Chicago CHRO Community
Inner Circle
September 14, 2022 | Ivy Room at Tree Studios
September 14, 2022
Ivy Room at Tree Studios
Expand your network and engage with peers
Join the Gartner Chicago CHRO Community Inner Circle, an intimate dinner event offering facilitated, roundtable discussions and informal networking with CHRO peers. Explore a timely, peer-driven topic and exchange ideas in a collaborative setting designed to surface candid perspectives and actionable insights.
Engage with peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CHROs today:
Measuring the business impact of employee experience
Creating an employee experience that’s just as attractive to current employees as potential hires
Long-term changes in employee expectations and needs
Chicago CHRO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CHROs, For CHROs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Kane Calamari
Ace Hardware
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Donna Dorsey
Navistar
EVP, Chief People & Culture Officer

Brian McGarvey
Honeywell
VP of Human Resources
Agenda
September 14, 2022
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:45pm Discussion Topics
Ushering in a New Era of the Employee Value Proposition
Aaron Brow
Vice President, Human Resources — Enterprise HR Business Partnering & Labor Strategy
NiSource
Johnna Weber
Head of Vertical Markets, North America
M. Katie Lawler
Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
ITW
Mark Salisbury
CHRO
Transdev North America
Matt Beliveau
Chief Human Resources Officer
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery
Gartner research tells us that employees who express satisfaction with their experience at work are 60% more likely to stay with an organization. But these days, it takes more than free snacks in the breakroom to keep the workforce happy. Hybrid work environments and a hypercompetitive labor market have completely upended employee preferences and what it takes to attract, motivate and retain employees.
With job moves and lifestyle changes spurred by the pandemic (mostly) behind us, HR leaders are now adapting to longer-term changes in employee expectations and needs. What steps are you taking to ensure your employees feel supported as humans and not just workers?
Join your peers for dinner and discussion around how we can embrace change to redefine the employee value proposition.
Topic 1: Measuring the business impact of employee experience
What parameters are you using to measure the success of your employee experience initiatives?
What changes have you made to your EVP in the past 12 months? Which were the most effective? Where do you still have room to grow?
How have the changes you’ve implemented thus far impacted the broader business (retention rates, employee satisfaction, etc)?
Topic 2: Creating an employee experience that’s just as attractive to current employees as potential hires
What are you doing to ensure fairness in experiences for existing and new employees?
How do you create a cross-company vision to connect every element of the employee experience?
How can you embed employee experience considerations into day-to-day business?
6:45pm - 7:15pm Networking Break
7:15pm - 8:30pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:30pm - 9:30pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
Location
Venue
Ivy Room at Tree StudiosMore Information
Parking & Transportation
- Valet parking will be hosted at the venue.
- The Ohio-Ontario Self Park is one block west of our main entrance, there is a parking garage across the street from our main entrance, and another one block east of our main entrance.
Community Program Manager
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