’re globally

compliant,” Honomichl said. “Even

if you’re locally compliant, you could

still be violating international or

U.S. policies. We will talk about the

diff erence between local and global

compliance. For example, as a U.S.

corporation, what are the additional

requirements you need to be aware

of to keep your company compliant

on a global level?”

Honomichl said the session will

benefi t payroll professionals who already

manage global payroll or whose companies

are heading in that direction. Attendees will

learn tactics to reduce their risk of noncom-

pliance on a global level.

As an example, she said a U.S. company

can have employees in France and be

compliant in paying them, but that may

not be enough. Th e company needs to be

compliant with OFAC to ensure an employee

is not on a terrorism watch list or that an

employee on the French payroll is not actu-

ally working in a country on the OFAC list

such as Syria.

“Th e world is becoming more aware,”

she said. “Ignorance is no longer accept-

able regarding these statutes and they are

constantly changing. Th e goal is to get people

familiar with acronyms and to have them

think about not just local payroll compliance

but when going global, how am I going to

keep my company compliant?”

She said many of Celergo’s clients say one

of their goals is to be so compliant that they

never run the risk of landing on the

front page of Th e Wall Street Journal

for violating an international or local

compliance requirement.

“People who come to this class can

certainly help their company under-

stand their global risk. I will share the

things they need to pay attention to

and watch for. A lot of them are easy

to comply with, the mechanisms are

in place, but you have to be know-

ledgeable of the fact that they exist

before you can comply.”

Greater Milwaukee Takes Top ChapterBy Kerry Cole

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Greater

Milwaukee Chapter of the APA collected 75

copies of Th e Payroll Source® and created its

very own Payroll Palace.

Just as members built that palace book

by book, the chapter keeps building and

building. As a result, Greater Milwaukee

earned its place as the 2015 Chapter of the

Year.

Th e Greater Milwaukee Chapter is a model

of persistence and continuous improvement.

Chapter members applied for Chapter of the

Year each of the last seven years, taking third

place in 2012 and 2014 and garnering Best

Website in 2014.

“Th eir entries keep getting better, and

every year their chapter seems to get

stronger,” said Elizabeth Herrera, Chapter

Relations Manager for the APA.

Th e Chapter Recognition Committee

selects the Chapter of the Year from entries

submitted by local chapters.

The Greater Milwaukee Chapter is

involved in the community through:

• Outreach to the homeless

• Make-a-Wish Foundation

• Public television pledge drives

• Blood drives

• A Relay for Life cancer charity team that

walked for 24 hours

• Th anksgiving food drive

• Toy donation for Children’s Hospital

of Milwaukee and Penfi eld Children’s

Center

• Letters and care packages for military

personnel

“I loved reading all that your chapter has

done to give back to the community!” one

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Chapter Award Recipients ................. 7

Exhibitor Prize Drawings................... 11

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“Compliance Is No Longer Just Local—It’s Now Global!”

Session 52:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Room 311

Presented byMichele Honomichl

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11:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.Expo Networking Luncheon

Marquee Ballroom

sponsored by

11:45 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.Expo Open

Marquee Ballroom

2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.Workshop Session 5

See Congress Guide

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.Workshop Session 6

See Congress Guide

5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.Expo Open

Cocktail Reception and DinnerMarquee Ballroom

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.Costume Contest

7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.Payroll on Fire Party

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Attendees Laugh, Learn Life Lessons TooBy Fiona Soltes

In just his fi rst fi ve minutes, Keynote Speaker

Jason Hewlett hilariously reworked the lyrics

and performed the “signature moves” of the

Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Journey, Prince, and

Guns N’ Roses—and even threw in a little

Marge Simpson.

During Wednesday’s post-lunch presenta-

tion, “Discover the One and Only Amazing

YOU,” he kept the audience laughing—all

the while encouraging attendees to consider

their own unique skills.

“You have something that makes you

incredibly diff erent and unique from anyone

else,” Hewlett said.

