Sharlyn Lauby is president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) Group Inc., a South Florida based training and human resources consulting firm. Prior to starting ITM Group, Sharlyn was vice president of human resources for one of the world’s largest organizational consulting firms. She has designed and implemented highly successful programs for employee retention, internal and external customer satisfaction, and leadership development.

During her 18 years in the profession, she has earned a reputation for bringing business solutions to reality. She never viewed her role as “administrative.” Rather, Sharlyn sees human resources as a strategic partner - the marketing department for a company’s internal clients.

As an in-demand speaker who is known for her enthusiastic and pragmatic style, Sharlyn shares her knowledge throughout the country. For the past three years, she has been named a top rated speaker at HR Southwest, the nation’s largest regional conference. She was rated one of the top speakers at the 2003 Employment Management Association conference and her workshop on human resources metrics was one of a handful selected by SHRM to be featured as an on-line learning program. In addition, Sharlyn is an adjunct professor teaching Human Resources coursework at Florida Atlantic University.

In 2008, Sharlyn launched a blog called HR Bartender to provide a “friendly place for everyday workplace issues.” The blog has been recognized as one of the tops in the business world and HR industry. Sharlyn’s experience with social media in the workplace is well known. She has been quoted by ABC News, AOL Finance, The Chicago Tribune and The Miami Herald. She’s a regular contributor on Mashable, the world’s largest blog devoted to social media news. And, Sharlyn was recently recognized by hiring site Monster.com for her HR/Social Media contributions.
In her first year in business, Sharlyn was named a finalist for the South Florida Business Journal’s Business Women of the Year Award. She has been named one of the “Heavy Hitters in Human Resources” and the top ten “Excellence in Human Resources” recipients as compiled by the South Florida Business Journal. Sharlyn is the 2005 recipient of the Human Resources Professional of the Year Award presented by the Human Resource Association of Broward County. In 2008, Sharlyn was one of the recipients of the Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur award, which recognizes women business owners for their community contributions.

Sharlyn strongly believes in giving to the community. She currently represents the Southeast US and Caribbean as the Membership Advisory Council representative of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Previously, she was the president of HR Florida, the statewide SHRM affiliate that represents over 15,000 human resources professionals. Sharlyn also served by appointment from former Governor Jeb Bush on the Governor’s Alliance for the Employment of Citizens with Disabilities.

Sharlyn earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida, and is recognized as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) from the Society for Human Resource Management and a Certified Professional in Learning Performance (CPLP) from the American Society for Training and Development.