April 30, 2026

The future of HR isn’t about managing change—it’s about transforming it with a mindset SHIFT! In this engaging and energizing session, Dr. Kevin Snyder introduces the ShiftThinker™ framework: a research-based approach to developing the mindset, confidence, and resilience today’s HR professionals need to lead effectively.

With humor, storytelling, and actionable insights, Kevin equips leaders to reframe challenges as opportunities, strengthen team engagement, and inspire positive culture shifts within their organizations. Attendees will leave ready to navigate disruption with confidence, influence with purpose, and empower others to think differently and achieve lasting results.

Perfect for HR leaders, managers, and professionals seeking practical tools to adapt, lead, and thrive in a rapidly evolving workplace.

In this exclusive talk you will entertained and energized as Sean Olson shares his secrets to being a truly influential leader. Look behind you, if no one is following, you are not a true leader. Do you want them lining up to follow you....move from Fixer to Influencer.

As AI continues to transform how we work and lead, leaders face a new challenge — how to integrate advanced technology while keeping people and purpose at the center. This interactive session explores how leaders can use AI to enhance strategic thinking, strengthen emotional intelligence, and lead teams with clarity and compassion in times of rapid change. Participants will leave with actionable insights, tools, and examples of how AI can amplify—not replace—the uniquely human qualities of great leadership.

This will be a fun (and quite useful) one! Our people don’t quit jobs—they quit guesswork. If your high-potentials can’t see a path or find the right guides, they drift. In this fast-moving, high-energy session, we’ll turn mentorship from a “nice-to-have” into a repeatable system HR can launch in 30 days. You’ll build a simple, visual career map (Now → Next → Later), redesign mentorship as a Personal Board of Advisors (multiple mentors with clear “seat” roles), and plug both into the rhythms you already run—onboarding, 1:1s, performance reviews, promotions—without creating new bureaucracy.

Change doesn’t care how comfortable you are — it’s coming anyway. You can resist it, complain about it, or learn to spark through it. This session shows HR leaders how to transform discomfort into energy, fear into focus, and resistance into resilience.
In this high-energy, story-driven experience, keynote speaker and mental fitness coach Todd Bertsch shares how to ignite transformation from the inside out using his SPARK Framework from his upcoming book. 

This session explores the systemic blind spots that stall engagement efforts and offers insights for re-imagining how organizations can cultivate a culture of engagement, not enCAGEment. Attendees will leave with fresh insights and actionable considerations to move the engagement needle.

This interactive session will focus is on the SHRM Human Resources Functional Area of Employee Engagement and SHRM BoCK-Business Acumen. This developmental session will allow Human Resource professionals to re-consider its Employee Engagement strategies. 

In a rapidly evolving business environment, human capital strategy must move beyond traditional workforce planning and become a central pillar of organizational success. This session explores how to design and implement a human capital strategy that is tightly aligned with an organization's mission, vision, and values—ensuring the HR function is recognized as a strategic value driver rather than a support function. Attendees will gain insights into aligning talent priorities with organizational goals, demonstrating HR’s impact on business outcomes, and effectively communicating this value to the C-suite and stakeholders.

Take a break, enjoy a delicious lunch, and connect with the incredible sponsors who make the HR Collaborative Conference possible. This is your chance to explore innovative solutions, discover new resources, and build valuable relationships with industry-leading organizations. Networking with our sponsors offers insights that can help you and your company succeed in today’s evolving HR landscape. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage, learn, and grow!

Getting employees to move from a “fixed” mindset where they don’t think much beyond their own needs and comfort zones to a “growth” mindset where they see opportunities to grow themselves and the business is every owner’s and manager’s dream. We’ll start this discussion from the seat of an owner who first had to move from a fixed to growth mindset before they could motivate their employees to do the same. Managers and leaders will be able to apply an owner mindset to their teams, while exploring some strategies to help get themselves and their teams moving in the right direction.

Sometimes life is hard. The different stressors of life can result in challenges of mental health wellbeing. In fact, in 2021, 76% of U.S. workers reported at least one symptom of a mental health condition. We are all aware of its presence, yet mental wellbeing remains neglected despite its impact on our daily experiences. It is imperative, as employers, not merely to acknowledge the human condition but to empower it!

Competition for talent is a significant hurdle for organizations to successfully achieve their goals and this is not going to change as we continue to navigate the HR challenges we face today. This session will discuss the importance of compensation strategies in today’s turbulent labor market and the advantages of evaluating pay equity in your organization. Including the most common pay equity pitfalls and how you can overcome them.

Evolve not only your Leadership & Work/Life Harmony with Worl-Renowned Professioanl Speaker, Author, and Leadership Trainer, Andre Young... but also that of those you're leading;as leaders build other leaders. Learn 3 powerful tips to to enhance your team's Communication, Connection, Culture, & Results!

Unwind after a day of learning and networking at our Happy Hour.