21st Annual Best Practices, June 12, 2026 Bimonthly Meeting

Still time to register and deadline for participating in a Special Self-assessment is Wednesday, June 10 at noon!

Session Overview

Join us on June 12, 2026 for our Annual Best Practices Session, featuring sessions led by our own talented and knowledgeable members. This dynamic event will showcase impactful HR/OD tools, techniques, and strategies that drive organizational success through engaging, interactive learning experiences.

The event will be held in person with a Zoom streaming option available.

* If you would like to support Goodwill’s mission, attendees are welcome to bring clothing or home goods to donate during the event. As a general guideline, donated items should fit within a standard tote bag. Please note that furniture cannot be accepted.

Presentations:

• Dr. Steve Yacovelli, "Keeping Allyship Human: The 365 Operating System"
• •  Organizations need to move beyond performative, calendar-based inclusion by installing a high-energy, 365-day operating system for sustainable allyship. Using the Mine, Refine, and Align framework, this session transforms Leaders from Passive Passengers into Strategic Architects of belonging, utilizing an AI-driven flight simulator and other tools to bridge the gaps of the past. At the end participants of this session will learn specific strategies they can immediately use to create a genuine culture of inclusion and support for everyone ... every single day of the year.
• Dr. Jackie Hooper, "Change Happens, Transition Is a Process"
• • Leading and effectively managing through change go well beyond a single event. In this Best Practices session, two high-impact and very experiential activities that illustrate the nature of change and transition will be described. One is a very reflective and introvert-friendly activity, and the other one is laugh-inducing, memorable, and offers valuable calls to action for leaders and teammates, alike.
    
• Rebecca Castillo, "Swipe Right for Learning: Designing Virtual Experiences People Choose to Engage With"
• • This session explores how behavioral psychology and digital engagement patterns can inform more effective virtual learning design. By drawing parallels between social media behavior, online dating platforms, and learning science, this session highlights how learners quickly evaluate relevance, value, and connection in digital environments. Participants will gain a practical framework for designing more engaging virtual experiences through intentional entry points, learner choice, and social interaction, with the goal of improving attention, participation, and learning transfer.
• Dr. Gary Owens, "Character Development Eats Competencies for Breakfast"
• • Most leadership development focuses on competencies: the skills and behaviors leaders should demonstrate. This session challenges that assumption by introducing character science as the deeper layer that determines whether those competencies hold under pressure. Participants will use their own True Tilt Profile results to identify their default character pattern, explore the cost of over-tilting, and see how individual profiles aggregate into a live team dashboard that reveals collective blind spots.
  •  *For this session, members and registered attendees are invited to participate in a complimentary self-assessment, The True Tilt Profile. After providing your information, you will receive an email in your inbox within 24 hours. After completing the brief assessment, you will be provided with your results immediately. Please participate before Wednesday June 10 at 12:00 noon by clicking here:  https://www.amplificoaching.com/good/