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About Leading Leaders 2022
Leading Leaders is two days dedicated to focusing on strategic topics that owners, founders, and higher-level management ask us for. Plus, the attendees will have the opportunity to build trusted, intimate colleague relationships with other attendees. We're bringing leaders together.
Hosted in the Corbett Room at Elephants on Corbett. Free parking is available in their designated lot. Ample metered street parking in the surrounding area.
Meet Our Presenters
Attendees will engage with a panel of experts from a wide range of industries. Learn more about each of our presenters:
Cindy Free
HR Annie CEO
Heather Wall, SHRM-CP
Senior HR Generalist
Anna Meiners, MA
VP of Customer Success at Canopy Wellbeing
Sean Ray
Partner at Barran Liebman, Attorneys
Becky Free
Head of Training
Erin Frost, MBA
Head of Consulting
Linda Addy
Senior HR Consultant
Day 1 Sessions - may 3, 2022
Click the plus sign (+) to read more about each session and its associated speaker(s).
PRESENTER: Cindy Free, HR Annie
Does it surprise you that using personality assessment tools in workplaces is a 3+ billion-dollar industry? If it does, it won’t after this session. During this session, you will go through a real-time, live experience of all the ways personality assessments can be utilized throughout the employee experience. Prior to the session, each attendee will take a Prep-profile ($150 value) and we will use it to discuss the benefits of these tools for recruitment, hiring, team development, individual coaching, and conflict/performance management. Why? All with the end goal of TRUSTED COMMUNICATION.
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PRESENTER BIO:
Cindy Free has been in the HR industry for over 25 years, both as an employee, manager, and business owner. As CEO and owner of HR Annie Consulting, she gets to work alongside a team of experienced and passionate HR professionals so that together, they can provide companies the guidance and support needed to ensure they create workplaces where employees are happy; where culture is strong and they don’t lose sleep at night wondering if they are doing things right.
PRESENTER: Anna Meiners, Canopy Wellbeing
Employees report increased levels of stress and burnout. This session presents information on how the pandemic and other events have impacted employee mental health. We will cover best practices innovative organizations are using to help employees feel better and increase engagement. As point-solutions are flooding the market, benefits consultants and decision-makers are faced with questions of evaluating actions to take and what works. Looking at specific case studies, attendees will come away with actionable insights regarding; practical wellbeing strategies, evaluating mental health partners & solutions, and how to measure success.
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PRESENTER BIO:
Anna Meiners is the VP of Customer Success at Canopy Wellbeing, based in Portland, OR. She holds a MA in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on Organizational Behavior. Anna leads the Account Management team, focused on customer relations, flexible and innovative solutions for all areas of EAP and Wellness Program development. Anna has provided direct clinical services, served as an EAP consultant, and is an experienced presenter on the topic of mental health integration into the workplace.
PRESENTER: Sean Ray, Barran Liebman, Attorneys
The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requires employers to go through an interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. However, job-related issues related to mental health raises some of the trickiest problems with ADA compliance. When is stress considered a disability? At what point does an employee absence for a “mental health day” require you to engage in an interactive process with an employee? Should these absences be classified as protected leave under state and federal medical leave laws? Barran Liebman attorney, Sean Ray, will present on the intersection of mental health, the ADA, and leave laws. Employers will walk away with a better understanding of what they must to do comply with their legal obligations as well as tools and tips to avoid common pitfalls and traps for the unwary.
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PRESENTER BIO:
Sean Ray is a Partner at Barran Liebman, representing management in complex employment matters and high-stakes litigation. He defends employers against discrimination complaints, sexual harassment lawsuits, and retaliation claims, wage and hour claims, and represents employers in state and district court, as well as before Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) and the Washington State Human Rights Commission. Sean regularly writes about employment law cases and decisions, and his columns can be found in such publications as the Portland Business Journal, the Daily Journal of Commerce, and Oregon Business Magazine. He often provides on-site employment law training to help businesses prevent workplace grievances. Sean’s clients value his solution-oriented approach and focus on long-term business success.
Reviewing everything that was discussed today and taking any last-minute questions.
Following this, there will be happy hour which is a great opportunity for networking with attendees and speakers from the day.
Day 2 Sessions - May 4, 2022
PRESENTERS: Cindy Free & Heather Wall, HR Annie
Why do leaders oftentimes shy away from compensation conversations? Because it’s not easy to build out a structure that makes sense. Because the structure has been built out over time and lost intention. Because it’s an overwhelming task! Shy away no more! In this session, we will take a peek behind the curtain of your current compensation structure (if it exists), and show you, in real-time with real examples, how to build a compensation structure that will sustain your company. During the session, you will come to understand that things are not as complicated or time-consuming as you think and that having a structure in place will allow you much more efficiency (and compliance!) for the future. Plus, we will also show you the difference between equity and internal equity! You’ll breathe a sigh of relief after this session, and we will almost promise you’ll think compensation structures are fun!
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PRESENTER BIOS:
Cindy Free has been in the HR industry for over 25 years, both as an employee, manager, and business owner. As CEO and owner of HR Annie Consulting, she gets to work alongside a team of experienced and passionate HR professionals so that together, they can provide companies the guidance and support needed to ensure they create workplaces where employees are happy; where culture is strong and they don’t lose sleep at night wondering if they are doing things right.
Heather Wall is a Senior Generalist and Compensation expert for HR Annie Consulting. She has coordinated the build-out of compensation structures for one-off positions, small companies that are growing quickly, organizations that have scaled without a structured compensation plan, and non-profit, for-profit, and public sector clients.
PRESENTERS: Linda Addy & Erin Frost, HR Annie
Leaders new or experienced in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work will value this presentation that explores the importance, vulnerabilities, and blind spots of company culture. We can write the mission statement, spend time developing the core values, and even label our company with positive describing words…but what is really happening behind the curtain? Are employees able to authentically arrive as themselves? And do your employees feel a sense of true belonging?
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PRESENTER BIOS:
Linda Addy was an owner/operator/manager of small and large businesses for more than 20 years before joining HR Annie as a Senior HR Consultant. She is passionate about Equity work in business and endeavors to inspire through storytelling and an operations lens.
HR and people are Erin's passion! After spending 15 years in HR leadership roles, Erin is especially driven by the opportunity to support leaders and business owners with their talent, culture, and people needs. She has a diverse HR background including both public and private sectors. Prior to consulting, Erin served in HR generalist/manager roles and as an HR specialist in employee and labor relations. With HR Annie, Erin has had the privilege of leading the HR Consulting channel to provide strategic customized HR support for our amazing clients in a variety of industries, states, and even a few international companies!
Reviewing everything that was discussed today and taking any last-minute questions. Closing thoughts and wrapping up the 2-day session.
Following this, there will be happy hour for additional networking with attendees and speakers from the day.
Pricing Information
- 2 full days of intimate, strategic sessions for high-level leaders and owners.
- Opportunities to build a strong network of fellow leaders, CEOs, and managers.
- We'll be getting started on action items during each session; You'll receive plenty of documents, toolkits, and guides to bring back to your organization.
- Entrance into drawings to win exclusive products and services to support high-level strategic initiatives.
- Each attendee will receive a special gift box.
- Enjoy catered breakfast, lunch, snacks & happy hour.
*Contact us if you're unable to make both days, and we'd be more than happy to discuss other options!
Have any more questions?
Contact our Head of Training, Becky Free at becky@hrannieconsulting.com, for more information or to see if Leading Leaders is right for you!