Sometimes, however, we don’t show

everyone what we can do because we think

we’ll look a little silly.

Hewlett apparently doesn’t share the same

fear. He sang, danced, made faces, played the

piano, and covered the range of Metallica,

Motown, Michael Jackson, Alvin and the

Chipmunks, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole,

Louis Armstrong, and Lady Gaga.

He said he recognized he was “weird”

from the first day of school, when a jock

commented on how large his mouth was—a

mouth that he now uses to great advantage

in his impersonations and storytelling.

He told of a later visit to the dentist that

changed his life, when he realized he could

impersonate the sounds of the dentist’s

tools.

“He didn’t know if his tools were on or

off ,” Hewlett said. Th e tools came out of his

mouth, but Hewlett held his lips stretched

into position, with one side raised. When

the dentist saw that, he looked at Hewlett

and said, “You have a gift .”

“Ladies and gentlemen, this is my gift ,”

he said, twisting his lips, playing with his

tongue, and twitching his nose like a rabbit.

“I ask you, what’s your gift ?”

Over the years, he said, hearing the

rewarding laughter of others has spurred

him to hone his skills—and that has led to

rich opportunities such as performing for

U.S. troops overseas.

“When you discover the one thing that

makes you unique,” he said, “you can change

the world.”

Becky Mulh eron, CPP, Manager of

Payroll/Accounts Payable with Children’s

Healthcare of Atlanta, conceded she didn’t

know what to make of Hewlett at fi rst.

“But I thought he was awesome, and

he made his point that we’re all unique in

our own way, with something to off er, and

shouldn’t hold back,” she said.

Her favorite part, however, was the

session’s patriotic elements, including a

rousing rendition of “God Bless the U.S.A.”

that brought the audience to its feet.

“It was very touching,” said Mulheron,

whose father-in-law and brother-in-law

have decades of military and civil service

between them.

As for her own unique skill? “Th at’s so

hard,” she said. “But I do love to do volunteer

work, with our church and our community.”

Mary Christl, CPP, Payroll Tax Specialist

with Mercantile Bank of Michigan, said her

special skill is taxes, and with 25 years in

payroll, she’s certainly found a way to use it.

She, too, found Hewlett excellent.

“I enjoyed reliving some of the songs he

was singing,” she said. But she also appreci-

ated his message. “It was needed, because

we all get so mundane in our job, and we

need to reiterate to ourselves that we do have

talent.”

Jason Hewlett breaks into his Elton John impression while sharing a life lesson on fi nding your “signature move.” The entertainer had the crowd laughing and cheering from the start.

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Source: Mercer Payroll Benchmarking Survey, 2014 (n=248)

Vendor Technology ModelForty-Four percent of North American organizations participating in the Mercer Payroll Benchmarking Survey (MPBS) outsource their payroll to a Global Outsourcer or Aggregator, compared to 65% who do so globally. Thirty-eight percent in North America utilize an ERP vendor (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, or Workday) to process their payroll in-house.

Why outsource or stay in-house? The major decision factors are size and know-how. Do you have the volume and know-how to substantiate the business case? If not, outsourcing is probably a better proposition for you.

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North America

South America

Europe/Middle East/Africa

Germany

36% 29% 4% 31%

38% 6% 38% 19%

19% 28% 0% 53%

37% 40% 3% 20%

40% 20% 0% 39%

Chapter Recognition Committee member said.

In its application, the chapter cited its accomplishments in three categories:• Better communication through an

improved website and technological tools to survey members

• Recognition of past presidents to honor their role in leading the chapter to where it is today

• A president’s newsletter to communicate with members“I really like the idea of text messaging

reminders or updates to members,” another judge commented. “Using technology in diff erent ways is always a good idea.”

Th e chapter plans to continue its great accomplishments as well as to continue applying for Chapter of the Year.

Top ChapterContinued from page 1

International Payroll Panel Shares Unique ChallengesBy Fiona Soltes

Despite varying economic conditions, language barriers, and compliance require-ments, a group of international professionals proved that payroll is still payroll Wednesday aft ernoon—no matter what the accent.

