October 2021
The Power to Empower—Building Inclusive Communities Towards Action
Event Overview:
As we map out and go forward to learn and adopt new people, culture practices, and strategies to shape the workforce in higher education in 2021 and beyond, HR professionals must lead and influence in such a way to empower HR teams, and university leaders to share information, leverage knowledge power and make sound decisions, to support institutional goals.
How will HR professionals balance and practice knowledge power to build, motivate, and engage an inclusive 21st century workforce? CUPA-HR Northern and Central Chapter invites you to join our first event this academic year on Thursday, October 28, 2021, 12:00 noon-1:30 pm, a virtual webinar to learn about “The Power to Empower—Building Inclusive Communities Towards Action.” This webinar will be facilitated by Emma Gordon, Chapter Board President and Sarah Larson, Chapter Board Web Administrator. The webinar will highlight a panel of HR directors/ managers from chapter members, who will share their wealth of knowledge and experience on this relevant and empowering topic.
About our facilitators:
Sarah Larson, MS, MA, is a strategic leader that thrives with ambiguity and organizational change. Her experience expands across many industries including higher education, healthcare, and technology. Her proclivity for research and fascination with the human mind has led her to successfully create and integrate learning and development programs to advance organizational strategy. Sarah also consults, facilitates, and designs workshops, strategy sessions, and retreats for her clients. Overall, she has made a career out of connecting disparate resources to problem solve and provide efficient solutions directly affecting the bottom line.
Sarah completed her bachelor’s at Arizona State and continued her organizational psychology studies at the University of Southern California for her master’s. After starting her current role, she completed her second master’s in communication from John s Hopkins University. She holds a Diversity & Inclusion Certification from Cornell University and is currently pursing her Coaching Certification with the International Coaching Federation. Sarah is also a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois, studying Learning Design & Leadership.
In her tenure at Stanford, she’s proposed data driven ideas, pilots that have turned into programs, and iterations that influence workforce experience to advance organizational goals. She has administered organizational assessments, trainings, and professional development opportunities at every hierarchical level. Her team’s newest program, LEAP, centers around developing leaders through self-awareness, ed ucation, and power skills. While their most tenured, Supervisory Academy, has supported an increase of employee retention, advancement, and organizational effectiveness.
Dr. Emma Gordon, Ph.D., MBA is a transformational and results-oriented HR leader working in health care and higher education. She skillfully integrates HR and business strategy to create leadership programs that drive sustainable human systems performance. Some of her areas of expertise include designing and delivering leadership and management development programs, change management, restorative justice, collaboration and conflict management, and emotional intelligence.
Dr. Gordon graduated from the University of California Berkeley with her BS, Nutritional Sciences/Biochemistry. She earned her MBA from JFK University and her Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from Alliant University, Marshall Goldsmith School of Organizational Management Studies.
Her current role is senior director, learning and organization development, Residential and Dining Enterprises at Stanford University. She is the 2021-22 board president for CUPA-HR Northern and Central CA Chapter. You can contact Dr. Gordon at [email protected].
Program Credits
This Program has been approved for 1.50 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). The activity ID number will be provided to attendees after the event.
Webinar Registration
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