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The Conference Board KnowlEdge Series™
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Join a high-level conversation with fellow industry leaders and experts from The Conference Board to address emerging business issues identified by our members. Each KnowlEdge Series is composed of three or four half-hour programs that build on each other. The interactive, web-based format ensures ease of access. Supplemental materials and online availability keep the discussion going long after the series ends. Provocative and proactive, the KnowlEdge Series informs and deepens your company’s internal dialogue on the most pressing issues of the day. |
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Employee Engagement in Asia-Pacific: The Key to Retaining Critical Talent
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Designed for Conference Board members in Asia-Pacific and India, this series examines how the "war for talent" extends beyond competing effectively for future talent – it also requires a workplace that supports retaining and motivating employees who work in critical roles. Understanding the dynamics of employee engagement as it relates to employees in the most critical roles is vital to corporate survival and growth. The program features ongoing research by The Conference Board on its globally valid method of measuring drivers of engagement and how a company’s employee value proposition can be linked to these important employee needs.
Hosts: John Gibbons, Program Director, Employee Engagement, The Conference Board and Michael Normal, Senior Vice President, Sibson Consulting
| Part 1: (40 min.) Understanding the Dynamics of Employee Engagement (Tuesday, November 10, 2009) | ||
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Retaining "critical talent", especially in time of economic uncertainty combined with rapid growth, depends on two important factors: the Employee Value Proposition (EVA) that targets important needs for key employees, and Employee Engagement (EE), the level to which employees feel connected to a company. This first session will focus on Employee Engagement and what we know about its drivers in companies globally and in Asia in particular. We will look at the results of unique research conducted by The Conference Board, and review current best practices in the area of EE for critical employees. The goal of this session is to help companies in Asia identify, monitor and understand the dynamics of employee engagement with this vital segment of your workforce. |
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| Part 2: (40 min.) Assessing Your Employee Value Proposition against Key Engagement Factors (Tuesday, November 17, 2009) |
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Guest: William Schumacher, VP, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Chevron Oronite Co. LLC. This session will explore how companies can asess their current EVP for those in critical roles against measures of Employee Engagement and the expectations of key employees. The discussion will focus on improving alignment to increase retention and leverage critical talent, including ways global and local companies in Asia-Pacific are addressing these issues. |
John Gibbons, Senior Advisor, The Conference Board
John Gibbons comes to the Conference Board with more than 15 years in the field of Human Resources management. Most recently, he served as Director of Human
Resources for Gap, Inc. where he was responsible for all HR support for the company’s Northeast operations, representing more than 450 stores, 18,000
employees, and $1.4 billion in annual revenues. The son of a poet and a mathematician, John's approach to Human Resources can be characterized by a
combination of intuition and rigorous analysis. Since joining The Conference Board, he has been involved in research efforts in a number of topic areas
including human capital metrics, employee engagement, workforce diversity, and human resources offshoring. He has established and led The Conference
Board’s research program on Evidence-Based HR.
E. Michael Norman, Senior Vice President, Sibson Consulting
Mike Norman has over 25 years experience developing organization-wide change initiatives that drive enhanced business results. He works primarily in the areas
of strategy execution, strategic workforce planning and organization design. His Asia experience is with multi-national organizations doing business in high
technology and energy production. Before joining Sibson, he was the director of organization and employee development for the Mentor Graphics Corporation.
Prior to that, he was corporate director of organization effectiveness with Nortel Networks. In these positions, he was responsible for strategic human
resource management, leadership development, performance systems design, and internal consulting services globally.
W. J. (Bill) Schumacher, VP Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Chevron Oronite Co. LLC.
Chevron Oronite is an operating company of Chevron Corporation and is a global manufacturer of additives for lubricants and fuels. Oronite operates world scale facilities in France, Singapore, and the US. Mr. Schumacher has spent his entire career with Chevron, in the chemicals business. He joined Oronite in 1992 as Operations Manager at a plant and has continued with more complex manufacturing assignments. He has been in his current position since 1999.
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