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Empowering Managers and Getting Your Time Back: Internal HR Strategies to Reclaim Your Day & Set Boundaries

June 10, 2026 | 1:00 PM ET | 1 SHRM Credit

1 hr session

A Fireside Chat from MP: Wired for HR

HR Partners: Meg Olivastri, Emily Magrini, MaryJane Steward

HR teams are drowning in manager escalation, constant interruptions, and reactive firefighting, leaving zero time for strategic work.

In this session, MP’s HR experts will pull back the curtain on what really works when it comes to empowering managers and putting boundaries in place that stick. This isn’t theory. It’s practical tactics HR can use Monday morning to:

  • Train and equip managers to solve everyday people issues without dragging HR in
  • Build escalation guardrails that reduce noise, not create bureaucracy
  • Define clear roles and boundaries that protect HR’s strategic capacity

Get your time back. Focus on high-impact work. Build confident managers.

Register for the Webinar

What You’ll Learn

  • Why managers escalate to HR (and how to stop it at the source)
  • Practical manager enablement frameworks HR can deploy this quarter
  • Communication strategies that set expectations without friction
  • Boundary-setting tactics that actually stick (with templates/rules you can use)
  • How to measure impact so HR isn’t still fighting fires next quarter
  • Real examples from internal HR teams who turned it around

Who Should Attend

HR Directors • HR Managers • People Operations Leaders • HR Business Partners

Anyone responsible for manager support, internal HR workload management, or organizational effectiveness.

Reserve Your Spot

You can build a collaborative, accountable workplace—and get your time back.
 Register now to earn 1 SHRM credit and walk away with tools HR can implement immediately.

Why This Webinar Matters

HR’s workload is a bottleneck. When managers rely on HR for every people issue, HR becomes reactive, buried, and unable to drive real value.

This session shows you how to shift from firefighter to strategic leader—by empowering managers with the know-how, processes, and guardrails that reduce, not increase, HR’s workload.