Pathway to Performance: Motivating and Rewarding People to Succeed

400 attendees at this year's conference

by Neema Mbonela, Conference volunteer

Delaware SHRM partnered with the Delaware Economic Development Office deliver "Pathway to Performance: Motivating and Rewarding People to Succeed," the combined Delaware State HR Conference and Governor's 3R event. This year's conference featured sixty exhibitors and 400 attendees.

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A Very Good Partnership

by Helen Groft, Delaware Economic Development Office

Good partnerships bring good results. The State of Delaware certainly found this to be true in partnering with the Delaware SHRM.

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About this newsletter

This edition of the Delaware SHRM newsletter includes the contributions of several members of the student SHRM chapter at Goldey Beacom College. Kimberly Diener, Caroline Coulet du Gard, Neemba Mdonela, and Jaime Suits acted as conference reporters and wrote many of the articles. Thank you for your energy and effort.

Rewarding & Motivating People to Succeed

Margaret Long, VP Staffing & Selling Services, West Coast Div, Macy's Department Stores

by Neema Mbonela, Conference volunteer

According to Margaret Long, "rewarding and motivating people to succeed" requires leadership buy in, and in some cases a cultural and behavioral change.

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Building and Managing Our Total Navy Force

Opening Session of the 7th Annual Delaware Conference

by Jaime Suits, Conference volunteer

"The war is about people, the people are the prize, and people are the most valuable asset". With one million employees in the Department of the Navy, Anita Blair's message is focus is on rewarding and motivating people on what they do best

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Divided We Fail

Deborah Russell, AARP's Director of Workforce Issues

by Kimberly Diener, Conference volunteer

Deborah Russell, representing this year's Diamond conference sponsor, AARP, spoke over lunch about the value opening opportunities to older workers--not only to the organizations that hire them, but also for contributing to the health and long-term security of all individuals.

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Are we having fun yet?

by Caroline Coulet du Gard, Conference volunteer

Did someone say Fun!! As you walked into the Exhibitors' Hall, it was one of the first things you came across. Have you ever seen a super-sized basketball net and a basketball equally as super-sized? How about huge multiple colored Crayola crayon sticks, or larger-than-life dice in orange, yellow, red, and green?

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Retire Old Notions of Leadership...Keeping Your Best People

Michelle Ray, International Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Author and Consultant

by Caroline Coulet du Gard, Conference volunteer

What a perfect way to end the conference. Michelle Ray is an exceptional motivational speaker, involving the audience and delighting them with a natural charisma and humor not to mention a wave of the singing pink wand.

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Ron Shane HR Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Vickie McCardell, PHR

Vickie McCardell, PHR, was awarded the 2007 Ron Shane HR Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication and leadership in the human resources profession.

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And the Winners Are...

by Karen Stewart, Student Chapter Liaison

Each year it seems that the competition for the Delaware SHRM Student Scholarships gets more challenging! This year the Scholarship Committee chose three outstanding students, each of whom works full time while going to school and maintaining grade point averages over 3.75!

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