West Central MN SHRM upcoming events

West Central MN SHRM: The Empowered Workplace: Managing Stress and Overwhelm (Thursday, September 03, 2026)

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:45:00 GMT

Aimee Goodwin is a certified Life Coach and Emotional Resilience Trainer. She is a motivational Public Speaker and author of various articles and blogs. She has published two books: Victory: A Lyme Story and The Mountains We Climb, an Amazon best seller and award-winner in the New York Book Festival. She is the founder of “New Hope Wellness” in Alexandria MN and Entrepreneur.

Throughout her life she has overcome chronic Lyme disease, the loss of losing a child and the emotional stress that can come from being an EMT and First responder. These experiences and many others have taken her on a powerful journey of personal growth and transformation. Her own strength is deeply rooted in a developed emotional resilience that she now shares through her Coaching Practice.

West Central MN SHRM: The Legal Lowdown: Fall Edition (Thursday, October 01, 2026)

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:45:00 GMT

Mock Investigation

Josh Heggem, partner at Pemberton Law in Fergus Falls, is a recognized expert in the practice of Labor and Employment Law, which has been a major concentration of his work for more than fourteen years and currently makes up 90 percent of his practice representing and advising public and private employers. Workplace investigations have been a significant niche within his practice, and he has completed well over 150 investigations and presently conducts at least two per month. He also has a great deal of experience handling labor negotiations on behalf of employers, conducting workplace trainings, and advising employers on the myriad of issues they encounter on a daily basis, including contract issues, medical leaves, wage and hour, workplace misconduct, and employee separation issues.

West Central MN SHRM: Midwest Nice & Conflict (Thursday, November 05, 2026)

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:45:00 GMT

Dr. Laura Janusik is the founder of Listening to Change and a lifelong researcher of how the brain processes communication. For more than 20 years, she’s trained thousands of people, from executive leaders to caregivers to lifelong learners, on how to become better listeners, stronger communicators, and more effective collaborators.

She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Maryland, and she’s devoted her academic and professional life to the study of listening, with a deep focus on how the brain shapes our communication habits. Her work has been featured in NPR, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and U.S. News & World Report, and she’s shared this research with over 4,000 leaders across dozens of industries.

But her work isn’t just about leadership. It’s about relationships: at work, at home, and within ourselves.