Webcasts On Demand

1. Coaching to Create a High Performance Culture

   17 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

   With growing pressures on leaders, effective coaching can be transformational to personal and business performance. More effective leaders deliver better business performance...

2. 20 Shortcuts on Organizational Change

   21 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

   Organizational change management is a difficult topic to get our head around. There is no right or wrong in this field, but there are gurus and patterns that every practitioner builds on.

3. 2012 Launch of Productivity Measures from The Conference Board Total Economy Database

   17 January, 2012 | Special Webcast

   On 17 January, The Conference Board’s Chief Economist, Bart van Ark, will present the latest estimates of productivity up to 2011 for economies around the world, as well as the projections for 2012.

4. 5 Social Trends Impacting HR

   03 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

   Social technologies can help with everything from project collaboration to continuous feedback. But social platforms can also be a technology looking for a solution. The trick is how to best apply them based on your talent objectives.

5. A Better Way Forward to a Sustainable Future

   25 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

   Join us for this webcast as our guest, Michael Ian Fanning, Director of Sustainable Development at Michelin Group, tells us how After 10 years of a formal sustainable development program, Michelin decided to step back and re-examine its approach.

6. A Discussion on the IMF Fiscal Monitor Report

   17 October, 2011 | Special Webcast

   Despite progress in addressing key fiscal weaknesses in many countries, significant policy challenges remain in advanced, emerging, and low-income economies, and must be faced in an environment where downside risks to growth have increased.

7. A European Perspective: The Role of Ethics in Responsible Investing

   29 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

   Many say that Europe is ahead of the curve when it comes to responsible investing. Hear first-hand from several investors that have taken this approach, how ethics plays a role, challenged companies on their practices, and how to make it work.

8. Accepting the Challenge: Is it Time to Embrace Sustainability as the New Operating System? (Part 1)

   24 June, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

   This session discussed what sustainability means for business, how the rules of the playing field are being redesigned and the post-crisis landscape for sustainability.

9. Accepting the Challenge: Is it Time to Embrace Sustainability as the New Operating System? (Part 2)

   25 June, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

   This session discussed winning and losing business models in a sustainable enterprise world

10. Accepting the Challenge: Is it Time to Embrace Sustainability as the New Operating System? (Part 3)

    30 June, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

    This session discussed where growth, innovation and sustainability intersect.

11. Achieving Service Delivery Objectives in an Outsourced Environment

    30 April, 2012 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will provide insight and examples of ways to achieve one’s service delivery objectives within a complex, multi-vendor, in-sourced and outsourced environment.

12. Advancing Diversity and Inclusion Through White Male Leadership

    31 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

    Globally, 32 million white men hold positions of leadership. The percentage of white men in leadership roles increases dramatically at the most senior levels. Savvy executives do not lead without regard for gender, race, and other points of identity.

13. Aligning with the Business: Diversity & Inclusion’s Strategic Partners (Part 1)

    25 February, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    In this session, we identify some of the barriers to full participation of D&I in the overall business strategy and speak with an organization that has overcome them to create a partnership between HR and D&I to benefit the business.

14. Aligning with the Business: Diversity & Inclusion’s Strategic Partners (Part 1)

    15 April, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    Making the business case for D&I and connecting diversity and inclusion to the bottom line

15. Aligning with the Business: Diversity & Inclusion’s Strategic Partners (Part 2)

    04 March, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    Whether expanding into a new market, launching a new product or rebranding a core product, or communicating with old customers or attracting new ones, diversity & inclusion can and should play a key role in how an organization approaches this work

16. Aligning with the Business: Diversity & Inclusion’s Strategic Partners (Part 2)

    22 April, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    With minimal resources supporting D&I initiatives across Asia, how can companies extend the reach and impact of their policies, practices and programs? Employee Networks provide a powerful and far-reaching means for expanding scope. What are the challenges and barriers as well as the best practices when considering the use of Employee Networks?

17. Aligning with the Business: Diversity & Inclusion’s Strategic Partners (Part 3)

    11 March, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    This session will explore how can R & D, Product Development, Innovation and other business partners can better utilize their D&I to access new talent, new ideas and new markets.

18. Alignment for the Future: Revisiting Your Alliance Strategy

    12 February, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    This webcast will give the audience a chance to take stock of their strategic alliance strategy and look to the future. Does it still meet overall corporate objectives? What are the benchmarks you are using; are they still relevant?

19. Alliances during the Downturn and Beyond: Leveraging Partnerships for Innovation and Growth

    10 September, 2009 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will offer participants insights on best practices for leveraging alliances for collaborative innovation.

20. American Workers Delaying Retirement: How Many, Who, Where and Why? Why Should Business be Concerned

    04 November, 2010 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will discuss:existing knowledge on trends in retirement age over time and the impact of the financial crisis on retirement, as well as results of an exclusive Conference Board survey.

21. Applying Economic Forecasting to Strategy Building (Part 1)

    18 May, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    This session will show types of macroeconomic and industry data that can be useful in business forecasting, how to use coincident and leading indicators for your sector, and data analysis practices and available software that can help develop better quality forecasts and plans.

22. Applying Economic Forecasting to Strategy Building (Part 2)

    20 May, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    This session gives specific and practical techniques for identifying relevant and reliable indicators for industries and determining if they are coincident or leading.

23. Applying Economic Forecasting to Strategy Building (Part 3)

    25 May, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    Learn how one company is building and maintaining a planning structure that constructs consistent data sets, monitors the accuracy and usefulness of forecasts over time, and communicates the results in clear language to the board and throughout the organization.

24. Arts and Culture – Integral to Success in Global Markets

    21 April, 2011 | Special Webcast

    Join guests Allen Blevins, Arts & Heritage Program Director, Bank of America and Angel Ysaguirre, Director of Global Community Investing, Boeing, as they discuss ways to incorporate arts programs into global marketing and branding, local community involvement and employee engagement efforts.

25. Asia Perspective: 1st Quarter

    16 March, 2010 | Economics Watch

    This quarterly version for the Asia-Pacific region, China and India provides an update by our Chief Economist, Bart van Ark, on the economic outlook for developing Asia in the light of recent global trends.

26. Asia Perspective: 2nd Quarter

    26 May, 2010 | Economics Watch

    This edition will examine the short term prospects for non-inflationary growth in the major markets in the Asia-Pacific region and India, and link those with the medium term prospects of a structural shift towards a greater emphasis on domestic and regional growth rather than global dynamics.

27. Asia Perspective: 3rd Quarter

    18 August, 2010 | Economics Watch

    This webcast will specifically address the drivers of currency appreciation in Emerging Asia and how this will change the business environment in coming years.

28. Asia Q1, 2011

    16 February, 2011 | Economics Watch

    Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Bart van Ark will be joined by Bill Adams, Resident Economist at The Conference Board’s China Center in Beijing and special guests to review the current forecast for China, the Asia-Pacific Region and India, along with analysis of special topics of current interest.

29. Asia Q2, 2011

    17 May, 2011 | Economics Watch

    Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Bart van Ark will be joined by special guests to review the current forecast for China, the Asia-Pacific Region and India, along with analysis of special topics of current interest.

30. Asia Q3, 2011

    31 August, 2011 | Economics Watch

    Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Bart van Ark will be joined by special guests to review the current forecast for China, the Asia-Pacific Region and India, along with analysis of special topics of current interest.

31. Asia Q4, 2010

    18 November, 2010 | Economics Watch

    In this edition of The Conference Board’s quarterly webcast for Asia-Pacific and India, we focus on the risks and opportunities for continued and sustained growth in the region.

32. Asia Q4, 2011

    16 November, 2011 | Economics Watch

    China Center Resident Economist Andrew Polk will host an Emerging Markets webcast specially tailored for the Asia-Pacific and Indian audience and time zone. The webcast will feature commentary from Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Bart van Ark.

33. Ask Your Corporate Monitor

    29 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

    Join us for a how-to discussion on the importance of establishing a successful Monitor, led by Bart Schwartz, Chairman and CEO of SolutionPoint International.

34. Attracting, Developing and Retaining Talent in China and India

    13 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

    This webcast explores the challenges even companies with strong global brands and long in-country experience are facing in the war for talent in China and India. Success requires rethinking the traditional Western approaches.

35. Balanced Leadership for the 21st Century

    15 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Balanced Leadership addresses the need for a fundamental shift in the definition of good leadership for a fundamentally changing business environment.

36. Beyond H1N1: Getting to Preparedness Excellence

    02 June, 2009 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will discuss what we have learned from the H1N1 outbreak that corporate planners need to pay particular attention to.

37. Bias-Free Leadership: Your Competitive Advantage

    26 September, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Through a focus on how conscious and unconscious bias interferes with the decision-making process, you will learn how to minimize the impact of bias on your ability to lead effectively.

38. Board Evaluations in the UK and Continental Europe

    19 October, 2011 | Special Webcast

    Boards of directors throughout the U.K. and Continental Europe are increasingly undertaking self-evaluation processes. The main driver for board evaluations is compliance with governance codes.

39. Book Discussion - Future Work

    27 January, 2012 | Special Webcast

    The way we work is overdue for change: businesses want to increase efficiency and attract the best talent and skills and the new workforce wants a fresh deal. So how does it all work? Who’s doing “future work” now?

40. Book Discussion: All In

    17 August, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Join us for our August book discussion webcast, featuring author Chester Elton, as he discusses his latest book, All In: How the Best Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results.

41. Book Discussion: Beyond the Familiar

    04 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

    Patrick Barwise, author of Beyond The Familiar, discusses how strong customer-focused companies have a clear, relevant promise which they obsessively deliver day-in, day-out.

42. Book Discussion: Calculating Success

    17 July, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Please join us for an encore presentation of the book discussion webcast, Calculating Success: How the New Workplace Analytics Will Revitalize Your Organization, featuring coauthors, Eric Lesser and Carl Hoffmann.

43. Book Discussion: Chief HR Officers

    23 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Join us for our next Human Capital Exchange Book Discussion where we will feature an important new book for HR Leaders.

44. Book Discussion: Creating Innovators

    11 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Join our October Book Discussion webcast, featuring Tony Wagner, Ed.D., author of the new book, Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World.

45. Book Discussion: Effective Human Resource Management

    11 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

    Edward E. Lawler III and John Boudreau will discuss their new book, Effective Human Resource Management, which measures how HR management is changing, identifying best practices in the design of the HR organization and metrics.

46. Book Discussion: Engaged

    20 November, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Join Geoffrey Matthews and Linda Holbeche, Ph.D., as they discuss their new book, Engaged, which provides information on how to build and measure engagement within one’s organization.

47. Book Discussion: Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go

    21 September, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Join us for our September Book Discussion webcast, featuring Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni, authors of the book, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go, which helps leaders conduct critical conversations with employees about their career goals.

48. Book Discussion: I Wish I'd Known That Earlier in My Career

    24 July, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Join us for our July Human Capital Exchange Book Discussion, featuring Jane Horan, author of the new book, I Wish I Had Known That Earlier in My Career. Jane’s book provides advice that will help take readers to the next level in their careers.

49. Book Discussion: Management Reset

    10 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

    Edward Lawler III and Dr. Christopher Worley, co-authors of Management Reset, discuss their book and provide insights that business leaders and Human Capital practitioners can apply to achieve “sustainable effectiveness.”

50. Book Discussion: Measuring Leadership Development

    18 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Join us as we discuss the new book, Measuring Leadership Development: Quantify Your Program's Impact and ROI on Organizational Performance, which provides tools that can be used for communicating the benefits of leadership development programs.

51. Book Discussion: Optimizing Talent

    05 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

    Dr. Linda D. Sharkey, Managing Director and Partner at Achieveblue Corporation, will discuss her book, Optimizing Talent, which identifies which talent initiatives drive a company’s short-term and long-term growth.

52. Book Discussion: Talent Economics

    18 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Gyan Nagpal, author of Talent Economics, discusses how to bring workforce analysis, management practice, and strategy together.

53. Book Discussion: The Future of Business in Emerging Markets - Growth Strategies for Growth Markets

    01 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

    Nenad Pacek, author of "The Future of Business in Emerging Markets" explores what will change economically and what are the overriding business megatrends that will shape corporations and their strategies in global markets.

54. Book Discussion: The Rare Find

    16 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

    George Anders, author of 'The Rare Find', joins us to give insights into successful recruiting and talent-spotting strategies.

55. Book Discussion: The Transformative CEO

    11 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

    Robert Reiss and Jeffrey Fox, authors of The Transformative CEO, discuss leadership lessons from the CEOs of the world’s most successful companies and provide a guideline for becoming a transformative leader.

56. Book Discussion: Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders

    10 February, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Join our next book discussion to hear from Rajeev Peshawaria, a Senior Fellow, Human Capital, at The Conference Board, on his brand new book, Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders.

57. Bringing Business Alignment to Talent Management

    17 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Talent management strategy is the key to unlocking the wealth of talent in your organization—it is critical to business success. But whose responsibility is the talent strategy? Where do business leaders and HR fit in?

