Presenter: Christopher Dungess, Founding Partner & Executive Advisor with Soloman Strategic Advisors
Title: The Case for a High Performance Culture
In the last decade, employee-centric cultures have become organizational norms, with employers prioritizing employee experience, human capital investments, flexibility, and retention. While these shifts have provided significant improvement in both employee satisfaction and organizational effectiveness, many workplaces have now overcorrected. In the effort to be supportive, leaders can avoid challenge, conflict, and accountability. The result? Lower engagement, frustrated employees, and teams that struggle to grow.
This current reality has exposed an age-old truth: ease and comfort are not preconditions for human flourishing. To become the best versions of ourselves, we all need challenge and adversity in addition to support.
Through research, stories, and practical leadership frameworks, this session will unpack why feedback, conflict, and performance management are pro-human activities. Participants will explore why high performers crave feedback, why healthy resistance is essential for development, and why clarity and tactful consequence are acts of leadership—not cruelty.
Attendees will leave inspired—and equipped—to help build organizations where people are challenged, developed, and empowered to do the best work of their lives.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn what constitutes a high performance culture
- Learn the critical role of adversity in human flourishing
- Evaluate the role of organizational leaders in bringing healthy challenge to their teams
- Examine their own skill in bringing effective challenge in both personal and professional environments
Bio:
Christopher Dingess has dedicated his life to helping others. As a Founding Partner & Executive Advisor with Solomon Strategic Advisors, he primarily works with clients on leadership development, culture, strategic management and strategy. Prior to Solomon, Christopher spent 14 years at Paycom, serving in various roles including Vice President of Sales and Executive Vice President of Operations. In these roles he helped the firm grow from a 50 employee regional payroll provider to a 5,000 employee global enterprise recognized as one of the fastest growing public companies in the world. Christopher credits his success to his faith, work-ethic, and the opportunity to learn from dynamic and passionate leaders.
“I consider it an honor and privilege to share with others the insights and inspirations great men and women have shared with me over the years. Without their leadership and mentorship, I wouldn’t be the husband, father, or executive I am today.”
After growing up in Kentucky, Christopher received his Bachelor’s of Science in International Business from Oral Roberts University in 2003. He currently resides in Arcadia, Oklahoma with his wife Crystal and their three school-aged children. Christopher believes “Life is an Adventure” and as such he seeks to live life to it’s fullest, traveling frequently, enjoying weekend adventure sports and serving in his local church and in various philanthropic efforts.
Cost: Free for SWOKHR members, $10 for non-members.
This program has been approved for SHRM and HRCI recertification credit.
Lunch will be provided by SWOKHR