UPCOMING WEBINARS AND EVENTS
PREVIOUS WEBINARS AND EVENTS
Management Academy (MA-14)
What Make’s a Good Team? Psychological Safety!
Jillian Miles Massey
November 14, 2023
Description: What makes a team successful? Why can one team build lasting competitive advantage for an organization while another just creates dysfunction? Research tells us that the number one thing that separates successful from unsuccessful teams is the presence of psychological safety. It isn’t about how smart we are or about how teams are organized or structured, it’s about how we treat one
another. Psychological safety is a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking. In psychologically safe teams, team members feel accepted and respected..
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SHRM INCLUSION 2023
Why We Cringe at the Word “Accomodation”
Lorrie Coffey
October 30-November 1, 2023
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Description: Join us at SHRM INCLUSION 2023 where you will take away the tools, best practices, and actionable solutions to build a positive, inclusive, and innovative culture in your workplace. Not only will you gain knowledge on how to boost employee satisfaction, but you’ll also learn how to positively affect your organization’s bottom line and empower individuals to reach their full potential. At INCLUSION 2023 you will obtain practical applications to help you expand your thinking, foster inclusiveness, and increase your cultural awareness to become an even stronger diversity, equity, and inclusion champion. In-person and virtual pass options are available.
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UA HRM Conference 2023
Survive, Thrive and Illuminate: Innovating Workplace Wellness and Wellbeing
Jillian Miles Massey & Lorrie Coffey
October 27, 2023
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Madison Chamber of Commerce & Catalyst
“Quiet Quitting: How to prevent staff turnover proactively”
Jillian Miles Massey
October 25, 2023
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2023 Annual AARC Training Conference
Graceful Accountability
Evaluating Performance from the Perspective of Supervisor versus Employee
Mary Ila Ward
October 10, 2023
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2023 Annual AARC Training Conference
Building a Psychologically Safe Workplace
Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
Lorrie Coffey
October 9, 2023
Athens State SHRM
Panel: Entering the Workforce as a Newly Graduated HR Professional
Jillian Miles Massey
September 28, 2023
HR Florida Conference & Expo
How to Think and Act Like a Scientist-Practitioner:
Applying Research and Experimentation to HR
Mary Ila Ward
August 27-30, 2023
Description:
The HR Florida Conference & Expo is presented annually by the HR Florida State Council, a state affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). This is one of the largest HR conferences in the southeastern United States attracting over 1,500 human resources professionals and vendors from throughout the state and across the globe.
Representing virtually every industry and size of business, this is the place to be for professionals to network, grow, and learn about the human resources industry. You also have the opportunity to earn maximum credits for both the HR Certification Institute and SHRM Competencies Certifications.
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AACE Summer Conference
How to Live on Purpose as a Career Agent
Jillian Miles Massey & Taylor Simmons
July 25-27, 2023
Description:
We are excited to gather together this summer as peers from institutions of higher education and industry across the State of Alabama as we connect, develop, and empower one another for the betterment of our state’s workforce. Join us as we reflect on our past in Alabama’s capital city to strengthen our resolve for working together to build a better tomorrow for our state.
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NCDA 2023 Conference
Best Practices for Facilitating Career Development with Diverse Populations and Inclusive Pathways
Taylor Simmons & Jillian Miles Massey
June 27-July 1, 2023
Description: The DEI Symposium is curated information on the latest trends and issues facing Career Service Professionals around Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Accessibility (DEIBA). At the event there will be a DEI Panel providing a State of the Union regarding DEIBA along with small group discussions to network and learn best practices from professionals on the front line of this most important work.
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ALSHRM 2023
Leading with Emotional Intelligence
Lorrie Coffey
May 15-17, 2023
Description: Our great line-up of Human Resources speakers & sessions, #ALSHRM23 will be an event that you won’t want to miss! Join us May 15-17th, 2023 in Orange Beach to learn from the top HR experts and develop the strategies you need to succeed.
Individual Registration
Team Registration
Department Registration
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Workforce Development Conference
Impacting the Labor Participation
Mary Ila Ward
May 8-10, 2023
Description: Workforce development professionals from across the nation are invited to join us to unmask your potential through professional development, sharing best practices, developing new partnerships, and learning about potential solutions to issues in your area. Enhance your skills to be the best resource in helping your customers in unmasking their potential.