58. Bringing Innovative Leadership to West Point

    20 April, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

    This Conference KeyNotes Webcast contains video clips of senior executives discussing how to build and sustain an innovative culture and bring innovative leadership to a legacy organization.

59. Build Stress Resilience – Grow the Business

    16 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Stress imposes significant costs on employee health and organization performance. Worryingly, these costs are escalating. For example , in the UK, stress related mental health problems cost business £ 28 billion per year (50 times the cost of strikes!).

60. Building a Brain-Based Organization Conference KeyNotes Webcast

    10 February, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    In this session, explore key findings from the latest brain research on what drives productivity and engagement. The speaker will guide you in taking a fresh look at many long-held traditions around organizing work.

61. Building a Culture of Innovation

    03 November, 2011 | Special Webcast

    How do you activate innovation within your organization? Global innovation and design consultancy Continuum will speak about the challenges of building a culture of innovation, motivating individuals, creating capacity, and scaling innovation.

62. Building a Leadership Pipeline: How Fifth Third Bancorp found success

    15 June, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Learn how Fifth Third is developing leaders at all levels to build a strong leadership pipeline, while accelerating high potentials and launching innovative talent programs. Excerpts from the 2012 Talent Management Strategies Conference.

63. Building an OED Function

    24 April, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Learn the two-year process of building an Organization Effectiveness & Development (OED) function within EMC University, designed to maximize the impact on the business.

64. Building Internal Organization Design Capability

    22 March, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

    This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will include discussion of key themes from The 2010 Organization Design Conference. Special attention will be paid to “Building Internal Organization Design Capability.”

65. Building Internal Organization Design Capability

    04 February, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    This session focuses on the steps and approaches that forward-looking companies are using to build the internal capability required to lead and support organization design efforts on both the enterprise-wide and department/functional levels.

66. Business and Sustainability in China: How Real is the New Direction?

    07 July, 2011 | Special Webcast

    This webcast is ideal for senior executives, corporate strategists, and CSR/sustainability practitioners looking for a detailed, practical evaluation of current corporate sustainability initiatives in China.

67. Business Ethics and Compliance–Effective Best Practices in Challenging Times

    24 June, 2009 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will discuss how maintaining an effective program in these challenging times requires us to make the most of existing resources.

68. Business Ethics: The Board of Director's Role

    29 February, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Companies worldwide now acknowledged the need for Board of Director engagement and oversight with respect to company ethics issues and compliance programs.

69. Business Model Transformation (Part 1)

    02 March, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

    One of the most important capabilities an organization must develop is the ability to create a new business model. This first session will describe a proven three-step process to help business leaders translate strategy into new business models.

70. Business Model Transformation (Part 2)

    06 April, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

    This session focuses on the steps and approaches that forward-looking companies are using to build the internal capability required to lead and support business model transformation efforts on both the enterprise-wide and business unit/functional levels.

71. Business Perspectives Webcast: Is Inflation a Risk for Global Growth

    14 April, 2011 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will discuss how to effectively use the Leading Economic Index (LEI) for China and other Emerging Economies and the LEI for the Euro Area and the United States.

72. Business Perspectives Webcast: The Business Environment for Foreign Companies in China

    14 April, 2011 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will explore the dynamics shaping China’s investment and operating environment to ascertain the evolving opportunities and risks for foreign investors; as well, it will examine how foreign companies can play to their strengths at this critical juncture in China’s development.

73. Business Relevant Leadership Development

    08 November, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Despite all of the effort and investment in leadership development—innovative new modalities, business simulations, acceleration pools, 70/20/10 approaches, better diagnosis of strengths and ....

74. Can America Do it Again? Building a New National Growth Agenda

    17 February, 2011 | Special Webcast

    Join this webcast for an analysis of U.S. productivity performance relative to that of other major economies, advanced and emerging.

75. Can the Global Consumer Continue to Drive Sustainable Economic Growth? (Part 1)

    02 November, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    This three-part KnowlEdge Series will look at the consumer in a range of emerging markets where global companies are focusing their expectations for growth. Hosted by Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board’s Consumer Research Center, these programs will feature up-to-date economic forecasts for emerging economies, with high level research on consumer behavior and trends from TNS.

76. Can the Global Consumer Continue to Drive Sustainable Economic Growth? (Part 2)

    04 November, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    This three-part KnowlEdge Series will look at the consumer in a range of emerging markets where global companies are focusing their expectations for growth. Hosted by Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board’s Consumer Research Center, these programs will feature up-to-date economic forecasts for emerging economies, with high level research on consumer behavior and trends from TNS.

77. Can They Take It? Productivity, Overtime and the Mature Worker

    21 July, 2009 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will help participants to learn from The Conference Board's Mature Workforce Initiative how to assess, motivate, and monitor the productivity of their older workers.

78. Carbon Shift: How Putting a Price on Carbon will Affect Corporate Value (Part 1)

    12 November, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

    What is the status and magnitude of the efforts to set a price on carbon that are a part of this trend? How should companies prepare for the change to come, no matter how the coming global climate change talks in Copenhagen turn out.

79. Carbon Shift: How Putting a Price on Carbon will Affect Corporate Value (Part 2)

    19 November, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

    What will be the new sources of advantage and disadvantage in the low-carbon era that has begun?

80. Care to Dare – Unleashing Astonishing Potential Through Secure Base Leadership

    26 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

    George Kohlrieser, Author of Care to Dare - Unleashing Astonishing Potential through Secure Base Leadership, explains how becoming a secure base leader releases extraordinary potential in others and frees them from the fears that hold them back.

81. Case Studies in Making Ethics Policies Work

    17 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

    Ethics policies and Codes of Conduct need to address a host of important compliance issues on a transnational basis. Among these issues are the impact of expanded anti-bribery and corruption (ABAC) laws.

82. Catastrophes and Human Failure: Assessing Risk, Building Plans and Preparing to Face Extreme Events

    16 September, 2010 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will discuss what underlies the increase in catastrophic losses and how we can do a better job at assessing these risks and characterizing the uncertainties surrounding these estimates.

83. Centered Leadership: How Talented Women Thrive

    25 June, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Based on more than five years of research with McKinsey & Company’s Centered Leadership Project, Joanna Barsh will introduce you to the five capabilities of Centered Leadership that she sees in effective leaders.

84. CEO Challenge - European Focus

    19 June, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Come join this interactive discussion about the most pressing challenges on the minds of CEOs as reflected in The Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2012.

85. CEO Challenge - Talent

    11 June, 2012 | Special Webcast

    In this webcast, our host, Rebecca Ray, and her guests will focus on the top challenge identified in The 2012 CEO Challenge -- Human Capital.

86. Change Management:  Transformation at the San Diego Airport Authority (Webcast)

    01 February, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    How did the new San Diego Airport Authority face the ultimate leadership challenge; defining the future of the organization in a way that built trust, integrity and ownership at all levels and across multiple disciplines?

87. China and Sustainable Business Practices

    20 September, 2011 | Special Webcast

    Discuss the key factors driving and/or constraining broader corporate sustainability activities in China and the maturity of corporate sustainability strategies and programs.

88. China in the Lead (Part 1)

    30 September, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

    China arguably has the right conditions and tools to achieve world-leading recovery. However, the stimulus programs and measures embrace some old centrist formulae that may not work for today’s China and/or amidst the current global backdrop.

89. China in the Lead (Part 3)

    15 October, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

    With the fall off in export demand from the US and EU, China has been focused on expanding trade relationships in Asia and other emerging markets.

90. Climate Change: Getting the Incentives Right in Asia (Part 1)

    10 June, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    This webcast will focus on Producers: How to Drive Low Carbon Production? Guests will discuss how the architecture of incentives impacts energy production and consumption, as well as how this architecture may need to change if the Copenhagen targets are to go from wish to reality.

91. Climate Change: Getting the Incentives Right in Asia (Part 2)

    17 June, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

    This session will discuss the regulations, policies, and market factors that promote a low carbon economy, their effects on carbon intensive activities, and their impact on companies’ competitive positioning.

92. Cloud Computing for Sourcing and Procurement

    29 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will explore the benefits of cloud computing as related specifically to sourcing and procurement processes to be able to understand how to better utilize, leverage, and communicate the business value for the business.

93. Coaching as Part of Integrated Talent Development

    07 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

    Many organisations have a significantly increased level of ambition, requiring the development of leaders who are capable of stepping up and delivering in a more complex business environment.

94. Coaching Practices: Expanding Your Human and Business Performance (Part 1)

    15 May, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

    Learn and debate with expert speakers and practitioners the contrasting views of coaching credentialing and credentialing bodies that represents the confusion in the industry.

95. Coaching Practices: Expanding Your Human and Business Performance (Part 2)

    22 May, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

    This session will focus on equipping HR professionals with tools on how to best coach teams, and the value of developing leaders with this approach.

96. Coaching Skills for Executives

    08 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

    Coaching is one of the 'must-have' capabilities for 21st century leaders Learn about the advantages to be gained from equipping leaders with coaching skills and the 'know how' to use them effectively.

97. Coaching Teams for Sustained High Performance

    11 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

    In business, just as in sport, high performing teams are able to deliver extraordinary results consistently. Coaching is now an established component of an integrated Talent Strategy, and can be transformational to team performance.

98. Coaching: Today’s Critical Leadership Skill for Engaging and Retaining Key Talent

    25 March, 2011 | Special Webcast

    This webcast will discuss why it is crucial that leaders at all levels learn and apply the skills necessary to conduct effective coaching conversations.

99. Communication Measurement: Results-Driven Strategies

    07 March, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Bill White, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications at Sprint will reveal how to design a communications audit, become more proactive with feedback, monitor and measure your cross-functional strategies and get mgmt. to act on the results.

100. Compliance Challenges in Emerging Markets (China and India)

     29 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This Special Webcast will cover the status and direction of compliance in China and India, and look at how the related challenges can be best handled.

101. Connecting Employees and Customers Through Hugs

     07 March, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Cited as a top 10 Retail Visionary of All Time, practitioner, leader and best-selling author, Jack Mitchell will share how his stores have built world famous customer and employee loyalty through the concept he has dubbed as ‘Hugs’. This is a practical—and inspiring—tool that you can immediately implement throughout your organization.

102. Corporate Ambassadors – Redefining the Way we Engage Customers

     30 November, 2011 | Special Webcast

     For the past decade, marketers have been adjusting to a new era of deep customer engagement. To engage customers whenever and wherever they interact with an organization must be the task of the entire enterprise, not just the Marketing department.

103. Corporate Citizenship through Employee Volunteerism (Part 1)

     05 November, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will discuss skills-based and capacity-building volunteerism programs

104. Corporate Citizenship through Employee Volunteerism (Part 2)

     12 November, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     How do younger workers differ from their older counterparts when it comes to volunteering? How can they best be engaged?

105. Corporate Citizenship through Employee Volunteerism (Part 3)

     19 November, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     For global companies committed to truly global programs, how can non-U.S. employees be more engaged in the company’s community involvement efforts?

106. Corporate Communications and Web 2.0

     30 June, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Corporate Communication and Web 2.0 Conference (May, 2010). Video footage of the Conference will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

107. Corporate Community Involvement

     03 December, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast contains video clips of Campbell Soup CEO, Doug Conant, discussing Corporate Social Responsibility and Monsanto Fund President, Deborah Patterson discussing “Building a Strong Reputation.”

108. Corporate Contributions in Hard Times: How Companies are Managing the Economic Downturn

     23 June, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will go beyond the statistics and hear directly from companies on how they are adjusting their contributions programs in response to the current economic downturn

109. Corporate Governance and the New Focus on Leadership (Part 1)

     01 October, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     What data is the Board likely to require and what are the relevant issues around transparency and accountability they will be looking for?

110. Corporate Governance and the New Focus on Leadership (Part 2)

     15 October, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     Discover how Cisco is preparing a pool of successors to the CEO role based on potential future business models.

111. Corporate Governance and the New Focus on Leadership (Part 3)

     29 October, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     From the shareholders’ perspective, what are best practices for the highly sensitive issues of executive compensation, CEO succession? How can transparency and communication around these issues be improved?

112. Corporate Governance Strategies for the Next AGM Season

     11 September, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Companies should begin planning their corporate governance and investor communications strategies now – well before the beginning of the next AGM season.

113. Corporate Image & Branding: New Ways to Engage Stakeholders

     07 April, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will include video clips and live discussion of a session delivered at The 2011 Corporate Image and Branding Conference. IBM and Brand Logic discuss new ways to engage stakeholders in the brand.

114. Corporate Philanthropy in China

     05 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Anke Schrader, Researcher, The Conference Board China Center, will share current best practices for corporate philanthropy programs in China and will discuss factors that must be considered in order to implement these programs effectively.

115. Corporate Political Activity in the Post Citizen’s United Era

     14 October, 2010 | Special Webcast

     Key findings from The Conference Board’s new handbook on corporate political activity can help companies navigate recent and impending legislation, avoid pitfalls, and explore emerging best practices

116. Corporate Security, Busd Crisis Managementiness Continuity an

     23 February, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2009 Corporate Security, Business Continuity and Crisis Management Conference (October, 2009).

