CONFERENCE AGENDA
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM - Conference Registration
12:30 PM – 3:00 PM
PRECONFERENCE COMPENSATION WORKSHOP -
Presented by Aon Hewitt
GAURAB GHOSH, Senior Consultant
YANINA, KOLIREN, Global Compensation Surveys and Solutions Leader
 Join Aon Hewitt compensation consultants for an in-depth review and analysis of the results from the 2012 IEHRA Compensation Survey. This detailed workshop provides HR professionals and compensation practitioners with helpful information from the survey. By emphasizing key changes in year-over-year data and compensation trends specific to the energy industry, session participants will gain valuable insight into topical areas representing; base pay, variable pay, equity compensation, and industry dynamics that influence total rewards in the industry.
3:30 PM - Welcome & Opening Remarks
Len Dasho, Director, Human Resources – Sempra LNG (President - IEHRA).
3:35 PM – 4:40 PM
Feature Presentation / Keynote Address
"INDUSTRY UPDATE"
MARTIN ROSENBERG, Editor-in-Chief of EnergyBiz
 Martin Rosenberg is editor-in-chief of EnergyBiz, a national publication covering the energy industry that circulates to 25,000 senior executives and managers of the electric and natural gas industry, energy experts, analysts and regulators. It has received five gold medal in its seven years of publication as the best magazine covering energy/utilities/engineering in the Eddie Award journalism contest sponsored by Folio magazine. Martin Rosenberg has written extensively about energy, technology, finance and international business. His freelance work has appeared in USA Today, the New York Times, Seattle Times, Japan Times and other publications.
PRESENTATION
Marty's presentation will:
- Look at an unprecedented wave of investments that has begun to break over the industry and by all accounts is going to increase dramatically in the years ahead.
- Look at how we create the electricity that powers our lives. Will we continue to lead the world in this area?
- Consider the information revolution in energy and the role that it will play.
- Lastly, we will turn to new technologies emerging in the electric sector and important developments in the developing world we need to pay attention to.
4:40 PM – 5:00 PM - First Timer Orientation
6:15 PM – 9:00 PM - Welcoming Reception / Dinner Buffet (Spouses invited)
An evening of fun, good food, and an opportunity to get reacquainted and/or make new friends with other Human Resources professionals within the energy industry.
6:45AM – 7:45 AM - Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM - Opening Remarks
Len Dasho, Director, Human Resources – Sempra LNG (President - IEHRA).
8:15 – 9:30 AM
"SPEAK THE CEO LANGUAGE ON ENGAGEMENT & RETENTION: "DOLLARS!"
DICK FINNEGAN, President Of Finnegan Mackenzie, The Retention Firm
 Dick Finnegan has been cited by BusinessWeek, Chief Executive Magazine, and Consulting Magazine as the leading thinker on employee retention.
Dick is the CEO of C-Suite Analytics, his company helps organizations engage and retain their employees. He is also the author Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad as well as The Power of Stay Interviews for Engagement and Retention. BusinessWeek has referred to Dick's work as "offers fresh thinking for solving the turnover problems in any economy".
PRESENTATION
Most CEOs climb their careers through sales and finance where the only reports they see are driven by dollars. How, then, can we expect them to take strong actions based on turnover percentages and engagement survey scores? Imagine if you could report these two critical people-management measures in dollars. Would your CEO be more likely to direct poor-performing managers to improve?
This session will be entirely devoted to learning the dollar values of turnover and engagement, and then applying calculations to learn your own true dollar values. Participants will walk away with formulas you can use in your organizations to develop data that drives real action.
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Break
9:45 – 10:45 AM
"PLANNING FOR SUCCESS IN THE MULTIGENERATIONAL WORKPLACE"
MARK TAYLOR, M.S.W., Ed.D.
 Dr. Mark Taylor is recognized in the USA and Canada as an expert, speaker, consultant and educator who has helped many companies, organizations, schools and colleges work more effectively with the generational groups. Building on over 25 years of experience in higher education, management, administration, and as a psychotherapist, Dr. Taylor's has worked with over 400 companies, organizations, colleges and schools in 45 states and Canada. Among his many publications is the article "Generation NeXt Goes to Work".
Dr. Taylor holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology and Biology, a Masters degree in Social Work and a Doctorate in Counseling, all from the University of Arkansas where he maintains academic appointments.
PRESENTATION
Today's workplace can be an exciting, though not always harmonious, mixture of four generational cohorts; Traditionals, Boomers, Xers and our youngest workers from Generation NeXt. Successful management, especially with the current changing generational dynamics and issues with worker availability and readiness, requires being able to understand, communicate with and lead everyone at work, from each generational group. Understanding typical generational values, traits, preferences and styles can improve recruitment, workplace effectiveness, harmony and employee satisfaction and retention. This program will address the generational issues and dynamics in the workplace with specific, immediately applicable suggestions for developing the most productive, positive and effective work setting for all workers.
10:45 – 11:45 AM
"ENERGY INDUSTRY M&A: WHAT IS HAPPENING? WHAT IS DRIVING IT? WHAT IS HR'S ROLE?"
