Request to partner

Request your invite

Call to action
Your text goes here. Insert your content, thoughts, or information in this space.
Button

Back to speakers

Brenda
Harrington
CHRO
Butler University
Brenda Harrington is an accomplished executive leader with a demonstrated ability to build and develop high-performing teams, lead complex corporate initiatives, and execute strategic organizational change. With extensive expertise in human resources, compliance, and business operations, she brings a proven track record of driving staff development, implementing strategic organizational solutions, and managing successful leadership transitions. Her core competencies span succession planning, leadership transitions, crisis management, compliance oversight, and board governance. Brenda has extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise-wide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) programs, including strategy development, training execution, and leading transformational initiatives across organizations. Throughout her career, Brenda has developed deep expertise across multiple business functions. Her background encompasses Human Resources—employee relations, compensation, talent acquisition, and performance management; Compliance—HR policy oversight, investigations, discipline, dispute resolution, EEOC charge management, mediation, and government audits; and Finance, Auditing, and Engineering. This multifaceted expertise positions her to drive organizational excellence and sustainable business transformation at the enterprise level.
Button
18 November 2025 11:30 - 12:15
Panel | The retention reset: What high-performing employees expect from work in 2026
The old employment contract is dead. High-performing employees - your most valuable talent - no longer stay for salary alone. They're evaluating every aspect of work through a fundamentally different lens: purpose, flexibility, genuine development, and wellbeing. Organizations that don't adapt their value proposition will lose their best people, not to competitors, but to roles that actually align with how today's workforce wants to live and work. We'll explore the data behind where retention programs are failing and what high performers are actually seeking. Learn how to diagnose your organization's value proposition gaps, rebuild your employee promise authentically, and create conditions where talented people choose to stay and grow. This session equips CPOs to reset retention strategy for an evolved workforce. Key Takeaways: - Redefine your employee value proposition - move beyond compensation to alignment on flexibility, development, wellbeing and purpose that resonates with high performers. - Personalize development pathways - shift from generic training to individualized growth that connects daily work to long-term career aspirations. - Embed purpose intentionally - ensure organizational mission translates into meaningful impact at every level and role.