Save the dates for the fall CAPHRA program series!

• September 11, 2019 lunch and learn 12-1 PM
• October 24, 2019 lunch and learn 12-1 PM
• November 21, 2019 half-day summit 8 AM-12 PM

Feel like you are drowning at work?  Are you frequently arriving early to work and staying late? How often are you working through lunches?  Do you find yourself feeling a bit overwhelmed with the amount of work you have to do compared to the time you have to do it?  Have you told yourself you can’t attend a professional development opportunity because you don’t have time?

 

This series promises to provide guidance and direction for meeting expectations from a place of strategy, confidence, resilience, and strength.  Discover the undeniable connection between making smart decisions, reducing overwhelm, and investing your time in what matters most.

 

September 11, 2019  (Lunch ‘n Learn)

Title:  “Making Wise Decisions:  7 Steps to Eliminating Confusion and Angst”

Description:  Life and work consist of a string of decisions.  Large or small, they confront you at every turn.  Choosing to ignore them usually isn’t an option.  After this one-hour presentation you will:

• Identify common human fears around decision-making.
• Recall and describe 7 steps to making all types of decisions.
• Recognize the personal, team, and organizational costs of not making necessary decisions.

 

October 24, 2019 (Lunch ‘n Learn)

Title:  “Overloaded and Overwhelmed?  10 Strategies for Gaining Some Control”

Description:  Managing work-related overwhelm is your responsibility.  Whether it comes from external sources or within yourself, you need to take charge.  After this one-hour presentation you will:

• Identify personal, environmental, and job duty causes of overload and overwhelm.
• Identify physical, emotional, and professional costs associated with ongoing overwhelm.
• Recall and implement 10 practical strategies for dealing with it.

 

November 21, 2019 (Half-Day Summit)

Title:  "The 7 Essential Keys to the Art of Managing Time:  How to Get Done What Needs to Be Done”

Description:  Tired of this well-worn topic yet desperate for help?  Don’t miss Sylvia’s down to earth, comprehensive, candid conversation about the commodity that has become our enemy.  Why?  Simply because we still haven’t learned to harness it proactively and wisely in ways that serve us, others, and the greater good.  As a result of this summit you will have the opportunity to:

• Understand your habits around time.
• Organize your time in new or different ways.
• Know how to find time you didn’t realize you had.
• Recognize the personal and organizational benefits to mastering a responsible use of time.
• Articulate the relationship between making decisions, reducing overwhelm, and managing time.

Featured presenter:

Sylvia Hepler, Owner and President of Launching Lives, LLC

 

Sylvia Hepler, President of Launching Lives, LLC is a career development specialist for managers and executives based in Mechanicsburg.  For over eleven years she has supported clients as they upgrade their current job performance, seek a promotion, and plan/navigate a career transition.  Trained and certified by The Rescue Institute in Colorado and Quantum Endeavors in Chicago, she has engaged coaches of national notoriety to accelerate her own growth.

 

Sylvia’s professional background includes:  Nonprofit leadership/management, public speaking, community-based health program start-up, teaching, writing, and retail sales.  In her current business she provides individual and group coaching, workshops, teleseminars, keynote speeches, small group facilitation, and retreats.  In addition to writing hundreds of articles and creating products that augment client progress, for six years she was a regular feature columnist for the Sunday edition of The Harrisburg Patriot News.  In 2015 she launched her first book, Learning Leadership Through Loss.

Pricing:

Session	Member Cost	Non-Member Cost
Lunch 1	$5	$10
Lunch 2	$5	$10
Summit	$45	$65
Package (all three)	$35	$55

Active members and those on the CAPHRA mailing list will receive a separate email when registration is open on the site.  If you do not receive an e‑mail, please check your CAPHRA profile and/or contact Jennifer McClain-Miller at Jennifer.McClain‑Miller@nordstrom.com.

 

Should you have any questions about the program, please feel free to contact Tim Pucino, Programs Committee Chair, via email at tpucino@pa.gov or via telephone at 717.705.9358.

 

~The CAPHRA Board and Programs Committee