STU PEARMAN & TINA KREBS, ScottMadden, Management Consultants
 Stu Pearman is a partner and energy practice leader for ScottMadden. ScottMadden is a general management consulting firm, serving the energy industry for almost 30 years. They have performed thousands of projects for more than 200 energy firms including 90% of the top 20. Stu has been a management consultant for 18 years and a partner for 12. Stu possesses expertise in energy, related services, outsourcing, and general management across a number of industries. In energy, he focuses on strategy, planning, merger integration, markets, gas LDCs, generation, and renewables.
Tina Krebs is a director and member of the HR Corporate and Shared Services practice at ScottMadden. She has been a management consultant for 10 years and possesses expertise in human resources management, shared services design and implementation, process redesign, and vendor selection and negotiation across a variety of industries, including energy utilities, automotive, defense, healthcare, and transportation. Prior to ScottMadden, Tina worked for Shell Oil Company as a reservoir engineer, working on international and deepwater oil fields.
PRESENTATION
How much consolidation have we experienced in the energy industry? Why? What is the outlook? As an HR professional, what is your role should M&A occur? HR has a dual role during a merger or acquisition. HR professionals are not only responsible for participating in the integration of their function, but also for defining the HR policies required to support merger activities and restaffing the new organization.
This can be a stressful role. As an HR professional, you must manage sensitive information and difficult issues affecting many people—all the while knowing you may not have a job in the new organization. During this fact-based, interactive discussion, we will provide:
• The role of HR in a merger or acquisition
• Options for executing HR's role
• Keys to success
• Key tools and techniques
• Lessons learned by those who have done this work
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM Lunch
"Networking Opportunities"- A time to make new friends and discuss issues and ideas concerning some of the major topics effecting Energy HR management today.
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
"ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS"
(Roundtable sessions repeated at 3:30 – 4:30 PM)
An opportunity for you to participate by sharing with other HR professionals within your industry, asking questions to the group and discussing issues most important to you in your everyday work-a-day world.
Select one session to attend.
AT LEAST 5 WAYS TO MAKE ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS BETTER" -Facilitated by DICK FINNEGAN, President Of Finnegan Mackenzie, The Retention Firm
"Is it that time again?" Talking about engagement surveys is beginning to sound like budget talk. In this session participants will explore why engagement surveys generate few real solutions and will begin by asking, "What makes employees totally engaged, anyhow?" Once we solve that question, we can begin to identify better solutions for both administering our surveys and getting scores to improve.
"GENERATION NEXT GOES TO WORK" -
Facilitated by MARK TAYLOR, M.S.W., Ed.D.
Today's youngest workers from "Generation NeXt" are entering the workforce with characteristics and expectations that present unique challenges to those responsible for recruiting, orienting and initiating them into the professional world, as well as those supervising, managing and retaining them once they get there. This session will provide attendees with a better understanding of the development and predictable issues of Generation NeXt, and describe what organizations and managers can do to help them transition into and be successful in the professional workplace.
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM & 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
TOUR ZAPPOS HEADQUARTERS IN LAS VEGAS
(1st Group 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM)
(2nd Group – 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
 Join us for a tour at the Las Vegas, Nevada corporate headquarters to learn about the Zappos Family approach to customer loyalty, human resources, recruiting, training, and culture creation. During this 60 minute tour, you'll get to experience the inner workings of the Zappos Family of companies, learn the history of Zappos.com and find out how $1 billion dollars in gross merchandise sales was achieved in less than 10 years. You'll also experience how a values based organization uses strong culture to live out every day.
6:15 PM – 9:00 PM Social Event (Spouses invited)
Join us for dinner, fun and networking opportunities
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM - Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
"BEYOND TRAINING: THE INDISPENSABLE ROLE OF COACHING AND MENTORING"
DAVE ARCH & Associates
 Internationally recognized conference speaker, author, sales trainer, and executive coach, Dave Arch brings to the conference 37 years of supervising, training, coaching and mentoring experience.
Currently, Dave is serving as an Internal Sales and Management Consultant for Tenaska, Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska, where he makes his home with his wife, Sue, and enjoys grand-parenting his four local grandchildren. In addition, Dave Arch is an authorized licensee of Sandler Training.
PRESENTATION
This session by Dave Arch, author of the book The Pocket Guide To Coaching And Mentoring explores a proven approach to mentoring currently being used by Tenaska, Inc. company-wide. Each participant will leave with an ebook of Dave Arch's book as well as access to a mentoring resource website.
9:45 – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
"HOW TO PLAY A DIFFICULT HAND: ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENT IN AN ERA OF RECORD LOW NATURAL GAS PRICES."
DAVE ARCH & Associates
 Jon Weinstein is a Partner in Pay Governance's Philadelphia Office and a Leader of the Firm's energy industry practice. Jon works extensively in advising Compensation Committees and senior management teams at energy and utility companies and other Fortune 1000 organizations in the development of effective, creative and pragmatic executive incentive pay systems and arrangements
Jeff Hyler is a member of Spencer Stuart's global Energy Practice and is based in the firm's Houston office. He specializes in gas and electric utility, merchant energy and alternative energy executive search assignments.
PRESENTATION
Power generation companies are reeling from record low natural gas prices. Profit margins at utilities and merchant energy companies are being squeezed, leading to layoffs and stagnant growth. The added uncertainty of regulatory and fiscal policy decisions in Washington has compounded an already difficult situation. Jon Weinstein and Jeff Hyler will discuss how independent power companies are managing through these challenging times.
1:15 AM – Conference Conclusion - Prize Drawings
12 Noon - Lunch (Spouses invited)
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