Culture Champions Sessions
These sessions will focus on empowering HR leaders to shape resilient, values-driven cultures.
The HR Business Partner Blueprint: Influence Without Boundaries
Presenter: Christine Assaf, Sr. HR Advisor, Archbright
Discover how every HR professional—regardless of title—can act as a true business partner and culture champion. This session explores practical strategies for building credibility, supporting organizational goals, and demonstrating HR’s value through relationship-building and strategic action.
Aligning Values to Drive Culture: HR’s Superpower
Presenter: Colleen Krajack, Manager, Consulting, Archbright
Discover how HR leaders can turn shared organizational values into powerful drivers of culture, engagement, and performance by embedding them into everyday practices and leveraging tools like Align.
Grief in the Workplace: Preparing for Employee Return After Bereavement Leave
Presenter: Jennifer R. Levin, MFT, PhD, Founder, Traumatic Grief Solutions
HR professionals will learn how to navigate one of the most sensitive transitions in the workplace—the return of an employee after a personal loss. This presentation provides practical strategies to balance compassion with consistency, communicate effectively, and create a supportive reintegration plan. Participants will learn how to help grieving employees re-engage at work while maintaining team cohesion, psychological safety, and organizational well-being.
Building Workplace Resilience: HR’s Roadmap for Grief and Trauma
Presenter: To Be Announced
Discover how HR leaders can build organizational resilience and compassion by proactively planning for grief and trauma events, supporting employees and managers through crises, and preserving workplace stability.
HR’s Seat at the Table: From Cost Center to Culture Driver
Presenter: Christine Assaf, Sr. HR Advisor, Archbright
Learn how HR can shift its perception from a back-office cost center to a strategic culture driver by demonstrating business impact, championing organizational values, and using data-driven insights to influence leadership decisions.