117. Crisis Management and Reputational Risk

     23 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Companies may work for decades to build the value of their brands and reputation, only to have that value destroyed in a matter of hours.

118. Cross-Silo Collaboration: Knowledge Management

     03 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Hear from a knowledge management veteran on how he has used digital technology to address the need for relevant, timely information and how the practice of knowledge management has evolved from a narrow corporate specialty to a strategic necessity.

119. Cross-Silo Collaboration: Mayo's Patient-Centric Culture

     11 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Learn how the Mayo Clinic's boundary-crossing culture leads to a highly satisfying experience for both its patients and employees.

120. Cross-Silo Collaboration: Mergers & Acquisitions

     19 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Learn how Hewlett-Packard leaders align their work to ensure that new acquisitions achieve their financial targets while minimizing disruption for both employees and customers.

121. Customer Experience Management

     12 May, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Customer Experience Management Conference (March, 2010). Video footage of two headline presentations will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

122. Customer Experience: Insights from Southwest Airlines and The Mitchell Family of Companies

     19 May, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will include video clips from The Conference Board 2011 Customer Experience Leadership Conference. Highlights from selected sessions will be featured, including: • “Providing the Best Customer Experience”

123. Customer Loyalty Measurement is Broken–Let's Fix it!

     23 May, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     There is growing evidence that classic measures of customer loyalty are weak predictors of business outcomes. Hear about this award winning Harvard Business Review published thought leadership, in this practical “tools you can use” session.

124. Cyber Risk: What ought to be keeping you up at night?

     09 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     In our porous world of complex relationships with suppliers, a mobile work force and customers/competitors, we will learn what companies can do in the area of cyber security risk. What kinds of exposure does your company have?

125. Cybersecurity: Do you know if you’ve been hacked?

     03 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

     There are 2 types of companies: those that have been hacked and those that do not know they have been hacked. In this webcast we will address two major questions: What are the risks? and how do you protect your organization?

126. Data Overload: What Are We Going to Do About It?

     09 January, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     Ross McAllister, Manager, Executive Development at FedEx Corporation, will lead a discussion about managing the pervasive and daunting challenge of data overload in the information age.

127. Designing a Global Organization in Turbulent Markets

     07 February, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     In 2009, Cargill created a new global corporate function to manage transportation and logistics. Hear how they overcame challenges during a time of global market volatility to achieve major milestones and add significant value to the enterprise.

128. Designing and Delivering Engaging Competency-Based Inclusion Training

     04 June, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss how companies can best work toward a common mission through analyzing the learning outcomes, methodologies, and curriculum elements of their Diversity and inclusion programs.

129. Developing a High-Performance Culture

     28 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     A dramatic case study from the 2012 London Games on staying centered under pressure and organizational resilience.

130. Developing Agile, Resilient Leaders for a VUCA World

     25 August, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Leadership Development Conference (May, 2010).

131. Developing an Effective Global Partnership between Service Provider and Offshorers

     30 March, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Participants will learn firsthand how to deal with the myriad issues that can threaten to derail a global offshoring implementation project. The discussions will focus on hands-on, detailed information about the main elements of this partnership, including the governance arrangements between provider and client and the “follow-the-sun” service delivery concept employed in this project

132. Developing Leaders: An Advocacy Initiative led by Women

     19 May, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This is a two part Conference KeyNotes Webcast series to include video clips and live discussion of sessions delivered at The 2011 Women’s Leadership Conference.

133. Developing the Whole Leader: When Demand Outstrips Capacity

     27 September, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     Leadership Development This Conference KeyNotes Webcast contains video clips of a panel discussion from The 2011 Conference Board Leadership Development Conference. The panel was titled “Developing the Whole Leader: When Demand Outstrips Capacity.”

134. Diversity & Inclusion and Men (Part 1)

     09 February, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This webcast will focus on creating an environment where white men can deliver better business results by building more effective relationships with staff and customers who are women and/or people of color.

135. Diversity & Inclusion and Men (Part 2)

     16 February, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Through this discussion, we will work to explore and understand the experience of today’s working fathers in their roles both as worker and parent.

136. Diversity & Inclusion and Men (Part 3)

     23 February, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Men of color remain underrepresented in the leadership ranks of most US corporations. Often, the careers of high potential men of color are derailed long before they reach the top of their organizations. What can men of color and organizations do to prevent this exodus? What tactics and strategies can be used to reverse this trend?

137. Diversity & Inclusion: Driving Innovation and Boosting the Bottom Line

     26 November, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Managing D&I has become central to success of a company’s business strategy. D&I practitioners as well as others– business unit leaders, talent management and human resource professionals, need a set of skills that lead the way to organizational change.

138. Diversity and Inclusion: Defining Success Beyond Representation

     19 October, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes webcast features highlights from two sessions (“Defining Success Beyond Representation” and “A Global Mindset for a Global Networked Economy”) delivered at The Conference Board 2010 Diversity & Inclusion Conference.

139. Driving Competitive Advantage Through Service Innovation (Part 1)

     27 May, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     During the first session we will sketch the broad perspective on the evolving world of service innovation through IBM’s effort to develop a new business school curriculum centered on "service science, management and information".

140. Driving Competitive Advantage Through Service Innovation (Part 2)

     03 June, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     In this session, we will review the case of a traditional (B2B) service provider, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, which has a new (B2C) offering for those who cannot get health insurance through their employers, delivered through shops in malls.

141. Driving Competitive Advantage Through Service Innovation (Part 3)

     10 June, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     One service innovation approach is bringing together multi-disciplinary teams to solve significant business challenges. PwC will share its story of how it solved a well-understood business challenge faced by many finance departments with a team of specialists possessing unique skills for a professional services firm.

142. Driving Competitive Advantage Through Service Innovation (Part 4)

     17 June, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     In the fourth and final session we will follow a successful company that had a legacy service product come under pressure from disruptive innovation on the outside.

143. Driving Down Growth? (Asia Time Zones)

     15 September, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Unique among world leaders, Premier Wen Jiabao has promised to reduce growth over the next 5 year period. Both the reliability of this message and its likely impact are encoded into the Twelfth Five Year plan (“12-5”), ratified on March 5th by the NPC.

144. Driving Enterprise Cost Management in the New Normal

     18 September, 2012 | Special Webcast

     During this webcast you’ll learn how effective enterprise cost management relies on a delicate balance between defining cost management strategies and implementing them in a sustainable way.

145. Driving Leadership Performance Through Work Life Balance (Part 1)

     07 November, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Leaders who believe they don’t have time for the personal life report feeling drained and being distracted while they are at work.

146. Driving Leadership Performance Through Work Life Balance (Part 2)

     14 November, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     We translate the science of world-class endurance athletes to realistic fitness goals for the business lifestyle. Learn how leaders can develop an individualized plan for exercise, nutrition and their resilience to stress.

147. Driving Leadership Performance Through Work Life Balance (Part 3)

     21 November, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Learn how busy leaders can recover more than one hour of their time each day in order to gain control of their calendar, and stay focused and prepared for key moments.

148. Dual Careers and Overseas Assignments – How to Address the Challenges

     13 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

     The increasing prevalence of dual-career couples presents both challenges and opportunities to companies. Overseas assignments can be particularly difficult since key employees are increasingly unwilling to relocate unless a suitable position can be found

149. Economic Impact on Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Initiatives

     15 September, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Conference (June, 2010).

150. Economic, Political, and Regulatory Risk: External Challenges for CEOs

     23 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     The U.S. CEOs rated Global Political/Economic Risk as their third most critical challenge, and Government Regulation as their number-one challenge. What do CEOs need to best handle risk and regulation?

151. Education is a Strategic Issue: National Security and Workforce Quality

     01 November, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss what America’s military can tell us about the workforce readiness of America’s youth

152. Embracing Social Media to Corporate Advantage (Part 3)

     29 April, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     Efforts to harness social media to enhance productivity and innovation often stall on issues of control over the self-organizing nature, potential detrimental use, lack of trust and legal and security issues. What are best practices that can help mitigate these very real concerns?

153. Emerging Climate Change Directives from Copenhagen: What does it Mean for Global Business?

     14 January, 2010 | Special Webcast

     In this webcast, we will hear first-hand impressions of the Copenhagen meeting and how the meeting results will impact global business in the near term.

154. Emerging Economies and the Evolving Economic Landscape (Part 1)

     07 May, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     This first session will look at emerging markets globally and give an overview of how they are faring in the economic downturn from an economic perspective.

155. Emerging Economies and the Evolving Economic Landscape (Part 2)

     14 May, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     From the perspective of a global consumer company, has their view of emerging markets changed? How do consumer companies analyze the opportunities and risks in these markets?

156. Emerging Economies and the Evolving Economic Landscape (Part 3)

     28 May, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     From the perspective of a global consumer company, has their view of emerging markets changed? How do consumer companies analyze the opportunities and risks in these markets?

157. Emerging Issues in Product Regulation

     16 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Our moderator, Lucas Bergkamp, Council Director for The Council on Environment & Product Stewardship & and his guests, address the latest emerging issues from new regulations on Product Safety, Market Surveillance and Nanomaterials.

158. Emerging Market Risk (Part 1)

     18 September, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     While emerging markets offer significant opportunities for multinational company growth, these markets also have their own unique risks. Part 1 of this series will explore the risks to consider when doing business in Africa.

159. Emerging Market Risk (Part 2)

     19 September, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     While emerging markets offer significant opportunities for multinational company growth, these markets also have their own unique risks. Part 2 of this series will explore the risks to consider when doing business in Russia.

160. Emerging Market Risk (Part 3)

     25 September, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     While emerging markets offer significant opportunities for multinational company growth, these markets also have their own unique risks. Part 3 of this series will explore the risks to consider when doing business in Brazil.

161. Emerging Markets: The Quest for Global Expansion

     14 June, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Rich firms in emerging markets from across the globe are hunting for strategic bargains. What contributors to the always-intensifying complexity of the global business environment are on the minds of CEOs?

162. Emerging Practices in Corporate Political Spending (Part 1)

     01 November, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will discuss the legal framework for corporate political activity including what is now allowed with the Citizens United decision, the current legislation/regulation in process, what it means for business, and its likelihood to pass.

163. Emerging Practices in Corporate Political Spending (Part 2)

     09 November, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     In this session, we will focus on current business practices. Topics include a discussion on how companies developed their processes and whatt hey are doing to address shareholder concerns regarding accountability and disclosure.

164. Emerging Practices in Corporate Political Spending (Part 4)

     22 November, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This final sesion will explore some of the new tools and indexes and how organizations in this space are looking to engage with business on the topic. We will also take a moment to disucss what 2012 may bring in this area.

165. Employee Engagement in Asia-Pacific: The Key to Retaining Critical Talent (Part 1)

     10 November, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     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.

166. Employee Engagement in Asia-Pacific: The Key to Retaining Critical Talent (Part 2)

     17 November, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     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.

167. Employee Engagement in Health Care

     01 June, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast series will include video clips and live discussion of sessions delivered at The 2011 Employee Health Care Conference.

168. Employee Engagement is Everyone’s Business

     13 October, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will provide insights into how companies can use employee engagement research to inform not just their HR and talent management strategies, but also their non-HR business plans that span out across the rest of the organization as well. .

169. Employee Health Care: High Deductible Health Plans and Onsite Wellness Solutions

     11 May, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast series will include video clips and live discussion of sessions delivered at The 2011 Employee Health Care Conference.

170. Employee Mobility Issues, Policies and Trends in Asia-Pacific

     20 January, 2011 | Special Webcast

     In this webcast we will share the results of a recent survey by The Conference Board on the latest issues, policies and trends in mobility in Asia-Pacific, and discuss regional policies in the region and the success of the options that have been tried.

171. Employee Resource Groups Delivering Impact

     03 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Diversity & Inclusion Leaders from AT&T, Campbell Soup Company, The McGraw-Hill Companies, and Microsoft will share examples of Employee Resource Groups that have delivered business impact.

172. Employer Branding in Asia

     30 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will focus on how organizations can develop strategies for employer branding, with a focus on Asia.

173. Enabling Innovation: Vision, Culture & Talent

     06 June, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Innovation is a top C-level challenge. Of key importance for innovation is finding the right people with the right skills to make innovation happen. Companies also need leaders with a vision and a culture that fosters innovation.

174. Energise The Enterprise

     11 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     The widespread adoption use of social media tools has fundamentally changed the way that consumers engage with organisations, no matter what sector your organisation is in.

175. Enforcement of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: A Dialogue with Regulators

     03 May, 2011 | Special Webcast

     In this webcast, we start that dialogue by hearing from the SEC and DOJ on their renewed focus and collaboration on FCPA enforcement and gain insight on their focus areas. Participants will have an opportunity to hear from the chief enforcers and understand their perspectives.

176. Engagement is the New Change Management

     04 October, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will reprise a session from the 2011 Change Management Seminar. The discussion will examine four principles that can support high engagement change processes: • Widening the circle of involvement • Connecting people and ideas • Creating communities for action • Promoting fairness

177. Engaging Business Leaders in Strategic Workforce Planning

     12 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

     What’s the most important tool for effective workforce planning? It’s not an interactive dashboard, a statistical software package, or even an Excel pivot table. It’s something far more elemental and human.

