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    Chapter Meeting - Providing HR Leadership During a Crisis

    Date: December 2, 2020, 12:00pm
    Organizer:
    RRHRPA
    Location:
    Zoom
    Registration instructions are below in event description.
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    Event Type:
    Chapter Meeting
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    JOIN US FOR SOME END OF THE YEAR SURPRISES!!!

    Providing HR Leadership During a Crisis

    Audrey Southard of Southard Consulting in Chicago will teach HR Professionals valuable leadership tools needed to successfully direct their organizations and their employees during crisis situations.

    This will be a Zoom meeting and registation can be accessed at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcldu-vrzIvGNXOUgcrVV_xa6bb4GZLnPDZ

    After registering, you should be directed to a calendar link containing the event access information.  You should also receive a confirmation email with the access instructions.  Please download that for your use at the time of the event.  Any issues with this can be directed to rrhrpa@gmail.com.

    Our Speaker:

     Audrey Southard has been a Human Resources executive for over 30 years. She currently owns her own consulting firm which specializes in providing Human Resource consulting services to small and medium sized businesses across all industries.  Recent clients include Northern Illinois University, Old Word Industries, Wheels, Inc., Chamberlain Group , Independent College Bookstore Association and Tribune Publishing

    Audrey retired from Follett Corporation in 2014 after 16 years of service. While at Follett her last position was Senior Vice President of Business Process Reengineering, reporting to the President and CEO of Follett.  Prior to this role Audrey was SVP Human Resources for 14 years for it’s largest Division, Follett Higher Education Group.

    Prior to Follett, Southard spent 11 years in progressively responsible management positions in human resources at Tribune Company. Her last position was overseeing the Human Resources functions for the Chicago Tribune and Tribune Publishing..

    Audrey is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and received their outstanding alumnus of the year award in 2014 .  Audrey served as an Executive in Residence for the College of Business developing and teaching a career readiness course for Juniors and Seniors which is still in place today.

    Audrey had served on the Advisory Board for the Northern Illinois University (NIU) College of Business, in DeKalb, Ill and the Career Services Advisory Board for University of Denver.

    She is an active member of SHRM, Society of Human Resource Management and a frequent speaker at conferences and trade shows.