We’re excited to launch HR Lounge: Conversations and Connections, a new in-person event series designed to bring our HR community together in a relaxed, interactive setting. Each session will feature dedicated networking time along with a facilitated conversation with a guest speaker, creating space for meaningful dialogue and audience participation.
Join us for our first HR Lounge on May 13 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm at The Collective. Cyndi Donahue, Director of Leadership Training & Development at Gonzaga University, will lead a conversation on Leading with Authenticity and Purpose in a Changing Workplace.
In today’s workplace—where technology is accelerating change and reshaping how we work—authenticity begins with clarity around what drives you and how you lead. Grounded in Simon Sinek’s Know Your Why, this interactive session will help participants identify their purpose and apply it to leadership, decision-making, and team engagement.
Key Takeaways:
- Identify personal values and experiences that shape individual purpose
- Begin to articulate a personal “why” that strengthens authenticity and presence
- Apply purpose to everyday decisions, employee engagement, and organizational culture
Speaker: Cyndi Donahue
Cyndi is living her purpose to connect people with themselves and others for the betterment of our global community as a leadership facilitator. She is a three-time DisruptHR speaker who provides workshops and keynotes on Listening Like a Leader, Authenticity & Purpose, Women in Leadership, and Speaking with Confidence. She founded the Amplifying Women’s Voices speaker series in 2021 to increase workplace equity and serves on the Spokane Women in Leadership Committee and the Forward Fairchild Committee to support regional military members and their families. Cyndi was honored as a 2026 Top 25 People of Influence and a 2019 Top 20 Women in Business Leadership by the Spokane Journal of Business. This summer, she has a daughter getting married, another daughter graduating high school and heading to UW, and is completing her master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.