178. Enterprise Risk Management

     31 March, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2009 Enterprise Risk Management Conference (October, 2009). Video footage of two headline presentations will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

179. Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosure

     24 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Even as disclosure of sustainability performance spreads globally stakeholders are increasingly questioning the value of the information for business and investment decisions.

180. Escaping the Sovereign-Debt Crisis: Is There a Way Out? (Part 1)

     25 May, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     In this first part of the series we introduce a possible escape strategy from the current debt and deficit situation. Professors Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy will address the dominant variable to successfully resolving a debt-to-GDP crisis: Sustained economic growth.

181. Escaping the Sovereign-Debt Crisis: Is There a Way Out? (Part 2)

     02 June, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     In this second part we look at the complexity of the European deficit and debt situation. How do the large aggressively tackle the debt problem?

182. Escaping the Sovereign-Debt Crisis: Is There a Way Out? (Part 3)

     09 June, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     In the final part of this series we take look at the policy context in which the balancing of growth and budget control takes place. In particular, what issues does “the Hill” have on the table, and what difference will it make to budget and debt?

183. Ethical Leadership: Building a Culture that Supports Ethical Behavior

     15 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss why the effort to build a culture of ethics is so important and a values-based cultural approach vs a consequence - compliance approach.

184. Ethical Leadership: Implications for Human Capital Professionals

     16 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss real life examples that were used to create a culture of ethics, drivers that impact a successful culture change, and the impact of reality on the implementation of best practices.

185. Europe’s Future Energy Policies and its Impact on Business

     15 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     This webcast is part of The Conference Board Director General Series. A series of briefings with senior officials from the EU Commission. Our guest speaker for the January webcast is Director General for Energy, Philip Lowe.

186. European Labour Market Perspectives Between Gloomy Economic Outlook and Major Transitions in Society

     15 December, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will focus on European labour markets and the impact the current crisis will have on its mid and long term issues. It is the first of a comprehensive series, integral part of NEUJOBS, which is a European Commission funded consortium...

187. European View Q3, 2010

     22 September, 2010 | Economics Watch

     This quarterly Economics Webcast is an exclusive service for The Conference Board’s member companies. It will be useful for executives in multiple functions who are interested in understanding the economic drivers of their business. These include senior executives, operational managers and those in finance, planning, marketing and sales.

188. European View Q1, 2010

     17 February, 2010 | Economics Watch

     This 30-minute webcast offers executives timely insights into the European operating environment, including the latest data from The Conference Board Leading Economic Indexes for the Euro Area and nine other countries/regions.

189. European View Q1, 2011

     16 March, 2011 | Economics Watch

     The Conference Board’s Jean-Claude Manini, Senior Economist Europe and special guests, will review the current forecast for Europe, along with analysis of special topics of current interest.

190. European View Q2, 2010

     13 June, 2010 | Economics Watch

     This 30 minute webcast offers executives timely insights into the European operating environment, including the latest data from The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the Euro Area and nine other countries/regions.

191. European View Q2, 2011

     22 June, 2011 | Economics Watch

     The Conference Board’s Jean-Claude Manini, Senior Economist Europe and special guests, will review the current forecast for Europe, along with analysis of special topics of current interest.

192. European View Q3, 2011

     21 September, 2011 | Economics Watch

     The Conference Board’s Jean-Claude Manini, Senior Economist Europe and special guests, will review the current forecast for Europe, along with analysis of special topics of current interest.

193. European View Q4, 2010

     15 December, 2010 | Economics Watch

     In this final quarterly Economics Webcast for 2010, European Senior Economist, Jean-Claude Manini will be joined by The Conference Board’s Chief Economist, Bart van Ark, to discuss the short and long term outlook.

194. Europe's Future Economic Policy and its Impact on Business

     23 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast is part of The Conference Board Director General Series. A series of briefings with senior officials from the EU Commission. Our guest speaker for the October webcast is Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs, Marco Buti.

195. Europe's Future Environmental Policy and its Impact on Business

     06 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast is part of The Conference Board Director General Series. A series of briefings with senior officials from the EU Commission. Our guest speaker for the December webcast is Director General for Environment, Karl Falkenberg.

196. Europe's Future Research & Innovation Policy & Its Impact on Business

     18 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast is part of The Conference Board Director General Series. A series of briefings with senior officials from the EU Commission. Our guest speaker for the 2nd December webcast is Director General for DG Connect, Robert Madelin.

197. Evaluating the European Commission’s Proposed Corporate Governance Reforms

     22 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss how The European Commission recently released its long-awaited “Green Paper” which challenges the basic fabric of the “Comply or Explain” European model of corporate governance.

198. Executive Assessment and Development as Risk Management

     04 March, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     This webcast will reveal how to identify critical behaviors that predict success, mapping assessments to those behaviors and applying human capital financial analytics to demonstrate and sustain economic value.

199. Executive Coaching: How NASA Prepares High Potentials for More Complex Roles

     18 May, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will include video clips from The Conference Board 2011 Executive Coaching Conference. Highlights from selected sessions will be featured, including: “Preparing High Potentials for More Complex Roles at NASA.”

200. Executive Compensation after Peer Groups

     17 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

     This webcast picks up on the recent Directors Roundtable debate and will explore what other factors should be considered by a compensation committee if peer-group benchmarking is deemphasized, as Prof. Elson and Mr. Ferrere suggest should be the case.

201. Executive Compensation: What Shareholders Really Want

     11 February, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast contains video clips and discussion of the presentations: What Shareholders Really Want from Compensation Committees and Look Before You Leap: Learnings from the Last Round of Proxy Filings

202. Executive Compensation: What the Board Needs/ Wants from HR

     18 October, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast contains video clips and discussion of "What the Board Needs/ Wants from HR", delivered by Paul R. Charron, Chairman of the Board, Campbell Soup Company

203. Extending Your Brand to Employees

     24 February, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2009 Extending Your Brand to Employees Conference (November, 2009).

204. Extending Your Brand to Employees

     07 September, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast from the Extending Your Brand to Employees Conference will feature Dr. James Merlino, Chief Experience Officer, The Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Merlino shares highlights of how The Clinic has engaged employees to increase patient satisfaction.

205. Extending Your Brand to Employees

     02 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Dorel Recreational Leisure developed a new vision and business strategy to proactively meet the needs of the changing marketplace. This case study outlines the process they followed to engage their employees in an inspiring and actionable way.

206. FCPA: Developments in Global Anticorruption Enforcement

     12 September, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will provide an update for seasoned professionals regarding the latest developments and best practices in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance.

207. Finding Talent in the Current and Future Workforce

     20 October, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will contrast how the labor markets in various countries and regions have changed in the last two and a half years.

208. Fragile China?

     23 April, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This complimentary executive video briefing will examine recent developments related to China’s continued economic ascent and the complex domestic dynamics shaping the investment and operating environment for multinationals in China.

209. Freeze and Thaw: Managing Human Capital Through the Downturn while Preparing for the Upturn (Part 1)

     04 June, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     This first part of the KnowlEdge Series will address Survivor Syndrome and other downturn-related factors that are affecting workplace effectiveness now, and threatening the ability of companies to respond quickly to market opportunities as the economy recovers.

210. Freeze and Thaw: Managing Human Capital Through the Downturn while Preparing for the Upturn (Part 2)

     11 June, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session takes a look at the ripple effects of delayed retirement, lack of workforce mobility and changing demographics on the workplace over the coming years.

211. Freeze and Thaw: Managing Human Capital Through the Downturn while Preparing for the Upturn (Part 3)

     18 June, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session draws on The Conference Board’s ongoing research on labor markets and strategic workforce planning to help companies develop strategies and plans to deal with both short and longer term effects of the economic downturn and the structural changes that are affecting the labor markets and your workforce.

212. Getting Performance Metrics and Goal-setting Right

     26 October, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will include video clips of two sessions from The Conference Board 2011 Executive Compensation Conference.

213. Global Business Growth in Emerging Markets and the Energy, Climate and Sustainability Nexus (Part 1)

     28 October, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This two-part series will include discussions with experts on the increasing impact of global growth on the short and longer term business environment and executives from global companies immersed in the on-the-ground risks and opportunities connected with investment in emerging markets.

214. Global Business Growth in Emerging Markets and the Energy, Climate and Sustainability Nexus (Part 2)

     11 November, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This two-part series will include discussions with experts on the increasing impact of global growth on the short and longer term business environment and executives from global companies immersed in the on-the-ground risks and opportunities connected with investment in emerging markets.

215. Global Economic Imbalances: What businesses need to know (Part 1)

     11 October, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     One of the major reasons for the depth and persistence of the global economic crisis is the accumulation of macroeconomic imbalances around the world. Market forces have elicited some correction in the imbalances, but is the improvement temporary?

216. Global Economic Imbalances: What businesses need to know (Part 2)

     12 October, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     One of the major reasons for the depth and persistence of the global economic crisis is the accumulation of macroeconomic imbalances around the world. Market forces have elicited some correction in the imbalances, but is the improvement temporary?

217. Global Economic Imbalances: What businesses need to know (Part 3)

     18 October, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     One of the major reasons for the depth and persistence of the global economic crisis is the accumulation of macroeconomic imbalances around the world. Market forces have elicited some correction in the imbalances, but is the improvement temporary?

218. Global Economic Policy–What lies ahead? (Part 1)

     12 June, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     In this session, we examine what possible policy actions could be taken and the medium-term direction of monetary and fiscal policy following the results of the key presidential and congressional elections.

219. Global Economic Policy–What lies ahead? (Part 2)

     21 June, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     China is facing its largest leadership change in a decade, which raises some questions as to how the new generation of leaders will manage fiscal and monetary policy.

220. Global Economic Policy–What lies ahead? (Part 3)

     22 June, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     Recent tumult in the European financial markets raises questions as to what direction policy makers will take in Europe. Will the deterioration of the fiscal crisis force one or more countries to exit the European Union and abandon the Euro?

221. Global Economic Shifts and the New Reality for HR (Part 1)

     28 September, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This 2-part KnowlEdge Series will explore the macro trends that are transforming the business environment in both mature and emerging markets and how HR leaders in two global companies, in different sectors, are responding to these new challenges.

222. Global Economic Shifts and the New Reality for HR (Part 2)

     05 October, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This 2-part KnowlEdge Series will explore the macro trends that are transforming the business environment in both mature and emerging markets and how HR leaders in two global companies, in different sectors, are responding to these new challenges.

223. Global Labor Market Outlook (Part 1)

     16 February, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will discuss the implications of the disappointing recovery in the labor market for compensation and the prospects of talent shortage. We will then present our outlook for the labor market in 2012.

224. Global Labor Market Outlook (Part 2)

     21 February, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will discuss the labor market implications of the upcoming recession in Europe and the great uncertainty around it. We will focus on the large differences between the labor markets in the core and periphery of Europe.

225. Global Labor Market Outlook (Part 3)

     23 February, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     As opposed to Europe and the U.S. the main labor market topic in Asia, is talent shortage. We will discuss the outlook for the labor markets in Asia, with a specific focus on China.

226. Global Process Ownership and Management

     20 November, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This Special Webcast will cover tactical process improvements and strategic process solutions to meet compliance challenges, improve customer service, release working capital from the cash conversion cycle, and drive down costs.

227. Global Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Functions: Going Public with Performance (Part 1)

     01 December, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session features a practioner's perspective and will focus on the emerging challenges companies face as they work to include this new information in their reporting. We will also discuss the current state of adoption for the guidelines.

228. Global Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Functions: Going Public with Performance (Part 2)

     08 December, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will explore case studies on companies that have embarked upon disclosure, particularly in the areas of human capital and will focus on best practices from their evolving experiences in this area.

229. Global Teams: Achieving Corporate Agility to Address Critical Needs (Part 1)

     01 December, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will address the human and technical issues related to building and leading an effective cross-functional global team.

230. Global Teams: Achieving Corporate Agility to Address Critical Needs (Part 2)

     07 December, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will look at how, using global team, P&G innovated a whole new manufacturing process in order to build – and maintain – their competitive position in Latin America.

231. Global Teams: Achieving Corporate Agility to Address Critical Needs (Part 3)

     09 December, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     The social media channels that are breaking down structural barriers and enabling revolution are proving to be a powerful tool for building both formal and ad hoc teams within organizations.

232. Going Public on Data Privacy

     08 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Concerns about the privacy of employee data run from the familiar to the far-out. Join four leading experts in human capital data, analytics and strategic workforce planning as they share their perspectives on what you should worry about—and not.

233. Good Business? Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

     28 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     During this webcast, hear from speakers from the upcoming 2013 Ethics & Shareholder Value Summit. They will discuss how acting ethically and responsibly is good for business and will share examples of the good, the bad, and the ugly of this practice.