Just aft er lunch, the panel sat down with APA Executive Director Dan Maddux to talk about the unique aspects of their individual organizations, their regional challenges, and even their favorite—and least favorite—things about the United States. Th e panelists also playfully off ered Maddux some interna-tional language lessons in both French and Australian, keeping the tone of the session as one of friendly international relations.

Th ough the large majority of this year’s Congress attendees hail from the United States, Maddux said other regions repre-sented include Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and South Africa. As for the panel, it featured: • Michelle Crook, FInstLM, MCIPPdip,

DIOD, CIOD, Chair, the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals, the U.K.

• Jason Low, Senior Payroll SME, Th e Association for Payroll Specialists, Australia

• Marie Lyne Dion, CPM, MBA, Chairman, Th e Canadian Payroll Association

• Lavinthra Haripersad, Vice Chair, South African Payroll AssociationMaddux opened the discussion with ques-

tions about each organization’s history. Dion noted that The Canadian Payroll

Association was founded in 1978 and was the first payroll association in the world. Haripersad, conversely, said the South African Payroll Association had just become recognized as a professional body in 2013. In Australia, The Association for Payroll Specialists is actually a privately owned enterprise, founded by Low’s father 25 years ago.

Naturally, each faces unique challenges. In Africa, there’s the economic climate to deal with, including no “strong finan-cial arm to support us,” Haripersad said. Fees for membership have to equate to the benefits given, and the organization holds regional conferences in three main cities to cut down on travel costs. Then there are issues of technological infrastructure as it relates to the trend of downsizing in South Africa while expanding elsewhere in the continent, as well as language barriers. She mentioned working in Angola—and having

to do so through a Portuguese translator.Dion also mentioned language chal-

lenges, and the need for everything to be in both English and French. As for the

U.K., Crook’s biggest trial is finding the right people. And in Australia, Low spoke of regulatory issues—and new legislation that can hold payroll managers person-ally liable for noncompliance. In a recent case, the payroll manager of a medium-sized organization faced a personal fine of $10,000.

Maddux closed the session with light-hearted queries that had nothing at all to do with payroll. Th e lessons learned? Dion is a defi nite fan of Celine Dion; Low is a fan of McDonald’s; Haripersad is a fan of Las Vegas; and Crook, a fan of Starbucks.

International Payroll Association panel members, Jason Low, Marie Lyne Dion, CPM, MBA, and Lavinthra Haripersad discuss their unique aspects of their organizations.

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* Don’t forget to pick up your Congress Lapel Pin today from 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the APA Solution Center booth #354 (while supplies last).

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Congratulations Chapter Award Recipients2015 Chapter of the Year • 1st Place:

Greater Milwaukee Chapter • 2nd Place:

Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter • 3rd Place:

Greater Nashville Chapter• Honorable Mentions:

Dallas Chapter Richmond ChapterSilicon Valley Chapter

2015 Gavel Awards• Innovator: Alamo Chapter of the APA• Mentor: Chicago Chapter• Facilitator: Houston Chapter• Communicator: Northstar Chapter

2015 Chapter Pictorial • 1st Place:

Richmond Chapter• 2nd Place:

Houston Chapter• 3rd Place:

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter• Honorable Mention:

Dallas Chapter

2015 Best Chapter Website • 1st Place:

Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter• 2nd Place:

Alamo Chapter of the APA• 3rd Place:

New York Metropolitan Chapter• Honorable Mention:

Sacramento Valley Chapter

2015 Best Statewide or Regional Meeting • 1st Place:

Dallas ChapterCenTex ChapterFort Worth ChapterGalveston Bay Area ChapterHouston ChapterSouth Plains Chapter of the APATexas Bluebonnet Chapter of the APAAlamo Chapter of the APATh e Woodlands Chapter of the APAWest Texas & Southern New Mexico

