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Arkansas SHRM 2025 HR Conference & Expo • October 8-10 • Rogers, Arkansas

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Program Details

Resilience in Human Resources

This engaging and data-driven presentation presents attendees with data supporting the importance of resilience of HR professionals, organizations, and leaders and how to influence these areas, as well as the completion of an exercise to assess and improve personal resilience.  

Key Objectives

1) Understanding of importance of resilience as an HR professional & the ability to communicate that to others. 2) Understanding of the importance of resilience in an organization & its leaders & the ability to influence leaders to create a resilient culture. 3) Personal resilience exercise

Susan Wathen, MHRM, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Recently Retired Vice President - Human Resources at Hannibal Regional Healthcare System

Ms. Susan Wathen retired December 31, 2024, from her twelve-year role as the Vice President, Human Resources for Hannibal Regional Healthcare System. Ms. Wathen joined the Hannibal Regional Healthcare System team in January 2013, brought with her over 10 years of senior leadership experience, and is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources. Ms. Wathen received her Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from DeVry University and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Hannibal-LaGrange University. Ms. Wathen is a chartering member and Past President of the Northeast Missouri Area Chapter of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) a member and Past President of the Quincy Area Chapter of SHRM, a member of National SHRM and of the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, board member and Past President at the Hannibal YMCA and member and President of the Hannibal Early Bird Kiwanis Club. Ms. Wathen has also served as an Ambassador for the Hannibal Area Chamber of Commerce and is a Past Vice President for the Hannibal Free Public Library. She and her husband have been married for more than 38 years with three daughters and six grandchildren.

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Location: Ambassador B

Category: Business Mgt & Strategy

HRCI Credits:

1.00 Select HRCI Recertification credits available.

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HR2025 is a recognized provider of recertification credits. HR Certification Institute® pre-approved this program for 1.00 HR (Select) credit(s) toards a PHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification. Please be sure to note the program ID number on your recertification application form. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI website at www.hrci.org.

The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

SHRM Credits:

1.00 SHRM Recertification credits available.

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HR2025 is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠. This program is valid for 1.00 PDCs for the SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org.


Please Note: Speakers and topics are subject to change without notice.

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