Join us for our July SISHRM Chapter Meeting
July 08, 2026
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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Ivy Tech Community College
8204 County Rd 311
Sellersburg, IN 47172
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Please join us on Wednesday, July 8, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Alyson Van Hooser, CSP, President & CEO, Van Hooser Leadership
will be presenting "6 Levels of Empowerment™: A Practical Process for Retaining Great Employees"
Description:
If you had to clearly explain the exact process for how your organization empowers employees to succeed both now and long-term, could you?
Without a clear system, uncertainty grows, culture disconnects, and performance and retention suffer. Today’s top talent stays where they see clarity, growth, and a future, and leaders must deliver that while managing risk.
The good news? There is a proven way to do it!
In this session, leadership and management authority Alyson Van Hooser shares the 6 Levels of Empowerment™, a practical, field-tested framework for building confident employees, strengthening communication, and preparing your team for what’s next.
This is more than employee development.
It is a clear path to stronger retention, deeper bench strength, and reduced organizational risk. If you're not intentionally creating clarity and growth, someone else is, and they're likely using it as a competitive advantage against you to poach your best people. This framework equips you and your leaders to empower effectively, so great employees don't just stay, they level up!
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the 6 Levels of Empowerment™ and how it creates clarity, confidence, and stronger performance
- Identify how to build structured growth paths that improve retention and reduce uncertainty
- Learn how to strengthen bench depth and proactively prepare for succession
- Recognize how empowerment systems reduce risk, improve decision-making, and increase accountability
- Walk away with a practical, immediately actionable framework to implement across your organization

Alyson Van Hooser, CSP
President & CEO, Van Hooser Leadership
www.vanhooser.com
Alyson Van Hooser, CSP, is a leadership authority and author known for helping organizations lead with clarity, accuracy, and influence in today’s rapidly changing workplace.
Her work equips leaders to navigate the human moments that determine trust, engagement, retention, and performance – without relying on outdated tactics or generic leadership advice.
Alyson brings rare insight into how people think, decide, and respond, and she teaches leaders how to navigate those human dynamics with accuracy and confidence. At a time when employee engagement, customer trust, and alignment are harder to earn than ever, her work helps leaders read people correctly, move conversations forward, manage teams effectively, and build influence that lasts.
Through extensive, in-depth leadership development work with management teams across industries, Alyson uncovers what is actually happening inside organizations – identifying patterns, risks, and opportunities leaders often miss or sense, but struggle to capitalize on. This boots-on-the-ground insight fuels her modern leadership frameworks, which help leaders take correct action in real time, strengthen communication, and drive measurable business results with internal and external stakeholders.
Alyson’s perspective is shaped by real-world leadership experience, high-stakes executive coaching, and leadership development work across industries and across the country. Her work reframes empathy as a leadership accuracy skill, influence as the result of clear, intentional, trust-building action, and burnout and complacency as clarity issues – positioning her at the forefront of leadership development for the future of work.
Through high-impact keynotes, comprehensive leadership training, books, and executive coaching, Alyson partners with organizations to strengthen leadership and management performance, deepen bench strength, elevate engagement and retention, and build cultures where people choose to stay, commit, and level up. Known for her upbeat, high-energy presence and no-nonsense approach, Alyson doesn’t just motivate – she helps leaders see the next right step and anticipate what’s coming so they can lead themselves, their teams, and their organizations with confidence and success when it matters most.
Organizations work with me to:
• Influence employees, customers, and decision-makers in moments that determine results
• Improve communication and decision-making under pressure
• Build trust, engagement, and accountability without lowering standards
• Lead multigenerational teams without misreads or breakdowns
• Reduce burnout and turnover by fixing clarity gaps, not treating symptoms
This meeting is pre-approved for SHRM Certification for 1.25 credits.
HRCI will need to be posted as "self-certify credits".
The SISHRM Chapter would like to thank our Platinum Sponsors for their support in 2026!


SISHRM would like to thank our MONTHLY SPONSOR for their support!
Tickets
$0.00 Member Ticket - In Person Lunch Provided
$25.00 Future Member Ticket - In Person Lunch Provided
$150.00 Monthly Sponsor - SISHRM Member
$0.00 Monthly Sponsor Ticket - Non Profit
$250.00 Monthly Sponsor - Non SISHRM Member
