SHRMNN's January Breakfast Meeting - "How Leaders Change the World"
January 14, 2026
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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Atlantis Casino Resort Spa
3800 South Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502
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** This meeting will begin promptly at 8:00 am **
How Leaders Change the World
Join us as we kick off the new year with an inspiring and energizing breakfast session featuring our keynote speaker, HR Huntsman (Yes, his name really is HR). This talk blends a powerful personal narrative with practical leadership principles designed to provoke reflection and spark action; both individually and for the organization as a whole. HR will share with us his own story of loss, hardship, and the life-changing influence of a mentor named John Simmons who redirected his trajectory from chasing wealth to pursuing meaningful impact. That moment serves as the foundation for the session’s core message: leaders change the world not through status or authority, but through intentional choices that create ripples far beyond themselves.
In this breakfast meeting, we will explore five transformative leadership principles that help individuals and organizations elevate their influence and shape the future:
Core Principles
- Who Before What
The people you surround yourself with shape your character, decisions, and future. While transactions provide short-term wins, meaningful relationships lead to lasting impact. Surround yourself with world changers, and you will become one.
True leadership belongs to those willing to step into the arena and face fear, uncertainty, and discomfort in pursuit of growth. Comfort may feel safe, but it keeps individuals, teams, and organizations small. HR will explore with us how breakthroughs happen when leaders decide that staying comfortable costs too much.
Curiosity is the fuel of exceptional leadership. Transformational leaders ask more questions than they answer, stay relentlessly curious, and understand that growth comes from exploration, not certainty.- People before Process
Processes can scale infrastructure, but only people can scale culture. HR will explore with us how human resources leaders can create a hyper-performance culture by reframing limitations, expanding mental models, and empowering teams to think boldly. Nudge yourself and share the importance of how human resources deserves that seat at the table.
Leaders rise above hardship, claim ownership of their decisions, and inspire others to do the same. Leadership becomes an act of choosing heroism each day. We will engage how not to have a long career, but an impactful career.
**SHRMNN Member Special Offer – Get 1 FREE Meeting**
SHRMNN Members will enjoy the convenience of being pre-registered for every
SHRMNN Breakfast Meeting in 2026 for only $245!
Choose the “Annual Breakfast Meeting Pass” at checkout and you will receive in-person registration to all 8 SHRMNN Breakfast Meetings for the
early bird pricing of 7 Breakfast Meetings.
(SHRMNN Special Events and Conferences are excluded)
**This special offer is available during open registration for January's Breakfast Meeting only and SHRMNN Members must maintain an "active" member status throughout the year of 2026**
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This program has been pre-approved for 1.5 HR General credits toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). |
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Speaker Introduction
HR Huntsman, Founder
Leader's Edge University
HR is a popular keynote speaker and industry conference speaker who offers solutions for enhancing corporate culture by establishing core brand values, improving workplace communications, increasing employee engagement, and producing at a higher level through improved systems and strategy.
He coaches both business leaders and organizations to scale their brands and business through powerful collaboration and healthy creative conflict.
HR is the creator of the trademarked Performance ENGINE System.
He is also the founder of Leader's Edge University with a focus on developing emerging leaders inside growing organizations.
HR is an accomplished speaker having given roughly 4000 talks to approximately 400k people around the world. His passion to help others enjoy life more fully has never wavered. HR has been married to Gwen for over thirty years. They have two grown children.
A HUGE Thank You to Our Sponsors:
Annual Platinum Sponsor
Annual Gold Sponsor
Cancellation and No-Show Policy
No refunds will be given. If you are unable to attend, we will be happy to give you credit toward another event as long as we receive notice 48 hours before your scheduled event. Please send your request to [email protected].
Tickets
$245.00 SHRMNN Member Annual Breakfast Meeting Pass
$45.00 SHRMNN Member Registration
$35.00 Earlybird rate before January 10
$25.00 SHRMNN Member Virtual Pass
$55.00 SHRMNN Non-Member Registration
$45.00 Earlybird rate before January 10
$30.00 SHRMNN Non-Member Virtual Pass
$20.00 SHRM Student Member
$10.00 Earlybird rate before January 10
$30.00 SHRMNN Board and Committee Chairs
