Press Release

Contact: David Carew
(615) 661-0249, ext. 8077
dcarew@mleesmith.com

Strategic HR Leadership Summit - - America's Premier "How-To" Conference for HR Professionals - - Coming to Las Vegas March 31-April 1

 

NASHVILLE, March 8, 2005- - Strategic HR Leadership Summit - -a national "how-to" conference for HR professionals that will feature presentations from nationally acclaimed HR leaders from Microsoft and other world-class organizations- - is coming to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on March 31 and April 1.

By attending Strategic HR Leadership Summit, HR professionals from across the U.S. will discover the inside secrets of America's best performing and most highly valued human resources professionals. They'll learn how to maximize HR's strategic value within an organization, transforming it from an administrative function to a dynamic, bottom-line-enhancing business asset.

Among the nationally acclaimed speakers who will deliver key presentations at Strategic HR Leadership Summit are:

· Keynote Speaker Scott Pitasky, Senior Director of HR at Microsoft…who'll reveal how his HR department is revolutionizing the workplace culture of the world's most famous company;

· Mel Kleiman, nationally acclaimed author of 'Hire Tough: Manage Easy'…who'll deliver up-to-the-minute, inside secrets of recruiting, hiring, and retaining the workforce companies dream of;

· Margaret Morford, named one of the Best Speakers at the 2004 Society for Human Resource Management national convention . . . who'll reveal the eye-opening secrets of maximizing HR's strategic influence through 'positive political skills.'

Other key topics to be covered at Strategic HR Leadership Summit will include:

· How America's 'Best Human Resources Departments' earned that honor by implementing specific effectiveness-boosting strategies;
· How HR professionals can powerfully fast-forward their careers by making HR a crucial strategic partner in their organization;

· How to make management- -and employees- -much happier with benefits plans;

· How to create a warm, positive, productivity-boosting workplace in today's tough business climate;

· How to keep the peace in one's company by using a highly effective conflict-resolution strategy;

· How to retain the Baby Boomers' knowledge and expertise-even as they retire and leave the company;

· Plus a special presentation entitled 'The 5 Key Messages Every Employee Must Hear.'

Special Pre- and Post-conference Sessions:

To further enrich the experience, attendees will enjoy the option of attending one of the following pre- and post-conference workshops, for an affordable extra fee:

Pre-conference Sessions (held concurrently on Wednesday, March 30):

1. 'What World-Class Organizations Do to Find and Keep the Best Employees,' presented by Mel Kleiman, President of Humetrics, Inc.

2. 'The Savvy Owl- -Power, Politics, and Career Development for HR Professionals,' presented by Margaret Morford

Post-conference Session (held on Friday, April 1):

1. 'Document! Document! Document!- - The Easier, More Effective Way to Master This Crucial HR Activity,' presented by Candace M. Kollas, President of Workable Options

The conference fee is $799 per person and $699 for each additional person, when two or more people from the same organization register.

The fee is $749 per person for previous attendees of the annual Advanced Employment Issues Symposium, also sponsored by M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC.

To register for Strategic HR Leadership Summit, HR professionals are asked to call toll-free (800) 274-6774 or visit www.hrhero.com/summit

About the Conference Sponsor

Strategic HR Leadership Summit is sponsored by M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, publisher of the best-selling newsletter "HR Insight: Proven Strategies for the Human Resources Professional." M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC is the only company in America that publishes a state-specific employment law newsletter for all 50 states. The newsletters are produced under the umbrella of the Employers Counsel Network, a nationwide network of law firms practicing employment law in each of the 50 states plus Washington, D.C. and Canada. M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC also produces other newsletters, national workplace law audio seminars and conferences, and other information products for HR professionals, business people, and attorneys.

For additional information, or to schedule an interview with one of the guest speakers, please call David Carew at (615) 661-0249, ext. 8077 E-mail: dcarew@mleesmith.com For more information about M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, please visit www.HRhero.com