1. straight talk about great workplaces! Pat Perry, ERC

3. Define Success - Get on the Same Page – Design a Blueprint – Be Innovative – Be Brave – Dream – Imagine – Take Risks – Agree on the Blueprint – Show the Blueprint to Everyone – Build the Great Workplace - Be Persistent – Stay on Course – Re-Invent

4. hire for talent & passion

5. believe in what you are doing… know what you are doing… love what you are doing… job security at ERC

6. Whoever Ends Up With the Best and Most Talent WINS!

7. a word about talent and turnover

8. tgim

9. a dead battery can’t charge a dead battery

10. FORGET everything you know about HR stuff…. You must think differently today. If you don’t - - - start writing your corporate and career obituary ! Let go

11. Insanity - Doing the Same thing Over and Over Again and Expecting DIFFERENT Results.

12. once you start managing people … the rise of mediocrity begins… (let your people go and GO and GO and GO and …)

13. STAYOTTAMY WAY tm ! (please)

14. R.I.P. probationary periods boring classified ads traditional recruiting outdated comp & benefits programs archaic paid time off policies and the list goes on…..

15. … Differentiate Yourself sharing info opportunities for growth recognition showing respect comp and benefits recruitment policies health & safety community service work/life balance Take a risk…

16. how do you get there? Your leaders have got to want it… It has to be THE priority The rest is easy… … assess … data is everywhere … design … implement … enhance

17. ask YOUR Top People

18. www.northcoast99.org

19. What are they doing? Compensation & Benefits Training & Development Community Involvement Sustainability

20. communicate (almost) everything to everybody

21. empathetic leadership!! be the human!

23. Studies have shown that first hand and second hand office politics and bureaucracy can be hazardous to an organization’s health. hr WARNING

24. CEO & HR are the key drivers…

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26. Place to Work

27. We have a really cool workplace!

28. Corporate Marketing Initiatives Awards Fax and Email “signatures” “ On-hold” Messaging Commercials Employee and Family Celebrations HR Forms Employee Handbooks Employment Classified Ads Corporate Brochures Business Cards General Display Ads Company Web Site – Online Career Centers

29. your new “buddy” director of marketing

30. keep pushing play

31. X

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33. you - unplugged

34. sweating the “Small Stuff”

35. We might still be using Typewriters …………… ..? and Jelly Sandwiches “ e-commerce” would be a misspelled word Space travel would still be a dream Disney World would not exist Millions of lives would have been cut short Our evenings would still be illuminated with candles The list is endless...

36. if you are not failing once in a while you are not trying anything new… u are not taking risks…

37. to failure!

38. r e-boot! o ptimistic! a ttitude! r ock & roll!