Jill Kopanis
"PEOPLE 1ST LEADERSHIP: Creating Impact and Making A Difference" (Webinar)
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the concept of L.E.A.D. in Leadership to impact and grow your leadership skills
- Embrace the value of People 1st Leadership through real life coaching experiences and understand the corporate payoff of putting employees 1st
- Uncover the tools to implement the power of People 1st Leadership in the workplace to impact your career in a powerful way
Session Description:
Helicopter Leadership is Out! People 1st Leadership is in!! Anyone can be a leader, but a Difference-maker embraces People 1st Leadership. What are you doing to upskill your leadership impact? It is time to dump the old leadership theories. It is time to break the rules that have handcuffed us to old leadership practices. It is time to challenge ourselves to make a difference through our leadership skills.
Speaker Bio:
Jill Kopanis is an HR Leader who focuses on Shaping the World through Transformation. Challenging what HR/Leadership does and how they do it, she has transformed numerous HR and corporate programs into major cost savings and culture positives, including driving a multi-million-dollar benefit cost savings initiative.
She is Vice President of Human Resources for Dynamic Dies, with headquarters in Toledo, Ohio; where she leads human resource initiatives for manufacturing and sales locations nationwide. Jill has been involved in the field of Human Resources for over 25 years, working with both Fortune 500 and International companies. She was nominated for the Excellence in HR Management Award, she facilitated the process which has led her company to be awarded a Top Workplace designation multiple years and was recently awarded the HR Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jill is a well-known national speaker, having spoken numerous times at SHRM annual conference where she was twice selected for the coveted Mega-Speaker designation. She has spoken at a variety of SHRM state conferences and local chapter meetings. Jill has also been a featured speaker on the annual HR Conference Cruise.
She has served in a variety of volunteer leadership roles including Past President of the Toledo SHRM chapter, SHRM State Director of HR Certification and sits on the Board of Directors for several NW Ohio organizations, where she leads the HR committees. She holds a Masters Degree in Organizational Leadership and earned both the SPHR and SHRM-SCP Certification.