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Roberta is an experienced HR consultant, keynote speaker and the author of the international best seller, Suddenly in Charge, a Washington Post Top 5 Business Book for Leaders. She specializes in the HR development of small- to large-sized businesses and non-profits through a range of human resource services, including HR department building, employee recruitment and orientation, employee handbook and job description writing, training and mentoring, intergenerational management consulting, benefit plan creation, sexual harassment investigation and anti-harassment training, and more. Roberta’s insights have been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Washington Post, and The New York Post as well as on The O’Reilly Factor, CBS’s Early Show, and Fox Business. She has also written articles for Pink Magazine, Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, HR.com, Yahoo.com, MSN.com, Fiftyandfurthermore.com, and BizJournals.com.

Roberta offers her clients, including companies like Best Buy and New York Life, help protecting their most important asset – their people.

Roberta speaks to the following topics:

You Want Me to Do What? Using Influence to Get What You Want

Imagine all of the possibilities if you could create a work environment based on commitment, rather than compliance. People would do what they were asked, and then some. You would see a significant reduction in workplace miscommunication, which in turn would lead to reduced stress for everyone. Leaders, who attend this highly-interactive session, will come away with tools they can use to begin transforming their workplaces into organizations where trust and respect are more than just words.

Seismic Shift: Why You May Be Losing Your Balance in the Coming Demographic Quake

Suppose your most precious resource, experienced workers, disappeared tomorrow? Could your organization survive? Learn ways to create a work environment that engages and retains this vital sector of your workforce.

Protect Your Hive

Dramatic shifts in workplace practices and a further evolution of employment relationships are coming. No one has enough foresight to predict exactly how this shift will play out, but few organizations are ready for the change. Learn how to shore up the foundation of your organization to guarantee you have the talent needed to fuel your company.

Management for the Ages

They listen to iPods, download from iTunes, and talk to each other through IM. You are still listening to vinyl, learning to operate Word, and communicating “the old fashion way”, i.e, face-to-face. Learn how to communicate and motivate across the generations.

It’s 2011... Do You Know Where Your Employees Are?

Impending baby boomer retirements, a widening skills gap, and outdated approaches to hiring and retaining talented workers are combining to produce a "perfect storm" that threatens to destroy business performance in the year 2011 and beyond. Learn the steps that will help your organization weather the storm.

Satisfied Clients Say:

"Roberta was able to clearly define our project objectives and the methodology that we needed to reach those objectives. Roberta helped us pinpoint the root cause of our problem by using in-depth probing techniques that gave her access to important data we did not have..."
Amy Waryas, Director, HR
The Boston Beer Company