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Authentic Peer Community
Actually get to know peer leaders who take an interest in your challenges and your success. Build the familiarity and trust that gives you someone to turn to beyond the lunch.
HR Lunch Club
A seat at the table
with your NYC
People peers.
Join 8–10 senior HR, People, and Total Rewards
leaders for an intimate lunch in Midtown Manhattan.
Meet people you’ll want in your corner.
For four years, More Than Just A Lunch has brought people together who might otherwise never have met. Across 400+
curated lunches and 1000+ attendees, we’ve developed an approach that helps strangers get to know one another and learn
from each other’s experience. Now, we’re bringing that approach to senior HR leaders, with the decisions you face at the heart of the discussion.
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Real-Time Problem Solving
Bring a challenge you’re working through and draw on the experience around you. Explore selected questions together, with room for practical suggestions, useful resources, and introductions.
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Unvarnished Insight from Your Peers
Get a clearer view of what’s happening across the People and benefits landscape beyond your own organization. Understand the pressures other leaders are facing, the priorities they’re rethinking, and how they’re navigating an increasingly unpredictable market.
If you’re a CHRO, Chief People Officer, VP or other senior HR leader in the NYC area,
this table is being brought together for you.
this table is being brought together for you.
A more personal way to connect
with your HR peers
An intimate setting for a thoughtful exchange
Join your peers in a private dining room, with Adam Connors guiding the conversation and making time for everyone to contribute.
A no-pitch agreement for everyone
Every guest, including participating sponsors, agrees to join as an equal peer. No sales pitches, vendor booths, or sponsor presentations. The conversation belongs to the people at the table.
Candid conversation. Respected privacy.
Share your perspective under the Chatham House Rule. You can use what you learn, while keeping participants’ identities, organizations, and contributions unattributed outside the room.
Introductions that go beyond your résumé
Guided questions about your interests and experiences help you discover common ground. You’ll get to know the people behind the roles before turning to the challenges you share.
See the strengths your peers see in you
After lunch, we’ll share a personal summary of the positive leadership attributes and strengths your peers noticed in you. A thoughtful reminder of what others appreciate in the way you listen, contribute, and connect.
Our roots in HR go back decades.
Our mission is to bring great people together.
Our founder Adam Connors launched Who’s Who in HR in 2020, a podcast inviting HR leaders to share the experiences, decisions, and lessons that shaped their careers. The podcast deepened relationships across the profession and gave him an idea: create a space where people could learn from one another in person.
For four years, More Than Just A Lunch has brought people from different industries and generations together over curated lunches. Adam guides the introductions, helping guests find common ground, understand each other’s challenges, and discover where their experience could help.
We created HR Lunch Club to give senior HR, People, and Total Rewards leaders a place to build trusted peer relationships while working through the challenges they face. It brings the personal approach of these lunches into a professional peer network, where you can ask for perspective, share what’s worked for you, and build relationships with people you can turn to for help.
400+
Lunches Hosted
1000+
Quality Attendees
20+
Industries Represented
Figures from More Than Just A Lunch, the established program behind the HR Lunch Club
Hear from the people who’ve been at the table
Guests of More Than Just A Lunch share their experiences with the personal approach we’re bringing to the HR Lunch Club.
The outcome was exactly what many of us don’t get enough of: fresh perspectives, new ideas, and a clearer understanding of the challenges we’re all navigating.
Keith Alyea
Executive Director - Wells Fargo
There was no hard selling, just shared truth and a lot of laughter. The conversations made us all feel connected in so many ways.
Paul Geiger
Founder & Investor - Public Speaking Advantage
I can't say enough about this incredible event and opportunity to engage in real life and make the best use of my time. "Strangers at 12. Connection by 2." is no exaggeration.
Zack Demopoulos
Co-Founder - ieadvocates
The highlight was hearing everyone’s perspectives, whether on life, their industry, or how they’re experiencing the world right now. A common theme was the challenge of mentoring the next generation in the workplace.
Mark Stehli
Real Estate Specialist - Stehli Homes
What truly elevated the experience was "The Good In Others" app, which allowed us to reflect anonymously on the positive attributes we observed in each other.
Derek Barnes
Founder - Scarborough Road Consulting
Incredible connections have developed from each of the three lunches I've been to so far.
David Rein
Co-founder & President - The Concierge Club
A note from your host
“I’d enjoy having you at the table.”
I’ve spent years in executive search, interviewing HR leaders for my podcast, Who’s Who in HR, and hosting small-group gatherings through More Than Just A Lunch.
HR Lunch Club brings those parts of my work together. I want to introduce people who will be interested in one another, thoughtful about the questions being discussed, and willing to share what they’ve learned.
My hope is that you leave with a fresh perspective and a few people you’d enjoy speaking with again.
A few things you may be wondering…
Who is this lunch for?
Senior HR, People, and Total Rewards leaders in the NYC area, including CHROs, Chief People Officers, and VPs at midsize and enterprise organizations. We curate the table with shared responsibilities and different perspectives in mind.
Who else will be at my table?
The table is composed exclusively of senior HR, Total Rewards, and People leaders from midsize to enterprise organizations across the NYC metro area. Vetted corporate sponsors may participate, but they are contractually barred from pitching or presenting.
How does the Chatham House Rule work in practice?
Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed outside the room.