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Overview: Finding it challenging to get your own initiatives and projects launched? Can't get support for your ideas? Having difficulty in getting support and buy-in from leaders, co-workers, colleagues and others within the business? Sometimes even the best ideas don't get implemented - or even started at all! - because they haven't been socialized and shared throughout the organization. But just talking about your idea isn't sufficient. To be successful at socializing your strategic initiatives, it is essential that you build strong relationships throughout the business.

We often are either so rushed to get started, or have so much to do that we just want to get moving, that we forget about the need to "sell" our initiatives throughout the organization to gain the support and commitment we need -in the way of resources, financial commitment, assistance - to move forward and be successful.

Sometimes we have to sell the idea of socializing our initiatives. Executives don't always understand the need to promote what we are doing to employees before actually doing it. As HR professionals, we need to help them understand the value of socializing first.

This webinar provides HR professionals with best practices and strategies for socializing their initiatives within the organization. A variety of best practices and "things to avoid" when socializing ideas or strategic initiatives, including - getting commitment from the workforce, getting executives and senior leaders involved in socialization of the initiative, finding time to socialize the initiative, managing negativity and keeping the lines of communication open - will be shared.

Why should you attend: Human Resources (HR) is the nuts and bolts of any organization - the initiatives in place within HR are essential to the success of the organization. However, all too frequently, strategic HR initiatives get "lost" within the organization - not enough people know what is going on and what the business is working on. When the initiatives are focused on policy and procedure changes or in cases of mergers and acquisitions, employees are worried about what that means for them. In such cases, it is difficult to get support and buy-in to ensure a successful implementation and acceptance of the initiative. In order to ensure success in HR initiatives, it is essential that the initiatives get socialized within the organization. And to be successful at socializing your strategic HR initiatives, it is essential that you build strong relationships in the business.

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Applying a simple process for socializing HR initiatives
• Using a variety of best practices and techniques to "sell" the socializing process throughout the organization
• Developing and sharing communication strategies to more effectively engage and work with stakeholders
• Ensuring executive and senior leaders get involved in the process
• Building relationships throughout the business

Who Will Benefit:

• HR Leaders
• HR Professionals
• Training Managers
• Learning & Development Professionals