Events

Chapter Meeting - March 31, 2026

Join us for an IN PERSON/Bring Your Own Lunch (on us!) Chapter Meeting
Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

Tom Mobley will be presenting "The History of Insurance in the U.S. — and Where Are We Headed? "

Cost: $25 for Members; $35 for Non Members.
This is a "BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH" event and each attendee will receive a $15 gift card that is valid at a variety of area locations. You choice - bring your favorite lunch to the meeting!

Schedule:

Lunch / Networking from 11:30am - 11:55am

Announcements from 11:55am - 12:00pm

Presentation from 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location:
The Educational Service Center of Medina County
275 Center Street
Seville, OH 44273

Session Description: This session is a follow-up to my earlier presentation, “The History of HR—Employment Laws…Where did they come from?” and continues the story of how U.S. employers became the default “delivery system” for major social benefits—especially health insurance—and what that means for the next decade of work.

We’ll trace the key milestones that shaped American health care and employer-sponsored coverage, from early community care and employer sickness funds to industrialization, World War II wage controls, and the tax incentives that made employer coverage the norm. We’ll also examine how plan designs evolved (HMOs, PPOs, HDHPs) and how cost shifting has moved more financial risk to employees through deductibles and out-of-pocket exposure.

Then we’ll confront the affordability crisis ahead. Without major changes, employers and employees face escalating tradeoffs—and in a severe scenario, family premiums could exceed $70,000 within seven years, with premiums potentially surpassing average annual wages within the next 14 years.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the major historical and policy milestones that led to employer-sponsored health insurance becoming the dominant U.S. coverage model, and describe at least two unintended consequences for employers and employees.

Interpret how common plan designs (HMO, PPO, HDHP) and cost-sharing mechanisms (deductibles, coinsurance, out-of-pocket maximums) shift financial risk, and assess the impacts on talent attraction/retention, wages, and total rewards strategy.

Apply scenario thinking to project future affordability pressures and identify three employer levers (e.g., funding approach, plan design, navigation/advocacy, chronic condition management, vendor strategy) to manage costs while protecting employee experience and organizational competitiveness.

Speaker Bio: Thomas “Tom” Mobley, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, is a Professor in Miami University’s Farmer School of Business and an HR practitioner, consultant, and educator with 40 years of combined experience. Tom teaches across the HR curriculum and is playing an active role in establishing an HR Center of Excellence designed to strengthen student development and expand real-world, client-facing HR learning. His work consistently connects HR theory to the realities leaders face in today’s workplaces—helping HR professionals build practical capability they can apply immediately.

Tom’s teaching and speaking expertise spans employment law, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiations, training and development, and safety and security. He is known for an engaging, application-driven style that blends case studies, simulations, and experiential projects to develop job-ready HR talent and strengthen organizational decision-making.

Through Mobley HR Consulting, Tom partners with organizations to deliver HR certification preparation, HR and leadership training, and keynote and workshop programming for HR and leadership audiences. He has taught HR certification preparation for more than 20 years, and since developing his SHRM and HRCI prep courses, more than 200 test-takers have achieved an 88% pass rate—reflecting his ability to translate complex HR knowledge into clear, test-ready understanding and workplace-ready practice.

Tom has taught at the college level for more than 30 years and has also taught graduate courses for Dalian University of Technology in China. He was recognized as a Top 25 Professor at Miami University by the Associated Student Government, underscoring his commitment to student success and excellence in teaching. In addition to his instructional and consulting work, he served as Technical Editor for Sandra Reed’s aPHR/iaPHR study guide.

Tom brings a blend of deep HR expertise, practical tools, and real-world perspective—helping HR professionals strengthen their impact in organizations while preparing the next generation of HR leaders.

2026 April 9 - Coffee House Talk - Tom Daniels

Join us on Thursday, April 9, 2026 for our "COFFEE HOUSE TALK" from SHRM MEDINA COUNTY CHAPTER!

“Engagement Is the Scoreboard, Not the Game," presented by Tom Daniels

Your $5.00 Coffee Card will be sent to your email address the DAY BEFORE the webinar.

Your zoom login information will be included in your purchase confirmation.

Session Description:
For decades, organizations have chased employee engagement through surveys and programs, yet engagement hasn’t meaningfully improved. This talk challenges the assumption that engagement is a strategy and reframes it as an outcome driven by employee wellbeing. Using data, stories, and lessons from the pandemic, Tom Daniels introduces five core pillars that shape how people experience work. The message is simple and practical: stop managing engagement and start designing workplaces where engagement is inevitable.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the distinctions between employee engagement, employee wellness, and employee wellbeing, and how they contribute to organizational success.
• Identify the employee engagement and wellbeing trends over the past 25 years - and what we learned during COVID.
• Discover five pillars of employee wellbeing that foster a healthier, more engaged workforce.

