2005 Human Capital Advantage Forum

In today's business world of aggressive regrowth and stiff competition, the difference between success and failure depends primarily on the strength of a company's leadership. Join us at Hunt-Scanlon's Human Capital Advantage Forum, "Defining Leaders," as we examine the process of building corporate leadership – from identifying and recruiting, to training, developing and sustaining the world's top executives. Throughout the two-day meeting, we will hear from a variety of industry luminaries on topics such as the relationship between HR and executive search, trends in online recruiting, leadership selection criteria from the HR and search perspectives, a view of the industry from wall street and what it really means to be an effective leader today from one of the most renowned business leaders of his generation.

6:00 PM - Registration/Cocktail Reception/Dinner (Reid Salon)

7:00 PM - Dinner/Keynote Presentation: How Important Is Talent? (Villard Ballroom)

Identifying and recruiting talented people has always been at the center of human resources. But when it comes to securing the best leaders possible, to what extent does HR contribute? In the following presentation, the top human resource executive at one of the world's most recognized brands discusses the importance of talent, the role of the HR leader in talent management and what a CEO should expect, training and retaining top talent, and the relationship between HR and executive search in this overall effort.

Speaker: Lucien Alziari
SVP, Human Resources
Avon Products

8:30 PM - Lessons in Leadership

Fresh off the release of his new critically acclaimed book 1776, noted historian and author David McCullough, twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize (Truman, John Adams), will provide a historical perspective as to why critical times in history create great leaders and why these same qualities, although from a different time in history, relate strongly to the business leaders of today. Included will be his perspective on George Washington who, as he states, was our greatest American. "He lacked formal education, military experience and he made many mistakes," reflects McCullough. "But he possessed the unique qualities that made him a man that other men would follow."

Speaker: David McCullough
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author
and Historian

7:45 AM - Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM - Opening Remarks (Villard Ballroom)

8:30 AM - Defining and Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

Identifying and recruiting top professionals is only the first step in the process of developing a talented and productive workforce. The keys to success lie in knowing how to retain the best leaders and then continuously upgrading the company's talent bench. The president and CEO of one of the nation's leading providers of relocation services will discuss the system this Fortune 1000 company has put in place to ensure that the future leaders of the company are adequately trained and developed. Brian Kelley will discuss his definition of effective leadership and the investment a CEO must make to retain the best of the best.

Speaker: Brian Kelley
President and CEO
SIRVA, Inc.

9:10 AM - Changes In Leadership

Leadership is a constantly moving paradigm which shifts and changes with the economy, global growth, corporate scandals and changes in corporate governance. In the following presentation, a leading executive recruiter will discuss the role of a quantitative CEO versus one with a generalist approach; the aging population and the challenges it presents to top management today and the creation of a culture of top-down transparency faced by both search committees and candidates in the recruitment process. The presentation will conclude with an assessment of trends in leadership recruitment and what executive recruiters can expect in the coming decade.

Speaker: Charles Wardell III
Regional Managing Director
Korn/Ferry International

9:45 AM - Women at the Top

Female professionals are occupying a greater number of executive-level positions once almost exclusively held by men. Executive recruiters and HR professionals report that the majority of retained search assignments include a high percentage of female candidates. Despite these gains, only 19 of the Fortune 1000 CEOs are women. A panel comprised of seven leading female executive recruiters and human resource executives will debate and discuss the elevation of professional-level women to management-level positions, including relaying their own personal experiences and how, as those who are directly involved in the recruitment process, companies can improve opportunities for women to the C-Suite.

Moderator:

Speakers: Melinda Wolfe
Managing Director,
Head of Global Leadership and Diversity
Goldman Sachs

Susan Chadick
CEO
Gould • McCoy • Chadick • Ellig

Bonnie Gwin
President, Americas
Heidrick & Struggles

Judith von Seldeneck
Chairman and CEO
Diversified Search, Inc.

Kim Windrow
SVP, Human Resources
McGraw-Hill Education

Nancy Reardon
Chief HR and Communications Officer
Campbell Soup Company

Donna Dorn
Vice President, Human Resources
K. Hovnanian Companies, L.L.C.

Edie Fraser
Founder and President
Diversity Best Practices/Business Women's Network

10:30 AM - Networking Break

11:00 AM - From Job Board to Search Engine

It used to be that identifying and recruiting professional talent was solely relegated to search consultants retained by major corporations to find one or a handful of candidates to fill key posts. In today's world of recruitment, locating professionals has become a sophisticated process which utilizes key advancements in online technology which casts a wide and substantive net to identify the best possible candidates. One of the key innovators in online recruiting will discuss the online recruitment revolution, including the advent of real-time candidate sourcing, how job-boards have continued to supplant recruitment classified advertising, emerging trends and technologies in this search sector and the problems and challenges that still exist with today's online recruitment model.

Speaker: Paul H. Forster
CEO and Co-Founder
Indeed.com

11:30 AM - Human Capital: What's in it for Investors?

Investors prefer stocks of companies with predictable and growing earnings and dividends. How do they view companies where 65 percent of revenues are paid out in the form of employee compensation? What do they think of competitive industries where barriers to entry are low? A seasoned analyst takes a fresh perspective on the staffing industry and the end-game for investors.

Speaker: Michel Morin
Business Services Analyst
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

12:00 PM - Award Luncheon (Holmes I & II)

1:00 PM - Hunt-Scanlon Human Capital Advantage Award Presentation

Delivering superior quality to millions of consumers starts with an exemplary workforce directed by an exceptional management team. This year, the Hunt-Scanlon Human Capital Advantage Award honors an organization whose primary philosophy is to build "the best in business" by creating a human capital culture that is loyal, motivated, excited and dedicated to a philosophy that places client satisfaction at the top of its list. Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation has been chosen as this year's recipient. Roger N. Farah, Polo Ralph Lauren's President and COO, will accept the award on behalf of his company and will discuss the importance of identifying, recruiting, training and developing exceptional people to meet this result.

Speaker: Roger N. Farah
President and COO
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation

Introduction by: Steven B. Potter
Founding Partner and Chairman
Sextant Search Partners, LLC

1:30 PM- 3:00 PM - Hunt-Scanlon's Keynote Address (Villard Ballroom)

In this special session, Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric Company and widely considered the pre-eminent CEO of his generation, will field a wide-range of questions in this 90-minute exchange with conference delegates. Among the areas Mr. Welch will discuss: How leaders upgrade management teams; how leaders make certain their people have a vision, including promoting positive energy and optimism; how they establish trust as well as have the courage to make unpopular decisions and how leaders work with their colleagues and other top management to identify, recruit, train and retain the best talent.

Speaker: Jack Welch
Former Chairman and CEO
General Electric Company

Introduction by: Gary S. Goldstein
President and CEO
Whitney Group

3:00 PM - Closing Remarks