HR Roundtable Network Meeting Tuesday, March 12

"Plan Your Life Before You Plan Your Career"
presented by Executive Coach Kim Sawyer of The Wealth Source (www.thewealthsource.com)

RSVPs needed for next Roundtable Network meeting

Tuesday, March 12

9:00  - 11:00 AM

AGENDA:

9:00 - 9:30 AM coffee & networking
9:30 - 11:00 AM presentation

LOCATION:

UBS Financial Services in the Galleria Financial Center

5065 Westheimer   Houston, TX 77056

9th Floor Conference Room

The meeting space is generously provided by Lori Siegel, VP Investments.


• Do you plan your life with the same rigor and strategic attention as you do your business or career?
• Do you recognize that your Life Plan is actually the first section of your Business or Career Plan?
• What do you want your life to be like/have in it 10 years from now – when your enterprise or career has reached the pinnacle of its success?
• Do you know how much money the life you want to be living will take?
• Do you know what kind of business/work-life will fit and support and allow for the life you really want to be living then?
• Do you approach your life as a work of art - your greatest innovation – in which the placement and excellence of each brush stroke matters?
• Have you even thought about it?
• Does the very idea appeal and call out to you?

In this session we'll look at what it means to approach business and career planning this way. You will walk away with some tools to help you develop a powerful approach to Innovating your life and business or career.

There is a $10 cover charge (cash only) to attend the meeting. Active Lee Hecht Harrison candidates should register via the CRN and identify themselves at the door to avoid the cover charge.

Reach 4,200+ HR Professionals When You Sponsor Texas HR Pros' Networking Events

LinkedIn Group Texas HR Pros

 

• Announcement from Founder
•  
• The Benefits of Sponsoring Networking Mixers

Our group should come close to reaching 5,000 members by year’s end and our mixers have seen more and more people attend each time. 

 

If you want to capitalize on that growth and start putting your name out there in front of the growing number of HR professionals in our group, reach out to Eric at texasatty@gmail.com about securing one or more of the mixers in Houston, Dallas, and/or Austin.

 

Here are the four remaining Houston mixers scheduled for 2013:

• Thursday, May 30

• Thursday, July 25

• Thursday, September 26

• Thursday, November 21

 

(Dates for Dallas and Austin mixers TBA) 

 

Our sponsors will receive--

1. Posting mentions on our LinkedIn Groups which are cross posted on other LinkedIn Groups,
2. An advertisement on the home page of our blog,
3. Thank you mentions on Twitter and Facebook,
4. A blog posting feature about your products and services, and 
5. A monthly feature and annual thank you with your company hyperlinked on the Sponsor page of our blog. 

Being featured on our LinkedIn Group reaches a target audience of 4,200 HR and recruitment professionals across Texas.  Our social media mentions on our blog, Twitter, and Facebook also increase your company's website's SEO.  If you have any ideas, promo requests, or questions, please contact me...we can get creative.

 

I would also like to take the time to thank the following sponsors again:

2013 Sponsors and Partners

• Southern Charm Photography
• Personalysis
• Burnett Staffing
• Reddy & Neumann, P.C. 
• Career Connections at Second Baptist Church
• Search4U, Inc.
• Fort Worth Career Search Network
• Several Job Ministries  

 

Thank you in advance for your support and for providing networking opportunities for HR and Recruitment to connect and form professional and community-centric relationships.

Please contact:

Eric Griesel

Founder of Texas HR Pros

texasatty@gmail.com

713.459.1045

 

Want to Win a Personalysis Assessment on January 31?

 

On January 31, at the Texas HR Pros' mixer at Sam's Place in Houston, attendees will get a chance to win an assessment compliments of Personalysis. Angela Stauder, a VP of Personalysis, has donated two assessments with consultation meetings which will enlighten you how to best work with and engage teams by better knowing your communication preferences and genuine style.

The winners will love their session...because the report is all about you! I took the assessment and was coached by Stauder, who is also a Texas HR Pros leader, and I discovered how to use my strengths to my advantage and how to influence teams. The coaching session also can give you insight to manage your personal relationships as well.






