HRUnite!

Releasing with celebratory pride, the official photo of those who joined us last week to celebrate the 31 amazing and deserving nominees at the 2024 HRUnite! Awards Celebration at Walsh College in Troy, Michigan! This photo is a taste of the love, joy and connection shared to the nominators, nominees and award winners which are all some pretty incredible HR pros! Thank you to Shawn Lee, Cr. Photog. of SHAWN LEE STUDIOS for capturing this priceless moment and memory! For those who attended in-person, check your email (the one you used to register) as we sent you a copy to your in-box! The more we connect and share, the better our #HRCommunity (and communities we live and work) become! #HRCelebratingHR #HRAwards #HRUnite #HRLove

The 2024 HRUnite! Awards celebration video is live on our website!!! 90 minutes of an amazing keynote by Tay Ford,MA,LLPC and an epic celebration of our 31 nominees as the winners of each of our 8 categories (and a few surprises) announced!! Watch the video - be inspired - celebrate some amazing #HRPros Video Link?? https://lnkd.in/gzudBMF2 ?? Thank you to our host sponsor Walsh College and Premier sponsor Strategic Services Group (SSG) (Katie Taylor and Marcus Staten Sr. present during the event) for allowing us to host the in-person event this year! Audio/Video services thanks to Connected Geek Solutions Photography by Shawn Lee, Cr. Photog. HRUnite! Awards program supported by TIMAWO, LLC

Help us give another standing ovation to these amazing #HRPros who were celebrated yesterday at our 2024 HRUnite! Awards Celebration as nominees in one of our eight award categories!! For us the winning is the unsolicited nomination they received that was a sincere and heartfelt thank you for the work and impact they have on the organizations and communities they serve each and every day! If you know or work with these amazing individuals please help us celebrate and thank them again for being amazing!!!! 2024 Ambassador Award Nominees Brendan J. Nicholls, SHRM-SCP (IL SHRM) Katy Rosecrans, SHRM-CP (AZ SHRM) Patrice Ross, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CCP, PSHRA-SCP (NV SHRM) Jeffrey Watt (Oak Mac SHRM) 2024 Community Award Nominees Lashanda Brown, MBA Jennifer DuPont, PHR, CCP Eileen Vernor, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, GPHR, CCP James Woods, SHRM-CP 2024 Igniter Award Nominees Linda K. Peterson, CPC, SHRM-SCP 2024 Inspire Award Nominees Suzanne Proksa, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, HHP Jessica Williams-Hicks, MS, SPHR Tina-Marie (not Tina) Wohlfield SPHR, SHRM-SCP 2024 Purpose Award Nominees Shruti Choubey 2024 TA Trailblazer Award Nominees Christine Blauvelt, PHR 2024 Gordon Thompson HR Hero Award Nominees Kimberly Benac, MS, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

