Event Details
TBD Feb/Mar 2026 - Your Company Doesn't Love You
| Date: | February 26, 2026 2:00pm – March 5, 2026 5:00pm |
| Organizer: | BMHRMA & WWU |
| Location: | Walla Walla University Church Fellowship Hall 212 SW 4th Street, College Place, WA |
| Price: | |
| Event Type: | Meeting |
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The Company Doesn’t Love You!
Presented by Joyce Newmyer
Registration Link is Coming Soon !
We are told repeatedly that our companies care for, value and even love us, when in fact, they are incapable of loving us. People, however, might love us, and they probably do. But it is crucial that we don’t confuse these two things!
As leaders, we are called to create environments in which people are cared for and even loved while at the same time placing the needs of the business above all else. In this session we will explore what a company is and is not, what a mission is and is not, and how we can ensure meaning, purpose and fulfilment in our workplaces while still acknowledging that the company cannot and does not love us.
Some of these concepts will be counterintuitive - some will make us uncomfortable, and we can anticipate lively debate!
You will leave with:
- New ideas for communicating with employees
- How to lead human resources and people strategies without inadvertently misleading employees
- How to develop new strategies that provide clarity around the purpose of our work.
Refreshments will be served - Pending SHRM and HRCI PDC
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About the Speaker:
Joyce Newmyer is a WWU board of trustees member, teaches leadership in the WWU MBA program, is a certified executive coach, and is a gifted speaker. Her experience includes chief culture officer at Adventist Health, where she led associate and provider engagement, communications, leadership development, and residencies, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion.
She was the primary relationship leader for Adventist Health’s partnership with Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. Before this role, Joyce was the president of Adventist Health in Oregon, the president of Washington Adventist Hospital, and chief operating officer for Shawnee Mission Medical Center. She has more than 20 years of healthcare executive experience in California, Kansas, Maryland, Oregon, and Tennessee.
Learn more about Joyce at her profile on LinkedIn and this podcast interview.
Map for the Venue:
Walla Walla University Church Fellowship Hall
212 SW 4th Street, College Place, WA
