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CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
The executive search industry continues to show strong growth in 2007, without any end in sight. The strong demand for executive search services is just one of many economic indicators demonstrating that the U.S. economy continues to grow and companies are investing again to strengthen organizational capabilities in order to best position them to execute tomorrow's business strategies.
In this special one-day event in Chicago, we assembled distinguished business leaders from some of the world's most successful organizations to share a wide-spectrum of views on what it takes to build organizational capacity to sustain growth and drive innovation. We will examine important factors including improving employee engagement, developing leadership capacity, setting priorities, and defining HR's role.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007
7:30 - 8:45 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. - Welcoming Comments
Jon Wortmann
Senior Advisor
Hunt-Scanlon
Bio
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. - The New Competencies of HR Executives
HR has always had a unique and powerful perspective over a business but until recent year's the expectation of most HR departments was limited to delivering necessary services but were rarely acknowledged for creating value. Fierce market conditions, the scarcity of skilled talent and the continual search for differentiation are just a few of the factors changing that view. Today, chief executives are using the same rigors to hire their top HR executives as they would for any other officer level position. This ensures that HR will have the team and procedures in place to achieve the best results and will have the authority to drive the necessary improvements to keep organizational capabilities aligned with business objectives. ADM's recently appointed CHRO, Mike D'Ambrose will discuss how the role of HR has changed through the years and what precipitated these changes. Mr. D'Ambrose will offer his perspectives on the new competencies HR executives must have to positively impact their business and be a strategic player.
Michael D'Ambrose
SVP, Chief HR Officer
Archer Daniels Midland
Bio
Article: The Chief Human Resources Officer
9:45 - 10:30 a.m. - Linking Talent and Innovation
Leaders of successful companies understand that innovation is what drives growth. Innovation is achieved when talented people successfully blend culture, methodologies, infrastructure, and work practices. For Whirlpool, innovation is not a strategy, it’s a core competency embedded throughout their culture. In this special session, functional leaders responsible for attracting and developing talent at Whirlpool will discuss their role in creating an innovative culture and share insight into how the old economy company positioned itself for the 21st century.
William R. Gargiulo III
Global Director, Organizational Development and Talent Management
Whirlpool Corporation
Bio
John Havenaar
Director, Talent Acquisition
Whirlpool Corporation
Bio
Business Week: How Whirlpool Defines Innovation
Fast Company: Whirlpool Finds Its Cool
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. - Refreshment Break
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. - Building Leadership Capacity
Successful companies continually find innovative ways to attract, retain and develop leaders who have the ability to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organization. By building a pipeline of leaders, they will be in a better position to respond to change and to sustain growth and high performance over the long-term. However, there is a widening leadership gap that is hampering the growth of many organizations throughout the world and this situation is expected to only get worse. In this session, we look at leadership from both the corporate and professional services perspective to understand where the real value is derived having strong leadership capacity and what successful companies are doing to close the leadership gap.
Moderator:
Virginia Clarke
Partner
Spencer Stuart
Bio
Panelists:
Katherine Andreasen
SVP, Human Resources
Orbitz Worldwide
Bio
Brian Clarke
Managing Partner
Kensington International
Bio
Jason Hanold
Executive Director
Russell Reynolds Associates.
Bio
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. - Luncheon Sponsored by CAREERBUILDER
Human Resource Leadership Award Presentation
Upon her arrival in 2004, Marcela Perez de Alonso began a global organizational effectiveness initiative affecting over 150,000 employees in 176 countries with the goal of increasing efficiencies and aligning and strengthening organizational capabilities that would position HP to foster innovation, respond to rapid changes in a global marketplace and maximize shareholder value. This included business consolidation, process improvements, several restructurings and various other cost savings measures which proved to bring clear, organization-wide alignment, accountability and simplification. HP's recent financial performance clearly shows these initiatives have had the intended impact. In the past two years, HP beat competitors in revenue and beat industry averages in growth. It has also enjoyed a 95% increase in stock price and has added $52 billion in shareholder wealth. HP has also enjoyed high rankings on two prestigious lists, the Fortune 500 (11) and the Fortune Most Admired Technology Companies (2). Ms. Perez de Alonso has created a crucial link between organizational capabilities, business objectives and shareholder value epitomizing the new vision of human resources.
Marcela Perez de Alonso
EVP, Human Resources
Hewlett-Packard
Bio
Past Speech: What OD Delivers to the Bottom Line
Award Presentation By:
S. Gary Snodgrass
EVP, Chief HR Officer
Exelon
Bio
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. - Talent Acquisition Strategies for Fueling Growth
Shifts in demographics, technological innovation and an increasingly mobile workforce are just a few of the factors creating a scarcity in the people with the skills businesses need to fuel growth and innovation. Attracting the right people and building a pipeline of talent requires an active commitment from the top down, moving well beyond the vague notion that people are their most important asset. In a candid session, we ask three corporate talent acquisition professionals will describe their approach to planning, sourcing, assessing, hiring and on-boarding the talent they need to support business objectives of their organization.
Moderator:
Stephen Lowisz
President
Qualigence, Inc.
Bio
Panelists:
Melissa McMahon
Director, Talent Acquisition
CDW
Jim O'Malley
National Director of Recruiting
Huron Consulting Group
Bio
Monica Roberts
Team Leader-Science and Operations
Strategic Talent Solutions
Abbott Laboratories
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. - Keynote Address: Talent's Place on the Agenda
For Greg Case, identifying, developing and managing talent is not just a passion; he believes it to be his most important responsibility as CEO of one of the most reputable consulting firms in the world. It is also his secret to success. Greg Case believes that successful businesses must have a "talent mind-set" where talent is a strategic imperative at all levels of management. In his two years at AON he has earned the reputation for recruiting talent with a sense of urgency. Our speaker will share how he interacts with his executive team, non-executive board members and the HR department on issues relating to talent and how to find success by to creating a "talent mind-set" culture.
Greg Case
Chief Executive Officer
Aon Corporation
Bio
Aon Study: Strategic HR: Aspirations vs. Realities
Introduction by:
Jason Hanold
Executive Director, Global HR Practice
Russell Reynolds Associates
Bio
3:15 - 3:30 p.m. - Wrap Up & Closing
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