Presented by:

Amanda Bannister,

Beth Donovan,Brandi Hubl,

Rebekka Lutes,Krista Miner,

and Todd Ouellette

Presentation OverviewBusiness Acumen

Organization and People

Emotional Intelligence

Learning

Change Agent and Leadership

Communication

Build Your Business Acumen

Board Room Representation

HR Advisor = Business Advisor

Consultant vs. Free Rider

Build

Build Your Business Acumen

Align/Link the Bottom Line to the People

Utilize Business Metrics

Take a Finance or Business Course

Know Your Organization & People• Brand Knowledge

Who are you and what are you all about?

• Vision Where are you going in the future?

• Competitive Advantage What separates you from the rest?

Know Your Organization & People

Spend Time in Different

Departments

Management by Walking Around

Use Formal and Informal Networks

Tap Into Your Emotional Intelligence

Defined as:

The ability to perceive and express emotion, assimilate

emotion and thought, understand and reason with

emotion, and regulate emotion in oneself and others.

Tap Into Your Emotional Intelligence

• Self Awareness

• Self Management

• Social Awareness

• Relationship Management

Accelerate Your Growth By Learning

Learning is a Tool to Stay

Engaged

Build your Intellectual Capital

• Professional Association

• Wellness Habits

Accelerate Your Growth By Learning

• Be a Resource

• Consider New

Mentors

• Think Out of the Box

Be Your Own Change Agent

Be a Strategic Leader

Be a Transformational

Leader

Be Charismatic

Be Your Own Change Agent Invest in Yourself

Communicate a Vision

Use Metaphors and Stories

Embody Trust and Confidence

Over - Deliver

Take Risks

Communication Skils

• Speak clearie

• Be confidence

• Know you subject

Be an Exceptional Communicator

• Know your Audience

• Be an Ambassador

• Be Passionate

• Have Subject Knowledge

• Be Confident

Be an Exceptional Communicator• Non Verbal Gestures, Posture, and Facial Expressions

• Verbal and Written Consistent, Concise, and Knowledgeable

The Strategic HR SuperstarBusiness Acumen

Know Your Organization

& People

Tap Into Your Emotional

Intelligence

Be Your Own

Change Agent

Accelerate Your

Growth By Learning

Communication

Special ThanksMonique Brennan – Founder & Senior Partner,

The Coaching Consortium Inc.Gary Foley – CEO, Miramichi Health Authority (Region 7)Keri Geddes – Proprietor, Atlantic Career Transition

Centre Inc.Gair Maxwell – Fundy GroupShaun McBride – HR Manager, McCain’s FoodsGeorge Raine – President, Montana HR ServicesMichelle Shannon – Former Corporate Branding &

Advertising CoordinatorRick Shannon – Accounting Manager, AsurionJennifer Wade – Partner, Cenera (Calgary)