Sept. 16, 2008

For immediate release

MEDIA ADVISORY

State HR professionals gathering in Wichita

Dealing with human resource issues is a daily fact of business life. Company owners need to find replacements for baby boomers who are about to retire, and the marketplace is moving faster each day.

The 19^th Annual Kansas State Society of Human Resource Managers Conference will address those issues. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Wichita, Sept. 17-19, 2008. The Kansas State Council of SHRM and the Wichita SHRM Chapter are hosting the conference.

The conference theme is "HR - The Business Partner" and embraces the concept that stakeholders and owners want and need HR professionals to be business partners. Speakers at the conference include:

• Dr. Gerald Graham - R.P. Clinton Distinguished Professor of Management at Wichita State University's W. Frank Barton School of Business.
• Dr. John Sullivan - International HR management advisor who will challenge the antiquated role of HR with presentations on recruitment, retention and strategic talent management.
• Bill Bennett - President of the Organizational Solutions Business Unit of Frankly Covey who will speak on building trust and leadership within an organization.
• Margaret Morford - President for the HR Edge, Inc., will speak about "Management Courage-Having the Heart of a Lion."
• Susan Meisinger - President and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management will talk about "Human Resource Professionals as Business Partners."

For a copy of the 19th Annual Kansas State SHRM pre-conference brochure, go online to http://www.ksshrm.com/associations/3537/files/PreConference%20Brochure-Final.pdf. 

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