We got so excited we can't wait for the celebration video to come out! Congratulations to all of our 2024 HRUnite! Award winners! 2024 HRUnite! Ambassador Award Jeff P. (Wisconsin State Council SHRM) Jessica Williams-Hicks, MS, SPHR (Detroit SHRM) 2024 HRUnite! Community Award Tom Daniels, MOD Cindy Murphy 2024 HRUnite! Community Catalyst Award Kristen Davidson, SWP, LDSS (MISHRM) 2024 HRUnite! Education Excellence in HR Award Christie Engler, MHRM, SPHR, SHRM-CP (The Ohio State University) 2024 HRUnite! Igniter Award Tay Ford,MA,LLPC Layton M. Price, CDE, CDR 2024 HRUnite! Inspire Award Nagham Alsamari Kendallyn Jacobs, aPHR, SHRM-CP 2024 HRUnite! Inspire Catalyst Award Tiffany Sinclair, PHR, SHRM-SCP, SPHR 2024 HRUnite! Purpose Award Shawndia North, SHRM-CP Alysa Southall ???????? 2024 HRUnite! Purpose Catalyst Award Justina Casillas, PHR, SHRM-CP, MBA (Vibe Credit Union) 2024 HRUnite! TA Trailblazer Award Suzanne Proksa, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, HHP Claire Stroh, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP 2024 HRUnite! Gordon Thompson HR Hero Award Steve Browne, SHRM-SCP (LaRosa's Pizzeria, Inc.) 2024 HRUnite! HRBP Excellence Award Nicole Ensink, MBA, SHRM-CP 2024 HRUnite! Advocate Award Jennifer DuPont, PHR, CCP Erica Shirley To all of our 31 nominees - a sincere thank you for the impact you are having EACH AND EVERY DAY on the organizations and communities you serve! Thank you for your contributions to our HR profession!! Thank you to our event sponsor Strategic Services Group (SSG), host sponsor Walsh College and emcee's Tina-Marie (not Tina) Wohlfield SPHR, SHRM-SCP and James Reid )winner of the inaugural "Law and Order" Award- with special assistance from Marcus Staten Sr. Stay tuned for the festive celebration recongizing all of our nominees and inspiring keynote from Tay Ford,MA,LLPC (coming very soon) #HRCelebratingHR #HRUnite #HRHelpingHR #HRCommunity #HRCares

Help us shine the #HRGratitude spotlight brightly on our last group of 2024 HRUnite! Award nominees! The Gordon Thompson HR Hero Award was established to honor the legacy of Gordon Thompson, who reimagined the definition of HR leader as a people focused leader who lead from the heart. This award honors individuals who have selflessly dedicated themselves to serving others as mentors, advocates and investors of people in our HR community. They are the believers, the champions, the courageous that continue to inspire others through their actions and interactions. The nominees in this category deserve a standing ovation! If you know or work with one of these deserving individuals, please help us celebrate them today! Kimberly Benac, MS, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Steve Browne, SHRM-SCP This thursday, November 14, 2024 - we will be celebrating all of our 31 nominees in eight categories at our in-person awards celebration hosted by Tina-Marie (not Tina) Wohlfield SPHR, SHRM-SCP and James Reid at Walsh College in Troy, Michigan! A few tickets remain for the in-person event which will be featuring a 'don't miss must see' keynote by Tay Ford,MA,LLPC (deets to register in the comments). A huge dose of #HRGratitude to Strategic Services Group (SSG) our event sponsor for the past several years! Never fear if you can't be there to join us (as we have nominees across the US) - the event will be recorded and released live on our youtube channel shortly after! #HRSupportingHR #HRCelebratingHR #HRAwards #HRUnite #HRCommunity #HRHero

Celebrating six plus years of #HRConversations #HRConnections and #HRHelpingHR with our first and original #HRCoffeeTalkie eastside group! Our first meeting was on a friday in September 2018 at a Biggby Coffee in Clinton Township, Michigan. 90% of those who attended that first gathering remain in this group who meet once a month for conversation and friendship and #HRSupportingHR conversations over coffee. There are now groups like this one in 6 states and virtual groups with members across the US. The group gathered on November 8 with family and friends for a night of fun at a @Motor City Rockers Hockey Game for a festive evening and maybe an HR voice or two directed at the ice for some hockey players behaving badly! Here is a shot of some of them who were brave enough to walk on center ice for a photo! A salute to our originals still meeting!! Tina-Marie (not Tina) Wohlfield SPHR, SHRM-SCP Katie Taylor Jennifer DuPont, PHR, CCP Joyce Johnson-Maples, SHRM-SCP Challynee Washington Kristina Dimovski, SHRM-CP Shawndia North, SHRM-CP Marci Rosenberger, SHRM-CP Paul Sherwood Shawn Lee, Cr. Photog. Janelle D. Thomas PHR, CFMLA, Employment Law Labor Law Cert. The more we connect and share the better our profession becomes! #HRUnite #HRCelebratingHR

