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CTHRA Achieving Excellence Symposium Leveraging Individual Assessment to Impact Organizational Success

Naperville, Ill. – The Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association (CTHRA) announced two leading professional development experts will present a session titled “Improving Organizations through Individual Awareness” during CTHRA’s Achieving Excellence Symposium on May 18 in Atlanta.

During the session, David Heine, Ph.D. and Wanda Brown will demonstrate how organizations can develop competitive advantages and improve the bottom line by implementing a self assessment process that focuses on maximizing individual effectiveness. The speakers will highlight strategies HR professionals can leverage to help key leaders obtain personal insight into development opportunities to ensure they have the skills necessary to contribute to the organization’s long term goals.

Dr. Heine is the executive vice president for consulting and service practice areas at Personnel Decisions International (PDI). Organizations around the globe seek his insight to improve business performance by upgrading their talent.

Brown has more than a decade of human resources, management and consulting experience. She currently serves as director of The Enneagram Institute, a management consulting firm specializing in organizational improvement.

In addition to the session on the impact of individual awareness on organizational success, CTHRA’s Achieving Excellence Symposium will feature Thomas Brooksher, president and CEO of NCTI. Brooksher’s session is titled “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution: HR’s Strategic Role in the Future of the Communications Industry”. Other distinguished speakers will lead sessions on “Creating Value—The Shift from Cost to ROI” and “HR’s Strategic Role in Reducing Risk ”.

CTHRA’s Symposium will be held at the South Tower offices of Turner Broadcasting Systems located at One CNN Center. Human resources professionals, trainers and managers of all levels throughout the MSO, programmer and vendor communities will benefit from attending. To register or learn more about CTHRA’s Achieving Excellence Symposium please visit www.cthra.com or contact the CTHRA office at 630.416.1166 or cthra@cthra.com.

About CTHRA
The Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association (CTHRA) is a nonprofit association committed to helping industry professionals leverage effective human resources strategies to improve organizational and industry-wide success. CTHRA provides its growing membership with original human resources information and resources, networking opportunities and educational programs. CTHRA’s groundbreaking initiatives include the annual CTHRA Compensation Survey and esteemed symposium series. For more information, visit www.cthra.com

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