With the backdrop of globalization, more HR leaders are being asked to build a global HR model to support the business. While the roadmap will vary for every organization, there are lessons to be learned along the way. With 52,000+ employees in more than 85 countries, EMC has built a unique model to support its growing business. Join Jack Mollen as he shares how his HR team has impacted the company’s transition into a global enterprise and grown from a Boston-based company to a global technology leader with key employment centers in California, Ireland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, China, India and Brazil.

Session discovery topics:
• The benefits of a global workforce on innovation
• Supporting the global business needs and contributing to EMC’s bottom line
• Global centers of excellence — EMC’s approach to global talent

In an effort to accurately identify mid-level and executive potential within their company, Pierre La Perriere of Gilbane, Inc. developed a common language for projecting employees’ potential career growth for the future. The new process has allowed the organization to make timely decisions and improve efficiency in talent management. Join La Perriere to learn about the successes and challenges of implementing the strategy, as well as the metrics affecting bottom line results.

Session discovery topics:
• Utilizing a variety of tools
• Developing rigor around succession metrics
• Reducing unwanted turnover

While organizations re-calibrate to respond to current business pressures, external forces will continue to change and shape the nature of business. Based on extensive research from a global survey and interviews with more than 2,200 people and 300 companies, Dr. Karie Willyerd will share research findings on the ways organizations are implementing social media to address the communication and connectivity needs of a global and increasingly Millennial workforce.

Session discovery topics:
• Predicting what will dramatically change in the workplace over the next 10 years.
• Important innovations in HR — impact on productivity and retention
• Identifying critical human capital strategies

In the largest global study of knowledge workers ever conducted, the Center for High Performance discovered 15 environmental factors that are essential to raise the level of performance in an organization. In this session we will cover the big ideas from the high performance study and explore how they deliver business performance. Pamela Stroko will show attendees how to design their own high-performance mosaic and identify practices they can start tomorrow to shift their organizations toward higher performance. They will also receive the book containing the original study, Contagious Success: Spreading High Performance Throughout Your Organization.

As a leader in human capital solutions, CareerBuilder fosters a culture of innovation and learning to compete for talent globally. From building internal and external employment brands to leveraging emerging media, including social networking and mobile apps in its recruitment strategy, CareerBuilder continuously adopts new methods and technologies in its quest to attract and retain the best people. In this session, Rosemary Haefner, the Global Vice President of Human Resources, will share their approach to innovation and discuss how the company leverages emerging media in its global talent management strategy.

A company’s long-term success, particularly one that is global and multi-industry, is dependent on its ability to effectively reinvent its vision and deliver a more compelling operating model. John Butler, EVP of Administration and CHRO, helped transition Textron from a holding company to a networked enterprise by developing a new business model that revamped compensation and benefits, talent development and other HR practices and processes. Learn how the HR function served as a key enabler in bringing a collection of siloed businesses with limited interaction together into an interdependent enterprise.

Session discovery topics
• Ensuring the right people are in place to lead the change
• Creating the organizational structure and culture needed to support the desired change
• Implementing the right HR enablers to deliver the business model

The Mentor Network’s Human Resources department was challenged by an internal perception that their function was mainly transactional. Rather than maintaining the status quo, Kathleen Federico helped to engineer a mindset change among their executives by strengthening capability, communicating HR’s role effectively and demonstrating an understanding of the P&L. Join Federico as she discusses the challenges and successes of shifting organizational culture and HR’s role.

Session discovery topics:
• Building relationships — find a core group of people to rely on
• Collecting data to establish HR’s impact
• Educating business partners on talent management’s relevance

Like many companies, Analog Devices has been asking its HR function to assume a more central role in driving business strategies while finding ways to keep the costs of these services low. Bill Matson will describe the steps the HR team has taken to transform the way it supports the business, redefining the roles and technology that are used to support managers and employees.

Session discovery topics:
• Evolving from a decentralized HR support model to a global shared services center
• Changing roles played by subject matter experts and HR business partners
• Adapting HR strategies based on business needs

Starting a greenfield in an emerging market without a familiar infrastructure and way of doing business can challenge even successful executives. Through a career with GE and Novartis, Kausik Sarkar has worked
in India, China, Brazil and Europe. He was able to see the challenges firsthand as well as practical solutions for recruiting, training and retaining a local workforce. Join Sarkar to learn how HR can impact its organization’s success globally.

Session discovery topics:
• Attracting, hiring and branding in the local market
• Being aware of attrition and the retention strategies to combat it
• Customizing employment strategy to the location