AAAA Hosts Webinar on Linking Inclusion to Incentive Pay

AAAA Professional Development and Training Institute
2009 Webinar Series
Linking Inclusion to Incentive Pay
Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (Eastern Time)
WebEx Conferencing WebinarRoom entrance begins at 1:45p.m. EST
Presenter: Jerome Offord, Jr.

Registration Link: https://www.regonline.com/linking_inclusion_to_incentive_pay

Linking Inclusion to Incentive Pay
In the economic and technological climate of today, where companies and institutions are facing demands of various stakeholders, the potential loss of employees and an aging workforce, the need to recruit, engage and reward high performing staff continues. Incentive plans have been used by organizations to motivate, recruit, and retain high performing staff. Historically, incentive plans were limited to executives and/or senior management. Over time, organizations benefited from high performing employees by seeing increased profit margins. Over the past decade, as the global markets have challenged U.S. based organizations to think and expand globally, organizations have either added or enhanced their incentive plans to include some form of diversity. The diversity component, which varies according to the company’s mission, can center on the recruitment and retention of diverse staff or focus on increasing staff’s core competencies in the area of diversity and inclusion.

The Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), a worldwide library services organization headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, is a leader in information technologies and innovative online services. With office locations around the globe, OCLC employees are dedicated to offering premier services and software to help libraries cut costs while keeping pace with the demands of our information-driven society.

This webinar will focus on OCLC’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion by offering incentive pay along with other strategies. Participants will discuss:

Historical Overview – Why an Incentive for Inclusion
Components of the Inclusion Scorecard
Program Management and Support from Senior Leaders
Day-to-Day Program Management
Tools Used for Buy-In
Challenges to Managing an Incentive based program
Success Stories

About the Presenter
Our presenter, Jerome Offord, Jr., is the Diversity Officer and Corporate Inclusion Manager for the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC). As the Diversity Officer and Corporate Inclusion Manager, Mr. Offord is responsible for implementing OCLC’s global diversity and inclusion efforts, which include both an internal and external focus. Mr. Offord is responsible for managing the OCLC Minority Librarian Fellowship program, OCLC Inclusion Initiative Internship Program, the organization’s global diversity training, the Inclusion Scorecard for Managers and Senior Leaders, and is chair of the OCLC President’s Inclusion Council. He is responsible for managing a $2.3 million dollar budget. Mr. Offord, who is a member of AAAA, will be joined by Tammi Spayde, Vice President for Corporate Human Resource, OCLC.This program is eligible for 1.5 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.