234. Governance Models in Shared Services

     13 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This Asia Special Webcast will cover the key components of governance models in Shared Services, including strategic governance, process governance, data governance, performance governance and customer governance.

235. Governance Watch

     19 July, 2011 | Special Webcast

     The agenda will include discussion of shareholder communications, including an update on proxy access, Dodd-Frank Act developments and accounting developments concerning IFRS and contingency reporting.

236. Governance Watch

     08 September, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Including a discussion of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act developments, an update on the progress of, and outlook for, Dodd-Frank regulations, and insights into recent press about the SEC's budget and impact on enforcement activity.

237. Governance Watch

     02 November, 2011 | Governance Watch

     Governance Watch is a new program from The Conference Board and sponsored by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton that helps senior legal and compliance professionals keep abreast of developments in corporate governance.

238. Governance Watch

     05 January, 2012 | Governance Watch

     Governance Watch offers summaries and concise perspectives on developments affecting corporate governance by focusing on issues that would be of interest to directors and senior business and finance executives.

239. Governance Watch

     07 March, 2012 | Governance Watch

     Join our panel of governance and audit experts for their advice on how to address the latest issues facing audit committees and those who advise them.

240. Governance Watch

     16 December, 2011 | Governance Watch

     Governance Watch is a new program from The Conference Board that helps senior legal and compliance professionals keep abreast of developments in corporate governance. It offers summaries and concise perspectives on developments affecting corporate governance. It focuses on issues that would be of interest to directors and senior business and finance executives, including issues affecting corporate democracy, shareholder communications and relationships, fiduciary obligations of directors, disclosure, compensation and insider trading.

241. Governance Watch: Foreign Policy Implications for Business

     03 April, 2013 | Governance Watch

     Recent actions by the US Government to place greater sanctions on Iran are the latest foreign policy measure with significant implications for business. This webcast will cover what directors and management need to know in this dynamic environment.

242. Governance Watch: Lessons for Acquirers and their Boards

     06 February, 2013 | Governance Watch

     Much has been covered in the literature of what target companies should do to prepare for an acquisition. On this Governance Watch, our panel will discuss what acquirer companies should think about with respect to governance, accounting, and diligence.

243. Governance Watch: Officer and Director Indemnification – Considerations for Companies

     08 November, 2012 | Governance Watch

     Join our panel of governance and litigation experts for their thoughts and advice on how to address current issues regarding officer and director indemnification and advancement of attorney’s fees.

244. Governance Watch: Social Technology in the Boardroom

     05 December, 2012 | Governance Watch

     Join our guests for their insights and advice on how to engage in and leverage social technology for competitive advantage at the board level.

245. Green Jobs: What are They? Where are They?

     03 March, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will address: Green jobs: Saving energy and creating energy, the state of green jobs across the nation, and retooling workers for green jobs; what do we need to do?

246. Growing Beyond Borders, Minimising Risks

     28 November, 2011 | Special Webcast

     One of the puzzles of the sluggish global economy today is why companies aren't investing more. They certainly seem to have good reasons to. Yet many companies are holding back....

247. Growing Leaders to Grow the Business

     15 August, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will feature a case study of ADP and how they created a long term plan to make certain that their leadership pipeline is primed with talent and your business changes. Learn how to manage and develop leaders to align with change.

248. Growing Talent for Succession: What Every Mid-Market Firm (and Larger Firms, Too) Should Know!

     18 November, 2010 | Special Webcast

     In this webcast, researchers and practitioners Barbara Galli and Eliska Meyers will discuss some of the highlights of The Conference Board’s recent report “Growing Talent for Succession,” with a special emphasis on the relevance of their findings for mid-market firms

249. Helping Employees Contribute to Business Success

     05 May, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast on Extending Your Brand to Employees will feature executives from Convergys and Prudential Financial discussing how to engage employees in the business strategy and deliver on the brand promise.

250. Hilton Worldwide and their Global Approach to Executive Coaching

     30 November, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     Dottie Brienza, SVP, Global Talent Management at Hilton Worldwide will discuss how Hilton Worldwide’s investment in executive coaching helps them effectively transition, develop and retain leaders.

251. Housing Markets: The Continuing Story of Bubble and Bust (Part 1)

     13 January, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     What does the near-term outlook hold for the housing market and global recovery?

252. Housing Markets: The Continuing Story of Bubble and Bust (Part 2)

     20 January, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Have home prices in the developed economies found a bottom, or is there a likelihood of further price declines?

253. Housing Markets: The Continuing Story of Bubble and Bust (Part 3)

     27 January, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     China is the leading economic engine pulling the global economy. In addition to its industrial growth, China is experiencing a spectacular boom in real estate construction with prices that continue to escalate, reaching record levels in 2010. Does this furious growth mask underlying weakness in the economy?

254. How Companies Communicate and Engage on Sustainability (Part 1)

     22 April, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     Part I of this series explores how companies choose to focus their sustainability communication efforts, and sheds light on the issue of materiality by identifying those practices which are most frequently included in sustainability reports.

255. How Companies Communicate and Engage on Sustainability (Part 2)

     25 April, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     Part 2 of this series looks at different stakeholder engagement approaches and variations in level and scope of engagement, and discusses the need to explore and develop linkages between existing, and sometimes competing, sustainability standards.

256. How Neuroscience Can Inform Our Succession Conversations

     08 February, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     David Rock, author of Your Brain at Work will make the connection between that we have learned about the brain and how important it is to engage the thinking of top talent—to ensure motivation and commitment to performance and development goals.

257. How the U.K. Bribery Act is Getting Companies to Re-think Anti-Corruption

     30 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     The U.K. Bribery Act is more far-reaching than any anti-corruption laws in the world. With the impending 1 July passage of the Act, what are the steps that companies need to take to strengthen their anti-corruption programmes?

258. How to Enrich Talent Assessment Through Predictive Analytics

     22 January, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     Organizations are increasingly using talent assessments and analytics to work out what their organization and their people need to do to be successful as well as what to avoid doing. This webcast describes through case stories how this can be done.

259. How We Work (Part 1)

     14 March, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     Who makes up the workforce at our companies today? How do our employees work? We will examine what today's multi-cultural, multi-generational workforce needs to help their companies meet their objectives.

260. How We Work (Part 2)

     28 March, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     Reconsidering facilities demands a thoughtful look at your business needs and your current and future workforce. How do you create a workspace that reflects your culture and empowers your employees to do their best work?

261. HR and the Social Media Revolution

     25 October, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Social media and social networks have the power to revolutionize how HR performs its function. In this session, a senior HR executive will share his perspective on social networks and how he uses them in his organization.

262. HR Operations – Key Challenges and Adding Value

     08 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

     In business today HR Operations form a key element in how a potential recruit/ customer/employee experiences HR; hence their efficiency and effectiveness are critical in the value equation of HR.

263. Human Capital Metrics

     23 March, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes webcast will provide highlights of The 2009 Human Capital Metrics Conference (November, 2009). Video footage of two headline presentations will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

264. Human Capital Metrics to Manage Risk and Quantify ROI

     10 February, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast contains video clips of senior executives discussing human capital analytics as a tool that can be leveraged to better manage risk and quantify workforce decisions with ROI.

265. Human Capital Watch™

     14 December, 2011 | Human Capital Watch^™

     The Conference Board Human Capital Watch™ is a complimentary webcast for member companies that helps senior human capital executives address challenges and stay informed about current issues across the entire spectrum of human capital.

266. Human Capital Watch™

     21 September, 2011 | Human Capital Watch^™

     The Conference Board Human Capital Watch™ is a new complimentary service for member companies that helps senior human capital executives understand the changing labor markets and economic conditions worldwide as well as the trends and current issues in Human Capital and the implications for organizations.

267. Human Capital Watch™

     19 October, 2011 | Human Capital Watch^™

     The Conference Board Human Capital Watch™ is a new complimentary service for member companies that helps senior human capital executives understand the changing labor markets and economic conditions worldwide as well as the trends and current issues in Human Capital and the implications for organizations.

268. Human Capital Watch™

     16 November, 2011 | Human Capital Watch^™

     The Conference Board Human Capital Watch™ is a complimentary webcast for member companies that helps senior human capital executives address challenges and stay informed about current issues across the entire spectrum of human capital.

269. Human Capital Watch™

     18 January, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     Since 1991, The Conference Board has asked CEOs for their perspectives on key business challenges and to discuss strategies companies undertake to address them. This program will explore the results and what they mean for human capital professionals.

270. Human Capital Watch™ : Talent Challenges in Asia

     15 May, 2013 | Human Capital Watch^™

     We'll examine talent challenges throughout Asia and highlight ways in which Human Capital professionals in Asia are addressing them.

271. Human Capital Watch™: 2012 Labor Market Forecast

     15 February, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     What is the outlook for labor markets across the globe? As the global economy continued to slow down in most regions of the world in 2011, an even slower expansion is expected in 2012.

272. Human Capital Watch™: 2013 CEO Challenge Report & Economic Outlook

     16 January, 2013 | Human Capital Watch^™

     Rebecca Ray, Ph.D. will discuss the results of The Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2013 survey, and Gad Levanon, Ph.D., and Bert Colijn, will examine the world economic situation for the coming year.

273. Human Capital Watch™: 21st Century Talent Mobility

     16 May, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     The Conference Board Human Capital Watch™ is a complimentary webcast for member companies that helps senior human capital executives address challenges and stay informed about current issues across the entire spectrum of human capital.

274. Human Capital Watch™: Compensation Trends

     18 July, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     Join Rebecca L. Ray, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Human Capital as she speaks with Kevin F. Hallock, Ph.D., about findings from two new compensation reports from The Conference Board.

275. Human Capital Watch™: Developing Leaders @ All Levels

     17 April, 2013 | Human Capital Watch^™

     Developing leaders in the organization demands the attention and participation of senior leaders; having the leaders you need to succeed in a VUCA world will take an army. Come hear how some companies are cracking the code.

276. Human Capital Watch™: European Labor Market Challenges

     12 December, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     Labor Market Economist, Bert Colijn, and Christoph Hilbert, Director of Human Capital Research in Europe, will discuss job quality in Europe, and examine how the ‘green’ sector could provide a path to creating more high-quality jobs.

277. Human Capital Watch™: Expanding Human and Business Potential

     14 March, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     In this HC Watch, we will discuss the latest results from The Conference Board’s 2012 Executive Coaching Study, with a closer look at external and internal coaching practices.

278. Human Capital Watch™: Human Capital Challenges in China

     20 June, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     In our 2012 CEO Challenge Survey, human capital ranked as the number one challenge for CEOs in China. This webcast will feature research highlights of several recent works.

279. Human Capital Watch™: Human Capital Issues in India

     14 November, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     Join us for our November Human Capital Watch webcast, focusing on leadership development issues in India. This webcast will focus on how Indian organizations are developing better leaders faster.

280. Human Capital Watch™: Leadership Skills for Turbulent Environments

     20 March, 2013 | Human Capital Watch^™

     Joseph McCann, Ph.D., will moderate a panel discussion with Anna Tavis, Ph.D., and Mal O’Connor, Ph.D., to explore competencies essential for sustaining high performance during turbulent times.

281. Human Capital Watch™: Raising Engagement/U.S. Job Satisfaction

     20 February, 2013 | Human Capital Watch^™

     This webcast will examine engagement-related research results, including the 2013 U.S. Job Satisfaction report and Employee Engagement: What Works Now?, as well as the methods companies can use to raise workforce engagement.

282. Human Capital Watch™: Revisiting the Competencies for D&I Practitioners

     18 April, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     Three years ago, The Conference Board published a report which identified seven competencies necessary for successful D&I professionals. In the next HC Watch, we will explore the relevance of those seven competencies today.

283. Human Capital Watch™: Talent Management Tomorrow

     15 August, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     Join Rebecca L. Ray, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Human Capital, as she moderates a panel discussion about key factors that Talent Management executives view as having a strong impact on their organizations.

284. Human Capital Watch™: The CHRO & the Board

     19 September, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     This Human Capital Watch web cast will explore the ways boards are addressing strategic Human Capital issues, and review some of the vital questions that every board member needs to consider.

285. Human Capital Watch™: The State of Human Capital

     17 October, 2012 | Human Capital Watch^™

     Join Rebecca L. Ray, Ph.D. as she moderates a panel discussion with the report’s researchers who will focus on the key findings from The State of Human Capital report.

286. Human Rights Risk (Part 1)

     30 April, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     We will learn the who, what, why, and how of human rights risks. While many think of this as an issue for emerging markets only, human rights violations happen in every country around the world.

287. Human Rights Risk (Part 2)

     02 May, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     We will hear from corporate leaders and why they have committed resources to manage their human rights risks. We will discuss how they got started in this area and who internal stakeholders are within companies.

288. Impact of Financial Regulation on Companies–U.S. and Europe

     08 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Join U.S. and European capital risk/solvency experts in a discussion on how changes in policy will affect multi-national financial firms learning to manage these changes and how actions will impact non-financial companies and their pension funds.

289. Improving Employment Outcomes for Employees with Disabilities

     06 May, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Please join this webcast to learn how a Conference Board Research Working group is structured, what kinds of companies join and what are the benefits for your organization and for you as a leader in this area.

