Texoma HR Annual Symposium (21 Aug 2026)

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:30:00 GMT

Lunch is included with your registration!

Texoma HR invites you to our

4th Annual Symposium

Friday, August 21, 2026, 8:30am - 4:00pm

City of Sherman Municipal Ballroom

405 N. Rusk Street, Sherman, TX

Morning Session

Architect Language: A Framework for Clarity and Culture

Most workplace conflict doesn't start with a blowup — it starts with a word. In this interactive 2-hour workshop, participants experience how four language patterns drive miscommunication and erode team culture, then shift to a live process for recognizing and owning the progress they're already making.

Learning objectives: (1) Identify at least two high-cost language patterns in everyday workplace communication; (2) Understand how language programs team culture through the brain's filtering system; (3) Apply a practical framework for recognizing and anchoring personal and professional progress; (4) Leave with one concrete tool deployable in their next performance or team conversation.

Presenters- Justin Carroll & Stacey Hansen, The Fortified Mindset

About our presenters...

Justin Carroll is the co-founder of The Fortified Mindset and co-creator of The Fortified Mind Method, a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating the language patterns that create workplace conflict, miscommunication, and mental exhaustion in high-achieving professionals.

With 8 years of coaching experience, Justin specializes in language pattern recognition specifically soft talk, negations, dramatics, and projections—that undermine leadership effectiveness and team performance. His work focuses on practical, experiential tools that create immediate awareness and measurable behavior change, rather than theoretical frameworks.

Justin delivers corporate workshops on mental resilience, communication clarity, and mindset transformation for organizations seeking to reduce the time and cost associated with workplace conflict. He operates The Fortified Mind Method with his business partner Stacey Hansen, serving professional leaders and teams across the country who want tangible results, not feel-good platitudes.

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Stacey Hansen is co-founder of The Fortified Mindset and specializes in nervous system regulation and behavioral pattern interruption for high-achieving professionals managing stress, trauma, and emotional dysregulation.

With more than a decade of experience as a trauma-informed yoga instructor and mindset coach, Stacey has developed a systematic approach to identifying the physiological and emotional drivers behind self-sabotaging behavior. Her methodology focuses on three core areas: nervous system awareness, emotional regulation techniques, and the connection between somatic responses and decision-making patterns.

Stacey's work is grounded in practical application rather than abstract concepts—clients learn to recognize their body's stress signals, interrupt reactive patterns, and implement regulation

strategies that produce measurable changes in performance and wellbeing. She operates The Fortified Mind Method with her business partner Justin Carroll, serving leaders and teams across the country who need tactical tools for managing high-pressure environments.

Contact Information:

justin@fortifyhealth.co

stacey@fortifyhealth.co

https://fortifyhealth.co/fhc

Afternoon Session

Coaching Leaders to Handle Employee Relations Situations

This interactive and entertaining session provides HR Professionals with scripts for coaching leaders to handling employee relations situations with sensitivity, good judgment, and high confidence. Topics include employee complaints, personality & attitude problems, performance counseling, and personal hygiene problems.

Learning Objectives: How to use a judicially recognized process, “Reset the Clock,” that prevents attorneys from taking something leaders did wrong in the past and using it to support lawsuits in the future. Lawsuits are then avoided rather than won. How to protect financial assets , keep morale high, and avert bad publicity. HR Professionals can avoid hearing from senior leaders: “You should have anticipated this” after an avoidable legal claim.

Presenter- Michael J. Mirarchi, Mirarchi Management Group

About our presenter...

Michael J. Mirarchi is recognized as a leading expert in employment-related lawsuit prevention. As an Employee Relations Counselor, he is dedicated to helping employers stay litigation-free.

Drawing from over 35 years of experience as an employer defense attorney and as a HR Vice President, he developed “Reset the Clock - Practical Employee Relations for Leaders.” He has presented it over 1,370 times to more than 35,000 leaders at employers across North America.

Mr. Mirarchi believes that most leaders exercise their abilities with fairness, integrity, and professionalism. Nevertheless, there are plenty of opportunities to run into potential liability situations. In these situations, leaders who know what to do and how to do it have a tremendous advantage over those who don’t, in avoiding lawsuits.

He has presented the HR Professional version of this program for SHRM Chapters across the country, biannually for DallasHR.

In 2013, Mike was recognized as the first inductee into the HRSouthwest Conference Speaker Hall of Fame. Over the last 30 years, he has consistently been one of the highest-rated speakers, excelling in content, professionalism, and delivery.

Mike received the 2024 DallasHR Lifetime Achievement Award for dedicating his career to advancing the HR profession and making a lasting impact on Dallas HR. He is an educator and a trusted advisor to the entire DallasHR community.

In conjunction with industry and professional associations, he has conducted live TV broadcasts, webinars, and on-line programs, in addition to presenting at regional and national conferences.

Mr. Mirarchi has a B.S. in Business Administration and a Law Degree from Seton Hall University. https://www.linkedin.com/company/54290351

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