Balancing the Scales: The Art of Resilience in Leadership
with a Complimentary Legal Update
Session Overview:
Join us for a half-day event designed to equip HR professionals and organizational leaders with the tools to lead through change with clarity, compassion, and confidence. As workplace dynamics shift and economic pressures mount, resilience in leadership is not just a strength, it’s a necessity.
Event Schedule
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM ➡️ Check-In & Networking
8:30 AM – 8:35 AM ️ Welcome Remarks – Chapter President, Erin Dallas-Patch
8:35 AM – 8:45 AM Sponsor Spotlight
Lori Ford, Northeast Delta Dental
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM Keynote: Susan Loynd, The Richards Group
Understanding Social Styles: This presentation will explore how understanding different social styles can foster resilience, kindness, and collaboration in the workplace amidst changing employment laws and administrations.
9:50 AM – 10:00 AM Sponsor Spotlight – Ed Coppola, The Richards Group
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ⚖️ Legal Update: Shiloh Theberge, Fisher Phillips: Hot Topics in Employment Law
11:00 AM – 11:10 AM Sponsor Spotlight – Brielle Berman, ADP
11:10 AM – 11:30 AM ☕ Networking Activity & Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Keynote: Allison Wyatt, Edgility Consulting
From Risk to Resiliency: Join Allison to learn how to approach restructuring with clarity, strategy, and resilience
Location:
Best Western: 401 Winchester St, Keene, NH, 03431
Speaker and Company Bios:
Susan Loynd, MA, SHRM-SCP, is an experienced human resources executive with over 25 years of expertise in HR management, operations, and leadership development. Currently serving as a Strategic HR Business Advisor for The Richards Group, Susan has developed and led various strategic HR initiatives, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) programs. She is also a seasoned facilitator and adjunct instructor, having taught a wide range of HR and leadership courses for the Community College of Vermont and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Susan specializes in conflict resolution, strategic planning, and team development, bringing a hands-on approach to leadership through interactive workshops such as “Being an Upstander,” emotional intelligence, and team building. Susan’s passion for fostering respectful and inclusive workplace cultures drives her mission to empower leaders and organizations to thrive.
Shiloh Theberge is a partner in Fisher Phillips’ Portland, Maine office. She advises and defends employers throughout New England in matters involving claims of employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful discharge, as well as disability accommodation, wage and hour laws, whistleblower, and family and medical leave laws. Shiloh has a particular practice focus representing private and public higher education institutions and other schools in employment-related, student-related and Title IX cases, as well as day-to-day advising on student and employment issues and contracts.
Shiloh has successfully defended clients in both federal and state courts across New England and the Mid-Atlantic, as well as before administrative agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She also frequently acts as a neutral investigator in sensitive employment matters for both higher education institutions and other employers, addressing issues with care and consideration for all parties involved.
With more than 15 years of experience representing employers in New England and the Mid-Atlantic on employment-related matters, Shiloh prioritizes building enduring relationships with clients, which enables her to provide advice that is both effective—often keeping them out of court—and aligned with the organization’s culture and strategy. In the event of litigation, Shiloh vigorously advocates for each client’s distinct interests, dedicating herself to securing the best possible outcomes.
Shiloh regularly helps employers draft and update policies and handbooks to reflect ever-changing employment laws. She also assists in conducting HR audits, training employees, drafting executive employment agreements, conducting settlement negotiations and mediations, and preparing and implementing drug testing policies.
Allison Wyatt is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Edgility Consulting. With extensive experience across both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, Allison excels in delivering strategic human capital management solutions that drive organizational success and the attraction and retention of key talent.
At Edgility Consulting, Allison leads the compensation consulting team, empowering staff to achieve the organization’s mission of delivering equity-focused, sustainable and competitive talent management plans. She leverages her broad expertise to design and implement comprehensive talent solutions, including compensation studies and talent strategy development.
Allison’s experience includes:
- Leading the development and implementation of competitive, equitable and sustainable compensation programs that attract and retain top talent.
- Providing best-in-class strategic consulting services in areas such as performance management, leadership development, and talent acquisition.
- Conducting market analyses to inform salary planning and budgeting processes.
- Coaching executives on dynamic management techniques and talent development strategies.
- Leading a skilled team of consultants to improve client interactions and deliver comprehensive rewards strategies, incentive design initiatives, and solutions for performance and pay equity.
Before co-founding Edgility Consulting, Allison was the Vice President of Human Capital Consulting Services at Koya Leadership Partners, where she launched a successful human capital consulting practice. Prior to that, she served as the Vice President of Human Assets at Education Pioneers, where she built the HR department from the ground up and significantly increased staff size and organizational capacity
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Credit Hours:
Greater Monadnock SHRM is certified by SHRM as a Preferred Provider to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP, and this program has been registered for 3 PDC in the SHRM Body of Applied Skills & Knowledge™ (SHRM BASK™).
Programs are submitted for 3 General HR Credit toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR certification through the Human Resources Certification Institute.
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