ChapterTexas Payroll ConferenceTh eme: “A Tribute to 25 Years of Payroll

Excellence”

• 2nd Place: Northstar Chapter of the APANorthstar Payroll ConferenceTh eme: “Land of 10,000 Payroll

Challenges”• 3rd Place:

Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter Richmond Chapter Hampton Roads Chapter Southwest Virginia Chapter of the APA Shenandoah Valley Chapter of the APA Colonial Capital Chapter of the APA Charles Town West Virginia Chapter

Virginia Statewide Payroll ConferenceTh eme: “Putting the Compliance

Puzzle Together”• Honorable Mention:

Greater Nashville Chapter Memphis Chapter Chattanooga Chapter East Tennessee Payroll Association Tennessee Statewide Payroll Conference

Th eme: “Payroll Always on My Mind”

Chapters’ Choice Award• Northstar Chapter of the APA

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Support NPW, Get ExposureBy Joshua White

Support payroll at work! Sign your company up as an offi cial National Payroll Week® Supporter to show your appreciation for the payroll profession.

Becoming an NPW Supporter is as easy as A-B-C. Visit the NPW website at www.nation-alpayrollweek.com and fill out the form on the “Become an NPW Supporter” page under the “How To Celebrate” menu.

NPW Supporters are vital contributors who spread the NPW message and celebrate their payroll professionals at the offi ce. You can spread the NPW message by:• Sending correspondence to employees

announcing NPW and recognizing the achievements of your payroll professionals.

• Placing NPW information on your company website or intranet.Visit www.nationalpayrollweek.com

for more celebration ideas and useful tips such as a “Memo to the Boss” template, a

supporter Q&A section, and an NPW email template to send to your staff .

Once registered, you will be joining the ranks of past supporters such as AT&T, Cabe-la’s, General Mills, the Kansas City Royals, T-Mobile, and Star-

bucks. All NPW supporters receive recog-nition for their efforts in the pages of PAYTECH magazine, on the NPW website, and during the NPW video shown here at the Annual Congress.

Support payroll and your company’s payroll professionals. Register as an NPW Supporter today.

The Payroll GamesPrediction Contest

Don’t forget to vote who you think will be the last tribute standing!Place your ticket in one of the colored buckets located at the

APA Solution Center booth #354 in the Expo this evening.

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Join us tonight for the “Payroll on Fire”

party from 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. around

the MGM’s Producer’s and Talent Pools.

Fun includes:

• Dance to the sounds of DJ Louie—

Th e Master of Music and Fashion

• Fire Dancers

• Archery demonstration

• Cirque Aqua Spheres

• Stilt Walkers

• Fortune Tellers

• Hunger Games-themed face painting

• Giant Jenga game

• Giant Connect game

Swimming is not permitted.

Swimming is not permitted.

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Have fun and start designing your costume for one of the following catego-ries: • Most Outrageous Hairdo or Beard• Best Colorful Capitol Face

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Join us on stage during the Expo Cock-tail Reception today beginning at 6:30 p.m. Th e Costume Contest begins at 7:00 p.m. sharp! Everyone is welcome to wear their costumes all day today.

Don’t forget your party wristband!

Workday Reps, Customers Share Experiences in the CloudBy Fiona Soltes

Seated on blue velvet-cushioned benches, surrounded by ferns, an intimate group of payroll professionals took the opportunity Wednesday aft ernoon to ask questions and get answers about payroll in the cloud.

Th e Expo’s Workday Learning Lounge, with sessions several times throughout the day—and continuing this aft ernoon—not only off ered insight from Workday offi -cials; it also encouraged those attending to teach each other. Some payroll profes-sionals, sporting buttons identifying them as Workday customers, were ready to share their experiences with the company’s soft ware solutions. Topics ranged from managing validation across devices to the pros and cons of location-based time entry.

Th e session, held in the quieter back portion of the Expo, was led by Kosin Huang, Workday’s Senior Manager, Product Marketing HCM; and Rahul Lakhanpal, Product Marketing Manager.

