Twin Cities to Host Leading Thinkers on HR Trends in Evolving American Workplace

Marcus Buckingham, Author, National Expert on Human Capital Spotlights Trends for HR Professionals and Companies to StandOut

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Leading Edge Human Resources Network (LEHRN)

Mar 31, 2015, 01:41 ET

MINNEAPOLIS, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Twin Cities will play host this April to leading thinkers in the strategic workforce and talent management arena, convening to discuss sweeping change in the modern American workplace. The Minnesota HR Tech Expo, conceived by LEHRN.org (Leading Edge Human Resources Network) features nationally renowned human capital expert Marcus Buckingham addressing HR professionals on the radical shift in the way employers need to engage people.

"There is a fundamental and radical shift happening in the workplace," says Marcus Buckingham, founder, The Marcus Buckingham Company. "Human Resources professionals and employers need to understand that and embrace it before they start falling behind. It's a shift from an organizational level focus to the critical importance of team leaders, and from a reliance on big data to the effective use of smart data to empower and move an organization forward. It's going to be a new era in the workplace."

Buckingham, via live conference, along with Jason Averbook, CEO, The Marcus Buckingham Company, will keynote the Minnesota HR Tech Expo, April 9, 2015 at the Minneapolis' Marriott City Center Hotel focusing on five key trends HR professionals must understand as workplaces evolve. These include: a new focus on team leaders within organizations as drivers of growth; a shift from big data to smart data that empowers an organization; the personalization of everything as employees grow to expect onboarding and mentoring tailored to their needs; coaching not feedback; and most critically, new addictive technologies not for organizations but for team leader insight.

"Marcus is known worldwide for creating the Strengths revolution which caused a lot of traditionally-held human talent management practices to be upturned," says Matt Peterson, executive director, LEHRN. "We're expecting a full house for his keynote insights into the kind of organizational and technological shifts critical for engaging the workforce of the future."

For the event LEHRN is bringing together other leading thinkers in talent management with an agenda that tackles key issues including: acquiring the best talent, social recruiting, embracing change, managing risk and other HR technologies. The event features product booths and demonstrations from ADP, Ceridian, Infor, Oracle, Ultimate, Workday and 50 other technology companies. All attendees receive a free, signed copy of Marcus Buckingham's new book StandOut.

Information and agenda: www.lehrn.org.

SOURCE Leading Edge Human Resources Network (LEHRN)