Siouxland SHRM upcoming events

Iowa SHRM Conference (10/07/2026)

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT

For more information on this conference, please visit

https://www.iashrm.org/StateConference

Own Your Voice: Communicate with Clarity, Confidence & Accountability (10/22/2026)

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT

Own Your Voice: Communicate with Clarity, Confidence & Accountability

Say It So They Hear It: The Art of Leadership Communication

Great leaders don’t just communicate—they make sure their message is understood, trusted, and acted upon.

In this interactive session, Molly Mackey of the LEAdeRNship Institute will explore the communication habits that build clarity, confidence, empathy, and accountability in everyday leadership conversations. Participants will discover how tone, language, and delivery can completely change the way a message is received—and how to speak up, address difficult issues, and hold others accountable without turning every tough conversation into a reprimand.

You’ll learn practical tools for navigating difficult conversations, avoiding common communication barriers, and using active listening techniques—including techniques drawn from FBI hostage negotiation—to improve understanding and connection.

Participants will also practice a simple accountability structure designed to turn challenging conversations into opportunities for coaching, growth, and stronger performance.

You’ll walk away with practical tools to:

Communicate with greater clarity, confidence, empathy, and accountability
Recognize how tone, language, and delivery impact your message
Address issues and hold others accountable more effectively
Identify and overcome common communication barriers
Use active listening techniques to increase understanding and empathy
Turn difficult accountability conversations into productive coaching moments

The Conversation Lab: Practice the Tough Stuff

Ready to take the conversation from theory to practice?

Stick around for this optional extended session with Molly Mackey for a hands-on deep dive into leadership communication. Participants will have the opportunity to practice the tools from the morning session, work through realistic workplace scenarios, and build confidence navigating conversations that leaders often avoid.

From addressing performance concerns to delivering difficult feedback and holding others accountable, this interactive workshop focuses on what to actually say, how to say it, and how to keep the conversation productive.

Come prepared to participate, practice, and maybe discover that difficult conversations don't have to be so difficult.

Siouxland SHRM is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Say It So They Hear It: The Art of Leadership Communication

Time: Oct 22, 2026 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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November 2026 Program (11/19/2026)

Thu, 19 Nov 2026 17:30:00 GMT

The Predictive Index- What is the value in Human Resources? (12/17/2026)

Thu, 17 Dec 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Please join us for the December 17 SHRM event, where we'll be joined by leader development firm, ADVISA, who will be walking us through the value of behavioral data in HR business decisions using the Predictive Index (PI).

Please complete your own PI Behavioral Profile in advance of the session. We will begin with an understanding of what your unique profiles say about you.

PI measures inherent motivating needs—what gives you energy at work and drives predictable behavior. It does not measure knowledge, skills, experience, or cognitive ability. PI reveals what drives you, not what you've done or know how to do.

When leaders understand their own motivating needs alongside those of their team members and their jobs, communication sharpens and coaching becomes more intentional. ADVISA will help us connect the dots between who we are as individuals and what our work requires of us.

The assessment is 2 questions and takes about 6 minutes.

Please complete it no later than December 10: (Please open link in new window)

https://assessment.predictiveindex.com/bo/5JWK/SHRMSiouxCity

Mandy brings her creative energy to helping clients redefine and cultivate effective leadership.

Before joining ADVISA as a Leadership Consultant, Mandy led Brand Strategy in advertising, helping organizations discover, develop and market their core promises. Equal parts creative thinker and research geek, she worked on some of the world’s biggest brands in her 15 years in the ad business—from JP Morgan Chase to Microsoft.

Mandy’s focus on improving the position of brands large and small centered on their people. Because it’s people that stand between every great strategy and its results.

Mandy’s work with human behavior, consumerism, and psychology culminates today in leadership consulting. She writes a bi-monthly workplace column in the Indianapolis Business Journal on the subject.

She’s a graduate of Indiana University with a double major in Journalism and Informatics, and a minor in Psychology. Outside of her clients, Mandy enjoys environmental and interior design, reading, writing, gardening, and time with her family.