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• Topic: Managing Performance Without Reviews

• Sponsor: None at this time - for sponsorship information email brazosvalleyshrm@gmail.com

• Speaker: Steve Sosland, Chief People Officer

Are your annual evaluations promoting communication and providing useful feedback regarding career development?  The Texas Tech University System is on a journey to create a Sustainable Values-Based Culture in which the majority of team members commit to living a life of shared values and influencing others around them to do the same.  As part of that culture, the evaluation process has been redesigned to allow effective and prompt feedback to further develop and enhance team member performance. One of the objectives of investing in people growth and development, is to become the employer of choice in each of the TTUHSC markets.  

Steve Sosland, Chief People Officer, will discuss how to develop team member trust through quarterly coaching, and when necessary, critical conversations.  In an environment of trust, supervisors can empower team members to pursue a career path that will help them achieve both personal and professional goals, and increase their influence in the organization.  Learn how regular and timely coaching inspires team members to maximize their personal and professional potential.

Higher education is Steve Sosland’s fifth career industry. After graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point, he spent 11 years as an Infantry officer, where he had worldwide assignments in mechanized and Ranger units. After completing his  master’s degree in business administration at Boston University, he spent six years in general management with PepsiCo and Brinker International and 13 years as a corporate recruiter focused on helping junior military officers find careers in corporate America. Prior to transitioning to higher education, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg, Texas and helped lead the team on the journey to win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.