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Broward County Regional Two-Day Seminar

Sponsored by the City of Miramar, Florida and The Florida Public Personnel Association, Inc.

 

April 3: New Strategies and Applications for Public Sector Compensation

April 4: Performance-Based Pay and Performance Management

 

Dates:     

Tuesday, April 3, 2007: New Strategies and Applications for Public Sector Compensation

Wednesday, April 4, 2007: Performance-Based Pay and Performance Management

 

Schedule:

8:30 am     Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00 am     Welcome

12:00 pm   Lunch

4:30 pm     Course Concludes

 

Location:

DeVry University (2300 SW 145th Avenue, Miramar, FL  33027)

 

Daily Fees:      

IPMA-HR Members: $200; Nonmembers: $250 (includes a one-year IPMA-HR online membership)

Fee includes lunch and continental breakfast

 

Seminar Overviews

 

New Strategies and Applications for Public Sector Compensation
This course provides a detailed understanding and application of new or emerging classification/compensation concepts in the public sector. It is designed to familiarize human resources and compensation practitioners, or anyone with the responsibility of implementing or supporting new compensation programs within their organization, with the “what’s” and “why’s” of the new strategies and decision-making considerations.

Who Should Attend

Intermediate-level experienced compensation specialists and human resources professionals in the public sector, as well as anyone responsible for developing, implementing and supporting new compensation programs.

Learner Outcomes

• Key factors driving personnel system change and evaluation criteria for measuring change

• New and emerging compensation practices, approaches and applications to current methods

• The “what’s” and “why’s” of broadbanding and managing classification/compensation in a broadbanding environment

• The “what’s” and “why’s” of new base-pay approaches and applications such as merit and skill-based pay

• The “what’s” and “why’s” of variable pay and general recognition programs

• Communicating change effectively and tips for influencing decision makers

 

Performance-Based Pay and Performance Management

This one-day applied knowledge course is designed to present approaches to the design and implementation of performance-based pay systems and performance management. The course takes a comprehensive look at design and application issues and considerations.

Who Should Attend

Senior practitioners responsible for public sector classification and compensation program redesign and/or public sector human resource managers and decision makers.

Learner Outcomes

• The “what’s” and “why’s” of performance-based pay

• Designing an effective performance-based pay plan

• Assessing readiness for effective implementation and success

• Costing and funding approaches

• Developing communication and training plans

• Testing, implementing and evaluating your performance-based pay plans

 

 

The Instructor:  Bruce Lawson, IPMA-CP

Bruce Lawson is a Partner in the firm of Fox Lawson & Associates. Prior to joining Fox Lawson, Bruce spent 15 years with the firm of Ernst & Young LLP. He has a Master's degree in Public Administration from California State University at Fullerton and a Ph.D. (a.b.d.) in Public Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. His consulting experience includes work in job evaluation and compensation, organization analysis, executive search, personnel systems and policy development.

Mr. Lawson is an active member of several professional associations including the American Compensation Association and also serves on the adjunct faculty in the Graduate School of Arizona State University where he teaches courses in personnel management and labor relations. He currently is serving on the City of Phoenix (AZ) Public Safety Retirement Board. He also has served as a member of four National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) Peer Review Committee Site Evaluation Teams. He is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) by the American Compensation Association.

 

 

Please call 703-549-7100 or visit www.ipma-hr.org for more information.

 

 

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