Resilience isn't something we're born with — it's a skill we build, day by day, through how we respond to change. In this opening keynote, SHRM CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. sits down with Chris Carey, CEO of Calm Health, to explore why workplace stress and burnout remain at record highs even as conversations about mental health have become more open — and what's still missing from the equation.
Together, they'll examine the shift from reactive support to proactive resilience-building, the growing role AI plays in shaping employee wellbeing, and why mental health is best understood not as a benefit, but as a business strategy. The conversation will also look at what resilient leadership looks like in practice, and how executives can model it for their teams.
Attendees will leave with a clearer picture of how to build organizations where people don't just survive — they thrive.
Meet the Presenters
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Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, is President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM. With nearly 340,000 members in 180 countries, SHRM impacts the lives of more than 362 million workers and their families globally.
As a global leader on the future of employment, culture, and leadership, Mr. Taylor is a sought-after voice on all matters affecting work, workers, and the workplace. Recognized as one of the “300 Most Influential Executives in Corporate America” for 2024 by Savoy Magazine, on the “Virginia 500: Power List” by Virginia Business, and as one of the “Most Influential People Shaping Public Policy” in our nation’s capital by Washingtonian Magazine, Mr. Taylor is frequently asked to testify before Congress on critical workforce issues and authors the weekly USA Today column, "Ask HR."
Mr. Taylor's career spans more than 20 years as a lawyer, human resources executive, and CEO in both the not-for-profit and for-profit spaces. He has held senior and chief executive roles at IAC/InteractiveCorp, Viacom's Paramount Pictures, Blockbuster Entertainment Group, the McGuireWoods law firm, and Compass Group USA. Most recently, Mr. Taylor was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
He is the author of the national bestseller, RESET: A Leader’s Guide to Work in an Age of Upheaval, which immediately upon its release in September 2021, was in the top three of The Wall Street Journal’s list of best-selling hardcover business books.
Mr. Taylor is a member of the United Way Worldwide Board of Trustees and serves on the corporate boards of XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO), Flores HR, and Guild Education. He previously served on the White House American Workforce Policy Advisory Board and as chairman of the President's Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities during the Trump Administration.
Women Business Collaborative (WBC) named Mr. Taylor as one of its 2023 Trailblazers in Gender Equity and Diversity for his work to achieve equal position, pay, and power for all women in business. In 2020, he received the Distinguished Executive of the Year Award from the Academy of Management, and he was named 2021 ALA Professional Society CEO of the Year by CEO Update.
He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources and is licensed to practice law in Florida, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.
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Chris Carey
Chris Carey is an experienced leader in product development passionate about building amazing teams striving to create healthcare and financial services tools to make the systems work for everyone. Chris has spent the last two decades honing his skills in product development to find solutions to problems faced by consumers. As the Chief Executive Officer at Calm Health, Chris is focused on creating a platform for the world’s most trusted healthcare solutions by building and investing in simple, innovative solutions that address all dimensions of health.
In 2015, Chris joined Rally Health as the Chief Product Officer and created a new product line that grew to be the company’s largest P&L in just five years. From 2012 through 2014, as the Director of Online and Mobile Strategy at Blue Shield of California, Chris was responsible for leading a team of product managers to develop multi-channel strategies for member, employer, broker and provider portals. Chris and his team launched Blue Shield’s first mobile web and mobile app experiences, receiving the annual “Mission and Values” award because of his efforts, voted on by the executive leadership team.
SHRM certification has approved this webinar for 1 PDC toward SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification. A program code will be provided at the end of the webinar.