The company has a reputation for engaging its customers and incorporating feedback through its Workday Community site and Brainstorm process. With the latter, users can suggest features and functional-ities they’d like to see in coming releases, and others can vote on them. Th e open dialogue of the Learning Lounge, then, was a natural

fi t. Among the topics, the most common involved the way cloud-based solutions can enable compliance.

“It was very interactive discussion,” Lakhanpal said. “A lot of organizations are still trying to understand what it means to have a cloud solution, so it’s important to educate the customers on the benefi ts, rather than initially deep-diving into what features and functionalities there are…. Whether they were customers or not, they still agreed that moving to the cloud is the way going forward, and they see tremendous benefi ts when they move to the cloud.”

Heather Clark, PR Support Analyst with Corning Inc. said she found the session helpful. Even though her company ended up choosing a product other than Workday, she enjoyed the idea of getting “the whole story,” rather than just a carefully craft ed sales pitch. Her company’s biggest concern is managing customization, and she thought the open dialogue was great.

Nearby, two employees of BB&T proudly displayed their Workday customer badges. “We’re just so happy with the product that it’s rewarding to be able to share with other people and let them know this is a really great thing,” said Payroll Manager Shelly Robinson.

Gwen Saulter, CPP, HSIS Payroll Lead, added that she recently had lunch with

another Workday customer, “and we’re going to piggyback off each other. I’m going to show her a configuration that I’ve done in my system, and she’s going to show me one she’s done in hers … so we can both get the advantages. She can use it, and I can use it, and our employees will be that much happier.”

Saulter called Workday a “one-stop shop” that has allowed employees to fi nd whatever

they needed in a single place. Previously, they had to go to multiple applications to fi nd data.

“From a validation perspective, it’s abso-lutely critical to come and listen to other customers who have implemented and have been using Workday,” Lakhanpal said. “It addresses the credibility and the valida-tion aspect, rather than us talking about our solutions.”

Attendees share challenges and learn solutions about payroll in the cloud during Workday’s interactive Learning Lounge.

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Symmetry Software Announces Giveaway WinnerSymmetry Soft ware is proud to announce Teresa Salsbury, CPP, as the winner of the APA National Congress Giveaway. Teresa is a Payroll Coordinator at the Good Samar-itan Society in Stillwater, Minnesota. She has been w o r k i n g in payroll since 1986 and became a CPP in 1999. Symmetry Soft -ware is excited to present her with an all-expenses-paid trip to Congress. Her prize included a round-trip fl ight to Las Vegas, a paid hotel room, a Visa gift card, and selected “Payroll Goddess” merchandise.

Visit www.symmetrysoftware.com to learn more.

IOI Launches New Service Line, IOIHireIOI has launched a job posting, applicant tracking, and onboarding tool: IOIHire. IOIHire’s applicant tracking features allow employers to view applicants who best match their job posting. Th e onboarding tool provides documentation review and sign capability to streamline the hiring process. IOIHire stores all documentation, including bank payroll information, with an automated data import into payroll processing systems.

“IOIHire revolutionizes the way employers handle their hiring cycles. Th is product illus-trates yet another way we’re consistently working to simplify HR management and meet our clients’ needs,” said IOI President and CEO Najeeb Khan.

Visit www.ioipay.com to learn more.

EPAY to Showcase Cloud-Based T&A Tracking SystemEPAY will showcase how its uniquely fl exible, cloud-based time and attendance tracking system helps employers with a distributed workforce to solve common labor manage-ment challenges. Th ey will do this by streamlining the payroll processing work-fl ow, tracking workers down to the minute with mobile/GPS, managing ACA requirements, and staying on top of budgets.

Visit EPAY Systems at booth #558 or www.epaysystems.com to learn more.

HR Embraces HCM TechnologyHuman resource professionals are recog-nizing that a comprehensive human capital management (HCM) plat-form with employee self-service (ESS) is critical to create effi ciencies and save time. A driving factor for companies switching from tradi-tional systems to integrated HCM solutions is the ease of a single solution.

