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UK Business Leaders Discuss Human Capital as a Source of Competitive
Advantage at Hunt-Scanlon Conference
STAMFORD, CT, November 8, 2006 - An influential group of talent management professionals gathered in London at the prestigious Institute of Directors for Hunt-Scanlon's Human Capital Advantage Forum: "Creating True Competitive Advantage Through Human Capital Programs." The UK's competitive talent market served as the perfect backdrop for the U.S.-based market research firm's first overseas event, which attracted over 250 senior level professionals from 12 countries.
During the event, many of the UK's top business leaders shared their perspectives on the most pressing human capital related issues facing globally integrated organizations, including globalization, managing change, recruiting executive talent, diversity, employee engagement, retention and succession planning.
The event began wiith an Awards Dinner honoring the leadership accomplishments of visionary CEO Dr. Jean-Pierre Garnier of GlaxoSmithKline, who accepted Hunt-Scanlon's inaugural Global Human Capital Leadership Award. Addressing the audience after accepting the award, Dr. Garnier urged that achieving lasting success begins with aligning employees with common goals that are "uplifting, exciting and satisfying," and "ensuring that people have a true role to play that is well-defined." To read a recent interview with Dr. Garnier in the Daily Telegraph visit: www.telegraph.co.uk/money
Among the featured presenters were HBOS banking chief executive Benny Higgins, who shared why talent is at the top of the agenda at his organization. Dan Glaser, managing director of AIG Europe Ltd., who also serves as the president of British American Business, Inc. (BABi), provided his perspectives on why talent is the key driver of success in the global economy. Sharing case studies and personal stories were HR and recruitment executives from some of the world's top organizations, including: BP, CancerResearch UK, Channel 4, DTZ, The London School of Economics, Egon Zehnder International, Norman Broadbent International, Goldman Sachs, Korn/Ferry International, Spencer Stuart and The Financial Times.
For more information about the Global Human Capital Leadership Award and this event, visit www.huntscanlonconferences.com.
About Hunt-Scanlon
Hunt-Scanlon Advisors is the leading and most-respected source of news, information and analysis on the human capital industry for executives in human resources, recruitment, diversity and professional services. Through our print, interactive and conference divisions, we cover human capital strategies and trends of the Fortune 1000 and the companies that deliver them valuable recruitment, talent management and diversity products and services that help them succeed. Our information resources are used by executives, researchers and analysts for market intelligence and for making purchasing decisions. For more company information, visit us at
www.hunt-scanlon.com or email Joe@hunt-scanlon.com
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