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Register to attend virtually
NAVIGATE
What’s Relationshipping, and How Do I Do It?
Jillian Miles Massey
Description: Networking establishes connection. Relationshipping builds bridges and two-way streets with sidewalks and wildflowers! When we relationship (yes, we’re using it as a verb), we have a sense of belonging. Belonging feeds engagement, creativity, and passion, which generate business success and real community impact. Come relationship with us!
Resources
Slide Deck
Article: Cornerstone CoWorking on Relationshipping
Article: Stop Networking, Start Relationshipping
Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle
Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
AAMA-Southern Automotive Quality Summit
Panel on Workforce Skills & Challenges for Shift to EVs
Mary Ila Ward
April 24-25, 2023
Description: Now in its sixth year, the Southern Automotive Quality Summit is a unique collaboration between the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association and the Automotive Industry Action Group.
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Athens State SHRM
HR Leadership
Jillian Miles Massey
April 18, 2023
SHOALS SHRM-APRIL MEETING
Graceful Accountability:
Inspiring results by putting people first
Jillian Miles Massey
April 13, 2023
Resources:
Graceful Accountability slides
HPC Psychological Safety Handout
“3 Ways to Lead with Grace” Blog Post
NASHRM-Spring Half Day Workshop
What’s Behind Door #2?
Pulling Back the Curtain on Recruiting
Mary Ila Ward
March 21, 2023
Resources:
Wages Podcast
Living Wage Calculator
Cost of Turnover Dummy Data Example
Realistic Job Previews
Wanted: Shorter time-to-hire
Labor Force Shrinking
Leadership Greater Huntsville Management Academy
Instagram vs. Reality: Motivation
Jillian Miles Massey
February 14, 2023
Resources:
Instagram vs Reality Motivation LGH MA
HPC Motivators Checklist
HPC Leaders as Career Agents Form
2023 EDAA Winter Conference
Montgomery, AL
January 30-February 1, 2023
Alabama HR Innovation Day — Auburn, AL
“Who’s on First? Solving the Talent Development Puzzle”
Jillian Miles Massey
January 25, 2023
Description: Live professional development focused on HR innovative insights and best practice sharing. Grow your knowledge, your network, and discover your workplace’s next innovative HR solution.
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Leadership Greater Huntsville Management Academy
How to Illuminate Your Employees
Mary Ila Ward
January 10, 2022
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7 Ways to Complete the Stress Cycle
HBR Autonomy Article
Accomplishment Lists Worksheet
Work-Life Integration
Women in Business Summit
Jillian Miles Massey
December 14, 2022
Resources:
Slides (PDF)
Women in the Workplace 2022 – LeanIn.Org
“Great Performers Make Their Personal Lives a Priority”
“Are You Focusing on What’s Important?”
Leading the Life You Want – Stew Friedman
Alabama Workforce Council Public Private Partnership (PPP) Committee Meeting
When: November 16, 2022
- 7 Ways to Complete the Stress Cycle
- Multi-tasking Isn’t Effective
- Time Management Skills Test
- Time Blocking 101
- Accomplishment List Worksheet
Organizational Effectiveness: How to Meet Survival Needs to Create a Thriving Workplace (3 Part Series)
Lorrie Coffey & Jillian Miles Massey
October 24 & 25, 2022

Graceful Accountability
Jillian Miles Massey
68th Annual Human Resources Management Conference
October 27, 2022, at 11 am
Description: Hosted by The University of Alabama, the Human Resources Management Conference is designed to develop the full range of skills and knowledge vital to the success of the contemporary human resource professional. Presented by experienced human resource and employment law experts from around the state and across the country, this conference is consistently referred to as a must-attend event!
2022 BBJ Women’s Summit
Date: September 23, 2022
Time: 8:00 am-2:00 pm
Description: Join the BBJ for a high-energy day filled with renowned keynote speakers, networking, exhibitors, and conversations that will leave attendees with the tools they need to be successful in their personal and professional lives.
