Southern California CHRO Community
Executive Summit

Any given gesture -a nod, a point of the finger - unconsciously communicates powerful ideas and feelings that have tangible consequences. Top executives are generally proficient in their ability to interact with others, but the stakes are raised during high-level negotiations, reporting to the board, inspiring and empowering senior managers or dealing with tricky internal matters. 

Join body language expert Chris Ulrich as he shares: 

• Why every movement and action is magnified in high-level situations
• Tools and techniques to build rapport quickly
• How executives can communicate more effectively

 Not every HR leader has the opportunity to build a human resources department from the ground up. The heads of HR with the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Lakers were given a blank slate to create HR strategy, develop stretch opportunities for high potential employees and create a winning culture.

Join Samantha and Shaun for a session aligning organizational culture and leadership development as they discuss:

• Defining behaviors of success within your organization
• Utilizing assessments to create career paths and leadership pipelines
• Taking advantage of external learning and development programs

Since 2020, employers have increased spending on employee programs by 20% — giving them more choice, more flexibility, more tools, more technology, more data and more systems. However, utilization of these programs is under 10% on average, and only 52% of employees say they have a good understanding of their total rewards.

This boardroom will explore:

• The role of HR transformation in attracting and retaining talent, while fostering engagement and holistic wellbeing

• Strategies for optimizing total rewards programs and benefits offerings

• How to help employees live healthy, financially secure lives with a simplified, AI-driven employee experience

Health and comprehensive wellbeing benefits have never been more important to the workforce as they are today. Many organizations have enhanced benefits programs to be more aligned with the needs of employees. But as we look forward, what does the future of health and wellness benefits entail? 

Join this session as HR leaders discuss:

• Initiatives to start, halt and continue for 2024 and beyond

• Trends in health and wellbeing solutions — what works and what does not?

• Strategies to support health and wellbeing holistically and consistently

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.

Organizations’ ability to survive, adapt and grow in this environment hinge on recruiting high-quality talent and successfully onboarding them. A 2022 Gartner Candidate Survey found that 77% of new hires with high onboarding satisfaction say they can see themselves having a long career at the organization. But there are many different paths to a successful recruitment and onboarding program.

 Join this breakout session as speakers discuss:

• Streamlining onboarding through virtual and mixed reality solutions
• Creating processes and efficiencies for hiring for varying job types
• Managing high turnover and continuous onboarding

HR has been in a perennial state of transformation for decades. Why, then, does it seem like the function is as far away as ever from the business?

This session will explore:

• An outside-in approach to thinking
• Using people data and business data to elevate the decisions around talent
• Approaches to delivery of business results

When the world was turned on its head, so were the ways in which employees work, live and feel. Gartner research shows 83% of candidates will exit the hiring process due to at least one mismatch in EVP preferences and 64% would accept a job with more growth opportunities or better work-life balance over a job with higher pay

In this session, CHROs will discuss:

• Building a people-centric EVP that focuses on the whole person through a global and local perspective

• Making EVP more adaptive to individual needs

• Using EVP to reframe workforce strategy and act on critical gaps