Executive Summit

Exclusive to Governing Body members and select guests, this dinner is a can’t-miss opportunity to connect with your peers prior to tomorrow’s Executive Summit. Please join your colleagues for an evening of good food, wine, and lively networking.

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

With a constantly shifting landscape, organizations and their employees are navigating the tides of change. However, our people, systems and processes are still operating on the paradigms of the “old world”. Managing new workflows along with a workforce requires leaders to be nimble, adapting to challenges while continuing to build business.

Join this session as Vishal Bhalla shares tactical approaches that have made an impact including:

• Change management strategy in a constantly shifting environment
• Brining a fresh perspective for a consumer centric design
• Methods of strategy to operations

Headlines continue to flood the media about the Great Resignation and how companies around the world are struggling with turnover, high volume staffing, an exhausted workforce, burnout, dips in customer satisfaction, increases in employee investigations, organizational chaos and an HR function in the middle of it all.

Join this discussion to:

• Sift through the latest research on root causes of the Great Resignation
• Prioritize organizational remedies
• Communicate empathetic and supportive workforce messages
• Leverage technology enablers

When an international restaurant decided to redesign its concepts, the head of HR Karen Viera took this as an opportunity to commit to the biggest people initiative Church’s Chicken has conquered yet — the inception of an all-inclusive people’s brand. Through this journey, Karen found the heartbeat of the organization and bonded all layers of the workforce together in a shared vision.

Join this session to learn how Karen:

• Gained leadership buy in for new initiatives and funding
• United the workforce through shared goals, vision and purpose
• Increased customer satisfaction while decreasing turnover 

As a result of a highly virtual pivot in 2020, the HR function is now looking at recruitment, onboarding and retention through a new lens. Talent pools are growing but the onboarding process has become more challenging, especially for those hired within the last 12 months.

Join this session as HR leaders discuss:

• Strategies to expand talent pools and new methods of talent acquisition
• Reimagining the onboarding process to accommodate virtual, hybrid and distributed workforces
• Best practices in retention and strengthening culture in largely decentralized businesses

Today’s workforce is changing rapidly, and the HR function has stepped into a critical role to help keep their companies moving forward in these challenging times. CHRO’s are asked to help attract top talent, reduce employee attrition, and create programs to advance diversity, equity and inclusion. To lead effectively, CHRO’s must have access to people data and the ability to see how metrics compare to other organizations. But too often, that data is trapped in siloed systems, making it difficult to see the true picture, and next to impossible to gauge how you stack up to your peer companies.

In this session, you’ll learn how people analytics can help you:

• Understand the current state of your workforce and provide insight to areas of improvement with access to your people data
• Use data to drive strategies to attract top talent and to help make sure your organization does not lose top performers to the competition
• Explore ways to turn data into insights delivered directly to the people that need them

As the world of work evolves, CHROs have recognized the need to grow and retain associates through simple, organic, and creative development offerings. In order to tackle these new ways of working, businesses can empower employees to own their professional and personal development through redesigned learning experiences in a culture that prioritizes belonging, ongoing feedback, and meaningful experiences all with a focus on well-being.

Join this session to learn how to:

• Create a L&D strategy for a new world of work that is streamlined, accessible and threaded through the culture
• Foster a sense of belonging through development experiences
• Leverage technology and simplify processes to support greater transparency and employee buy-in 

Driven by social responsibility, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts have soared. As a result HR leaders must double down on progress to ensure company culture is aligned with goals ensuring all employees feel welcome, as well as carefully analyzing factors such as the market, equitable compensation and more.

Join this session as HR leaders discuss:

• Strategies to enable a cohesive and empowered workforce
• Forward thinking methods to increase diversity in the workplace
• Creating a culture blueprint for tracking metrics

Sixty years after the American Civil Rights Movement, our country still faces urgent civil and human rights challenges. This moment in American life stems from a much longer history, at times a painful one, that has not always been confronted honestly. When explored accurately and empathetically, however, difficult history can inspire us to address persistent inequities that exist in our lives today and can inform our shared understanding about creating a more equitable society moving forward.

Join this session as Jill Savitt explores:

• The past as prelude to today
• How exploring the past contributes to a healthy democracy
• How workplaces contribute to creating a more equitable future