Event Details

Presenter:  Dianna Gould, SHRM National

Dianna Gould, SPHR has over 20 years experience in the human resources profession.  Currently she is the Field Services Director for the Pacific West Region for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Prior to joining SHRM, she had experience as an HR professional for Fortune 500 companies to start-up firms.  She has worked in the high tech, international export, manufacturing, and the service industry.

Dianna has been an active member with SHRM since 1991 and has volunteered for a variety of leadership roles during that time. She has served as the President for the Portland Human Resource Management Association (Portland, OR) and in 2006 was the Director of the SHRM Oregon State Council Board of Directors.

Dianna has taught courses at Clark College in Washington for the PHR and SPHR Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) certification and is life-time certified as a Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR). In 2012 she obtained her Certified Association Executive (CAE) certification. 

Session Outline:

Workplace flexibility has become a key business strategy to leverage the talents and skills of today's increasingly diverse, aging, and multi-generational workforce. In this session, you will learn how flexible work arrangements such as job sharing, flexible scheduling, phased retirement, and telecommuting can drive employee engagement, productivity, retention, and benefit your organization's bottom line. You will also examine case studies of companies that have won the national Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for their innovative programs. And, you will hear about new resources and opportunities as a result of SHRM's partnership with the Families and Work Institute, including the "When Work Works" initiative.

This session has been submitted for HRCI credit.