Our Vision

The HR Executive Forum targets senior executives with responsibilities for human resources and organizational effectiveness. The overall membership target is roughly 50 senior leaders from an eclectic group of industries in the Puget Sound area. Member executives strive to attend six forums annually to support personal and professional growth, network, problem solve, share information, experiences and strategic knowledge with one another. Members utilize a secured joint listserv to share resources and also participate in intermittent surveys  conducted on a variety of topics requested by members using Zoomerang.

The very existence of human resources has increasingly been called into question in recent years, and human resources executives are being asked to take on a more strategic role to meet the challenges of competition in their organizations.

The HR Executive Forum is a significant tool for the executive committed to taking this challenge on by providing opportunities to receive professional business coaching as well as to partner with and learn from peers committed to advancing a new value-added role for human resources.

The HR Executive Forum  exist to help its' members grow personally and professionally and to advance high-performance people strategies through the creation of a learning environment which continuously exposes members to the best models of organizational excellence. Because turnover is minimal and executives learn to know one another over time, information and resource-sharing is frequent and open.

What Members Say...

"I am definitely not a meeting person, but I really like this. It is very valuable. I actually learn things."

High Technology Company

"I think this is great! It is much less stiff than I expected.....almost intimate in it's informality."

Utility

"This is superb....much more useful than I had ever imagined!"

Government organization

Services

Members can attend up to six (6) annual Forums with other members. To ensure the highest quality, each meeting is facilitated and coordinated by a senior human resources consultant who is also responsible for designing and coordinating meetings, documenting and distributing meeting notes and materials, and ensuring that meetings respond to identified needs and add significant value to members.

The senior human resources consultant is available to provide limited coaching/consulting support as part of the membership to member organizations.

Roundtable Logistics

Meetings are typically hosted by a member organization. Each meeting has a theme or is focused on a couple of strategic issues identified as being of critical importance to members. Executives in attendance typically varies between 15 and 25.The meeting format and design result in rich informal learning/sharing. Typically, a member experience or initiative is showcased, thus providing the foundation for a meaningful exchange amongst members. Candid feedback to members sharing work in progress is encouraged. Occasionally, a subject matter expert is brought in to shed light on a particular topic. No marketing of services to members is allowed.

Executive Coaching/Consulting

Forum members get a 15% discount on coaching/consulting services from Suzanne Elshult Typical executive coaching issues include:

• Management/communications style

• Executive team integration/strategic credibility

• Future career options

• Balance -work/life

• Change management - organizational and personal

• HR role clarification and strategy development

• Vision, values and direction-setting

• Work conflict/team building with staff and peers

Typical consulting questions brought forward by members include:

• I am about to launch a major project and would like to contact another member organization that has pertinent experience. Who do you recommend I contact? What about non-member organizations?

• I would like to survey member organizations' experience on a particular topic/issue. Could you send out a Zoomerang survey?

• A project I am "championing" is off track. I need a "sounding board" and some ideas.

• I need some external consulting assistance. Can you refer me to one or several qualified external consultants/service providers?

Fees

Members pay an annual fee to help off-set costs of coordination and facilitation.

Information Request

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