Florida Keys SHRM

Welcome to Florida Keys SHRM

We are the Florida Keys Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (also known as Florida Keys SHRM, or, simply, FLKSHRM).  We are an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a national, professional organization.

Whether you are new to the HR field or have many years of experience, we are a local starting point for networking, information, professional development and continued support of excellence in Human Resources.   We welcome your use of this site as a resource and encourage you to check back frequently for updated information. We also encourage your involvement and suggestions about all our activities, on the web and off.

Join us for our upcoming Chapter Meeting on Wednesday, June 12th.

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  An Authentic Organizational Culture:

  The Recipe to Success for Our Melting Pot

  of Cultures Merging

  Debbie Mason, CFRE, APR, CPRC, Fellow PRSA

   

  Premier Team Building & Interactive Experiences

   

  August 14, 2024

   

• 11:15 am – Networking

  11:30 am – Lunch – Chapter News

  12:00 pm – Program

  Keys Energy Services

  1001 James St., Board Room

  Key West, FL 33040

  To RSVP Click Here

  Deadline to RSVP: August 5, 2024

  Free for FLKSHRM members, $25 for non-members

  HRCI & SHRM PDC 1.00 hrs

   

  Description: 

• Resort communities and certain industry sectors across the nation are facing unprecedented workforce recruitment and retention challenges. Increasingly employees are relocating from other countries to become a part of today’s US workforce. Employers want healthy organizational cultures, with communications, policy and managerial practices that reinforce critically desired and essential organizational values and behaviors. Yet, few companies have considered how country of origin and cultural rooted practices of newly transplanted employees impact their ability to assimilate and integrate into their new founded place of work. Even fewer have done the measured work of evaluating organizational language and behaviors to understand how those are perceived by today’s diverse workforce. This course explores in an interactive manner, the concepts, strategies and tactics to frame, measure and implement different approaches in establishing the desired organizational culture. 

   

  Learning Objectives:

  Specifically, this session addresses the following objectives:

  1)    Recognize how your organization’s approach and communication is perceived differently by people of different cultures.

  2)    Explore how to create an organizational culture that acknowledges, respects and supports employees from different countries of origin.

  3)    Learn cultural health components to measure, and tactics to evaluate the effectiveness of your company’s culture and communications effectiveness.

  4)  Learn from case study examples, approaches that have been successful for companies with diverse multi-cultural workforces.    

   

  Speaker:

  

  Debbie Mason launched Strategists, Inc. in 2002 to provide customized consulting services in the areas of communication, organizational development, change management, strategic planning and business operations/development. Clients span government, corporate, nonprofit and association sectors from local to national in scale.

   

  Debbie’s career positions include serving in executive leadership as VP Corporate Communications for JM Family Enterprises, a global, privately held company with $18B in revenue, and as CEO of three different nonprofit foundations. In addition, she has served as a fractional COO for a national nonprofit and a global international association. Other fractional positions have been in the municipal utility and commercial real estate sectors. As a consultant, Debbie is a trusted advisor to CEOs, C-suite leaders and boards of clients, providing strategic counsel and a deep understanding of best practices.

  Debbie is the author of The Public Relations Toolkit and a frequent contributor to business and association journals. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Florida. Debbie is a frequent speaker and trainer at regional and national professional conferences in board governance, strategic planning, organizational development, and communications. 

  Debbie earned her master’s degree from Syracuse University in Communications Management and her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida. She holds professional accreditations and certifications in public relations, marketing, fundraising, DEI and organizational development. She is a licensed facilitator to the DISC® and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ tools. Active in her community, Debbie is a member of the Greater Key West Chamber of Commerce, the Key West Rotary Club, and a graduate of Leadership Monroe, Key West Ambassadors, Leadership Florida and many others.

   

• Florida Keys Chapter, SHRM

https://flkeysshrm.shrm.org/

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The 2024 Florida Keys SHRM Judy Hobbs Memorial Scholarship was recently awarded to Key West High School students Katelyn Noss, Damir Karimov, and Marco Davila. Scholarship Chair Julio J. Torrado presented each student with a $500 scholarship during Class Night on Wednesday, May 22^nd.

The Judy Hobbs Memorial Scholarship assists students pursuing a college degree in the Human Resources or Business fields. Ms. Hobbs was a local entrepreneur and founding member of our organization who, during her lifetime, was dedicated to the career success of young people who wanted to excel in business. In 1989 Ms. Hobbs passed away and her mother donated funds to help start a scholarship in her honor.

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