Feed Your Future: Feedback & Feedforward
Tennessee SHRM Conference
September 13-15, 2022
Resources
- Slide Deck
- Feedforward Worksheet
- Feed Your Future Blog Post
Saving Your Organization from the Great Resignation
Tennessee SHRM Conference
September 13-15, 2022
- Psychological Safety Video
- Psychological Safety Quiz
- Manager Actions for Psychological Safety
- State of Discontent- NLI
- 7 Ways to Complete the Stress Cycle
- Wages Podcast
- Living Wage Calculator
- Being the Bridge- Meeting Relational Needs
- HBR: Enabling Autonomy at Work
- Kraft Case Study- Flexibility
- SHRM Case Study- Flexibility
Building a Psychologically Safe Workplace
Shoals SHRM Chapter Meeting
Florence, AL
September 8, 2022
Description: What makes a team successful? Why can one team build lasting competitive advantage for an organization while another just creates dysfunction? Research tells us that the number one thing that separates successful from unsuccessful teams is the presence of psychological safety. It isn’t about how smart we are or about how teams are organized or structured, it’s about how we treat one another. Psychological safety is a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking. In psychologically safe teams, team members feel accepted and respected.
How to Actually DO Succession Planning
HR Florida Conference
Orlando, FL
August 28-31, 2022
Huntsville’s Top Talent: Benefits That Work
Jillian Miles Massey
Huntsville/Madison County Chamber
August 11, 2022
Description: Hear from industry experts as they discuss recruitment and retention through the lens of benefits. Presenters from Horizon Point Consulting, J. Smith Lanier, and Keel Point will discuss current trends and best practices related to benefits that align to employee’s wants and needs.
Alabama Association of Colleges & Employers
Annual Conference
Jillian Miles Massey & Taylor Simmons
July 26-28, 2022
Description: Horizon Point will be speaking about the work we do in the state of Alabama, and Jillian will be serving on a special panel.
EDAA Annual Conference
Jillian Miles Massey
July 24-27, 2022
Description: Horizon Point Consulting will be exhibiting. Come see us!
North Central Alabama Wage and Benefit Survey Highlights
Jillian Miles Massey
North Alabama SHRM
July 12, 2022
Description: Join us for the July NASHRM Meeting and hear a brief overview of the 2022 Wage and Benefit Survey Results

HR Toolbox: Building a Psychologically Safe Workplace
Jillian Miles Massey
The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship
June 21, 2022
Description:
What makes a team successful? Why can one team build a lasting competitive advantage for an organization while another just creates dysfunction Research tells us that the number one thing that separates successful from unsuccessful teams is the presence of psychological safety. It isn’t about how smart we are or about how teams are organized or structured, it’s about how we treat one another. Psychological safety is a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking. In psychologically safe teams, team members feel accepted and respected.
This workshop will prepare you to:
• Understand what psychological safety is and why it is important
• Assess the level of psychological safety in their workplace/team
• Engage in activities and practice to increase psychological safety
• Deploy and practice ways to address team conflict and increase diversity and inclusion teams and workplaces
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HR Toolbox: Skill vs. Will
Jillian Miles Massey
The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship
May 17, 2022
Description: So many things can go wrong when we mismatch our leadership to a person’s skill and will. In order to avoid these mistakes, the first thing to do is to correctly diagnose a person’s skill and will level based on the task or job at hand. So what is Skill and what is Will? Join us to learn more!
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Build Emotional Intelligence Through Feedback and Feedforward – Mary Ila Ward
&& Graceful Accountability – Jillian Miles Massey
May 5, 2022
Description: NAVIGATE Nonprofit Network Conference is an annual event that encourages nonprofit board members, staff, and volunteers to learn from and strengthen each other. This affordable, high-quality professional development across a wide range of topics connects nonprofit leaders with the strategies that will help them navigate challenges and help their organizations thrive.
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Alabama SHRM Conference & Expo
How to Actually DO Succession Planning
May 3, 2022
Mary Ila Ward
Resources
How to Actually Do Succession Planning Slides
3 Steps to Actually DO Succession Planning
WSJ Great Resignation
Baby Boomers Retiring
HR Toolbox Series:
Onboarding & Orientation
April 19, 2022
The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship (Virtual)
Led by Jillian Miles with Horizon Point Consulting, join us to learn valuable employee management skills that you can apply to your business!
