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• Building Your Resilience As A HR Professional

  • When
    Thursday, May 15, 2025
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    7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    **Change of Location: Joya Kitchen - 10275 Science Center Dr, San Diego, CA 92121
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  Building Your Resilience As A HR Professional

  Stress and burnout in human resources is a growing issue, with significant impacts on both individuals and organizations.  

  This interactive workshop leverages world-class research from J&J’s Human Performance Institute to explore actionable strategies for building resilience and sustaining positivity and performance whatever your workday throws at you. 

  Through lively discussion and reflection activities, we’ll understand what HR professionals can action to manage their own stressors and build strategic recovery into their own workday and the wider culture of well-being at their organization.

  Learning Objectives:
  

  • Understand a simple framework that explains the core principles that enable personal resilience.
  • Identify current stressors and how to become more aware of stress cues. Learn about the different types of stress and their impact on performance.
  • Explore the importance of intentional recovery and build a toolkit of active recovery strategies matched to each type of stress.

  **Important Update: Date Change!
  Please note that this month’s event will be held at on Thursday, May 15 at Joya Kitchen. Parking is available in designated areas as well as in the underground parking structure.

  We look forward to seeing you there!

  Meet Our Speaker: Chris O'Callaghan
  

  Chris is a SPHR and CPTD accredited HR leader working remotely in North County, with experience serving in some of San Diego's largest businesses, including LEGOLAND as their recent Global VP of Talent Development.

  Originally from the UK, he’s now built a life in San Marcos with his wife, two daughters and golden retriever.   A stroke at 36 last year emphasized the importance of resilience in his own life. This experience fueled his passion to help fellow HR professionals navigate the demanding world of work and build their own resilience – both personally and professionally.

  
  

  
  

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• The Appreciative Approach to Change

  • When
    Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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    7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    **Change of Location: Joya Kitchen - 10275 Science Center Dr, San Diego, CA 92121
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  The Appreciative Approach to Change
  

  In this session, we will explore Appreciative Inquiry, a transformative approach that shifts organizations from a problem-focused mindset to a strengths-based model of change. You will learn the core principles of Appreciative Inquiry, the "5-D Cycle" framework, and how to apply this methodology to drive positive organizational change. In a time of rapid, unpredictable change, we must move beyond the idea that change is an object to be managed and instead embrace it as the environment we operate within—requiring a fundamental shift in how we define and relate to change. By the end of the session, you will not only grasp the theory but also experience a portion of the Appreciative Inquiry process firsthand, equipping you with practical tools to implement it in your own organization.

  Learning Objectives:
  

  • Understand the core principles of Appreciative Inquiry and how they differ from traditional problem-solving approaches. 
  •  Learna bout the "5-D Cycle" framework to re-frame organizational challenges and create strengths-based strategies for transformation.
  • Experience a portion of the Appreciative Inquiry process and discover how you could drive positive change in your organization. 
    

  **Important Update:
  Please note that this month’s event will be held on Wednesday, June 11 at Joya Kitchen. Parking is available in designated areas as well as in the underground parking structure.

  We look forward to seeing you there!

  Meet Our Guest Speaker:

  Cecilia Lee, Founder & CEO, Sunray Consulting Group and Fractional VP of HR, Codoxo Inc.
  

  With over 20 years of HR and organizational effectiveness experience, Cecilia Lee has built a career across start-ups, mid-sized, and large global public organizations. She founded Sunray Consulting Group LLC, which focuses on helping businesses drive effectiveness through an empowering discovery process and intentionally aligning an organization’s processes, structure, management practices, rewards, and people programs with its strategy.  Cecilia has held the roles of Managing Consultant, VP of HR, and Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition.  She holds a Master of Science in Organization Development from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Santa Clara University.
  

  
  

  
  

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