Personalysis is a proprietary personality assessment tool that provides you with insights into how people think, feel, deal with others, and cope under stress. Today’s corporate environment requires you to work closely with others to achieve organizational goals, yet the shortened time frames and greater geographical distances no longer allow you the luxury of “hit or miss” relationship building. This creates road blocks to productivity by making it difficult to understand and accommodate personality differences within the workplace.

You can take the guesswork out of understanding people and why they do what they do. The simple, 15-minute online questionnaire results in the Personalysis Report, a written personality interpretation, and the Personalysis Colorgraph, an easy-to-use graphical personality snapshot. The data—depicted as colors, shapes, and numbers—enables you to understand differences, grow, and manage others. The Colorgraph images displayed in your workplace serve as visual clues to help you and others stay on target.

By using our personality assessment tool, you can employ real-world solutions to overcome obstacles, accelerate teamwork, and create productive working relationships throughout your organization. By depicting behavior objectively and graphically, road blocks caused by style and personality differences are eliminated, and people are able to stay focused on achieving goals.

Join us on Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, YouTube or our Blog to receive valuable information on a variety of topics. Expand your working knowledge of being more effective with people—wisdom you can apply right now.

HR Roundtable on Dec. 11 Goes Holiday

Holiday Roundtable Network Meeting in Houston, benefitting Star of Hope.

Mark your calendars for the Holiday Roundtable Network Meeting in Houston on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, benefitting Star of Hope

AGENDA:

 

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM – Networking, Coffee & Holiday Treats

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM – Program.

Festive holiday attire is encouraged!

Guest Presenter, Cheryl Smith Bryan
“Avoiding Potholes on the Road to Career Success”

Are you on track to reach your objectives?
Do you want to eliminate roadblocks to career success?

Many people have habits that keep them from reaching their career goals.

This interactive discussion of overcoming potential obstacles to career success explores:
• Defining your career objectives
• Habits that hold you back
• How to correct your course

Cheryl Smith Bryan, President of Coaching for Career Success and an ICF certified coach, is experienced in assessing and advising high potential employees and teams, and coaching leaders for career success. Cheryl's clients appreciate her laser focus on leveraging strengths and addressing development areas in order to deliver measurable results.

Previously, Cheryl was Managing Director in the Houston office of Boyden Global Executive Search, led the firm’s Human Resources Practice and was a member of the Industrial Practice. She conducted board and executive level searches for global corporations as well as start-ups and mid-cap companies in energy, healthcare, and manufacturing.

Cheryl began her career in the corporate human resources function in energy and financial services.

The Roundtable Network Meeting will be at the LHH west Houston office, 11200 Westheimer near Wilcrest, in the 2nd floor training room.

There is a $10 cover charge to attend, but in the spirit of the season, all monies will be donated to Star of Hope.

Active LHH candidates should register via their CRN, and while there is no charge for their attendance, donations for our charity will be welcomed.


ABOUT STAR OF HOPE: Star of Hope is a Christ-centered community dedicated to meeting the needs of homeless men, women and their children. Positive life changes are encouraged through structured programs which focus on spiritual growth, education, employment, life management and recovery from substance abuse.




 

Want to Win a Personalysis Assessment on November 1?

Tomorrow, at the Texas HR Pros' mixer at Sam's Place in Houston, attendees will receive a chance to win an assessment compliments of Personalysis.  Angela Stauder, a VP of Personalysis, has donated two assessments with consultation meetings which will enlighten you how to best work with and engage teams by better knowing your communication preferences and genuine style. 

The winners will love their session...because the report is all about you!  I took the assessment and was coached by Stauder, who is also a Texas HR Pros leader, and I discovered how to use my strengths to my advantage and how to influence teams.  The coaching session also can give you insight to manage your personal relationships as well.






Personalysis is a proprietary personality assessment tool that provides you with insights into how people think, feel, deal with others, and cope under stress. Today’s corporate environment requires you to work closely with others to achieve organizational goals, yet the shortened time frames and greater geographical distances no longer allow you the luxury of “hit or miss” relationship building. This creates road blocks to productivity by making it difficult to understand and accommodate personality differences within the workplace.