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Resources:
Onboarding & Orientation Slides
5 Elements of a Great Onboarding Experience
SHRM Onboarding Guide
HPC Onboarding Checklist
Take MatchFIT (email Jillian for Access Code)
Building Inclusive Teams
February 9, 2022
Birmingham SHRM (Virtual)
RESOURCES
Download Building Inclusive Teams Slides
- Psychological Safety Video
- Psychological Safety Quiz
- Manager Actions for Psychological Safety
- Language Matters: Use These Six Phrases to Create an Environment of Psychological Safety
- Taken for Granted: Brene Brown on What Vulnerability Isn’t (Podcast)
- Accomplishment List Worksheet
- 4 Exercises to Enhance Your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts
- What is Your Story? Worksheet
AAMA Workforce Executive Roundtable
Date: January 12, 2022
Location: Birmingham, AL
- Statewide and regional workforce and economic trends impacting the automotive industry
- Comparison of trends in the automotive industry to other industries and what we can learn from others
- What really is a “good” job today and tomorrow? What employees really want and how employers can meet those needs and remain competitive and profitable
- Innovative approaches to go upstream for building a workforce and workplace of the future including ownership, partnerships, and overcoming barriers to employment through sponsorship
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Multi-Session Workshop
Date: October 24-27, 2021
Location: AARC Training Conference
Speaker: Mary Ila Ward
- Organizational Marketing & Branding
- Employee Benefits Beyond Salaries and Cost of Living
- Bridging the Staff Divide Through Mentorship
SESSION 1 RESOURCES
SESSION 2 RESOURCES
Workforce Challenges and Solutions in the Automotive Industry
Date: October 14, 2021
Location: Southern Automotive Conference
Time: 2:30 PM CDT
Speaker: Mary Ila Ward
- Statewide and regional workforce and economic trends impacting the automotive industry
- Comparison of trends in the automotive industry to other industries and what we can learn from others
- What really is a “good” job today and tomorrow? What employees really want and how employers can meet those needs and remain competitive and profitable
- Innovative approaches to go upstream for building a workforce and workplace of the future including ownership, partnerships, and overcoming barriers to employment through sponsorship
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Networking and Presentation Skills
Date: October 12, 2021
Location: SBDC Webinar
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30PM CDT
Speaker: Taylor Simmons
- Assess their communication skills (an important factor in networking and presentations).
- Understand the key skills for networking success, such as being a good listener, building trust, and being sincere.
- Identify the qualities needed to create and deliver a clear and effective presentation.
- Create an action plan for improving networking and presentation skills.
The course follows an interactive format that caters to various learning styles.
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3 Steps to Actually DO Succession Planning
Date: Monday, August 31st
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
Location: Miami
Speaker: Mary Ila Ward
Event Description: Succession planning is imperative for any organization to set strategic plans and effectively prosper and grow. Yet it is often seen as a nebulous concept which creates challenges in execution. This session will walk through a three-step process to create and implement succession plans for any size company- from the HR department of one to the global enterprise organization. A real-life case study will be used to illustrate the application of this process.
3 Methods for Building Inclusive Teams
Date: Monday, August 30th
Time: 11:30 AM -12:30 PM ET
Location: Tallahassee
Speaker: Mary Ila Ward
Event Description: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are at the forefront of our role as HR Leaders. At the forefront of strong DE&I initiatives are inclusive teams. Using research and best practices, this session will help participants understand what leads to inclusive teams then tactically implement one intervention, Encounter Groups, in order to build inclusive workplaces. The session will walk through the implementation of an actual example of this intervention which was designed to break down polarization in the workplace.
Download Building Inclusive Teams Slides
Resources:
- Psychological Safety Video
- Psychological Safety Quiz
- Manager Actions for Psychological Safety
- Language Matters: Use These Six Phrases to Create an Environment of Psychological Safety
- Taken for Granted: Brene Brown on What Vulnerability Isn’t (Podcast)
- Accomplishment List Worksheet
- 4 Exercises to Enhance Your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts
- What is Your Story? Worksheet