HR Day of Development

📢 Introducing Our Keynote Speaker 📢

Liesel Mertes

Workplace Empathy Consultant. Keynote Speaker. Founder at Handle with Care Consulting

Liesel Mertes is an acclaimed workplace empathy expert. After experiencing her own loss, Liesel emerged with a deep understanding of what employees need to feel supported at work after a disruptive life event. As the Founder of Handle With Care, Liesel works with groups who want to boost employee satisfaction as well as attract and retain better talent.

Liesel engages with organizations around the globe, where her programs have been utilized by tech companies, government agencies and RV manufacturers (just to name a few). Her favorite clients are those who understand and know the value of supporting their employees with empathy and compassion.

Liesel’s expertise is broad – death and loss, diagnosis, relationship changes and life’s inevitable curveballs – and no disruption is considered less significant. On these topics, Liesel is a dedicated speaker, writer, workplace consultant and host of the Handle With Care podcast.

A calming presence in stressful situations, Liesel provides tools for organizations to help their employees survive, stabilize and thrive in the aftermath of adversity. Full Conference Schedule

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM: Registration, Breakfast & Vendor Networking

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Welcome & Opening Remarks, Introduction of Keynote Speaker

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Barnes & Thornburg LLC. - Legal Update

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM:  Break & Vendor Networking

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM:  Stew Darling - Unstoppable:  Living Beyond our Limits

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch & Vendor Networking

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Liesel Mertes - Keynote Speaker

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: SHRM Foundation Raffle, Vendor Drawings & Closing Remarks

HR Director - $2,500 Level - SOLD OUT

HR Manager - $1,500 Level - SOLD OUT

HR Generalist - $750 Level - SOLD OUT

Non-Profit - $300 Level

In-Kind Sponsors

Michiana SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

 Programs offered by Michiana SHRM may be approved for HR (General) recertification credit toward
aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, and SPHRi™ recertification through the HR Certification Institute.