290. Improving Employment Outcomes for Employees with Disabilities

     23 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Employers around the world are concerned about how to increase the pool of available, qualified talent. A soon to be released Conference Board report explores a variety of strategies and leading practices to help employers better leverage this population.

291. Improving People Management and Reducing Turnover in Shared Services Organizations (Asia Time Zone)

     19 October, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This interactive webcast will explore critical competencies and required skills in evolving Shared Services Organizations. Discussions will focus on recruitment and talent management including organizational drivers.

292. Improving the Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities

     30 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will explore the four critical elements of hiring people with disabilities – the business case, organizational readiness, self-identification, and how to measure success.

293. Influence Tracking: Exploring the Complex Conversation between Audience and Brand

     26 October, 2010 | Special Webcast

     Join us as we examine the current state of play in market research, new models and tools available to marketing teams, and what we are learning about the evolving world of market research.

294. Information and Communication Technology: Strategies for the Road Ahead (Part 2)

     10 May, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     While the economic and business gains from ICT are clear, how has it impacted society and culture? How can we reduce negative social and cultural effects from transitioning to new applications?

295. Information and Communication Technology: Strategies for the Road Ahead (Part 3)

     14 May, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     How will the regulatory environment for information and communication technology evolve in the coming decade, and what new challenges will regulators face as new applications and platforms emerge?

296. Information and Communication Technology: Strategies for the Road Ahead (Part 1)

     03 May, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     The past decades have seen major economic, social, and cultural gains from Information and Communication Technology. But what more can we expect? Has ICT run its course, or are the new applications around the corner? And what barriers remain?

297. Innovation Begins with Creative Employees

     22 June, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will focus on how companies are getting involved in arts education as a way to support development of necessary skills for the 21st Century workforce.

298. Innovation Ecosystems

     15 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Hear from an expert on open innovation to understand why competitive advantage increasingly depends upon who has the best relationships, not who owns the technology.

299. Innovation Hands On: The Four Critical Steps to Successful Implementation (Part 1)

     19 July, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Join us for this unique, two-part Knowledge Series and learn from leading practitioners how innovation is actually done: ‘hands-on.’

300. Innovation Hands On: The Four Critical Steps to Successful Implementation (Part 2)

     21 July, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Join us for this unique, two-part Knowledge Series and learn from leading practitioners how innovation is actually done: ‘hands-on.’

301. Innovation, Productivity & Growth: A Focus on Manufacturing

     23 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     The Productivity and Competitiveness team joins Katy George and James Manyika (McKinsey Global Institute) to discuss some of the insights from MGI’s latest study on Manufacturing the Future: The Next Era of Global Growth and Innovation.

302. Innovation: Keeping CEOs awake at night

     18 June, 2012 | Special Webcast

     The race to innovate defines today’s global business environment. How are CEOs around the world meeting this challenge?

303. Innovation: The Hidden Driver of Company Profit and National Competitiveness

     03 June, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast describes the state of the art in the measurement of intangible capital and its contribution to economic growth, with comparisons of intangible investment in eleven advanced economies.

304. Inspiring Employees, Inspiring the World

     31 October, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Social media is helping to deliver two global collaborative initiatives – Dell’s Make a Difference employee engagement community and the Dell Social Innovation Challenge. Learn how these programs utilize social media to create broader connections.

305. Intangible Assets, Business Strategy and Stock Prices

     23 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Intangible assets account for about half of the market value of publicly listed firms and are key to the competitiveness of many firms in the knowledge economy. This webcast discusses how a firm can keep effective records of intangible assets, and how that may affect the decision making of executives, the firm’s stock prices and investor confidence in the short- and long-term.

306. Intangibles Count

     15 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Innovative firms of all sizes have begun to measure and report their intangible assets and investments. This webcast will feature a dialogue on the nature of intangibles and why taking account of intangibles can help mid-sized firms increase value.

307. Integrating Returning Veterans into the Civilian Workforce: The Challenges and Opportunities

     20 October, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss the population of returning Veterans and the value and the scope of talent within this group.

308. Integrating Returning Veterans into the Corporate Workforce

     17 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Hear from a company whose CEO was impressed by the attributes veterans bring to the workforce, but had few available jobs, so decided to start an internship program to help these men and women gain corporate experience.

309. Integrating Social Media into Your Talent Strategy

     26 July, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     The ability to attract, recruit, and retain the “right” talent in today’s turbulent environment requires new thinking, and integrating social media and social networks can be critical.

310. Integrating Sustainability into Your Company’s ROI Strategy (Part 1)

     23 April, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     As sustainability practice evolves to emphasize return on investment, it becomes critical to measure and quantify results. This webcast will analyze Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that demonstrate successful completion of sustainability goals.

311. Integrating Sustainability into Your Company’s ROI Strategy (Part 2)

     01 May, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     Initiating sustainability practices for your company can be a challenge. In order for sustainability efforts to be measurable, thorough, and long lasting, it is essential that everyone in the company participate and understand their role.

312. Integrating Sustainability into Your Company’s ROI Strategy (Part 3)

     07 May, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     Investors are increasingly taking a proactive approach that allows them to profit from companies that plan to provide products and services that address the most pressing sustainability issues, driven by the market of those looking for solutions.

313. Integrating Wellness Initiatives into Human Capital Strategy

     16 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will explore methods to ensure wellness initiatives are better integrated within the larger human capital strategy of a company to produce maximum impact.

314. Internet-Based Innovation in the Global Ecosystem

     05 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Discover how 3M is applying internet-centric innovation to forge powerful new connections with customers worldwide.

315. Investing in Learning during Feast or Famine

     27 October, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss strategies to develop exceptional learning and development initiatives regardless of the economic climate.

316. Journey to World-Class Safety

     24 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Members of The Conference Board Chief EH&S Officers’ Council discuss the results of a benchmarking survey led by Disney and DuPont on World Class Safety.

317. Key Findings from The 2010 Philanthropy Agenda Survey

     28 April, 2010 | Special Webcast

     Join the report’s author, Carolyn Cavicchio, for a pre-release look at the report’s findings.

318. Keynote Presentation: Leaders Make the Future

     19 July, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     External forces will reshape the attributes and actions of leaders around the globe. Leaders face the challenge of responding to these forces while defining the future. This session will discuss the most important future leadership skills.

319. Knowledge Transfer in the Digital Age: Crossing Boundaries (Part 1)

     16 March, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This three-part KnowlEdge Series examines how social media and other digital tools can be integrated with current learning and knowledge management practices to expand the depth, breadth, and flow of learning and knowledge across an organization with remarkable efficiency.

320. Knowledge Transfer in the Digital Age: Crossing Boundaries (Part 2)

     24 March, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This three-part KnowlEdge Series examines how social media and other digital tools can be integrated with current learning and knowledge management practices to expand the depth, breadth, and flow of learning and knowledge across an organization with remarkable efficiency.

321. Knowledge Transfer in the Digital Age: Crossing Boundaries (Part 3)

     30 March, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This three-part KnowlEdge Series examines how social media and other digital tools can be integrated with current learning and knowledge management practices to expand the depth, breadth, and flow of learning and knowledge across an organization with remarkable efficiency.

322. Leadership Development

     10 December, 2009 | Conference KeyNotes

     This webcast will include video footage of two headline presentations that will set the context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

323. Leadership Development with Dr. Ralph Shrader, CEO, Booz Allen Hamilton

     02 December, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast contains video clips of Booz Allen Hamilton CEO, Dr. Ralph Shrader, discussing what it takes to develop leaders who capture the hearts and minds of followers. Leadership and Talent Management executives comment on the issues raised.

324. Leadership Experience: D-Day at Normandy

     12 January, 2012 | Special Webcast

     The Normandy Experiential Program has proved to be a powerful and effective exercise for organizations that want to align a team, either by bringing together a disparate group of global leaders or galvanizing an intact senior management team.

325. Leadership Transitions: A Lifeline for Your Organization

     20 November, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     It is the transition between levels that is the most vulnerable point in a leader’s career. It is imperative that individual motivators, experience, competencies, plus foundational predispositions are addressed at each career stage.

326. Leading Economic Index®(LEI) Luncheon Briefing

     26 January, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Please join us for a complimentary luncheon briefing on The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index®(LEI): How the recent change in components will help business decision makers better assess future economic and financial conditions.

327. Lean Six Sigma: Improving Performance of Business Support Functions

     02 December, 2010 | Special Webcast

     A combination of Lean and Six Sigma provides the tools and techniques to accommodate and enhance a wide variety of internal customer relationships throughout the value chain and to create business improvements on an ongoing basis.

328. Learning @ the Speed of Global Business

     27 January, 2011 | Special Webcast

     How can a firm bring its best knowledge to bear on emerging business opportunities faster than the speed of global business?

329. Learning in a Social World

     30 November, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     What are forward thinking multinationals doing now to leverage social learning and collaboration to grow and sustain a culture of lifelong learning and achieve new levels of performance?

330. Lessons From America’s Top CMOs

     07 April, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast (The 2010 Senior Marketing Executive Conference) discusses “Lessons From America’s Top CMO’s” and “A Case Study of Reinventing Marvel (Comic Books.)”

331. Let Go & Lead! Innovative Thinking from Influential Leaders

     24 September, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will share perspectives on what it means to lead in today’s ever-changing world; a world where leaders feel less and less in control.

332. Leveling the Playing Field for Employees with Disabilities

     12 July, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Discussion of key findings from a soon-to-be-released report from a Research Working Group on attracting, engaging and advancing people with disabilities. This webcast will include a business case and organizational imperatives and information on veterans

333. Leveraging Alliances for Innovation

     07 January, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     Innovation is a key growth driver. Many companies find strength and support for innovation initiatives through alliances. A senior executive will share how he developed alliances to bolster their innovation efforts and modernize their business.

334. Leveraging Growth Capabilities in a Changing World

     23 March, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will include discussion of key themes from The 2010 Shared Services Conference which was themed: “Driving Strategic Value and Leveraging Growth Capabilities in a Changing World.”

335. Leveraging Turnover and Exit Data to Increase Retention

     10 February, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     After analyzing 19,700 third-party post-exit interviews, Leigh Branham will report on his analysis of data based on responses to his Decision-to-Leave study (2004-2011) and share how this business intelligence can be applied to manage retention.

336. LGBT in the Work Place: What's New, What's Changed? (Part 1)

     10 November, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     What’s changed with LGBT initiatives and what are organizations are doing to attract, retain and engage LGBT leaders, staff and customers.

337. LGBT in the Work Place: What's New, What's Changed? (Part 2)

     17 November, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     As we have seen with other underrepresented groups in the workplace, the involvement of the members of the majority populations is an important component in making change happen.

338. Making It Real: Six Key Steps for Winning with On-Boarding Program Redesign Efforts

     02 June, 2009 | Special Webcast

     In this webcast, participants will learn about the key pillars, phases, and design and implementation steps for an effective on-boarding program that is aligned with business strategy.

339. Managing China in Transition

     15 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Regardless of how China lands – hard, soft or in-between – the next 24 months will be transitional, for better or for worse.

340. Managing Employee Engagement through a Generational Lens: What Has Changed?

     03 March, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will use the lens of generational differences, and the common ground that brings the generations together, to help leaders create engaging, positive work environments that foster innovation in this economic downturn.

341. Managing Ethical Conduct: Challenges for the Global Company

     18 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Ethical conduct of officers is an evolving discussion within public companies. In response to emerging global risks, companies have created the role of Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer (CECO). This webcast will address the role of the CECO.

342. Managing Human Capital Risk: Who’s Doing It? How Can We get Started?

     01 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     People make up a huge proportion of operating costs, and many CEOs claim that employees are the company’s most important asset. Yet most companies omit human capital altogether or include a limited number of people-related issues when they identify, assess, prioritize and treat company-wide risks through Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)!

343. Managing Human Capital Risk: Who’s Doing It? How Can We get Started?

     14 September, 2011 | Special Webcast

     People make up a huge proportion of operating costs, and many CEOs claim that employees are the company’s most important asset.

344. Managing Human Capital Risk: Applying Risk Management Tools to Strategic Workforce Planning (Part 1)

     15 September, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     What can Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) learn from applying Risk Management processes and tools and how can Risk Management gain by using SWP to manage human capital risks? The two functions use many of the same tools and face similar obstacles to imp

345. Managing Human Capital Risk: Applying Risk Management Tools to Strategic Workforce Planning (Part 2)

     29 September, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     Many companies have little information about their contractors or the potential risks they pose in terms of intellectual privacy, data security, depletion of critical workforce segments or knowledge loss.

346. Managing Stakeholders In The Age Of New Media

     10 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     An interactive presentation with Mark Hunter from INSEAD, who's research has identified a powerful sector of media that is controlled by stakeholders with the purpose of influencing other stakeholders and organizations (like governments or firms).

