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    HR's Role in Meaningful Development Planning (HRACC)

    Date: March 26, 2026, 5:00pm – 8:00pm
    Organizer:
    HRACC
    Location:
    Courtyard by Marriott
    4 Sebethe Drive
    Cromwell, Connecticut 06416
    Price:
    $40 for chapter members; $20 for members in job transition and students; $50 for guests
    Event Type:
    Meeting
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    HR's Role in Meaningful Development Planning
    Turning Talent Development into a Leadership Advantage

    Development planning is a process focused on growing people, not just filling gaps. It helps employees build new skills, expand their capabilities, and move along a clear path of career progression: supporting personal growth, while ensuring the organization has the skills it will need next.   In short, it’s about developing tomorrow’s talent, not just managing today’s performance.

    With a focus on simplicity and impact, this presentation delivers clear frameworks and actionable ideas that improve development conversations—without adding complexity or administrative burdens. 

    You’ll walk away with practical ways to design development plans that managers actually use, employees care about, and the organization benefits from – without creating more administrative burdens for HR.

    Key Takeaways:

    • A clearer, more effective role for HR in enabling development without owning the entire process
    • A practical framework that leads to focused, actionable development plans
    • Approaches that increase manager and employee engagement while supporting real capability growth

     ITINERARY
    5:00 – 5:45  Registration and Networking
    5:45 - 6:30  Dinner, Announcements, Sponsors
    6:30 - 8:00  Presentation and Q&A

    CREDITS:  This session has been submitted to HRCI and to SHRM for recertification credits.

    OUR SPEAKER

    Melissa O'Hara
    President, O'Hara Solutions Group

    Melissa is a seasoned business professional who is passionate about motivating and inspiring others.  After more than two decades of corporate and business success, she started the O’Hara Solutions Group to help companies, individuals and teams solve complex problems and take bold action.

    As an expert facilitator and top talent coach she helps executives, leaders and individual contributors discover hidden talents helping them to increase their personal impact, be better colleagues, and become even stronger leaders.

     She is known for her unmatched ability to design and deliver leadership and learning experiences that take teams to a whole new level - building cohesion and increasing their capacity to accomplish key business goals. An expert trainer and facilitator, Melissa has provided live workshops throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; and facilitated virtual events across the globe.