Speaker Bio:
Tom Daniels is the Director of Talent Management at Knight Insurance Group in Toledo, Ohio. His primary focuses are recruitment, development, and engagement for the organization. Prior to Knight Insurance Group, Daniels was the Associate Director for Graduate & Executive Programs in Business at Bowling Green State University and focused on recruitment and academic advising. Prior to BGSU, Daniels spent 20 years in the advertising and marketing research industries with a focus on operations and learning & development. Tom received his Master of Organization Development degree from Bowling Green State University. He is quite active in the community, serving as the Networking Chair for the Northern Ohio Human Resources Association (Toledo SHRM), Chair of the Alumni Connections Committee of the Owens Community College Foundation Board and a board member for Leadership Toledo, Avenues for Autism, and Montessori School of Bowling Green. When he’s not working or in a board meeting, you can find him running or biking around town. Tom lives in Northwest Ohio with his wife and two college-aged sons.br

Six Degrees of Insight - Session 4/6 - May 7, 2026

Join us for Six Degrees of Insight - a webinar series brought to you by six local SHRM chapters.

Join us on Thursday, May 7, 2026 with Civility Unleashed: Turning Chaos into Collaboration presented by Dyann McDowell.

Session Description: Workplace culture is collapsing quietly, not through one big event, but through the normalization of disrespect, avoidance, and inconsistent accountability. HR professionals often become the “cleanup crew” when leaders fail to set and enforce a clear standard for how people treat each other while the work gets done.

This interactive session equips HR leaders and people managers with a practical, repeatable approach to disrupt incivility in real time and rebuild trust through systems, not slogans. Participants will learn a simple in-the-moment tool—L3: Lean-in, Listen, Learn—and how to connect it to leadership standards and follow-through using the AIMS™ Framework (Assess ? Implement ? Mobilize Leadership ? SPARK) and Civility OS™ (Ask ? Implement ? Support ? Enforce).

Attendees will leave with language they can use immediately, plus an implementation path that strengthens accountability without dehumanizing people.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify early warning signs of culture erosion and the organizational risks associated with normalized incivility.
• Apply L3 (Lean-in, Listen, Learn) as an in-the-moment disruption tool to de-escalate tension while maintaining accountability.
• Use the Civility OS™ response loop (Ask ? Implement ? Support ? Enforce) to ensure consistent follow-through after conflict or misconduct.
• Outline an HR-led action plan using the AIMS™ Framework to embed civility standards into leadership routines and workplace expectations.

Speaker Bio: Dyann McDowell is the President and HR Business Partner at Training Marbles, Inc., a workplace culture and leadership firm specializing in civility, accountability, and organizational realignment. With nearly three decades in the Drug-Free Workplace and HR training arena, Dyann is known for helping organizations confront culture breakdowns before they become costly crises. Her work equips HR leaders and managers with practical tools to disrupt disrespect, strengthen leadership follow-through, and build standards employees can trust.

Dyann is the creator of Civility Unleashed™, a framework-driven approach that combines her AIMS™ Framework (Assess ? Implement ? Mobilize Leadership ? SPARK) with Civility OS™ (Ask ? Implement ? Support ? Enforce). She partners with public-sector organizations, municipalities, and service-based companies to improve workplace climate, reduce conflict drag, and restore professionalism without sacrificing humanity. Dyann’s signature message is clear: civility isn’t “being nice”—it’s a standard, and leadership sets the tone.

Six Degrees of Insight - Session 6/6 - July 2, 2026

Join us for Six Degrees of Insight - a webinar series brought to you by six local SHRM chapters.

Join us on Thursday, July 2nd, 2026 with The Transformation of HR: Leading Human Work in the Age of AI presented by Tamra Moroski.

Session Description: As AI accelerates productivity, a quieter shift is happening inside the workforce. Employees are questioning their relevance, their value, and even their identity. Burnout is rising, focus is fractured, and many leaders are sensing a deeper crisis of meaning beneath the metrics.

This moment is not simply technological. It’s transformational. AI is acting as a mirror, forcing individuals and organizations to confront what work is for, who we are without our output, and what kind of future we are designing. In this session, Tamra Moroski reframes the role of HR from managing resources to stewarding human transformation. Drawing on research in intrinsic motivation, psychological safety, and flow states, she explores how alignment, autonomy, and purpose directly influence performance and retention.

Learning Objectives:

• Reposition AI as a system optimizer rather than a speed amplifier
• Design for sustainable performance instead of chronic burnout
• Introduce regenerative work models that build innovation, resilience, and meaning
• Equip leaders with nervous system literacy as a modern leadership competency

Speaker Bio: Tamra Moroski is a transformation strategist and AI revenue leader helping organizations stay human in the age of artificial intelligence. With over 15 years navigating change across marketing and tech, she blends business strategy, mindfulness, and intentional AI frameworks to help leaders preserve agency, prevent burnout, and design a future where technology amplifies — not replaces — human potential.