347. Managing the Total Workforce: Contingent Labor in Strategic Workforce Planning (Part 1)

     09 January, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     We’ll explore the shift in the labor force and its impacts by examining the current state of contingent worker (CW) management, current trends in CW use, and what CW management and SWP can contribute to Total Workforce Management.

348. Managing the Total Workforce: Contingent Labor in Strategic Workforce Planning (Part 2)

     16 January, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     How can companies get started on the path to total workforce management?

349. Managing Towards a New Business Reality (Part 1)

     15 January, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     The first session will look at medium term economic scenarios and the factors to watch to determine the course of the economy.

350. Managing Towards a New Business Reality (Part 2)

     21 January, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     What is the new reality in regard to government/ business interaction? What will be the priorities in the new administration? What can companies do to adapt?

351. Managing Towards a New Business Reality (Part 3)

     28 January, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     What is the Wealth Creation Model? What are the types of decision vectors in Marketing, Margins and Productivity that protect long term value? How can they be preserved in difficult economic times?

352. Market Presence Risk: Macro issues and your risk profile

     22 February, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     While companies can be quite good at analyzing risks of entering new markets, what consideration is given to markets in which your firm already operates? How do political, economic and other changes around the globe impact your risk profile?

353. Maximizing Human Capital: Employees with Disabilities: Building Your Leadership Pipeline

     07 April, 2009 | Special Webcast

     In this webcast, we investigate best practices for maximizing development and advancement strategies for one particular group of employees: those with disabilities.

354. Mayo Clinic and the Power of Internal Branding and Storytelling

     25 September, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Learn how to challenge the assumption that advertising builds brands, reinforce the role of internal branding and recognize how storytelling reinforces the brand promise for employees.

355. Michelin and The Conference Board: An Engaged Partnership

     28 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

     In an age when many companies are struggling to assess engagement as a measure of organisational success, the key question that surfaces is "Should we look at employee engagement differently?"

356. Micro-Inequities

     22 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Micro-inequities are subtle, often semi-unconscious cues that reveal far more about the nature of a relationship than words convey. Learn how this concept and approach has evolved and how it can effectively be incorporated into your D & I strategy.

357. Mobilize Your Organization: Digital Media Goes Mainstream in Support of Corporate Functions (Part 1)

     01 December, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     Explore how digital media are ‘going mainstream’ and becoming an integral part of the core functions of corporations.

358. Mobilize Your Organization: Digital Media Goes Mainstream in Support of Corporate Functions (Part 2)

     08 December, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     Explore how digital media are ‘going mainstream’ and becoming an integral part of the core functions of corporations.

359. Mobilize Your Organization: Digital Media Goes Mainstream in Support of Corporate Functions (Part 3)

     19 January, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Explore how digital media are ‘going mainstream’ and becoming an integral part of the core functions of corporations.

360. Mobilizing the Strategic Power of HR (Part 1)

     25 February, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will address the issue of ensuring that the HR strategy is derived from the overall strategies of the business. It will discuss the current evidence for how HR, appropriately aligned with the business strategy, can be an integral factor in improved organizational performance.

361. Mobilizing the Strategic Power of HR (Part 2)

     11 March, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     Building an enterprise-level perspective of the business becomes easier when you are able to look at the organization from various functional points of view. Integrating these points of view into the competencies of the HR team increases the team's relevance to business partners and its potential impact on the business.

362. Mobilizing the Strategic Power of HR (Part 3)

     25 March, 2009 | KnowlEdge Series

     This program will address how to build analytic heft with or without the latest technology.

363. NEUJOBS Webcast Series

     28 June, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Large transitions in energy use and other ecological changes are rarely looked at in conjunction with the dramatic changes in the demand for labor, different occupations and talents. This webcast looks at historic and future changes in this relationship in both Europe and the United States.

364. NEUJOBS Webcast Series

     15 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will shed light on three intertwined key questions concerning equality in education and pro-equality education policies: pro-equality educational policies in their policy context, the implementation of such policies and finally the effects...

365. New Directions, New Perspectives

     19 June, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     David Peterson, head of executive coaching at Google will share insights about how Google uses coaching as part of its broader talent development strategy.

366. New Trends in SRM

     03 April, 2012 | Special Webcast

     During this webcast, hear how leading companies are using SRM to balance the pressures of containing costs with the ability to foster relationships based on transparency, trust and the establishment of long-term mutually beneficial engagements.

367. Next Generation Onboarding and Transition Acceleration

     10 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Onboarding and executive transition can be dramatically facilitated leveraging virtual and collaborative learning platforms which provide global delivery, and cost effective and replicable offerings to hard-to-reach employees, executives and cohorts.

368. Onboarding for Success: Challenges and Opportunities

     24 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Two experts from the front lines of talent acquisition and onboarding will share what they've seen that works, what doesn't work, and what hidden opportunities are available to help new employees.

369. Onboarding Support for Rapid Growth

     20 March, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     Onyx, a bio-pharmaceutical company has embraced onboarding as a core element of its strategy for rapid expansion. This session will highlight how to foster high performance while retaining strategic focus and key cultural values.

370. Onboarding that Yields Innovation

     05 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Learn to use onboarding practices with social enterprise techniques to drive innovation in the social enterprise.

371. Organization Design: Designing for Effectiveness and Efficiency

     22 April, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss how leaders can stratify work to focus limited resources on differentiating capabilities while cutting costs in other "non-strategic" areas.

372. Organization Diagnostics (Part 1)

     17 May, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     AlignOrg Solutions presents an empowering framework with associated tools and skills that enable HR professionals to accurately diagnose and propose organization interventions that move the business forward and position HR as a strategic partner.

373. Pairing Corporate Philanthropy with Diversity and Inclusion

     07 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss how companies are increasing the coordination between corporate philanthropy/community affairs departments and corporate initiatives around diversity and inclusion.

374. Planning & Implementing a Rapid, Effective Shared Business Services Function in Asia-Pacific Region

     29 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Key trends in Shared Services in the Asia Pacific Region including methodologies & tools for service & functional effectiveness, Shared Services models and their relative merits.

375. Positioning for Growth in Better Economic Times

     30 June, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will help Human Resource Executives better understand the human capital drivers of successful restructuring and key considerations throughout the phases of restructuring.

376. Post Merger Integration: Accelerating Integration Capabilities

     24 August, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Post Merger Integration Conference (May, 2010).

377. Prepare Future Leaders: Using Virtual Tech and Mobile Devices

     14 December, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Learn how this organization recently developed a new executive development approach involving virtual collaborative cohorts, which utilized mobile technology and social media to create a flexible and engaging experience.

378. Preparing for Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting in the U.S

     29 April, 2009 | Special Webcast

     The Conference Board is presenting a webcast dialogue with the EPA to discuss specific aspects of the new forthcoming government regulations on greenhouse gases, and its implications for business including how the data can be used.

379. Pressure Points for Boards: Improving Directors' Performance in Times of Financial Stress

     28 October, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast offers a concise summary of the key areas boards need to address to meet rapidly evolving expectations.

380. Prioritizing People Investments to Optimize for Today While Preparing for Tomorrow

     21 April, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss why it is more important than ever for organizations to develop or refresh their people strategy to ensure that they protect their critical organizational capabilities as they optimize for today while preparing for the future.

381. Public-Private Partnerships: The Innovation Center

     18 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Understand the benefits of R&D collaborations at university-run innovation centers and learn how research experts, students, and problem solvers work together with companies, foundations, and the government to create transformative technologies.

382. Rating the Raters: Do You Know who’s Monitoring your Sustainability Performance?

     07 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will explore the best practices for raters, based on an in-depth study of 21 rating organizations and how companies can use information about the raters to develop a sound basis for deciding which surveys to participate in.

383. Recovery in China’s Workforce

     12 July, 2010 | Special Webcast

     The webcast will focus on The Conference Board’s labor and demographic projections for China and draw connections between the data and the business challenges that our members face

384. Recovery in Europe’s Workforce: Implications for the Labor Market and Talent Management Strategies

     21 June, 2010 | Special Webcast

     The webcast will provide insights for executives that help them internalize the larger labor market conditions related to their company’s business and bottom line.

385. Recovery in the U.S. Workforce: Implications for the Labor Market and Talent Management Strategies

     24 May, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss what needs to happen for full labor market recovery, and provide some thoughts about what to look for in the coming months.

386. Recruitment, Engagement and Retention Practices in the Real World

     21 April, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast series will include video clips and live discussion of sessions delivered at The 2011 Talent Management Strategies Conference.

387. Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Can the EPA Do It?

     23 September, 2010 | Special Webcast

     The reality of EPA action opens a variety of scenarios for business that are very different from what was envisioned under a cap and trade bill, including litigation, economic impacts and compliance challenges.

388. Research Partners for Global Corporate Philanthropy

     10 August, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Corporate philanthropy professionals are invited to attend this webcast to learn more about the nature and scope of the project; the time and financial commitment; and the output of the group and how it will benefit and enhance their current international philanthropic pursuits.

389. Research Partners on Human Capital Analytics: Making Data-Driven Decisions

     13 September, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Member companies of The Conference Board have asked for help in analyzing their data as a catalyst to changing their human capital strategy, and thereby enhancing HR’s financial and non-financial contribution to the organization.

390. Research Partners on Raising Employee Engagement: What Works Now?

     13 September, 2011 | Special Webcast

     The Conference Board will convene a Research Working Group on effective approaches to building employee engagement. This research process will outline the specific organizational, executive and managerial actions that can be taken.

391. Responding to Procurement Challenges in Today’s Volatile Markets

     30 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Our guest speakers, Dr. Schulte, former VP Supply Management at Unilever and Mr. van der Meer, VP & Head of Production Procurement at GlaxoSmithKline, will discuss how global corporations like GSK are managing the risks caused by volatile markets.

392. Re-Thinking Risk: How to Proactively Approach Large External Risks

     06 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Companies often separate sustainability issues from risks, which can create gaps in effective planning. If we focus on risks in operations or strategy without building the impact of some large external risks such as water access or ....

393. Re-Thinking Risk: Turning water into opportunity

     10 January, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Water scarcity affects every business globally. PepsiCo has transformed water risk into opportunity. Learn how large external risks ought to be part of every company's risk profile and how to build these risks into effective strategy and planning.

394. Retooling HR: Using Proven Business Tools to Make Better Decisions About Talent

     06 April, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Join us for our next Human Capital Exchange Book Discussion, featuring guest speaker, John Boudreau. John is a USC Marshall School of Business professor and author of Retooling HR: Using Proven Business Tools to Make Better Decisions About Talent.

395. Review Meeting of Safeguarding IP in the Supply Chain Working Group

     10 April, 2012 | Special Webcast

     How can multinational corporations design an effective program that protects their Intellectual Property - trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets – when dealing with their suppliers, sub contractors and third parties around the globe?

396. Revitalizing Your Customer Loyalty Program

     10 November, 2010 | Special Webcast

     As companies emerge from the recession and assess the value of satisfaction/loyalty programs, they are looking for ways to reduce costs and increase value. Learn how companies are reassessing and rethinking their strategies in this new environment.

397. Revolutionizing Talent Selection in Emerging Markets (Part 1)

     29 March, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will discuss how to evaluate your approach to organization development – the structure and processes that guide talent decisions- and explore how to define and implement talent management in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China.

398. Revolutionizing Talent Selection in Emerging Markets (Part 2)

     05 April, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will discuss how to select appropriate talent, develop a compelling employment brand, create community connections and rely upon local leaders to identify talent in emerging markets.

399. Revolutionizing Talent Selection in Emerging Markets( Part 3)

     12 April, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will discuss how to define global leadership competencies, identify leadership potential and develop individuals to lead in emerging markets.

400. Rising Revenues: Diversity in Marketing and Customer Relationship Management

     28 April, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will explore how Diversity & Inclusion can propel companies' marketing and CRM, thus increasing their sales and customer intimacy.

401. Risk Governance and Technology Systems

     23 March, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide discussion of and video clips from The 2010 Enterprise Risk Management Conference. Topics include: the new risk governance focus of boards and risk technology systems.

402. Risk Oversight Best Practices: What Directors Want and Need to Know

     02 December, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss how boards provide effective oversight through pushing for a deep understanding of key risks, taking ownership to improve risk management in the organization and assuring that risk plans are up to date and ready to be acted on.

403. ROI: Managing Critical Talent Pipelines to Drive Business Growth

     12 May, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast series will include video clips and live discussion of sessions delivered at The 2011 Talent Management Strategies Conference.

404. Rotational Assignments in a Challenging New Environment of Scarcer Resources

     18 March, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast reviews the components of rotational assignments to identify which are must haves and which are less critical.

405. Safeguarding Intellectual Property & Addressing Corruption in the Global Supply Chain

     03 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will review the findings from a Research Working Group report on Safeguarding IP & Addressing Corruption in the Global Supply Chain

406. Safety: Journey to Zero Fatalities and Serious Injuries

     24 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     The Chief EH&S Officers' Council invites you to a continuation of a discussion on "Journey to Zero Fatalities and Serious Injuries". Hear one company's approach to safety and their enhancements to reach the goal of zero fatalities.

