Are you going to the SHRM Conference?

It is a bit late but if you have the time (unfortunately I do not this year), get to San Diego starting Saturday for this year's SHRM Conference.

It is the best use of time to find out what is happening in the HR world -- to have such a concentration of speakers in one place! then there is the bookstore -- again to have a concentration of HR and HR-related books all in one place for you to peruse and buy AND this conference is again the best place to get such a concentration of vendors providing HR services and finally it is the best place to network with colleagues in the profession and find out what they are doing to confirm that what you are doing is a best practice and what you can attempt to do without reinventing the wheel.

The worst thing is if you don't go (and have never gone) you do not know what you are missing. You owe it to yourself and your organization to take time out to get there.

If not this year, definitely plan on going next.

The state conferences are okay and effective too but the scale and mass that the national conference has in its favor is truly unique.

And whether you agree or disagree with my comments, please share them.