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• A New Way of Networking with Oksana Lukash (free event for everyone)

  • When
    Thursday, January 29, 2026
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    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Webinar

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  Join Our Monthly Career Transition Group (free event for everyone)

  Topic: A New Way of Networking with Oksana Lukash

  As an HR community, we’re committed to supporting one another—especially during times of transition. Whether you're facing unemployment or underemployment, SDHR Forum is here to help. Our Career Transition Group is a monthly virtual series designed to bring together job seekers and community leaders for guidance, encouragement, and most importantly—connection.

  Each session focuses on a key area of the job search, such as resumes, interviews, networking, and more. You’ll also have the opportunity to share your progress, discuss challenges, and explore ways the group can support you along the way.

  By participating, you'll gain valuable resources, renewed motivation, and a sense of community as you navigate your next career step. 

  Upcoming Session

  Date: January 29 at 1:00 PM
  Speaker:  Oksana Lukash, 4x Chief People Officer, Founder of People Culture You
  Topic: A New Way of Networking with Oksana Lukash

  Session Summary:
  
  As we enter 2026, we’re thrilled to welcome Oksana Lukash——for a session on rethinking networking. We'll explore how to build connections, approach conversations with intention and create opportunites in a more authentic and human- centered way that will help you land your next role.  Oksana Lukash has done this approach personally as she naviagated career change and has found herself in a new and exciting journey due to the changes she made.  

  Interactive Breakout Rooms:
  We know how easy it is to leave a workshop full of great ideas but struggle to put them into action. To support you, we’re offering optional breakout sessions at the end—an opportunity to connect with others in transition and start putting what you’ve learned into immediate practice

  Flexible Attendance:
  While we encourage regular participation, we understand schedules can vary—so you're welcome to join whenever you're able. Everyone is welcome!

  Zoom Meeting Details: 

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  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87800015346?pwd=lURzsfgHXsaGgg2O2YWHo1h0INu64P.1
  
  Meeting ID: 878 0001 5346
  Passcode: 390053
  

  Want to stay connected between sessions? Email info@sdhrforum.com to be added to our Career Transition LinkedIn Group.

  We look forward to having you join us!

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• Still Coming of Age: Flourishing, Adversity, and Compassion in Modern Leadership

  • When
    Wednesday, February 11, 2026
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    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    Virtual
  • Spaces left
    487

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  Still Coming of Age: Flourishing, Adversity, and Compassion in Modern Leadership

  What does it mean to truly “come of age” as an adult in the workplace? This session explores how flourishing at work requires navigating adversity with awareness, empathy, motivation, and ability—the four capabilities of a practical compassion practice. Through interactive discussions, participants will examine emotional triggers, resistance, and the internal stories that shape leadership behavior. We’ll connect these concepts directly to management, leadership, trust, and performance in today’s workplace. Attendees leave with simple tools they can immediately apply to elevate their own leadership and strengthen team culture.

  Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the distinction between “coming of age” and “still coming of age,” and how it shapes adult development, leadership readiness, and workplace behavior.
  • Recognize how adversity shows up in organizational life and why it often triggers reactive patterns that limit leadership and performance.
  • Learn a four-part compassion practice—awareness, empathy, motivation, and ability—and how each capability strengthens leadership credibility and team trust.

  Meet Our Guest Speaker:

  Jeff Jacobs

  Jeff Jacobs is a leadership development executive, facilitator, and coach who has led more than 500 engagements over the past decade at companies like Adobe and Intuit. His work spans corporate environments, nonprofit leadership and academia, serving as Assistant Lecturer at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Jeff's approach to leadership is shaped not only by his corporate experience but also by years working with maximum-security inmates in California prisons, where he witnessed the power of compassion, agency, and personal transformation.

  He holds multiple certifications in compassionate leadership and mindfulness, including through Stanford Medical School. Jeff is a contributing author to the Amazon best-seller Leading with Self-Awareness and is completing his own book, Still Coming of Age: Cultivating a Compassion Practice for Lifelong Flourishing.

  
  

  
  

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• Future-Ready HR: Hands-On AI & Automation with REBL Risty

  • When
    Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
  • Location
    Virtual
  • Spaces left
    498

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  Future-Ready HR: Hands-On AI & Automation with REBL Risty

  Discover how automation can transform the way HR operates! REBL Risty, founder and owner of REBL Labs AI and REBL Marketing Inc, a woman-owned business, will demonstrate how to automate key HR processes, using the onboarding journey as a real-world example. Attendees will learn how AI and automation tools can streamline repetitive tasks, improve accuracy, and create a more engaging employee experience. Leave this session with a practical framework you can take back to your own organization—plus a clearer picture of how to scale HR’s impact with technology.

  Learning Objectives:
  

  • Understand the benefits and risks of automating HR processes.
  • Explore step-by-step how to automate the employee onboarding process.
  • Learn how to integrate AI-powered workflows into existing HR systems.
  • Identify best practices and pitfalls to avoid when implementing automation.

  Important: This will be a hands-on session. We recommend attendees to have a ChatGPT subscription to fully participate.

  Meet Our Guest Speaker:

  REBL Risty

  

  Rebecca “REBL” Risty is the founder and CEO, also known as Head REBL, of REBL Labs AI & REBL Marketing Inc., a San Diego-based woman-owned agency helping organizations build AI-powered marketing teammates that streamline operations, reduce overwhelm, and accelerate growth.

  With 15+ years of experience in branding, automation, and strategic content systems, REBL is on a mission to make AI practical and approachable for business leaders, especially those juggling too many hats. Her work empowers HR leaders, marketers, and business owners to rethink how work gets done by combining smart automation with custom AI tool stacks.

  She holds a BA in Communications (minor in Biology) and an MBA in Marketing & Entrepreneurship. Before launching REBL Labs, she held leadership roles at Qualcomm and the World Trade Center San Diego.

  Her innovation and leadership have earned recognition from:

  • San Diego Business Journal – CEO of the Year Finalist
  • Connected Women of Influence – Emerging Woman Owned Business Award
  • Businesswoman of the Year Finalist·       Connected Women of Influence – Emerging Woman Owned Business Award
  • Businesswoman of the Year Finalist

  An Army brat with German American and Korean heritage, REBL’s global upbringing and entrepreneurial roots, starting with a Polynesian entertainment business and even a neighborhood restaurant, fuel her belief that bold ideas and better systems can unlock new levels of freedom and success.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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