Join hundreds of HR professionals from across Michigan for the 2026 HR Conference – a full day of learning, inspiration, and connection designed to help you strengthen your impact as an HR leader. This year’s event opens with CEO and author Justin Jones-Fosu and his keynote Stop Chasing, Start Creating, guiding attendees through the Meaning Journey Model™ – Mindset, Momentum, and Mastery – to build sustainable rhythms of alignment, purpose, and meaning. In the...

Wrap up the 2026 HR Conference by joining us for the HR Excellence Awards & Reception from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. Enjoy snacks, beer, and wine as you connect with peers and recognize outstanding HR leadership. This event honors the HR Executives of the Year and the Emerging HR Leader, offering a perfect opportunity to congratulate the award winners and network with colleagues from across Michigan’s HR community. *If you’re attending the HR Conference, your...

Join Kevin Marrs, ASE Vice President, for a fast, visual look at the latest labor market and economic trends impacting HR and business leaders. Through a series of simple, data-driven charts, we’ll highlight emerging trends in employment, wages, workforce participation, and overall economic activity. More importantly, we’ll translate those trends into practical insights you can use to guide people strategies in your organization. Whether it’s spotting shifts in hiring...

When change is constant, HR becomes critical. Keeping up can feel impossible. If your organization barely finishes adjusting to one shift before the next one arrives, you're not imagining it. New technologies, evolving priorities, and new ways of working are the new normal, and the expectations on HR to help people navigate it all have never been higher. That's where McLean's Navigate Change research comes in. Built for today's pace of disruption, it helps HR...

Conversation with Mike & Tony is a bi-weekly web series held on alternating Fridays where ASE’s compliance experts, Michael Burns and Anthony Kaylin give all the latest HR updates. 

Join us every other Friday at 9:00 a.m.

Join your HR peers for a one-hour conversation about the growing role of AI in the workplace. Reflect on where AI made a difference or created challenges in 2025, and explore practical ways it could help teams work smarter, faster, and more effectively in 2026.  Compare experiences and uncover ways to experiment responsibly while maintaining trust, ethics, and team collaboration. Leave the session with tangible ideas you can start testing right...

In a labor market where job titles often outpace role clarity, organizations risk misalignment between job content, compensation, and market benchmarks. This session explores foundational job analysis methodologies such as task-based, worker-oriented, and competency models and how they underpin equitable, defensible job evaluation practices. Learn how these approaches support internal job leveling, enable accurate benchmarking, and enhance Total Rewards strategies. We'll also briefly...

New! This brand new conference will be co-hosted by ASE and The Employers Association of Grand Rapids.

Join West Michigan HR leaders for a day of practical sessions, peer connections, and fresh perspectives on everything from talent management to workplace culture.

This event will take place at Trillium in Spring Lake, MI.

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Join fellow compensation and benefits leaders for an intensive exploration of emerging trends, technical challenges, and proven strategies in total rewards management.

This event will take place at ASE's headquarters in Troy, MI.

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Discover the key findings from the ASE 2026 Compensation Survey at our West Michigan briefing.

This briefing will be held at the GVSU Innovation Hub in Muskegon, Mi.

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Join us for a high-level compliance and risk management conference designed for employers managing evolving regulatory requirements. The program focuses on what organizations must do to remain compliant across critical areas such as AI, DEI, immigration, job postings, wage and hour, and OSHA. Featuring national compliance experts, this conference is designed for risk managers, compliance officers, and leaders who oversee enterprise-wide risk and regulatory strategy. This event will be...

Join us in Troy for the Employment Law Briefing, a practical conference focused on the day-to-day employee and employer relationship. Designed for HR professionals, sessions cover real-world topics such as employee relations, ADA and FMLA, performance issues, investigations, and terminations. Led by local employment attorneys, this briefing provides clear, actionable guidance to help HR professionals manage employee situations confidently and in compliance with the law. This event will be...

Tee off with us at the 2026 ASE Golf Outing at Oak Ridge Golf Club in Norton Shores and enjoy a day of golf in the heart of West Michigan.

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Join us in Spring Lake for the Employment Law Briefing, a practical conference focused on the day-to-day employee and employer relationship. Designed for HR professionals, sessions cover real-world topics such as employee relations, ADA and FMLA, performance issues, investigations, and terminations. Led by local employment attorneys, this briefing provides clear, actionable guidance to help HR professionals manage employee situations confidently and in compliance with the law. This event...