Leading People & Organizations Through Today's Workforce Challenges

Aug 14, 2026 09:30am - 11:00am PDT

Meeting Hybrid

Organizer

SHRM Northstate

Location

In-Person at Butte College Skyway Center, 2480 Notre Dame Blvd, Chico, CA 

Virtual via Zoom (link sent upon registration)

Pricing

In-Person - SHRM Member $15

In-Person - Non-SHRM Member $25

Virtual - SHRM Member $10

Virtual - Non-SHRM Member $20

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ABOUT OUR PROGRAM: 

Leading People & Organizations Through Today's Workforce Challenges

HR professionals are being asked to solve workforce problems that are, at their core, leadership problems. Retention crises. AI anxiety. Culture gaps. A workforce that expects more, and leaders who aren’t sure how to deliver. This session doesn’t offer another policy framework or compliance checklist. Instead, it goes straight to the source.

Using the proven C-SUITE Mindset™ Framework, Lynell R. Green shows HR professionals how to lead their organizations through the most turbulent workforce environment in a generation. Attendees will leave with a clear leadership operating system they can model, teach, and institutionalize across their teams.
  
This is the session HR has been waiting for: one that finally treats HR as the leadership function it is.

What attendees will learn — and walk away with:

  • Understand why the workforce challenges dominating 2026, retention, culture erosion, AI anxiety, and the execution gap, are fundamentally leadership problems that require a leadership solution.
  • Apply the C-SUITE Mindset™ Framework (Clarity, Courage, Curiosity, Culture, Consistency, and Choice) as a personal leadership operating system for navigating complexity and driving organizational performance.
  • Develop Clarity in their HR strategy, articulating a compelling ‘why’ that aligns people, programs, and organizational goals.
  • Practice Courage as an HR professional, leading through hard conversations, workforce reductions, policy enforcement, and calling out behavior that erodes culture.
  • Leverage Curiosity to stay ahead of AI integration and evolving workforce roles rather than being caught flat-footed by them.
  • Build Culture intentionally, moving from reactive culture management to proactive culture architecture that drives retention and engagement.
  • Create Consistency between stated organizational values and daily manager behavior, closing the trust gap that drives voluntary turnover.
  • Activate Choice as the decisive pillar, reclaiming agency in a function that often feels reactive, overwhelmed, and undervalued.
  • Leave with a self-assessment tool (the C-SUITE Leadership Audit) to identify which pillar is the current constraint in their organization and where to act first.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:

Lynell R. Green | Founder & CEO, Executive Leadership Strategist, Keynote Speaker

Lynell R. Green, MBA, is a Harvard-certified executive leadership strategist, keynote speaker, retired CPA, and Founder & CEO of C-SUITE Mindset, Inc., a premier executive coaching, keynote speaking, and corporate training firm. Her clients include senior leaders at Meta, Netflix, Microsoft, and Hilton. She is a Virtual Speakers Hall of Fame inductee, TEDx speaker (“The CEO Mindset is for Everyone”), and current President of the National Speakers Association NorCal Chapter.
  
Lynell's career spans Big 4 accounting, startup IPOs, and global tax strategy before she transitioned fully into coaching and speaking, a path that gives her rare credibility in both the C-suite and the classroom. She holds a Harvard Strategy Certification and MBA, and is the co-author of the leadership book, “Grit and Tenacity” curated by Cathy Derksen and contributing author of “Manage Self, Lead Others” by Nina Sunday.
  
She is the creator of the C-SUITE Mindset™ Framework. A six-pillar leadership operating system built around Clarity, Courage, Curiosity, Culture, Consistency, and Choice. The framework has been adopted by executives across industries and is the foundation of her forthcoming book, “Visionary Discipline: Mastering the Art of Getting Out of Your Own Way” (September 2026).
  
Lynell brings a direct, no-nonsense approach to leadership development, grounded in real-world experience, backed by data, and built for the complexity of today's organizational challenges.
  
Website: https://www.lynellsplace.com/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lynellgreen

ABOUT OUR SPONSOR: 

BBSI - Locally-Supported Solutions Built for Every Business

BBSI is a nationwide PEO that combines local support teams, essential business services, and modern technology to deliver comprehensive workforce management solutions to businesses of every size, stage, and industry.  BBSI supports small to midsize businesses, large enterprises, franchises, and professional partners with scalable services and technology that adapt to every stage of growth.

BBSI's service packages start with core service support that can be customized for every client, giving businesses optional, flexible enhancements to support evolving business needs. Our Core Package provides payroll administration, HR consulting, Risk & Safety consulting, Business Strategy, and myBBSI Payroll & HR Portal. Customize your service package with solutions such as Workers Compensation, Health Benefits, 401(k) retirement plan, Talent Acquisitions, Applicant Tracking System, and more.

BBSI's local experts will work with you to create a customized workforce solution that fits your needs. Come see us at our new office location in the River Bluff Building at 364 Knollcrest Dr. Suite 103, Redding, CA 96002 or contact Joshua Littlefield, Area Manger at Joshua.littlefield@bbsi.com or (650) 350-2596       https://www.bbsi.com/locations/redding

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RECERTIFICATION CREDITS:

This program is approved for 1.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. This program approved for 1.0 Units Credit Types recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®,PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).

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