It's All In Your Head: Why Psychology Doesn't Help Your Employees Deliver Value - And What Can

Registration and Presentation Timeline:  

• Meeting Registration: 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
• Breakfast served during registration
• Presentation begins at 8:00 AM
• Presentation ends at 9:30 AM

Recertification Credits: 1.50 HRCI (General) and 1.50 SHRM PDCs                            Codes will be provided to those in attendance at the in-person meeting.

Topic: It's All In Your Head: Why Psychology Doesn't Help Your Employees Deliver Value - And What Can

Details: 

Barry Wolfe’s presentation challenges one of the most deeply embedded assumptions in modern HR: that understanding employee psychology is the key to improving performance. Drawing from his book It’s All in Your Head: Why Psychology Doesn’t Help Your Employees Deliver Value – and What Can, Barry argues that traditional approaches, such as personality assessments, engagement surveys, and behavioral profiling, often fail to produce measurable business results.

Instead, Barry introduces a value-centered framework that shifts the focus from how employees feel or behave to what they deliver. Through real-world examples and practical insights from his experience as a Fortune 500 HR leader, he demonstrates how organizations can define roles in terms of value creation, align expectations with outcomes, and build accountability into everyday work.

Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how to rethink performance, move beyond over-reliance on psychology-based tools, and implement straightforward strategies that directly connect employee contributions to organizational success.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate the limitations of psychology-based HR practices in driving measurable performance
• Differentiate between activity-based and value-based definitions of work
• Define employee roles in terms of clear, outcome-driven value creation
• Apply a practical framework to align employee performance with organizational goals
• Identify opportunities to simplify HR processes and eliminate low-impact practices
• Develop strategies to improve accountability and clarity within their teams

Barry Wolfe, Speaker Bio:

Barry Wolfe is an accomplished human resources leader, consultant, and author with decades of experience helping organizations align people practices with business results. A former Fortune 500 HR executive, Barry has led HR functions across both public and private sector organizations, developing a reputation for practical, results-driven approaches to workforce management. 

Today, Barry is the founder of Argos HR Solutions, where he advises organizations on building people systems that connect employee performance directly to value creation. His work focuses on helping leaders move beyond traditional HR models and implement clear, outcome-based approaches to hiring, performance, and organizational effectiveness. 

Barry is the author of the bestselling The Little Black Book of Human Resources Management, a widely respected guide based on real-world HR leadership experience. His latest book, It’s All in Your Head: Why Psychology Doesn’t Help Your Employees Deliver Value – and What Can, challenges conventional reliance on personality testing and workplace psychology, offering a practical alternative centered on defining and delivering measurable value. 

A dynamic and thought-provoking speaker, Barry shares insights drawn from years of research and hands-on leadership, encouraging organizations to rethink how they define performance, develop talent, and drive results.

Recertification Credits: 1.50 HRCI (General) and 1.50 SHRM PDCs                            Codes will be provided to those in attendance at the in-person meeting.

This activity has been approved for 1.5 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).Please make note of the activity ID number on your recertification application form. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org. 

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This program has been approved for 1.5 Professional Development Credits (PDC) toward SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP recertification through the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). HRMA of Blair County is recognized by SHRM to offer (PDCs) for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.  Please be sure to note the program ID number in the online portal, www.portal.shrmcertification.org.   For more information about SHRM certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org