Atlanta CHRO Executive Summit

The art of improv is the art of thinking on your feet, and whether at the comedy club or in the board room, these skills are pivotal to success. In addition to making people laugh, Stevie Ray trains executives on how to apply the quick-thinking strategies of improv to the challenges of business.

Ray reveals improv techniques that:

• Provide an edge in negotiations
• Aid in board communication
• Help executives manage their teams

In this networking lunch you have the opportunity to have relevant and topical conversations with your peers. The below questions are a guideline for you to start your table conversations.

• HR and business partnership
  • How are you aligning the overall people strategy to business strategy/ priorities?
  • What HR metrics does your board or executive team care about most? How do you use these metrics to link back to business strategy?
  • How do you leverage talent management technology and tools to achieve key business outcomes?
• Diversity and inclusion
  • In what ways are executives supporting the advancement of diverse groups?
  • How are you measuring the progress and improvement in your culture for diverse groups at your organization?
  • What are your most prominent diversity and inclusion challenges and successes?
• Learning and development
  • How has learning and development evolved at your organization? What does the workforce need in the 21st Century for L&D?
  • In this era of on demand fulfillment, how are you bringing a Netflix-like, consumer approach to learning within your organization? 
  • How are you aligning your learning programs with your business needs?
• Talent analytics
  • What are you hoping to solve for? What are your goals with analytics? What are the top things you’re hoping to get better at?
  • How are you utilizing analytics to better predict talent needs in the next six to twelve months?
  • What barriers are you facing as you try to move towards actionable analytics? How are you changing the culture of doubt around what HR can bring to the table on analytics?
• Digital transformation
  • How are you keeping people at the center of delivery decisions?
  • Are you utilizing AI in HR optimization? How are you leveraging technology to allow for optimization of HR?
  • How have emerging technologies played into the gamification of key initiatives like recruitment or employee engagement in your HR program?

One of the best ways to check your assumptions in business is to know where you stand among your peers and allow them to challenge your assumptions. But even if you have a speed-dial full of trusted associates, this type of information sharing can be piecemeal and infrequent. This interactive session is your chance to:

• Baseline your diversity program and explore context around progress
• Compare inclusion initiatives with a cross-section of your peers
• Walk away with actionable insights

Evidence is everything. Brad Wilkins’ work to bring a data driven approach to his People Solutions demonstrates how results can transform the HR function’s value from a “cost center” to a strategic business function

In this session, Wilkins shares:

• How to begin a data and analytics journey
• What to measure to make a true business impact (hint it isn’t engagement survey results!)
• How a data driven strategy can drive a data driven culture

The forces of disruption continue to eat at the very foundation of large global enterprises and digital transformation remains the only known antidote. But, unfortunately, digital transformation is not sold in a bottle. For each company it is a unique experience that needs to be crafted by real people. And that is the big problem. There is no digital transformation without talent transformation, but who is supposed to pull that off?
Boylan will share:

• The game HR needs to play to transform itself just in time to play a strategic role in digital transformation
• Inovation drivers such as agility, assembly and output
• What the modern HR practice might look like if it were to borrow ideas from fast growing software companies and other disruptors

With competition for talent at its peak, the employee experience is the new black. Organizations must rethink how to create workplace cultures where people choose to join, engage, and stay.

In this boardroom, you will discuss:

• New ways to think about the employee experience
• What will differentiate your organization when attracting and retaining talent
•  How recognition can help employees thrive at work

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Derek Rowinski at Derek.Rowinski@evanta.com

Expanding on ideas presented in her previous keynote, Rosilyn Houston will dive deeper into the process of cultural transformation powered by agile at BBVA.

In this session, Houston will explore:

• The creation of BBVA agile methodology
• How agile drove their cultural transformation
• The complete organizational design change

Great organizations focus on their people, not technology. Leveraging a technology that emphasizes the human element can empower and transform your entire culture.

In this session you will: 

• Gain insight on shifting workforce demographics
• Identify practices and strategies that help unite today’s diverse workforce
•  Learn how to create a culture where people choose to join, engage, and stay

Everyone seems to be talking about the future of work, but can we really predict tomorrow? To prepare, CHROs need to build an adaptable people function paired with a technology roadmap that leads them bravely into this future.
       
Join this boardroom session and discuss:

• New research on the 'real' trends determining where work is going
• What role technology will play in supporting people in this future
• How CHROs can shape the 'people technology' roadmap for their organizations
  
  

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Derek Rowinski at Derek.Rowinski@evanta.com.

Jonathan Reckford is a CEO who believes human resources is integral to every facet of business strategy. During this conversation, Reckford will provide examples and insights in how he has leveraged human resources and his leadership team to create a culture to support the success of the organization. Explore the journey that has allowed Habitat for Humanity to center their values and policies to support this success.

In this keynote, you’ll hear:

• How Habitat for Humanity integrates servant leadership and business strategy
• Why Jonathan Reckford sees the CHRO as an integral member of the executive team
• How CHROs can partner with CEOs in creating a culture to support strategy in an era of constant change