Join us next week at the 2024 HRUnite! Awards Celebration as we come together to celebrate 31 nominees and announce this years winners in 8 award categories at Walsh College in Troy, Michigan!! (see comments for link to register) James Reid and Tina-Marie (not Tina) Wohlfield SPHR, SHRM-SCP will be your event emcee's for the sixth year! Our keynote this year is Igniter Award nominee Tay Ford,MA,LLPC who is ???????? Thank you to our event sponsor Strategic Services Group (SSG) for helping us shine the spotlight on deserving HR Pros making a difference each and every day! #HRCelebratingHR #HRAwards #HRGratitude #HRCommunity #HRUnite

It's daylight savings time which gives us one extra hour today to celebrate the nominees for the 2024 HRUnite! Igniter Award! The HRUnite! Igniter award was inspired by Shawn Lee, an igniter of change, and celebrates those bringing people together and breaking down barriers in diversity and belonging in workplaces. Help me shine the spotlight brightly on our 2024 nominees who are making our workplaces and communities inclusive and bringing people together for meaningful change!! Tay Ford,MA,LLPC (Lee) Linda K. Peterson, CPC, SHRM-SCP Layton M. Price, CDE, CDR Join us as we come together to celebrate all of our 31 nominees in 8 categories at our in-person HRUnite! Awards Celebration taking place on November 14, 2024 at Walsh College in Troy, Michigan thanks to our event sponsor Strategic Services Group (SSG) (who has partnered with us for the past several years to help make this awards program happen!) - ?? Registration link in the comments!! ?? We celebrate the power of when we ingite and inspire people an one of our Igniter nominees, Tay Ford,MA,LLPC will be taking the stage with a keynote that you will NOT want to miss! Never fear since we have nominees from across the US - we will be recording the event which we will be uploading to the HRUnite! youtube channel shortly after! #HRCelebratingHR #HRSpotlight #DEI #InclusionMatters #HRUnite

Kicking off Friday and the start of November by shining the #HRUnite spotlight brightly on our 2024 HRUnite! TA Trailblazer Nominees!!! The HRUnite! TA Trailblazer award recognizes a Talent Acquisition rock star who is redefining the recruiting and candidate experience for the organization(s) they serve. Let's show some serious #HRLove to these #TARockstars who are helping connect companies with talent!! Christine Blauvelt, PHR Suzanne Proksa, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, HHP Claire Stroh, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP If you work with or know these amazing nominees help us shower them with #HRGratitude and let them know how much we appreciate them! We will be celebrating all 31 of our nominees in eight categories at an in-person awards celebration taking place at Walsh College in Troy, Michigan on Thursday, November 14, 2024 in partnership with our event sponsor Strategic Services Group (SSG) when we announce our 2024 winners! (Deets to register in the comments). Our celebration will be featuring an amazing keynote by Tay Ford,MA,LLPC !!! Never fear if you can't join us in person, we will be recording the session and uploading it to our youtube channel shortly after! #HRUnite #HRCelebratingHR #HRAwards #HRShines #TAProsRock

It’s time to shine the spotlight on another #HRUnite Award category!! The HRUnite! Purpose award recognizes those individuals who have made an impact on the HR profession through leadership, collaboration and partnerships. These individuals showcase the power of HR as a strategic resource and trusted advocate. Let's shout cheers of #HRGratitude for these amazing individuals nominated this year!! If you know and/or work with these hashtag#HRPros please help me recognize them right now!! Shruti Choubey Shawndia North, SHRM-CP Alysa Southall ???????? These deserving nominees will be celebrated with 28 other individuals at our annual in-person HRUnite! Awards Celebration taking place on November 14, 2024 at Walsh College in Troy, Michigan in partnership with our event sponsor Strategic Services Group (SSG) where we will be announcing the winners in each of our 8 categories!! Never fear the celebration which will be featuring an inspiring keynote by Tay Ford,MA,LLPC will be recorded and released shortly after on the HRUnite! youtube channel. If you want to join us in-person - check out the link in the comments! #HRCelebratingHR #HRUnite #HRAwards #HRSupportingHR #HRSpotlight