How Technology Can Refocus Your People Strategy
HR professionals have more repetitive and mundane tasks to complete with very little time dedicated to people. But what if some of that work can be taken off HR’s plate? Automation is the answer.
HR is busier now than ever before. HR professionals have more repetitive and mundane tasks to complete with very little time dedicated to people. But what if some of that work can be taken off HR’s plate? Automation is the answer. Automating processes allows professionals to spend more time focused on their company’s employees and better managing the workforce as a whole.
In this session, learn:
- How automating processes such as payroll or document management can lead to a more productive HR department
- How automation can ensure compliance and avoid legal troubles
- How technology can help you become a strategic partner to the organization, aligned with the business goals
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Presenters:
Tracie Sponenberg
Chief People Officer
The Granite Group
Tracie Sponenberg is Chief People Officer of The Granite Group, based in Concord, NH. An award-winning, third-generation family-owned business, The Granite Group has a proud tradition in the plumbing and heating wholesale supply business dating back to the turn of the last century. Tracie is responsible for leading all People functions throughout the company, which has 45 locations, and nearly 600 employees throughout New England.
With expertise in strategic business planning, technology selection and deployment, employee engagement and wellness, employment branding, culture development and turnaround, leadership and team development, organizational and strategy development, she has gained broad experience across a wide range of industries in her more than 20 years in human resources, with much of her career focused on working with CEOs to develop people strategies to help the organization grow. She began her career in HR while in college, interning with a global public transportation company, and advanced through the organization over the next five years. Tracie found her HR home in small to medium sized private companies, where she could have the most impact on the business. She’s led the HR function at an award-winning multi-state professional services firm; a Pulitzer-prize winning newspaper and publishing company, and a national wellness distribution and technology company.
Tracie has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from The College of The Holy Cross, and a Master’s Degree in Human Resources from Framingham State University. She is SPHR and SHRM-SCP certified.
