March Chapter Meeting
Join us on March 5th for our Chapter Meeting! Registration opens up at 7:30, followed by our speaker presentations from 8:00am - 11:30am.
About Session #1
Jason Chance is the founder of The Operating Edge, a system that helps
companies move from owner-dependent to management-driven operations. He works with senior leadership teams to install the structures, rhythms, and behaviors that make execution predictable and alignment durable. Drawing on experience as both an entrepreneur and consultant, Jason brings a practical, real-world approach to strategy, organizational design, and leadership development. His work turns complexity into simple, repeatable systems that drive consistent performance. A Certified Executive Coach and InBusiness Executive of the Year (2022), Jason is known for a direct, results-focused style that helps organizations build capacity and achieve meaningful change.
Session Title:
Coaching Through Conflict: A Workshop for HR Professionals
Session Description:
Most workplace conflict isn’t personal—it’s patterned. Leaders often fall into familiar responses that unintentionally create standoffs, avoidance, or surface-level compromise. This workshop gives HR professionals a clear way to read those patterns and a coaching approach that moves conversations toward real collaboration. The goal is simple: help leaders shift from defensive reactions to productive, shared problem-solving.
Objectives:
Identify the conflict mode a leader is operating from and recognize how their own default mode influences the direction of the conversation.
Redirect unproductive conflict patterns toward collaboration, using language that builds trust and influence without relying on positional power.
Coach leaders through difficult conversations with a simple, structured approach that builds clarity, reduces defensiveness, and creates joint ownership of the next steps.
Apply the frameworks to a real scenario, leaving with a practical plan for one high-stakes conversation they need to have in the next week.
About Session #2
Meghan Focht is a strategic Human Capital leader with over 15 years of HR
experience. As Director of Human Capital at Concurrency, she sits on the leadership team and leads talent strategy, development, compliance, employee relations, Internal IT and our consulting staffing practice. Her career spans hospitality and tech, with a focus on building strong cultures and leading change.
She believes “Clear is Kind” and “Feedback is a gift,” embracing Radical Candor to foster leadership alignment and trust. Meghan is known for coaching leaders, resolving complex issues, and creating inclusive, high-performing environments.
Session Title:
Reinventing the Employee Check-In: A Workshop for HR Professionals
Session Description:
This 90‑minute interactive workshop is designed for HR professionals who want to help leaders strengthen employee engagement, deepen connection, and build cultures where people feel genuinely understood and supported. Traditional check‑ins often miss what matters most, but when done well, they can become one of the most powerful tools for retention, motivation, and trust.
Objectives:
Uncover individual motivators
Identify early indicators of disengagement
Coach leaders to create meaningful, tailored conversations.
Directions
Enter off of Lincoln Ave onto 90th St. Parking- on the surface lot, or in the West Parking structure.
The Sage/Lavender/Savory/Resilience Conference Rooms are located within the Aurora Women’s Pavilion at AWAMC. To get to these rooms, please enter either the Main Entrance of the hospital or the entrance to the Women’s Pavilion (they are right next to each other by the Concierge). Turn to your left and walk past the Honey Creek Café coffee shop down a carpeted hallway. The conference rooms are located along the left.
