Archive for March, 2008
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HCI Summit Ends on a High Note – Global Talent Management Panel Discussion
Amanda here. It’s the last session of the Summit and I’m sad to see it end, but we’re not going to go out without a bang!
Today’s panel discussion on Global Talent Management, “Attracting, Developing and Retaining Global Talent” is being moderated by Bill Craib, Vice President of HCI Communities here at the Human Capital [...]
Keynote: Pfeffer Breaks Conventional Wisdom
Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979. He is the author or co-author of twelve books. In the summer of 2007, Harvard Business School Press published his most recent book, What Were They Thinking? Unconventional [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )HCI Summit – Susan Slater of McKesson Corp Talks Talent!
Amanda, live blogging on the Newman Groups session, the last in today’s Talent Management lineup.
Susan Slater, the Vice President of Talent Acquisition for Mckesson Corporation is talking about “What Does it Take to Compete for Talent? Lessons from an Industry Leader”. This session is sponsored by The Newman Group, a Futurestep Company.
Mitzi Adwell, the Talent [...]
Creating a Leadership Pipeline
Richard Wellins Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research
Development Dimensions International (DDI) and Author of “Talent Management in Motion: Keeping Up With an Evolving Workforce” moderated our panel today on creating a leadership pipeline. Panelists included:
Debbie Logan, Global Talent Development, Halliburton
Joseph C. ILvento, Global Director Leadership & Development, Citi
So the panel started with Wellins saying employee [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Shelia Gray and Terry Terhark on Strategic Sourcing from the HCI Summit
It’s Amanda, liveblogging the second session in Talent Management!
Shelia D. Gray, SPHR, Director of Global Talent Acquisition for International Paper and Terry Terhark, President & CEO of TheRightThing present today’s session “Strategic Sourcing: Experts and Insight to Improve Your Results”. This session is also sponsored by TheRightThing!
Shelia starts off by asking the audience why they [...]
ATMOS Energy Uses Talent Management to Reinvent Customer Service
Jeff Hardgrave, Vice President, Customer Service Atmos Energy’s Service Excellence Strategy and Gary Thompson, Managing Principal, Towers Perrin focused on key customer encounters and associated employee engagement driving customer loyalty.
Atmos Energy had a huge challenge becoming a better customer service organization, including:
Texas geography created an extraordinarily diverse client base
Employees were equally diverse
Commoditized products
Customer [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Dr. Thornberry Discusses New Value Creators
Neal Thornberry Ph.D. and author of “Lead Like an Entrepreneur: Keeping the Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive Within the Corporation” kicked off the leadership track today with his “New Value Creators” speech. He spoke about companies developing and sustaining innovation as an enabler of both human and organizational performance. Specifically, how do you infuse entrepreneurial spirit into [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Haiyan Wang Delivers Talent Management Keynote – HCI National Summit
Amanda here, live-blogging the Talent Management sessions. Settling in for our keynote…
Haiyan Wang, Managing Director of the China India Institute and Co-author of The Quest for Global Dominance speaks about “Cultivating a Global Market”.
Ms. Wang starts off with a bang, asking the question: Do mindsets matter? They do! But what is a mindset? It’s a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Packard Keynote: Successful Hiring Traits and Great Cultures
Susan Packard, President of Brand Outreach, HGTV President got right into it and laid out her agenda. It was two-fold:
1) what kinds of people should orgs be hiring?
2) what principles will help guide your org to greatness?
Part I: Hiring Traits
Susan spoke on how to hire. She said it’s more than just hiring, it’s identifying traits [...]
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