You can take the guesswork out of understanding people and why they do what they do. The simple, 15-minute online questionnaire results in the Personalysis Report, a written personality interpretation, and the Personalysis Colorgraph, an easy-to-use graphical personality snapshot. The data—depicted as colors, shapes, and numbers—enables you to understand differences, grow, and manage others. The Colorgraph images displayed in your workplace serve as visual clues to help you and others stay on target.

By using our personality assessment tool, you can employ real-world solutions to overcome obstacles, accelerate teamwork, and create productive working relationships throughout your organization. By depicting behavior objectively and graphically, road blocks caused by style and personality differences are eliminated, and people are able to stay focused on achieving goals.

Join us on Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, YouTube or our Blog to receive valuable information on a variety of topics. Expand your working knowledge of being more effective with people—wisdom you can apply right now.

Ask an Expert - Work/Life Balance, presented by LinkedIn + Citi

www.linkedin.com/womenconnect - Lindsey Pollak is a global spokesperson for LinkedIn as well as a career and workplace consultant. She's here to help you find the work/life balance needed to have a successful career while maintaining a fulfilling personal life. 
 Get Connected is a video series tied to Connect, the LinkedIn group for professional women, powered by Citi.

Each video profiles a member of the network with great lessons to share. The personal histories and successes of these groundbreaking women will inspire you to follow your passions, and their tangible advice and business tips will help you make your dreams a reality.

Career Coach Andrew Castillo Credits Networking and Bears

Andrew Castillo, a life and career coach, brought a devil bear and an angel bear to a full house at the HR Roundtable Network for his Angels and Devils; Friends and Foes of Your Success speech today.  He used the bears as props for the careful balance of being pessimistic enough to be proactive to find a job (devil) and to be optimistic enough (angel) to have a good vibe when meeting others during the job search. 

Before I move forward with my account of the meeting, you must know that Castillo has a following of fans...his training delivery, relate-able analogies, and story-telling skills make him an inspiring speaker.  You may listen to a sound clip about recognizing your self worth if you want to hear a snippet of his training.

Castillo alluded to a couple of stories in the Bible that teach us to have faith in God, have a plan, follow the signs, embrace those around you through the journey, and not complain.  He shared how 19 months of unemployment, the death of his mother, and having his car repossessed made it the worst time of his life.  He got by those times thanks to the bonds he made with a career network in Katy.

His best story during the training was about how the law of opportunities happen at the most inappropriate or unexpected times.  One day, he was waiting at Starbucks out in Katy to meet an executive who was running extremely late.  While he was working away on his computer being productive, someone recognized him from a former networking introduction and a chain of synchronized introductions, which 100% led him to his present job.

Here are the Top 10 takeaways from the meeting to build a career:

1. Design a one-year, three-year, and five-year plan for you and your family.
2. Actually write your goals down.  Read the correlation to success in this study by Dr. Gail Matthews.
3. Plot your timeline.  Do you know the date you want to achieve your goal?
4. Chronicle all of your efforts and encounters in a journal.
5. What do you want to be when you grow up?  If you don't enjoy your current profession, don't allow your subconscious to sabotage you in your career or job search. 
6. Use a bulleted list for a clear networking speech.
7. Treat every encounter during networking as a first impression for a job opportunity.
8. Always remember, who we are is much greater than what we do as a profession.  Serve a greater purpose and get a higher perspective of your self worth.
9. Note to self:  Hang out at Starbucks more often.  Work in public, so people can reach out to you in person.
10. Castillo has a networking group that meets every month at Ruby Tequilas, 7748 FM 1960 West
    Houston, TX 77070, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.  His next meeting is Tuesday, July 17.   MAP

About the Speaker:  Currently, Castillo is contracted to British Petroleum where he is part of a large Upstream program. He also works with a U.K. based group to facilitate communication workshops for BP based on the Insights Discovery Model in which he is accredited. He conducts seminars on Leadership and Management, Communication Styles and Techniques, Successfully Managing IT projects, and 'All Things Job Search'.  For more information about Andrew Castillo, please visit his career coach site. 

About the Host:  For more information about Lee Hecht Harrison and the HR Roundtable Network please join them on LinkedIn.