Leadership Excellence Series
An All-Star Series
Garth Sheriff, Anita Pereda, and Patricia Fripp. Attend one or all of these exhilarating sessions that you won’t soon forget when you get back to your workplace.
Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
Leadership Presentations: How to Inspire Action and Commitment
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If you want others to take action, they must first believe in you and your message. Learn how effective leaders ask the right questions, put people at ease, and choose words that build confidence and commitment. If you are ambitious and ready to elevate your influence, join this session and discover often-overlooked techniques that strengthen every presentation, meeting, and conversation.
Speak with Confidence, Inspire with Clarity, and Lead with Conviction
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Ambitious professionals who speak with confidence, clarity, and conviction are the ones who get noticed, remembered, and promoted. In this session, you will learn the proven principles used by world-class communicators to elevate every interaction. Discover how to express your ideas with precision, engage others with ease, and feel perpetually prepared for unexpected opportunities.
The AI Alignment Problem
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Generative AI is in your workplace — now what? This keynote examines the AI alignment problem, where AI objectives can clash with human values, and what that means for payroll professionals. Gain practical, risk-based frameworks and ethical strategies to evaluate AI tools while staying true to the PAYO code of ethics and your professional judgment.
Professional Ethics: An FTX Story
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Fraud, hubris, and billions lost — the FTX collapse is more than a crypto story. It’s a cautionary tale every payroll professional needs to hear. Explore the fraud risk triangle, ethical leadership failures, and low psychological safety, and gain practical tools to strengthen your ethical decision-making and professional judgment.
Garth Sheriff, CPA, CA, CPA (Illinois), CFE, CIA, CGMA, MAcc
Anita Pereda
Resilient & Adaptive Leadership in Time of Disruption
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Today’s leaders aren’t just managing tasks—they’re managing emotion, energy, and constant change. Learn how to move from reaction to intentional leadership by developing resilience practices, emotional regulation skills, and adaptive thinking. Attendees will leave this session with tools to support their own well-being and elevate their team’s performance—no matter what challenges come next.
Effectively Leading in a Multi-Generational Environment
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Five generations in the workplace…what could possibly go wrong? In this session, we’ll explore why different generations sometimes misunderstand each other — and why that doesn’t have to be a problem. Learn how values, work styles, communication preferences, and expectations have evolved. Leave empowered to navigate generational dynamics with confidence, clarity, and a stronger sense of connection.
Note: Programs are subject to change without notice.
Revised 4/7/26