21 Oct Re-engage With Purpose Re-engage With Purpose Wednesday, October 21, 2026 (12:00 AM to 11:59 PM) 1 PDCs Provider: Susan Ways Course Name: Re-engage With Purpose Speaker: Sara Bordeau Program Type: Conference Registration URL: https://www.mwcog.org/events/2026/10/21/reignite-hr-sparking-passion-purpose-and-people/ Re-engage With Purpose, Washington, District of Columbia Email Details "Recognize indicators of professional disconnection and sustained workplace pressure and evaluate their potential impact on HR leadership effectiveness, decision-making, productivity, stakeholder relationships, and organizational performance.Assess how competing priorities and continuous reactive work affect HR’s strategic capacity and identify opportunities to redirect time and attention toward higher-value workforce and organizational priorities. Connect individual HR purpose to organizational mission and business outcomes, identifying how HR leadership contributes to workforce capability, employee engagement, organizational culture, retention, and operational effectiveness. Differentiate between high-value strategic priorities and unnecessary drains on HR capacity to make more intentional decisions about resource allocation, workload, and leadership focus. Apply strategies for maintaining sound judgment and leadership effectiveness during high-pressure or emotionally charged situations, reducing the likeli Details You're Registered! DescriptionLocation Participants will engage in instructor-led discussion, guided analysis, prioritization exercises, and individual application activities examining how sustained workplace pressure, competing demands, and reactive work can affect HR leadership effectiveness and the function’s capacity to contribute to organizational priorities. Participants will assess the potential impact on decision-making, productivity, stakeholder relationships, workforce effectiveness, and organizational performance. Through structured exercises, participants will evaluate how HR leaders allocate time, attention, and resources and distinguish between activities that contribute strategically to organizational objectives and those that unnecessarily consume leadership capacity. Participants will identify opportunities to redirect HR resources toward higher-value priorities related to workforce capability, talent, retention, organizational culture, operational effectiveness, and achievement of the organization’s mission. Using workplace scenarios involving competing priorities and high-pressure situations, participants will practice applying decision-making and prioritization approaches that reduce reactive responses and support sound business judgment. Participants will also examine how professional boundaries and effective operating practices can strengthen leadership capacity, accountability, and HR’s ability to meet the needs of employees, organizational leaders, and the business. Participants will apply a “return to purpose” framework to evaluate periods of sustained organizational pressure as changing business conditions requiring reassessment of priorities, resources, and leadership approaches. The session will conclude with participants identifying actionable changes to their leadership practices, workload allocation, and strategic priorities that increase HR’s capacity to support workforce effectiveness, organizational performance, and long-term business objectives. Re-engage With Purpose Re-engage With Purpose777 N Capitol St NEWashingtonWashingtonWashington, DC 20002-4239 Map & Directions