| Day OneMarch 3, 2009 |
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| 07:30 |
Delegate registration & coffee
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| 08:30 |
Welcome address
John Hollon,
Editor
Workforce Management Magazine
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| 08:35 |
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Opening keynote presentation: understanding and adapting to the turbulent economic times
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- Understanding HR in times of transformation: Evaluating the current market and the changing nature of business and the HR function
- Determining the best ways to motivate employees in an uncertain economy
- Evaluating the dynamic influences in shaping the global workforce and adjusting to ever changing global regulatory and compliance issues
Mike Crownover,
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Valero Energy
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| 09:15 |
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Overcoming the effects of change: moving the HR from necessary evil to business necessity |
- Optimizing the HR function and understanding how HR can strive towards business strategy in times of organizational development
- Analyzing the future overall function of HR and changing the mindset of employees: Defining and changing a corporate culture
- Determining how HR contributes to business and show the way in which HR projects are evaluated, up to and including ROI
Jack Phillips,
Expert, Author & Founder
ROI Institute
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| 09:55 |
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Pre-arranged one-to-one meetings & networking coffee break |
Accelerate the networking process by taking one-to-one meetings with fellow delegates and leading solution providers
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| 11:15 |
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Work and career flexibility: HR's role in the evolving workplace |
- Understanding the drivers for work and career flexibility
- Explore key distinctions between work flexibility, workload, and worklife choices
- Hear about new assessments, video scenarios, IT tools, and resources Genentech has developed for employees and managers
- Learn about HR's approach for engaging leaders in conversations about flexibility as a workforce strategy
Steven Kowalski,
Executive Development
Genentech
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| 11:55 |
| Employer brand and reputation |
| PANEL DISCUSSION: Unlocking the power of your employer brand and reputation
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Led by: Reputation Institute
- Understand how to be more effective in communicating and engaging your workforce to improve attraction and retention
- Creating a reputation management system to proactively measure, manage and build your employer brand and reputation
- Developing a focused strategy and targeted messaging to improve business results
Kasper Ulf Nielsen,
Managing Partner,
Reputation Institute
Julia Kirby,
Editor, Special Issues,
Harvard Business Review
Steven Kowalski,
Executive Development,
Genentech
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| HR outsourcing: Here to stay? |
| RPO discussion: Does outsourcing any part of recruiting make sense in a turbulent economy? |
Led by: Select International
- The key indicators that tell you recruitment outsourcing is wrong for you
- How to get the best recruitment outsourcing ROI
- Using RPO to flatten out the peaks and valleys
- Leveraging bad times to make your best hires in a decade
- Tier 1 verses Tier 2 RPO contracts - which one is right for you?
- 5 reasons RPO deals fail
Kevin Klinvex,
Executive Vice President and Co-founder,
Select International
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| 12:35 |
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| 13:50 |
Interactive workshop
Employment branding |
| Understanding the benefits of employment branding: Talk the Talk AND Walk the Walk |
- Clarifying how employment branding can be an important differentiator in the candidate marketplace
- Integrating your brand into both candidate communication "what you say" and process "what you do" and determining how this is critical to maximizing the candidate experience which can translate into quality hires
Terry Terhark,
Chief Executive Officer,
The RightThing
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Interactive workshop
Onboarding |
| Onboarding - engaging hearts from day one
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Effective onboarding strategies for maximized improvement and success: improving the information flow between pre and post hire
- Hear research, gain insights and learn practical ways you can use recognition to help new hires feel welcome, connected and loyal right from the start
- Share ideas with peers, discover best practices and walk away with simple ideas you can use to make a real difference
Ryan Sudweeks,
Director, Client Solutions,
OC Tanner
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| 14:30 |
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A top 100 company’s approach to change management in uncertain times |
- Understanding the business case for change management
- Determining the role of leaders and how you can help them be successful
- Assessing the key elements of planning change
- Taking challenges like resistance to change and turning into a positive for your change efforts
Erica Tickle,
Manager, Organizational Effectiveness
Wegmans
Leslie Carlson,
Senior Consultant, Change Facilitation & Project Team
Wegmans
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| 15:10 |
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Pre-arranged one-to-one meetings & networking coffee break |
Accelerate the networking process by taking one-to-one meetings with fellow delegates and leading solution providers
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| 16:55 |
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Employee engagement in times of turbulence |
- Strategies for reinvigorating engagement in times of turbulence
- Clarifying the role of leadership in changing times
- Actively managing the talent pipeline to maximise business productivity
Deborah Borg,
Global HR Director - Health, Agriculture, Infrastructure and Performance Products
DOW
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| 17:35 |
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Case study: Talent strategy and leadership development in dynamic times |
Today is an era in which life and business are conducted in a climate of constant change due to technology, innovation, globalization, demographics, and social-economic transitions. Business leaders will need to respond in new and innovative ways to be profitable and competitive, and create lasting value for their customers, shareholders, partners and employees. To meet this objective, talent strategy and leadership development aligned to business strategy are more critical than ever.
- Determining how current and future leaders can develop professionally and personally to create sustainable business advantage and market momentum within their organizations
- Understanding the need to drive intelligent investments in leadership talent to sustain innovation, growth, and operational excellence
- Creating a portfolio management approach to identify, develop and leverage talent across a global organization
- Learning how to apply leadership development processes and analytical practices to opportunities and challenges facing organizational systems
Elizabeth King,
Director, Talent Planning & Strategy
Cisco Systems
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| 18:15 |
Close of day one & drinks reception
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