2026 CCPA November Webinar

  3 RCH Pending Approval

 

Date and time: Friday, November 6, 2026, 11:00am - 2:00pm

Cost: 

Members - $10.00

Non-Members - $25.00

Topic #1: Top 10 Payroll Trends for 2027, Linda Obertin, CPP

Topic #2: The One Thing You Wish You Knew Sooner, Oleg Lougheed

 

Speaker # 1: Linda Obertin, CPP

Summary:

Today’s most effective Payroll Leaders must move beyond simply surviving the day‑to‑day and instead focus on intentionally shaping the future. This is the moment where operational excellence meets strategic vision—where the demands of the present open the door to thinking bigger, planning smarter, and elevating the impact of payroll across the organization.

In this session, we’ll explore the Top 10 Focus Areas for Payroll Professionals including the trends, capabilities, and strategic priorities that define high‑performing payroll teams. Whether you’re looking to strengthen compliance, leverage new technologies, enhance the employee experience, or expand your strategic influence, these focus areas will help you build meaningful goals and actionable objectives for the future.

By the end of our time together, you’ll walk away with:

• A clear understanding of the forces shaping payroll
• Insight into where you can grow personally and professionally
• A roadmap for strengthening your team’s capabilities
• Practical ideas you can implement immediately
• A foundation for your 2026/2027 goals, development plans, and strategic priorities

 

This is your moment to reset, refocus, and reimagine what’s possible for payroll — and for your own career — in the year ahead.

 

Bio:

Linda is Senior Director, Human Resources – Global Lead Payroll for Hilton Worldwide, where
she provides strategic and executive oversight of global payroll operations for one of the world’s
most complex multinational organizations. She leads the enterprise-wide payroll strategy and
delivery model, ensuring operational excellence across diverse regulatory environments and a
global workforce.
Before joining Hilton, Linda held senior leadership roles across both Finance and Human
Resources within Fortune 100 companies. With more than 30 years of deep expertise in global
HR, workforce administration, contingent workforce management, and payroll shared services,
she has supported employee populations exceeding 300,000 across more than 70 countries. Her
leadership spans corporate and service-provider environments, including senior roles in the
service industry and Human Resource Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), where she directed
large-scale global implementations, operations, process optimization, and service delivery
transformation for major enterprise clients.
Linda is also a long-standing contributor to the payroll profession through her work with
PayrollOrg. She currently serves on the PayrollOrg Board of Directors as Director, and has been
actively involved with PAYO for more than three decades, beginning with the Northstar Chapter
in Minneapolis. She is a two-time PAYO President (2010 & 2023), former Vice President, and a
recognized thought leader committed to advancing the global payroll profession. Her
contributions have earned multiple honors, including the Certification of Merit Award and
Payroll Woman of the Year.
In June 2026 she was Shortlisted for the CIPP’s (UK Payroll Association) Leadership Award.
A passionate advocate for global payroll and shared services excellence, Linda values the
continuous learning and cultural insight her work provides. Payroll has taken her around the
world having worked, and traveled in more than 60 countries, she brings a globally minded,
inclusive leadership approach grounded in cultural understanding and real-world operational
experience.

Speaker # 2: Oleg Lougheed

Check out the interview Oleg did on NBC Chicago

Summary: 

In this 60-minute session, we'll explore the one thing that can transform the way we live and connect with others: understanding the impact we have on those around us. Whether in personal relationships, work environments, or casual encounters, the effect of our words, actions, and presence is far greater than we often realize. Through reflection, storytelling, and practical insights, this presentation will encourage you to recognize your unique influence and show you how embracing this awareness can lead to deeper connections, better decisions, and a more intentional life.

Session Learning Objectives:

• Increase Self-Awareness of Personal Impact: Understand the profound influence your words, actions, and presence have on others in various contexts (personal, work, and casual settings), and learn how to recognize these impacts in real-time interactions.
• Enhance Communication and Relationship-Building Skills: Develop strategies for using your influence intentionally to foster deeper connections, improve communication, and create more positive and productive interactions with others.
• Apply Emotional Intelligence for Better Decision-Making: Learn how to leverage emotional intelligence to make more intentional decisions, both personally and professionally, that lead to stronger relationships and more effective leadership.

Bio:

Oleg Lougheed is a nationally recognized speaker and the founder of Moments Worth Remembering, who has turned some of his life's hardest moments into lessons and gifts to learn from. Inspired by John Kralik’s, "365 Thank Yous", he transformed a childhood marked by loss and separation into a mission to help others heal and see the good in every experience. Guided by gratitude, Oleg inspires audiences to forgive, connect, and appreciate the people who shape their lives. Whether through a heartfelt note, a genuine conversation, or an act of kindness, he continues to remind others that no matter how hard life gets, there’s always something to be grateful for. His work has been featured on TED, FOX, NBC, ABC, and CBS stations across the country. Learn more about Oleg at https://www.momentsworthremembering.com/ or LinkedIn.

Agenda:

Link will be sent out the afternoon of November 5, 2026 !

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