Speaker Profile
DON PHIN
Don Phin is a California employment law attorney. Since leaving his litigation practice more than twenty years ago, he has consulted with hundreds of companies to help improve their employment practices. He has presented in person over 600 times to CEOs, HR, and other executives on what works in leadership and employee relations. Don has written numerous books. The latest book is The 40| |40 Solution: Mastering the Emotional Energy of Leadership and Sales. Don built HRThatWorks, an online HR compliance and strategy program, used by 3,500 companies and sold to ThinkHR in 2014. In addition to consulting and speaking, Don does executive coaching and workplace investigations. Streetwise from the Bronx (you can still hear the accent), Don moved to San Diego when he was 20 to work on a Tuna boat and never came back. Today Don lives in sunny Coronado, California.
Don Phin
November 13 2024
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Marijuana: Compliance and Safety in the Workplace
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), studies suggest specific links between marijuana use and adverse consequences in the workplace, such as the increased risk of injury or accidents. One study among postal workers found that employees who tested positive for marijuana on a pre-employment urine drug test had 55 percent more industrial accidents, 85 percent more injuries, and 75 percent grea..
Don Phin
December 04 2024
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Spirit in the Workplace: A Guide for Making the Best of the Holiday Season
The Holiday season is a great opportunity to show our employees how much we care about them. Like good old Mr. Fezziwig. Spirituality at work doesn’t imply religion at work, although that is part of it too. It’s a broader concept where we look for the best in each other, nurture each other, and build community. It is a time for rest, recovery, and merriment.Learning ObjectivesAn awareness of the greater opp..
Don Phin
January 13 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Now that I’ve Got Them, How Do I Keep Them?
While most companies have a healthy top-of-the-line post-pandemic, their growth is severely limited by the ability to retain talent. And, without the ability to grow the workforce, added pressures are placed on existing employees, exacerbating mental health challenges and the retention problem. Employee Turnover is an expensive problem. It limits growth opportunities, causes stress, morale problems, custome..
Don Phin
February 11 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Coaching at Work- Improving Employee Engagement and Performance
Difficulty attracting employees, difficulty engaging employees, remote employees, turnover, claims, and brand damage. All are enormous challenges for every company today! Since we can’t “control” or “micro-manage” employees, nor do we really want to, best practices, engagement, and coaching are our only options!In this fast-moving presentation, executive coach Don Phin, will share strategies and tools to he..
Don Phin
March 18 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Investigations that Get to the Truth and Keep you Out of Trouble!
how a company manages a workplace investigation affects its legal exposures, corporate culture, and brand. That investigation may involve a claim of sexual harassment, suspicion of theft, or a threat made against another employee. The failure to properly investigate can lead to lawsuits, brand damage, and ruined reputations. Don has been an employment law attorney for more than 40 years and has investigated..
Don Phin
April 22 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
The Great Manager Program
The quality of a company’s management and supervision team goes a long way to defining that company’s culture… and its bottom line. When companies have untrained managers, they are relying solely on that person’s innate ability to manage. Not surprisingly, half of those managers will do a better job than the other half.Training your managers has a leveraged impact depending in part on how many people they m..
Don Phin
May 20 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Understanding the Math of HR, So You Can Show How HR Impacts the Bottom-Line
In this Webinar, Don Phin is going to teach the Math of HR in a way that will help you bring more value to your company and get paid for it! He will share with you a method you can use to educate your executive and management teams on the value of great HR. Let’s be honest- math is not HR’s thing. We are “people people,” not accountants. The problem is that a lack of understanding this math stymies our grow..
Don Phin
June 17 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Legal Challenges Working with Remote Employees
The unique exposures related to the remote work environment involved wage and hour compliance, disability accommodation, business expense reimbursement, jurisdictional issues relating to non competes and other contracts, safety and security concerns, and much more. Areas CoveredWage and hour exposuresAccommodating remote work requestsBusiness expenses Jurisdictional issues and the enforcement of contractsSa..
Don Phin
july 15 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Using Contingent Workforces in Response to Labor Shortages
Employers face a shortage of both workers and ever-evolving skill sets. This demand has been met by a growing number of workers who do not wish to be employees. They may be doing this because they wish to work remotely, work in a different country, or simply on a part-time basis. For many employers, use of the contingent workforce will continue to grow, offering flexibility and access to in demand skills. I..
Don Phin
August 11 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Ai and Human Resources: The Great Opportunity!
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. It is rapidly transforming all aspects of running a business including human resources. AI has been embedded into everything from hiring applications, to human resource information systems, surveying tools, and more. There are also the AI platforms like Chat GPT which can be used independently. Understanding how artificial intelligence can help you to be more product..
Don Phin
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Change Management that Works
How will you be prepared for the change guaranteed to come your way? Successful companies and people learn how to adapt to changing circumstances. They don’t just react to change, they drive it!Most people don’t like change and can either purposefully or subconsciously resist it. The result is lowered productivity, turnover, and way too much unnecessary drama.In this fast-moving presentation, Don will help ..
Don Phin
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Coaching at Work- Improving Employee Engagement and Performance
In this fast-moving presentation, HR, engagement, and coaching expert, Don Phin, will share with you strategies and tools to help you and your managers step up their engagement and performance management games by learning how to coach their direct reports. Coaching helps for a myriad of reasons. The best managers and employees want to improve their ability to engage everyone from board members to the rank a..
Don Phin
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Creating Employee Handbooks that Protect You and Support the Company’s Culture
The #metoo movement made it very clear that your employee handbook needs to show employees how to behave and what procedures must be followed when they don’t. Your handbooks must be legally compliant, and there are clear solutions to getting there. What’s exciting is those handbooks can also play a role in defining company culture! Do your employees want to read your handbook? Is it interesting? Attractive?..
Don Phin
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Employee Engagement that Works
The lack of engagement dampens an employee’s "discretionary effort", with huge consequences including poor performance, turnover, customer dissatisfaction, brand damage, and lawsuits. All of which impact company culture and the bottom line.Today’s remote and hybrid work arrangements, coupled with the accelerating rate of change, are constantly challenging the engagement effort. In this fast-moving program, ..
Don Phin
Recorded Webinar
90 Minutes
Hiring and Retaining in this Crazy Economy
Don has delivered this presentation to dozens of CEO and HR groups in the past few months. Employers are faced with The Great Resignation and The Great Quit, placing their companies and existing employees under enormous pressures. Since hiring and retention are closely related challenges, they are addressed together in this fast-moving presentation. Areas Covered How to decide who to hireEmployee referrals ..