Talent2012 – Day 2 Agenda

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London Marriott Hotel Regents Park

Editor’s Note: if you are in the London area tomorrow or Thursday, be sure to drop in on the Talent2012 conference being held at the London Marriott Hotel Regents Park.  If you are a senior L&D/HR professional from a large organisation, there is also a forum focused on your needs which will be held on Friday (more about his will be posted tomorrow). Here is the program for tomorrow’s events…

Agenda for Day 2: Thursday, 5th July 2012

08:30 Registration and refreshments

08:55 Chairman’s opening address

Chaired by: David Taylor, Founder, The Naked Leader

09:00 Keynote address: Leadership the non-theoretical way – A Ford Retail case study

• How Ford Retail differentiate ourselves in a highly commoditized market?
• What can your people do for your customer experience?
• Linking employability to profit: practical examples of how we are driving this

John Leathem, Leadership Development Director, Ford Retail

09:30 The Fidessa talent endeavour – aligning systems, process, culture and organisational readiness

• Where do you start when it all needs doing? How do you phase from learning to performance to talent management globally and, how can technology help?
• How do you build momentum, engagement and readiness with employees, managers and the organisation as a whole?
• What does it really mean to embark on such a project for the HR/ L&D functions of an organisation? And where can it lead?
• Can talent and succession planning begin at the candidate stage? And can technology enable this level of integration?
• What lessons has Fidessa learnt along the way? And what are the realised and aspirational benefits to the organisation?

Nick Halder Learning & Development, Fidessa

10:00 Morning coffee and networking

10:30 Building a future-proof organisation and changing behaviours to match, quickly

• Steps to building a common, innovative, sustainable solution together
• Ensuring engagement (and performance) through the change
• Future proofing your talent for the next crisis, in order to avoid talent fall-out

Christian Horne, HR Operations Director, Western Europe, Diageo Plc

11:00 Round-table discussions (use this time to start strategizing over implementation and discuss the morning’s topics)

12:00 Growing world class talent

As London gears up for the Olympics, Dominic Mahony, Team Leader for the GB Modern Pentathlon team, will explore the importance of growing world class talent. Drawing on his experience in high performance sport, as well as working in businesses on performance and leadership development, he will explore:

• The parallels between talent management in elite sport and business
• The balance between backing future potential versus past performance
• How business can create an environment which nurtures talent over the long term
• The role of leaders and management in developing talent

Dominic Mahony, Client Services Director, Lane4

12:30 Networking lunch

13:30 How to breed creativity in the workplace in order to achieve business goals

• Can you nurture talent to be creative problem solvers?
• How does innovation ensure concept and creation of some of our most successful products?
• Why encouraging creativity is helping us retain our talent

Stephan Thoma, Director, Global L&D, Google

14:00 The Employer Brand development – Getting the right consistency: linking the employer brand with the global brand

• The link with strategy and current market needs: case study China and Thailand
• Tapping into the Eastern market via graduate schemes
• How we leveraged our employer brand to gain a wider reach and attract the right candidates?

Peta Hay, Group Resource Director, Tesco Plc

14:30 Talent platforms in 2012: global yet local

• How we are looking to use our core HCM platform to shine a light on our talent
• How our social platforms further the talent agenda: bigger bangs – smaller costs
• What we feel the end state will be, what technology will come to the for and what the challenges

James Rule, Head of Talent Technology, Thomson Reuters

15:00 Afternoon tea and networking

15:30 Talent panel: Why are companies terrible at selecting, retaining, and motivating their talent?

• What plan can HR take to stop bleeding talent?
• Putting ownership on the leaders, not HR
• Is compensation the answer?

Panelists include:

Heini Lahtela, HR Director, Nokia
Ronan Emmett, Global HR Director, Talent Management, Schneider Electric
Jorge Aisa Dreyfus, Global Head of Learning, Talent, Resourcing & OD, Global Businesses & Products, HSBC Bank
Peter-Andries Albrecht, Director, Talent Management & Organisation Development, VF Corporation – EMEA
Roel Lambrichts, Director, Talent Acquisition, Coca-Cola Enterprises
Shari Casey, Senior Manager, Learning & Development, EMEA, Expedia

16:30 Feedback from the floor and closing summary from the Chairman

16:45 End of conference

Garrett O’Brien

With 20+ years in roles as a client executive sponsor, project management, as well as functional / technical lead, Garrett is sought for his expertise in the USA, Europe, and Brazil.

He has an extensive background in implementing multi-product, multi-line HRIS environments that provides a smoother transition from legacy to new systems.

Garrett’s previous clients include ADP, Case New Holland, Cushman & Wakefield, Honeywell International, Lubrizol, MAHLE, Sodexho USA, and many others ranging from SMB’s to the Fortune 50.

Currently, Garrett works from his home office near São Paulo, Brazil as the publisher and editor for The HRIS World publications. Also, he contributes articles for their various blogs as well as provides guest posts to several IT, Cloud, and HRIS blogs.

Garrett’s current roles involve…

• Publisher, writer, and owner of 4 leading HRIS system and career blogs which are read in 50+ countries

• HR.com Advisory Board for the ERP/HRIS Community

• CEO for CGServices USA — focusing on multi-provider, multi-line system for HRIS systems

• Registered partner with Microsoft, providing the latest developments on the newest technologies from Microsoft

• Council and Education Member of Gerson Lehrman Group Council, which helps institutions of the world leaders meet, engage and manage experts across a wide range of sectors and disciplines.

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