In today's highly competitive changing environment, a strong and capable leadership team makes the difference in navigating change. One of the biggest challenges facing successful small to mid-sized businesses is: who are the future executives? Succession planning requires more than organizational charts; it must be part of strategic planning, future vision and aligned to business goals. But how do you convince management that succession planning is important, and how do you effectively implement to assure positive responses?

In this session, learn about strategies to:

• Gain management commitment for succession planning and talent management initiatives
• Frame a common leadership culture through values and behaviors
• Operationalize talent management programs linked to succession planning

The workplace has changed. Organizational life has changed and the rules of career success have changed along with them. AND the good news is... You are in charge!

Whether you are in job search now or thinking about making a change, you must prepare yourself for the new world of work. You must learn how to market yourself, know what your skills are and how to go about developing a job search strategy. Don’t wait until you are no longer in charge!

Walk away with key principles to help you survive in the changing workforce.

Want to attend all or part of the SHRM Conference in 2006 for free? The world's largest HR conference and exposition is coming to Washington, D.C. June 25-28, 2006. It’ll be held at the new Washington D.C. Convention Center and it’s going to be great. But before anyone can attend and benefit from this great conference, we need hundreds of volunteers to help make it happen! Why help? In addition to knowing you’ve given back something to the profession, you’ll get one free conference day for every six hours of on-site volunteering.

Join us to share HR opportunities, support one another during the job search process, and to help each member land the next job. By joining the group and by attendance at the meetings, members obtain leads, network with members, and receive search advice by expert speakers from the greater Washington, DC area.

This meetings are open to any human resources professional or anyone who has an interest in entering the human resources field. Meetings are generally held twice a month.

As you view our new web site, you'll notice the column for other HR events of interest is no longer on the HR Resources page. We have incorporated these within the Upcoming Events calendar. The default on the Upcoming Events calendar page will be the next five HRA-NCA sponsored events. To see the other HR events of interest use the filter at the bottom to choose the category of "Other HR Events" to see the list.

One such event is "Wrap It Up: 2005 Tax Compliance Year End Wrap Up and Strategies for 2006" sponsored by Swidler Berlin LLP.

You may look up these and other members' information in the HRA - NCA online membership directory, using various search categories. Log in through the "Member Login" on the HRA - NCA Web site home page. Keep your membership record up-to- date so we don't lose touch!

Please join us in welcoming these new members to the HRA-NCA group.

HRA-NCA invites organizations to sponsor our newsletter - or any of the following: monthly speaker presentations, our Web site, special events, etc. Interested? Contact Bob Corlett, HRA-NCA's Vice President, Marketing and Community Relations, or access our information on the Web site. For this issue, sincere thanks to the following sponsor.

The Performance Institute
The Performance Institute's 2005-2006 Human Capital Management Course catalog is now available! This comprehensive series of courses is designed to assist in human capital planning, succession planning, employee performance evaluation and key HR management issues. This is the only HR certification program designed exclusively for government. Recruit, retain, motivate and deploy a quality government workforce! Download the full course catalog at www.PerformanceWeb.org/HR5