Two powerhouses in the world of motivational speaking and professional coaching shared their expertise in leadership, performance acceleration, and confidence building in an expanded five-session Leadership Excellence Series during PayrollOrg’s 41st Annual Payroll Congress.

Pegine Echevarria, who has been a passionate inspiration to payroll professionals and a fiery presence at the annual Payroll Congress since 2020, was honored May 17 with PayrollOrg’s 2023 Special Friend Award.

There’s plenty of reason to celebrate the official rebranding of the American Payroll Association (APA) and the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI) under the new PayrollOrg (PAYO) brand, but we all know a celebration isn’t a celebration without a song.

Referring to award-winning motivational speaker Pegine Echevarria simply as “positive” would be an understatement, especially if you’d ever attended any of her amazing workshops and seen first-hand how the audience responds and hangs onto every inspiring and thought-provoking word.

Motivational speaker Pegine, whose inspirational messages have resonated with payroll professionals since her APA debut at Congress Xstream 2020, brings her Leadership Excellence Series back to this year’s Congress Xstream with two sessions on Thursday, May 20.The two sessions are the following:•...