As an HR professional or manager have you ever watched in agony as a colleague, agency manager, or employee self-destructs in public from his or her own behavior? We watch the situation go from bad to worse and wonder, “What is this person thinking? Why is this person doing this? Were they hit by the stupid truck?”

In this September 24 kickoff to the Oregon Chapter’s educational programs for the year, Deputy Chief Michael Duyck of Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue will delve into the causes that underlie self-destructive conduct and behaviors by individuals that work in the public sector. Using stories of real situations, the Chief will explore the factors that lead people to behaving in a way that contradicts reason and rational thinking. While at times painfully humorous, you will learn to spot at-risk patterns of conduct and gain insight into the difference between a lone
event, and symptomatic behaviors.

You will gain insight into how to recognize and successfully deal with irrational behaviors. This is a valuable capability since in the end any self-destructive act by a public employee hurts the organization and the reputation of all of us working in the public sector.

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Just because there are no training sessions scheduled for the summer doesn’t mean IPMA-HR Oregon chapter members shouldn’t check the web site regularly. We’ll be continuing to keep the site up to date, with other news, agency recruitments for new jobs, etc. For example, the Jobs page was updated this morning to list an HR Manager job in Marion County.

We expect the site to be more frequently updated next year as the chapter will be hosting the Western Region annual spring conference in April in Portland. Look for updates on the conference soon.

Our final chapter breakfast meeting for 2009-2010 was held June 17.

Mike Niemeyer, Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator at the Oregon Department of Justice, provided an overview of the current “state of the art” options for HR professionals as we are faced with resolving workplace disputes.

A copy of his presentation can be downloaded.

Congratulations to chapter Board member Debra Bullard, Program Coordinator, City of Tualatin, and Jim Loeffler, HR Director, Oregon City, for their recent certifications as IPMA-HR Certified Professionals.

IPMA-HR Executive Director Neil Reichenberg announced these certifications in an e-mail to association members this morning.

In another year of tight fiscal budgets and the continued need for good stewardship of training budgets, we encourage you to consider a prudent investment – joining your local Oregon IPMA-HR chapter!

Oregon IPMA-HR serves its members with up-to-date training opportunities that address the hottest topics facing Human Resource professionals.

Our theme for this year has been Tools for Tough Times. We have had some excellent programs, with one more remaining this year.

Benefits to being a local Oregon IPMA-HR Chapter member are:

Discounts on IPMA-HR Events – Enjoy $5 discounts on bi-monthly lunch seminars, and additional discounts on other events such as conferences and the “Developing Competencies for HR Success” training.

Tuition and Profession Development Scholarships – Becoming a member of Oregon IPMA-HR provides you with an opportunity to apply for an Oregon IPMA-HR Scholarship towards college coursework or conference registration costs.

Unmatched Networking with Other Public Sector HR Professionals. Attending these informational programs not only gives you the tools to address these issues immediately in your entity, but also gives you the opportunity to get to know your colleagues who are some of your best resources to obtain support to enhance your career and continue your professional development.

Professional Resources IPMA-HR Oregon offers an informative website, www.ipmaoregon.org, the opportunity to give and receive professional expertise on issue facing public sector human resource professionals each day, and access to the chapter’s membership directory for possible mentoring opportunities.

Additional benefits:

As a chapter affiliated member of national IPMA-HR, you also receive these benefits:

• Weekly HR Bulletin delivered via email
• Member rate for all IPMA-HR professional development activities, IPMA-HR Western Region Conference and National Conferences, HR Competency Training Program, and monthly training webinar

We look forward to you joining our local chapter and sharing in our continued success and commitment to the Oregon Human Resource profession in the public sector!

Sincerely,

Your IPMA-HR Oregon Chapter Board

Membership Application Form for 2010 [PDF]