

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: SEE IT: Strategic Planning as a Human Systems Diagnostic
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 11:30 am – Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: REGISTER HERE:
https://www.hrcentralcoast.org/meetings.php

How HR Leaders Use Strategic Planning to Align People, Culture, and Process

Strategic planning isn’t just a leadership exercise—it’s one of the most powerful diagnostic tools HR can use to uncover what’s really happening inside an organization.

Join Erika Scott of Book a COO for a practical and engaging session that introduces the “See It, Plan It, Do It” framework and shows HR leaders how to use strategic planning to evaluate their organization as a human system. You’ll learn how to identify misalignment in team structure, uncover accountability gaps, and spot process inefficiencies before they turn into bigger culture or performance problems.

This session is designed for HR professionals who want to move beyond reacting to issues and start diagnosing and fixing root causes. Erika will walk through how to use strategic planning as a lens to assess what’s working, what’s not, and where your organization needs clarity, structure, or better systems to scale successfully.

You’ll walk away with:

A new way to use strategic planning as a diagnostic tool—not just a planning exercise

Practical methods to evaluate people, processes, and structure together

Tools to identify breakdowns in accountability, communication, and execution

A framework to help HR lead organizational change with confidence and credibility

This is an ideal session for HR &amp; business leaders who want to strengthen their role as strategic partners and internal change agents—and help their organizations fix small issues before they become big ones.

About Erika Scott:

Erika Scott is the Founder of Book a COO and a fractional COO who works with growing businesses that need structure, clarity, and better systems before they’re ready for a full executive team. She brings more than 20 years of experience in administrative and operational leadership and is known for helping organizations turn big-picture goals into practical, workable plans.

She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy and enjoys helping leaders clarify their direction, align their teams, and build operations that support both performance and people. Her work focuses on creating structure, improving accountability, and making organizations easier—and healthier—to run.

Erika is also a mom to two boys, Gage and Tate, and believes strongly in building businesses that support life, not compete with it.


Spotlight Speaker

Speaker: Dr. Allison Ellis, Cal Poly

Dr. Allison Ellis will spotlight Cal Poly’s Management and Human Resources (MHR) concentration, sharing how the program prepares students for careers in HR and entry-level leadership roles. She will highlight the skills Cal Poly students are developing, the applied nature of the curriculum, and ways HRCC members and local employers can engage with students through internships, mentorship, classroom partnerships, and involvement with Cal Poly's Human Resources Management Association student group.

About Dr. Allison Ellis:

Dr. Ellis is an organizational psychologist and Associate Professor of Management and Human Resources in the Orfalea College of Business at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Her research focuses on employee well-being, engagement, leadership, and organizational effectiveness, and has been published in leading academic and practitioner outlets including Journal of Applied Psychology, Harvard Business Review, and The Wall Street Journal. She is a two-time recipient of Cal Poly’s David Peach Excellence in Teaching Award and serves as Club Advisor for Cal Poly’s Human Resources Management Association.

Dr. Ellis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine, and earned her Master’s and PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology with focus in Occupational Health Psychology from Portland State University.

Lunch Menu Options:

Entrees:

Mediterranean Sandwich (Turkey)
Mediterranean Sandwich (Vegeterian)
Dessert: Chocolate Cream Pie
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- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.hrcentralcoast.org/meetings.php?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=san+luis+obispo-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: San Luis Obispo
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Madonna Inn
- **lat**: 35.267265832366
- **long**: -120.67484446339
- **full address**: Madonna Inn, 100 CA-227, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Human Resources Association of the Central Coast (https://allevents.in/org/human-resources-association-of-the-central-coast/13312344)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 11:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Madonna Inn, 100 CA-227, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Human Resources Association of the Central Coast
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** health-wellness, Art, Nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about SEE IT: Strategic Planning as a Human Systems Diagnostic ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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