HR Without Boundaries
The days of top/down hierarchy organizational structures and HR as a gatekeeper are over. This session provides people with methods of how to deconstruct how HR is practiced to a more forward-thinking, fluid approach. HR can reconfigure how roles are defined and build a company and function where people work together in a collaborative and integrated way. Attendees will leave knowing how to be strategic, relevant, and impactful from their HR chair.
Learning Objectives
1) Implement a Facilitated Leadership Model - Learn how to lead meetings, training, and collaborative sessions with full participation from all levels of the company.
2) Design Roles and Responsibilities that bring about alignment, purpose, and impactful results using cross-functional teams built from people's strengths.
3) Become a Conductor that organizes, leads, drives, and moves the organization forward strategically through its people using development as the mechanism to elevate and equip people to perform.
PENDING: 1.0 CE credit SHRM | 1.0 CE credit HRCI
CincySHRM is recognized by HRCI and SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.
PRESENTER: Steve Browne, SHRM-SCP
Chief People Officer at LaRosa's
Steve Browne doesn’t practice HR the way it’s “supposed” to be done—and that’s exactly the point.
As Chief People Officer at LaRosa’s, Inc., a thriving regional pizzeria brand in Southwest Ohio with 1,000 team members, Steve has spent four decades proving that people-first isn’t a slogan—it’s a choice you make every day.
His career has spanned hospitality, manufacturing, consumer products, and professional services, but his mission has stayed consistent: challenge the status quo of HR and replace it with something more human, more real, and far more impactful.
A former SHRM National Board Director and current member of the SHRM Executive Network, Steve has influenced the profession at every level—but he’s just as passionate about the everyday conversations. He leads a global HR community of over 14,000 through his HR Net forum and hosts a monthly roundtable where ideas aren’t just shared—they’re stretched.
On stage, Steve doesn’t deliver presentations—he creates wake-up calls. Whether at conferences, companies, or podcasts, he pushes audiences to rethink what it means to lead, serve, and show up for people at work.
He’s also the voice behind the widely followed blog Everyday People and the bestselling author of HR on Purpose!!, HR Rising!!, and HR Unleashed!!—each one a rally cry to make HR bolder, braver, and unapologetically human.
If you’re looking for traditional HR thinking, Steve isn’t your guy.
If you’re ready to disrupt it? You’re in the right place.