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2012 HR Indiana Conference.
August 27-29, 2012
JW Marriott Hotel
Indianapolis, Indiana

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Announcing our Keynote Speakers

Daniel H. Pink                                                                                                 sponsored by Ice Miller

Daniel H. Pink is the author of four provocative books about the changing world of work, including the long-running New York Times bestseller, A Whole New Mind, and the #1 New York Times bestseller, Drive. His books have been translated into 32 languages.

His latest work, DRIVE: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, uses 50 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about human motivation. Pink shows that carrot and stick motivators have been oversold and that high performance depends much more on the deep human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things and to do better by ourselves and the world. Drive is a New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times bestseller—as well as a national bestseller in Japan and the United Kingdom.

Lee Woodruff

As co-author of the best-selling In an Instant, Lee Woodruff garnered critical acclaim for the compelling and humorous chronicle of her family’s journey to recovery following her husband Bob’s roadside bomb injury in Iraq. Appearing together on national television and radio since the February 2007 publication of their book, the couple has helped put a face on the serious issue of traumatic brain injury among returning Iraq war veterans, as well as the millions of Americans who live with this often invisible, but life-changing affliction.

They have founded the Bob Woodruff Foundation (ReMind.org) to assist wounded service members and their families receive the long-term care that they need and help them successfully reintegrate into their communities.

Ann Rhoades

Ann Rhoades is a dynamic and visionary Human Resources Executive with over 25 years of experience in a variety of service-based industries. She held the position of Vice President of the People Department for Southwest Airlines and Executive Vice President of Team Services for Promus Hotel Corporation and most recently, the Executive Vice President of People for JetBlue Airways where she currently remains as a Board Member as well as president of People Ink, her Human Resources consulting company.

Rhoades has a respected reputation in the industry for her creative approach to creating cultures around fun and for blending cultures in merger situations. During her tenure with Doubletree Hotels, later Promus Hotel Corporation, she built a service culture focused on delivering outstanding service to guests. During the time Rhoades headed the People Department at Southwest Airlines, she solidified Southwest’s reputation of retaining and hiring the best people in the airline business despite Southwest’s rapid growth during that time. Most recently, Rhoades took responsibility for the creation of JetBlue Airways Corporation’s People Team in New York.

Ken Yerkes

Back by popular demand, Ken Yerkes will be presenting "Everything Legal" Presented by Barnes & Thornburg LLP. The landscape keeps changing, thanks to new laws, legislatures and activist courts and unions. You want legal advice? We have it! An annual highlight of the Conference, Ken Yerkes will bring a team of experts from Barnes & Thornburg LLP to the podium again. Come for a fast-paced overview of the significant legal issues facing organizations today and get an update on current events. Ken and his team always deliver an interactive program of outstanding content and supporting materials for the attendees.

Ken is Chairman of the Labor & Employment Department and has spent over 25 years successfully fighting for his clients' business objectives at the bargaining table; in federal and state court matters; in arbitrations; and on the ground, in plants across the country, through proactive training, counseling, and union-avoidance campaigns.