CenTex SHRM Annual Conference: Celebrating 50 Years!

Description

In today’s workplaces, disruption isn’t a temporary storm — it’s the new normal. HR leaders know the costs: rising burnout, eroding engagement, and teams that stall under pressure. But resilience isn’t built through slogans or one-off campaigns; it grows from the everyday behaviors leaders and teams practice together.

In this keynote, Dr. Vijay Pendakur — former C-level leader at Zynga, VMware, and Dropbox and author of The Alchemy of Talent — unpacks the formula for teams that win consistently, even in endless uncertainty. You’ll see how small, science-backed behavior shifts flatten the disruption “dip,” protect performance, and sustain energy across your workforce.

Attendees will leave with practical tools to bring back to their organizations — not grand gestures, but repeatable behaviors that HR can champion and scale to help teams thrive in uncertainty, adapt faster, and deliver extraordinary results.

Learning Outcomes:

• Recognize the hidden costs of disruption — from stalled execution to rising turnover — and why most teams struggle to sustain performance.
• Apply everyday behaviors that flatten the disruption “dip” and accelerate adaptability, engagement, and results.
• Equip their organizations with repeatable practices HR can scale to turn disruption into a competitive advantage.