Soundview Executive Book Summaries to Host Interactive Webinar with Jon Younger

Online, December 11, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Can human resources deliver value to "the business"? Yes, it can and must. And that's what this latest Soundview Live webinar, The Future of Human Resources, is about. Jon Younger, co-author of HR From the Outside In, will provide tips for guiding and empowering HR professionals - and entire departments - so that HR can bring benefits of a different kind to everyone at your organization.

Since 1987, Younger and his co-authors have systematically studied the competencies that HR professionals use to contribute to their own effectiveness and to business success. In tracing and shaping the HR profession, they articulate and enhance HR's ability to deliver on its potential and promises. Learn more at http://www.summary.com/track/_/The-Future-of-Human-Resources.

Jon is a Principal of the RBL Group and leads the Strategic HR practice area. He is also Ad-ministrative Director of the RBL Institute. Jon's career is a mix of consulting, line management and HR leadership experi¬ence. Prior to joining The RBL Group, Jon was Chief Learning and Talent Officer of National City Corporation, a $140 billion dollar financial services organization. Jon has a Ph.D. in Organization and Social Psychology from the University of Toronto. He and his family live in Short Hills N.J.

Attendees will learn how to:
• The six key HR competencies and how to recognize, foster, and master them.
• How to develop HR professionals to contribute as high-performing business partners.
• How to structure an HR department that delivers maximum value.
• What it takes to stay competitive and up-to-date in the ever-growing world of HR professionals.