With cloud-based iSolved HCM technology, HR functions are automated, providing faster, more accurate, and more effi cient processes. Th e platform manages core HR functions to facilitate better workforce development and management. iSolved ESS empowers the employee to manage benefi ts, view pay stubs, and request time off quickly and securely, providing the HR professional time for person-to-person contact when necessary.

Visit www.infi nisource.com to learn more.

iSolved Zooms Past Million Employee MilestoneMore than 25,000 employers, representing over one million employees, have now c o m m i t t e d to iSolved, Infi nisource’s cloud-based human capital management solution. Launched in 2013, the iSolved plat-form achieved spectacular adoption within the small to mid-sized employer market by deploying through a network of elite service bureau partners. iSolved helps customers focus on growing their business while main-taining ultra-high quality.

Visit www.infi nisource.com to learn more.

Paychex Streamlines WFM Through Innovative TechnologyPaychex’s soft ware-as-a-service platform and newly expanded service off ering, Paychex Flex, delivers seamless access to payroll, HR, and bene-fits infor-mation for a streamlined and integrated approach to workforce management. Paychex Flex off ers a unique blend of customer service options and robust soft ware driven by a simple yet powerful user experience that spans desktop and mobile applications to drive effi ciency and performance across an organization.

Th e comprehensive, cloud-based Paychex Flex platform off ers powerful capabilities in a simple user experience that is adaptive to

the needs of users across the human capital management spectrum.

Visit www.paychex.com or booth #327.

Synerion Offers Workforce Management SolutionsOrganizations oft en overlook the impor-tance of their most valuable asset— human resources. In order to eff ectively optimize organizational goals and maximize busi-ness performance, a workforce manage-ment solution is needed. Simply put, workforce m a n a g e m e nt encompasses all of the activities, processes, and tools needed to manage a workforce.

Synerion offers a variety of workforce management solutions. These include time and attendance, absence planning, workforce planning, and scheduling. The Synerion team makes a concentrated effort to understand your culture, business, and workforce management requirements. Synerion will then implement the solutions that will help you meet your organizational goals and maximize business performance.

Visit www.synerion.com to learn more.

Xerox to Showcase Latest Payroll InnovationsXerox is showcasing its latest payroll inno-vations for business and government. Th e Xerox booth will feature ExpertPay, Xerox’s national portal that delivers child support payments electronically to 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Xerox will highlight its Go Program—a debit MasterCard program that allows businesses and govern-ment agencies to deliver funds more securely and eff ectively than paper check issuance. As part of its end-to-end HR outsourcing off er-ings, Xerox will promote its global managed payroll services.

Visit booth #554 or www.xerox.com.

Workday Delivers Payroll for the UKWorkday announced the general avail-ability of Workday Payroll for the UK. Th e new payroll application enables customers with UK employees to address the full spectrum of enter-prise payroll needs, providing admin-istrators with the fl exibility, control, and insight required to support the unique aspects of their organiza-tions. Workday also announced momentum for Workday Global Payroll Cloud.

Customers using Workday Payroll for the UK benefi t from automatic tax updates, a powerful and fl exible calculation tool, high confi gurability, support for the UK-specifi c statutory requirements, anytime mobile access, and real-time analytics and reporting. Workday Global Payroll Cloud is the foun-dation of the company’s global yet local approach to payroll, where customers benefi t from a unifi ed view of HR and payroll data.

“With companies moving to the cloud faster than ever, we are excited to deliver UK payroll to alleviate a huge piece of the complexity faced by these organizations,” said Leighanne Levensaler, Senior Vice President, Products, Workday.

Visit www.workday.com to learn more.

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JAT Software $200 American Express gift check Booth #521

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Brink’s Money Kindle Fire HD Booth #448

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Become the Real Deal Teaches Art of AuthenticityBy Sarona-Lee Wilde, CPP, PCP

I have a pretty laid-back personality. I’m quiet in meetings. Until I experience frustra-tion, I’m pretty calm. I’m also an introvert.

