Thursday, July 16th from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
14545 Bay Oaks Blvd, Houston, TX 77059
We will meet at Bay Oaks Country Club, where a full breakfast and coffee will be served.
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The Topic:
"People Challenges or Leadership Opportunities? Let’s Talk About It… Before Someone Quits" with Angela Rasheed-Stephens
People don’t leave jobs. They leave the feeling of carrying too much for too long. They leave unclear expectations, conversations that never happen, and trust that slowly fades when people don’t feel heard, supported, or valued.
"People Challenges or Leadership Opportunities? Let’s Talk About It… Before Someone Quits" is a space for honest conversation and practical solutions. This session brings leaders, employees, and HR together to look at what’s happening beneath the surface in today’s workplace and how we can shift it with clarity, compassion, and shared accountability. No blame. No labeling. Just real tools that help people work better together.
You’ll walk away with strategies you can use immediately to strengthen communication, address issues early, and create consistency in how teams operate day to day. Because when people feel seen, respected, and supported, and when leadership follows through, people don’t just stay…they reengage, grow, and bring their best back to work.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to turn everyday workplace stress, frustration, and miscommunication into clear leadership actions that build trust, strengthen teamwork, and improve how it feels to work in the workplace.
- Walk away with practical tools to handle tough conversations with respect, clarity, and compassion so expectations are understood, people feel valued, and issues don’t spiral.
- Leave with a simple framework to create a culture where people stay, grow, and perform because leaders communicate consistently, follow through, and lead in a way employees can trust.
Meeting Agenda:
- 7:30 AM - Check-in / Networking begins
- 8:00 AM - Breakfast service / Announcements
- 8:30 AM - Speaker Presentation, followed by Q&A
- 9:30 AM - End of Session
Re-certification credits are available for this event (1 SHRM PDC; 1 hour HRCI) and will be shared with attendees after the meeting.
Registration:
Guests are always welcome and encouraged to attend our meetings!
For on-site breakfast, networking, and presentation at Bay Oaks:
- $38 TXBA SHRM Member
- $48 Non-Member / Guest
- $20 Student
Speaker Information:
Angela Rasheed-Stephens is a senior HR leader, speaker, author, and life coach committed to helping leaders lead people well, not just manage policies. With deep expertise in employee relations and human resources, she guides leaders through complex workplace challenges with a steady, people-first approach grounded in compassion, courage, and accountability.
She is certified in Birkman, Crucial Conversations, and Emotional Intelligence, using these tools to help leaders better understand people, communicate with clarity, navigate conflict with confidence, and build trust-driven teams where employees feel seen, supported, and motivated to do their best work.
Angela is the author of Beyond the Surface: Navigating Human Resources with Compassion & Insight, a practical book designed to build trust, strengthen culture, and create healthier, more human workplaces
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