The Language of High-Performance Culture

  • August 20, 2026
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Hilton Garden Inn, 3119 Colorado Blvd., Denton, TX 76210

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  • 2 UNT and 2 TWU students may attend luncheon for free. Registration to be entered by a board member.

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The Language of High-Performance Culture

Legal Update and Educational Luncheon

Thursday, August 20, 2026: 10:45 am - 1:00 pm CT


** NEW LOCATION **

Hilton Garden Inn

3119 Colorado Blvd

Denton, TX 76210


10:45 am to 11:00 am: Check-In

11:30 am to 1:00 pm Speaker Presentation


Presented by: Justin Carroll and Stacey Hansen


Language, mindset, mental performance

An interactive 60-minute workshop where HR professionals learn to identify “soft talk”—the language pattern costing organizations $10,000+ per employee annually. Through three experiential exercises, participants experience how words like “maybe,” “just,” and “should” create workplace conflict and walk away with immediate application tools.


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.


Legal Update

  Legal Presentation by John Hagan


John is an HR lawyer who represents employers and HR professionals. He has been practicing for 25 years. He is both a counselor to HR professionals and trial lawyer who defends them. He is past president of DallasHR, Mid Cities HR and Collin County. He is presently serving as Vice President of Programs at NTSHRM. His wife is a big-time federal prosecutor, and both of their sons are Eagle Scouts.


This program will be submitted for 1.5 SHRM PDC.  North Texas SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information, visit the SHRM certification website at www.shrmcertification.org.

This program will be submitted for 1.5 General recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, or SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).

 

North Texas SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that North Texas SHRM meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.

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