Sponsored by: Execusource
Hosted by: Southern First Bank Greenville SHRM Monthly Membership Meeting: Bridging the Gap: How HR Shapes Hiring Managers’ Success Through Influence Date: September 9, 2025 Time: 11:30am - 1:00pmLocation: Southern First Bank(6 Verdae Blvd, Greenville, SC 29607)Speaker: Leoni Michael
Ticket Prices: Member - $30 Non-member/Non-member Guest - $40 Deadline: September 2, 2025 Refunds: Cancellations must be made by September 2, 2025 in order to be refunded.
Description:
In this 1-hour workshop, participants will learn to recognize hiring biases, understand hiring manager perspectives, identify blind spots on both sides, and use data to influence outcomes. The session focuses on shifting HR from a transactional role to a strategic partner, building trust, and improving collaboration. Attendees will leave with actionable checklists, coaching questions, and tools to drive clarity, communication, and better hiring decisions.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify Common Hiring Biases: Understand and recognize common biases (explicit and implicit) that hiring managers might exhibit during the hiring process and the impact thereof.
2. Understand the Hiring Managers Perspective and Being Empathetic: Sometimes HR comes in real hot! Let’s cut the tension between HR and Hiring Managers and build bridges, not walls!
3. Identifying Hiring Manager & HRBP Blind Spots: Explain common hiring manager biases and blind spots while offering solutions and partnership support. And learn 7 common blind spots HR may exhibit that hinders collaboration.
4. Influence Through Data Insights: Why influencing them with recruiting metrics (e.g., time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, diversity statistics) can clear up ambiguity and build credibility with hiring managers.
5. Create a Collaborative Recruitment Partnership: Explore how HR can shift from transactional support to a trusted strategic partner model.
6. Build Lasting Trust Through Collaborative Recruitment Partnership: Explore how HR can shift from transactional support to a trusted strategic partner model and examine ways HR professionals can manage hiring managers’ expectations.
Speaker Bio: Leoni Michael
Leoni Michael is a corporate executive and thought leader in I/O Psychology and Leadership Excellence. She is the founder of Bridge the Gap Leadership, bestselling author of Bridge the Gap, Lead the Pack, John Maxwell Trainer, keynote speaker, and certified Executive Coach. With a Master’s in HR and ongoing doctoral studies, her career spans industries from real estate to L&D. Leoni equips leaders with strategies to engage multi-generational teams, reduce turnover, and build people-first cultures that thrive in today’s evolving workplace.
HR Certification Credits: Greenville SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities. This program has been pre-approved for 1 hour of SHRM re-certification credit. This program has also been pre-approved for 1 hour of HRCI General re-certification credit toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). Certificates will be emailed to those in attendance after the meeting along with a Feedback Survey.
Solicitation at Meetings: With the exception of our meeting sponsor(s), Greenville SHRM enforces a no solicitation policy at meetings. View the policy here.
Accommodations: Please indicate any special accommodations or dietary restrictions on your reservation form, or contact greenvillehr@gmail.com by the registration deadline.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations after the deadline date are subject to the meeting fee payment. Please direct changes or questions to greenvillehr@gmail.com.
P.O. Box 5202 Greenville, SC 29606
