Seismic
Change Begins with You
One
of HR’s greatest challenges is to help people
overcome their natural resistance to change and
embrace new ideas. In this article, Dr.
Lois Frankel, President of Corporate
Coaching International, offers tips to recognize
our own change challenges and take the first steps
towards leading seismic change. Dr. Frankel will
be the keynote speaker at CTHRA’s HR
Symposium on October 2 in Philadelphia.
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Executive Spotlight:
NBCUniversals Pat Langer
After
39 years of service in our industry, Pat
Langer will soon retire from her position
as NBCUniversal’s Executive
Vice President of Human Resources. In this interview,
Pat reflects on favorite memories and achievements
and also shares advice based on her wealth of
experience.
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SCTE•ISBE: L&D Opportunities for Technical
Employees
The
Queens School of Business and Gallup reported
that disengaged workers had 37% higher absenteeism,
49% more accidents and 60% more errors and defects.
SCTE•ISBE’s Jill Banks
presents a compelling business case for
leveraging learning and development (L&D)
to improve employee engagement. She also outlines
a variety of programs for tech employees.
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Seeking
Hiring and Retention Best Practices for Veterans
Mission
Media is seeking companies and veteran employees
to feature in "Models of Success," a
collection of case studies focused on employers'
best practices for recruiting, onboarding and
retaining veterans. Check out the inaugural
publication which focused on Spectrum's
veterans hiring program. Please send recommendations
for future spotlights to Pamela
Williams.

HR Award Nominations
Due June 15
There
is still time to submit a nomination for the Team
Innovator of the Year and Aspiring Leader Award!
The winners will receive industry-wide recognition
including a luncheon held in their honor at CTHRA’s
HR Symposium and feature articles in Cablefax
and HR Pulse. Nomination forms are available
at www.cthra.com/awards.

Member Applause
 CTHRA
is thrilled to announce two new additions to its
board of directors! Scott Porter
(pictured left) is SVP of HR, Corporate and Technology
for Turner. After seven years
as a partner in the labor and employment practice
at Taylor English Duma, Scott returned
to Turner in 2014. Previously, he had worked in
the Turner legal department for eight years. Chris
Powell (pictured right) is the CEO of
Talmetrix. Prior to joining
Talmetrix, he was an HR leader for 20 years at
Scripps Networks Interactive,
ING (VOYA), Marriott and Deloitte.
Powell is a past president of CTHRA and serves
on the steering committee for Mission Media.
We welcome Scott and Chris to the board!
Congratulations to Charter who received the 2018 Cablefax Top Ops Award for MSO Social Responsibility.

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