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NEWS Educational CONTINUED
Foresight Announces Human Resource
Spring Training Seminar
PHOENIX,AZ— Daniel M. Isard, MSFS,
president of The Foresight Companies,
LLC, the nation’s leading financial and
management consulting firm serving fu-
neral homes and cemeteries throughout
North America, announced the dates for
Human Resource Spring Training Seminar.
“The single largest cost of operating a
funeral home or cemetery is staffing. Yet,
no one has trained business owners and
managers on what the rules are to manage
their staff,” says Dan Isard. He continues
to state, “If you think good employees are
expensive you should see how much bad
ones will cost you.” This two-day semi-
nar will provide attendees everything they
need to know and have for implementa-
tion as a human resource director. Dur-
ing this two-day workshop, they will learn
what to do, how to do it, and most impor-
tantly what not to do. Attendees will cre-
ate all their key human resource manage-
ment documents during our 16 hours of
seminar instruction.
The Human Resource Spring Training
Seminar will feature The Foresight Com-
panies human resources expert Stepha-
nie Ramsey. Stephanie has been featured
in The Director, The American Funeral Di-
rector, The Independent and the ICCFA
Magazines. She is also a popular speaker
on human resource subjects at the NFDA
and ICCFA annual conventions. “Dealing
with employee issues is one of the most
challenging aspects of operating a funeral
business, the right tools make these issues
manageable,” states Ramsey.
Participants will leave this seminar with
ready to implement (subject to state law)
employee manual, procedure manual, hir-
ing letter, firing/termination letter, annual
review form, job description, confidenti-
ality/non-disclosure letter, consensual re-
lationship agreement, and motor vehicle
accident reporting form. This will also
give them the opportunity to receive their
special human resource updates and ac-
cess to The Foresight Forecast which is
their new informational site with business
blogs, videos, mini seminars and webinars
posted weekly. “Staffing is the number
one cost in running your funeral home.
Why not do it right?” concludes Isard.
The seminar will take place in Phoenix, AZ
at Foresight’s office. It begins with a welcom-
ing cocktail party on Wednesday evening,
March 22 and run through Friday March
23, 2017. For information on registration,
visit con-
tact Catherine Belliveau at the Foresight
office by calling 800-426-0165 or email
.
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