Join us for our July Monthly Meeting!
Title: HR's Secret Superpower – Aligning Strategy with Success
● Aligning HR strategy with business objectives / C-Suite
● Aligning human resource (HR) strategy with organizational strategy
● Core competency / Organizational Development / Developing human resources
● Core competency / Strategic HR / Strategy formulation
Meet Our Speakers!
Mark Allen
Partner - Vice President
Employee Benefits
Mark Allen is an Employee Benefits Consultant with USI and is responsible for the development and maintenance of consultative relationships with mid-size and large prospects and clients in Missouri and Illinois. Mark strategically partners with organizations to develop a comprehensive employee benefits package specifically designed for each organization. He is also responsible for executive oversight of each employee group, including resources allocation and account team leadership.
Mark serves as the key liaison with his clients’ leadership, and he is also the client advocate and liaison for all resources within USI Insurance Services. He provides oversight of the USI service team on his accounts to ensure exemplary service is provided for our clients. He conducts multi-year strategic consulting with key client contacts to ensure all agreed upon key performance metrics are reached with USI services.
Mark has over 25 years of experience in the employee benefits industry. Previous roles include employee benefit consulting with Mercer and Aon. Mark also has over 10 years experience in revenue production and leadership roles with the nations largest health insurance carriers.
Mark earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Missouri State University in Business Communications, Management and Marketing.
Mark has served on multiple trade association groups including SHRM, Health Underwriters, National Wellness Programs and participated in the development and rollout of Nationwide insurance marketplace and wellbeing programs.
Lynette Weatherford MA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
President/Owner
Human Resource Advantage
Lynette Weatherford, founder and president of Human Resource Advantage, LLC has been in the field of Human Resources for 30 + years. Her expertise includes connecting the Human Resource process & practices to business plans through careful design and implementation in order to meet the bottom-line, “organizational profitability.”
Lynette earned her master’s degree in human resources from Ottawa University and is a Missouri State University Alumni. In addition to her extensive training, education, and experience, she has her HR Certifications of SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources Certification) and SHRM-SCP (Senior Certified Professional).
She is a member of the Springfield Area Human Resources Association, the National Society for Human Resource Management, Southeast Springfield Rotary, and Springfield Executive Breakfast Club. In addition, she has served on the Board of Directors for Christian County Enterprise, Southeast Rotary, Victim Center of Springfield, and Springfield Executive Breakfast Club.
Human Resource Advantage, LLC has been featured in the Who’s Who publication of Springfield Business Journal, Biz 417 and has presented numerous seminars and training on HR related topics.
When Lynette founded HR Advantage in 2005, it was her vision to create first class services to employers who had a need for various HR assistance ranging from the basics of establishing protocol/compliance to full blown HR support for small/medium sized companies.
Today, HR Advantage has grown into a team of HR “credentialed” professionals with an average of 20 years’ experience offering premier consulting services including:
•Compliance Audits
•HR Hotline
•Employment Law
•Leadership & Performance Development
•Handbooks/Policies
•Engagement Surveys
•HR Consulting
•Executive Recruitment & Support
Our team of profession HR Advisor’s objective is to deliver impeccable quality and service each and every day to our clients in which we serve.
