Human Resources Executives Retreat

Join us for the Human Resources Executive Conversation, December 15 – Leadership Agility and Organizational Resilience

A working session for HR executives, hosted by Springs Window Fashions in Middleton. Lunch provided.

The past is no longer a reliable guide. AI is making change continuous, budgets are tight, and your people are looking to HR to steady the ship. This Conversation is a chance to step back with peers who are facing the same pressures, compare notes, and leave with something you can act on.

This is not a presentation. We’ll work through seven themes. Each opens with a brief, research-based frame, and then the conversation takes over:

• Deciding well when the past stops predicting outcomes
• Keeping trust when compassion and confidence are both under strain
• Building resilience as a capability before you need it
• Shaping culture through systems aligned to strategy, not by mandate
• Moving from change management to change agility as AI makes change constant
• Growing talent density by redeploying capability instead of adding headcount
• Strengthening the leadership bench, including the CHRO role

We’ll start with a quick, show-of-hands read on where each organization sits on a resilience maturity model. We’ll close with a commitment round, where you name one idea you’ll put into practice, how you’ll know it worked, and what support you need.

The session will be facilitated by Doug Barton, UWEBC Director, and Jennifer Anderson, UWEBC Leadership and Change Practice Director in Residence. Our thanks to Jill Gawrych and Springs Window Fashions for hosting us and taking part.