So you can imagine that in an executive’s presence, even in a casual setting, which of course is a fabulous opportunity to sell oneself, I oft en do not come across with enough “presence” to sell myself.

Is this a learned trait? Is it a personality thing? I’m hoping it can be learned so that I can learn it! So how does one learn this? If you’ve read my articles before, you already know I turn to books as a self-help resource.

At the APA’s 32nd Annual Congress in Minneapolis last year, I heard about author Connie Dieken and some of her titles. Th e one that really caught my attention was, Become the Real Deal: Th e Proven Path to Infl uence and Executive Presence.

Besides a catchy title, I need it to be a quick read, a step-by-step process so that I can easily grasp the concept and follow the instructions, and something within my realm of control. Th is book is all of that!

Dieken has the concept broken down into three elements: • Layer One — Inner Presence, How You

Experience Yourself • Layer Two — Verbal Presence, How You

Reveal Your Messages

• Layer Th ree — Outer Presence, How Others Experience You. She then has several chapters within each

of these three layers to explore each topic more deeply.

I love how she presents the details because she describes to us what behaviors look like when done well, when done too little, and when done too much. In reading through each section, usually I fi nd myself more in the done-too-little section, with some elements of the done-well section. If you read this book, I know you’ll fi nd yourself easily.

Bob Burg of the Wall Street Journal wrote of this book, “… you are about to learn from the master in her fi eld how to tap into this sense of authenticity and communicate it much more eff ectively. Th e result will be more self-confi dence, more eff ectiveness, and a true connection with those with whom you wish to connect.”

Th is is great news for someone like me. I can still be my authentic self, express self-confi dence (I have confi dence, it’s just the expression of it that I fall short in), and connect better with those higher up the chain!

I’m telling you all this from my personal point of view because I know many of you can relate to my experience. I’m hoping that if you do, you’ll get this book and read it several times.

It’s a leadership model for today. She calls it the paradox of 21st century

leadership: Th e world demands perfection yet craves authenticity. Have you seen that in today’s workplace?

She goes on to tell us, “You don’t have to be

born with a set of special talents.” Awesome; there is hope!

She explains why it’s important to develop in all three layers, how to blend the layers, and how to stay centered when something comes along that throws us off .

Some of these concepts may sound like something from the ’80s when people were intent on “being real.” But this book goes further back and helps us with “being real” not just in our personal lives but also our professional ones. We don’t have to be “real” at home and “fake” at work to get ahead. We can be “real” at all times.

One of the most thought-provoking sections for me deals with what a balanced person looks like. One of the traits was listening well. But when “listening” was explained, it was an “aha” moment for me. In the book, she writes, “Listening isn’t just what you do when you don’t happen to be talking; listening is the desire to hear.”

Th is also demonstrates the common-sense writing style Dieken uses. What we read seems too obvious to have to be put in writing, but it’s said in a diff erent way than we’ve encountered it before, and it makes perfect sense the way she tells it.

Seriously, if any of this has struck a chord with you, you have to get and read this book. You and your career will be glad you did!

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“We use employee self-service, and we send information in our biweekly mail pack. We also have an HR newsletter.” Linda Pappillion, CPPPacifi c SunwearAnaheim, Calif.

“In many cases we have an employee self-service tool, so we like to use that to give employees updated information. If there is a particular change, like a new W-2, then we communicate to employees via email. We also use snail mail for employees who do not have email.”

Deborah Ellis Timberlake, Esq., CPPTimberlake and AssociatesFort Washington, Md.

“We typically communicate by phone or email. We try to reach out by phone because we try to have a one-on-one service model.”

Corinne TironePaycor, Inc.Cincinnati

“Generally, either through a payroll newsletter via email or by placing a banner on our website.”

Jonathan Jensen, FPC, CPPCounty of RiversideRiverside, Calif.

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