In past sessions you’ve explored emotional intelligence, the value of HR partnerships with other operational departments and how great leaders create great cultures. This session will delve into a concept that is the foundation of all that you have learned before and of much of our communication with our employees and each other. This session is about Trust. In this session, you will learn: 

• What is trust?
• Why it matters.
• How we can be trustworthy.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Irma Pye Gavito has a PhD in Leadership Studies from Our Lady of the Lake University. She is a Senior Professional in Human Resources and is Certified in Healthcare Human Resources and as a Six Sigma Green Belt.

Over the past 6 years, Dr. Pye has proudly served as a professor at UTRGV in the Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship teaching Human Resources, Compensation, Organizational Behavior, and other business related topics. She also previously served as an adjunct professor at Our Lady of the Lake University in the Leadership studies program.

Prior to UTRGV, Dr. Pye was the Senior Vice President and Chief HR Officer at Valley Baptist Health System for 34 years and just prior to joining UTRGV, she served one year as the Vice President of Human Resources for Doctors Hospital at Renaissance.

Irma is a Past President of the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration and the Texas Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration.

For fun, Irma loves to read, birdwatch and shop… and most of all spend time with her husband Sam, her family, and friends.