IHRIM Webinar - March 7th 2007

Home Depot HR Professionals to present Strategies for Obtaining Buy-in and Support for IT Change Initiatives at IHRIM Webinar, March 7

In a fast-paced environment of constant change, overloaded resources and competing priorities itís often difficult to obtain the required buy-in, acceptance and support required to successfully implement your IT change initiative. IHRIMís March 7 Webinar, ìGetíem in the Game: Strategies for Obtaining Buy-in and Support of your IT Change Initiative,î provides the all important step-by-step formula for a successful IT project lifecycle.

Two Home Depot HR professionals, Ron Alcala, manager of Business Readiness and Pam Miserocchi, project lead Business Readiness, will explain how to:

ï Recognize the need for a formal Business Engagement program;

ï Identify your key decision makers, sponsors and targets of change to build your Business Engagement Network;

ï Develop strategies to promote active involvement and increased accountability among your business partners and key constituents; and,

ï Apply lessons learned from one major retailerís successful deployment of a distributed Business Engagement Network to implement and sustain continuous HR technology and process change

The program will include an Introduction to Change Management, Change Management Strategies, and a Stakeholder/Business Engagement Case Study, all designed to help you formulate a winning game plan. This program has been approved for 1.50 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).