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• Special Program - Mastering Influence: Getting Buy-In from the C-Suite

  • When
    04/24/2025
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    8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    TTU Merket Alumni Center

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  Mastering Influence:

  5 Proven Strategies to Get More Buy-In from the C-Suite

  
  

  Bruce W. Waller, Vice President, The Relocation Company and Texas SHRM Assistant State Director for CLA – Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, and Podcast Host for Life in the Leadership Lane

  
  

  In the dynamic world of HR leadership, securing buy-in from the C-suite is often one of the most challenging obstacles. HR professionals frequently express frustration when their ideas or initiatives don’t gain the support they need from top executives. But what if the key to gaining this buy-in is not just about presenting a compelling idea, but about strategically selling that idea? In this session, Bruce Waller, an experienced business and sales leader, will share five proven strategies that can transform how HR professionals approach leadership buy-in. Drawing on his own leadership experiences and insights from top HR executives, Bruce will guide you through techniques to increase influence, build trust, and effectively communicate your ideas. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies that can not only advance their initiatives but also elevate their leadership presence and impact in the workplace.

  Learning Objectives:

  • Enhance Influence and Trust-Building Skills – Develop strategies to build trust and credibility with senior leadership, ensuring HR initiatives gain stronger support and alignment with organizational goals.
  • Strengthen Strategic Communication for Buy-In – Learn how to identify key business challenges, craft compelling solutions, and effectively present data-driven business cases that resonate with the C-suite.
  • Leverage Advocacy and Persistence for Success – Discover how to engage key sponsors, cultivate persistence, and communicate with confidence to drive HR initiatives forward and establish a lasting leadership presence.

  By the end of this session, participants will not only have a stronger understanding of how to navigate the complexities of executive leadership but will also walk away with practical tools to make a lasting impact in their organization.

  
  

  Breakfast will be served at this 3.5 hour program. 

  8:30am - 12:00pm

  Earn 3 PDC / Recertification Credits!

  

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• Volunteering Culture

  • When
    05/29/2025
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    TTU Merket Alumni Center

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  Guest Speaker:

  Rynn Day

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  SHRM Recertification Credit: 1 

  

  
  

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• Finding a Healthy Balance Between Our Work and Home Life

  • When
    06/26/2025
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    TTU Merket Alumni Center

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  Dr. Dane Eggleston
  

  Dr. Dane Eggleston is a licensed marriage and family therapist, supervisor, sports psychology consultant, and researcher. He co-founded The Springs Therapy Group, a group practice that offers therapy to a wide variety of populations and issues. Dr. Eggleston specializes in couples therapy, family conflict, self-esteem issues, anxiety, grief, stress management, depression, suicidal ideation, and premarital counseling.

  He also currently works with the LCU women’s volleyball teams as a sports psychology consultant as well as athletes who are having trouble with sport performance, retirement from sports, athletic identity or other related issues.

  He has taught as an adjunct professor in different capacities at Texas Tech University, Lubbock Christian University, Abilene Christian University, and Touro University Worldwide.

  He currently lives in Lubbock, Texas with his wife Kaylee and his three children.

  
  

  

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• EEOC: Federal Laws in ADA, Title VII, ADEA, EPA

  • When
    07/24/2025
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    TTU Merket Alumni Center

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  Dr. Ernesto Escobedo, PhD, JD, MBA, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
  

  Dr. Escobedo has 30 years of federal government experience at the US EEOC and US Air Force. He is a Senior Faculty & HR Professor at the university level and previously worked for Wells Fargo Bank and Honeywell Inc.  Dr Escobedo retired from EEOC after 30 years of public service as an Investigator, Mediator, and Supervisor.  He is a pro bono Arbitrator at the Better Business Bureau and completed a Certificate in Negotiation Mastery at the Harvard Business School.  Ernesto proudly served in a number of leadership roles at San Antonio SHRM for 7 years, including President & Executive Director.

  
  

  

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• Hiring the Future

  • When
    08/28/2025
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    TTU Merket Alumni Center

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  Dr. Jay Killough

  Managing Director, University Career Center, Texas Tech University

  Adjunct Faculty, College of Health and Human Sciences

  
  

  For the past 25 years, Dr. Jay Killough has worked in Higher Education at Texas Tech as an Admissions Counselor, Managing Director of the University Career Center, and adjunct faculty member with the College of Health and Human Sciences. Killough has presented career information across the country, as well as, internationally, at various conferences and workshops on topics such as Strengths-Based career advising and career search strategies. He teaches the Senior Capstone course in the College of Health and Human Sciences where students have the opportunity to synthesize their degree and create their own career paths.

  Killough received his bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and his Ph.D. in Family and Consumer Sciences Education all from Texas Tech.

  
  

  
  

  

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• Special Program: Leadership Connection with Eric Bailey

  • When
    09/11/2025
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    8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Lubbock Memorial Civic Center

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  The Cure for Frustration: Using Brain Science to Explain the Fight For Significance

  Keynote Speaker:  Eric Bailey

  Author of The Cure for Stupidity

  What if the key to unlocking better leadership, better communication, and better relationships was understanding the inherent human need for significance? This session introduces a way to see the world through a lens of understanding and empathy. Learn how to recognize the indications that someone is "fighting for significance" and how to shift your perspective to build an environment of productive mutual respect and understanding. Walk away with practical skills to transform conflict into collaboration, creating deeper connections and more meaningful relationships.

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  SHRM Recertification Credit: 3 

  

  
  

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• State of the City

  • When
    10/30/2025
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    TBD

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  Guest Speaker:

  Mayor McBrayer

  

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  SHRM Recertification Credit: 1 

  

  
  

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• AI in the Workplace

  • When
    11/20/2025
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    TBD

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  Guest Speaker:

  Chris Baldwin

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