407. Saving Millions by Automating Onboarding

     26 April, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     This webcast will share how North Shore-LIJ Health System reduced start time by 50% while saving $1 million per year in onboarding materials and orientation programs.

408. Scenario Planning as a Risk Management Tool

     26 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Join us for this webcast as our panelists discuss what scenario planning is and how it can be a useful tool for strategic development and capability building.

409. Senior Human Resource Executives and the CEO's Agenda

     15 April, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast (The 2010 Senior Human Resource Executive Conference) includes insights from The Deputy Secretary of Labor (U.S. Department of Labor) and from Siemens AG on “The CEO Agenda and Leadership.”

410. Senior Management Compensation

     03 April, 2012 | Special Webcast

     A clear trend is developing in the method selected by companies to improve the alignment of pay and performance outcomes—the increased usage of long-term performance plans instead of traditional stock options and restricted stock awards.

411. Senior Management Compensation: Getting Goal Setting Right

     15 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Join a panel of experts who will discuss techniques and tools for getting goal-setting right, pitfalls to avoid, and other key learnings from practitioners like yourselves.

412. Senior Marketing Executives

     17 March, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast provided highlights of The 2009 Senior Marketing Executive Conference (November, 2009). Video footage of two headline presentations set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

413. Senior Sales Executives

     22 April, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Senior Sales Executive Conference (February, 2010). Video footage of two headline presentations will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

414. Seven Ways to Make Your Customer Experience Less Boring

     15 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Explore how most successful brands in B2C and B2B across industry sectors have found the secret to balancing quality, consistency, and experience that truly wow customers.

415. Shared Responsibility: New Governance Requirements and Corporate Executive Roles

     02 November, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This three-part KnowlEdge Series will focus both on the governance responsibilities of boards of directors and on the functional and operational responsibilities of corporate staff who provide support to the board or board committees as they address these changed requirements.

416. Shared Services

     16 March, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2009 Shared Services Conference (November, 2009). Video footage of two headline presentations will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

417. Shared Services and Outsourcing Trends

     19 April, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This Asia Special Webcast will cover key trends and imperatives to grow Shared Services and Outsourcing, and will look at new leadership competencies, outcome-based business process solutions, business performance management and business analytics.

418. Shared Services as a Strategic Asset in the Downturn and Beyond

     21 October, 2009 | Special Webcast

     During this webcast, our panelists will share how participants can maximize their current delivery of services and where they can increase value to their businesses beyond cost reductions.

419. Shared Services Talent Management in Emerging Markets

     24 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will focus on strategies for Shared Services talent management in emerging markets, discussing the process fundamentals and execution necessary for talent strategy success.

420. Shareholder Activism – Has it Moved the Needle or Not?

     02 May, 2012 | Governance Watch

     Join our panel of investor and governance experts for a debate on whether shareholder activism has had the desired effects and moved governance in a productive direction.

421. Shareholder Engagement with Boards of Directors - Part 2

     11 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     There is increasing pressure for greater shareholder engagement in the U.S., the U.K., throughout Continental Europe (reinforced by recent proposals by the European Commission) as well as in India (reinforced by recent SEBI proposals).

422. Shareholder Engagement with Boards of Directors - Part 1

     19 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     There is increasing pressure for greater shareholder engagement in the U.S., the U.K., throughout Continental Europe (reinforced by recent proposals by the European Commission) as well as in India (reinforced by recent SEBI proposals).

423. Shift to Brilliant Employee Brand Experiences: The Vuja de Moment

     26 November, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Join us for a reprisal of the highly rated keynote presentation from the last Extending Your Brand To Employees Conference. This session defines a seven-step framework to reignite your brand.

424. Shifting US Housing Demand Over the Next 5 Years

     29 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     We will discuss The Demand Institute's perspective on how the housing recovery will evolve and its effect on different aspects of consumer spending, based on our 2012 report and more recent data. We will discuss our next phase of research.

425. Skills and Abilities in High Demand in the US Labor Market

     25 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     We present the types of skills and abilities for which demand has been growing the fastest over the last decade, both in the nation as a whole as well as specific industries. We also discuss how these trends are likely to develop in the near future.

426. Sleeping with Your Smartphone

     21 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Join Leslie Perlow in a discussion based on her eight-year, global study of work teams. She has found some small steps that have the power to improve teams’ effectiveness and teamwork, team members' personal lives and, and ultimately the organization.

427. Social Media

     03 March, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes webcast will provide highlights of The 2009 Social Media Conference (October, 2009). Video footage of two headline presentations will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

428. Social Media and Business (Part 1)

     01 February, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     We'll show you why the social media "tsunami" is happening and what you can do to predict--and prepare for--how this business changer will forever reshape your company and your life.

429. Social Media and Business (Part 2)

     03 February, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     So, how do you get on the side of the angels when it comes to the "tsunami" we call social media? We'll give you a litany of companies that have made the transition, explaining what they've done and how they've done it.

430. Social Media and Business (Part 3)

     09 February, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     We'll show you what progressive organizations are doing to capitalize on their own body of knowledge, as represented by the informal networks of their own people, and how they're becoming more responsive and competitive in the process.

431. Social Media for Business Performance

     01 November, 2012 | Special Webcast

     How can organizations leverage their existing internal social collaboration tools to directly increase productivity, reduce costs, accelerate innovation, and grow profits?

432. Social Media Meet-up

     08 June, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Social Media Meet-up (April, 2010). Video footage of two headline presentations will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

433. Social Media’s Silver Lining

     06 October, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss the approaches, tactics, and business cases for mining the silver lining of social media, thereby creating productivity-enhancing practices that can advance their own businesses.

434. SRM Effectiveness through Enhanced Supplier Selection

     16 September, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Supplier Relationship Management Conference (June, 2010).

435. Strategic Leadership in an Operational Role

     27 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

     High-caliber operational leaders are critical to the long-term success of a company but sadly are often underutilized. During this webcast we will explore the unique skills/contributions of these leaders and how to effectively leverage them.

436. Strategic Outsourcing

     03 December, 2009 | Conference KeyNotes

     This webcast will provide highlights of The 2009 Strategic Outsourcing Conference (September, 2009). Video footage of two headline presentations will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

437. Strategic Outsourcing: Capitalizing on Opportunities in the New Global Landscape

     11 May, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will include discussion of key findings that emerged from The 2011 Strategic Outsourcing Conference. The Conference was themed: “Capitalizing on Opportunities in the New Global Landscape”.

438. Strategic Risk Management for Boards

     26 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     The wrong strategy is more likely to be fatal to companies than any other single risk. In the face of financial crises, corporate fraud, and increased regulation, many boards have focused more on financial and compliance risk rather than strategic risk.

439. Strategic Workforce Planning Across National Borders (Part 1)

     04 April, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     Veteran strategic workforce planning leaders share their triumphs and frustrations in researching offshore talent and providing business leaders with workforce intelligence to make better decisions.

440. Strategic Workforce Planning Across National Borders (Part 2)

     12 April, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     In this session, you will learn how HR and strategic workforce planning can contribute to better footprint optimization, why lower labor costs should not be the deciding factor, and how people factors can make or break a company’s strategy.

441. Strategic Workforce Planning Across National Boundaries (Part 1)

     23 June, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will explore one company uses SWP to attract and retain the right talent in China and develop capability with across the organization.

442. Strategic Workforce Planning Across National Boundaries (Part 2)

     30 June, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will examine enterprise-wide implementation of SWP. Hear how Swiss-based cement manufacturer Holcim conducts global workforce planning, while allowing for local differences across national borders.

443. Strategic Workforce Planning in Action

     10 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Strategic Workforce Planning is the key link connecting and aligning HR strategy to business strategy. HR plays a crucial role, serving as a strategic partner to ensure the business has the right talent to execute its strategy and achieve its objectives.

444. Strategic Workforce Planning in Asia-Pacific

     16 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Dr. Mary Young will draw on recent research from Asia-Pacific and globally to share key aspects of designing and building effective Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP)capabilities.

445. Strategically Accelerating Global Leadership Development (Part 1)

     29 November, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     New research examines trends of how companies are accelerating leadership development. Best practices from organizations are discussed.

446. Strategically Accelerating Global Leadership Development (Part 2)

     06 December, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     In this episode we will discuss managing and overcoming such obstacles with HC executives who have implemented successful leadership development strategies outside the US.

447. Strategies for Expanding Global Partnerships

     26 January, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     It can be a challenge to maintain successful and profitable alliances. In this session you will hear candid insights from Xerox on developing a global alliance strategy, assessing internal resources and achieving clearly defined goals.

448. Succession Management

     03 February, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes webcast will provide highlights of The 2009 Succession Management Conference (October, 2009). Video footage of two headline presentations will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

449. Succession Management at Sara Lee

     09 January, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Is your organization still struggling with a lack of leadership bench? Hear how Sara Lee has gained alignment on key principles and components across the enterprise and about their work to upgrade and link their succession process with its strategy.

450. Succession Management: Leaders for Pivotal Roles

     26 January, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast contains video clips of senior executives from Prudential Financial discussing what it takes to identify and prepare leaders for pivotal roles.

451. Succession Management—Strategies in Times of Crisis

     25 June, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will show participants how to expand their perceptions and approaches to consider the rapidly changing environment, and the significant part that succession planning can play in a company’s talent management strategies

452. Supplier Collaboration in the Cloud

     11 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This Special Webcast will cover Cloud process steps including the forecast, purchase order, order response, inventory visibility, shipment notification, goods receipt, invoice, and payment notification.

453. Sustainability and Ethics: A Vibrant New Partnership

     27 September, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast contains video clips of the keynote address from The 2011 Conference Board Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Conference. The speech was titled “Sustainability and Ethics: A Vibrant New Partnership.”

454. Sustainability in Transition: Moving From the Margin to the Core (Part 1)

     10 May, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This two-part series will look at the impact of sustainability on business thinking, structure and strategy across the entire organization.

455. Sustainability in Transition: Moving From the Margin to the Core (Part 2)

     17 May, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This two-part series will look at the impact of sustainability on business thinking, structure and strategy across the entire organization.

456. Sustainability Reporting in Asia: Trends, Branding and Competition

     03 November, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss why GRI is gaining ground, especially among mainstream financial institutions, how GRI helps companies manage and measure their sustainability strategies, the opportunities and risks of greater transparency and growing stakeholder demands, and the future of integrated reporting and how this will impact corporate management and investor behavior.

457. Sustainability: A top concern for CEOs in Asia

     31 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     CEOs have also recognized that sustainability needs to be incorporated in company values and cascaded down into the ranks. How are they meeting the challenges around quality of life and environmental issues?

458. Syndicating High-Value Enterprise Content Across the Web

     18 May, 2010 | Special Webcast

     Join the editors of two innovative online publishing sites – The New Yorker and Turner – to learn how they have been reinventing publishing, and how you can apply their thinking to managing and publishing your corporate content.

459. Tackling the Challenges of Developing Your Top Leaders

     14 September, 2012 | Special Webcast

     In every company, a handful of high-potential and senior executives will disproportionately impact the performance of the organization. They can be the most difficult to develop. See how American Express faces this challenge head-on.

460. Talent Management: Demonstrating Business Impact

     14 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Too many Talent Management programs start with high expectations but fail to sustain enthusiasm, especially away from the HR department.

461. Talent Shortages in the Global and U.S. Labor Market

     21 June, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Using recent research from The Conference Board and the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) this webcast will present new and important insights on evolving talent shortages in the global and U.S. labor markets.

462. Technology and Collaboration to Develop and Engage Employees in a Global Workplace

     01 November, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2011 Diversity & Inclusion Conference (June, 2011). Video footage of the conference will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

463. Teleworking: Why virtual is fast becoming a reality

     07 June, 2012 | Special Webcast

     The trend of teleworking has been gaining momentum in recent years as employers and employees recognize the extensive benefits provided by teleworking in areas such as productivity, cost savings and employee satisfaction.

464. The 2011 Proxy Season (Part 1)

     08 June, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This first webcast discussion looks at the compensation picture. How have companies fared in the compensation advisory votes? Is there any pattern to the periodicy of future advisory votes? What do shareholders expect from companies that receive negative votes?

465. The 2011 Proxy Season (Part 2)

     15 June, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     What were the overall results of proxy voting this year? Sustainability and political spending led the list of shareholder initiated proposals. How did they fare? What are institutional shareholder views on these two topical matters? What do they expect from companies? How can companies best respond?

466. The 2011 Proxy Season (Part 3)

     29 June, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Looking back, how well did companies communicate with their shareholders? Did direct communications help investors better understand companies’ views and practices? What do shareholders advise corporations to do in the communication arena over the next year?

467. The Age of Ageing

     14 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

     George Magnus, author of 'The Age of Ageing', joins us to explore a unique demographic phenomenon for mankind and, therefore, one that takes us into uncharted territory.

468. The Apollo Program at Kennedy Space Center

     05 October, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Apply the lessons of the race to the moon to your business and professional goals. This new program draws on the leadership lessons of the manned space flight effort over the 10-year period of The Apollo Program.

469. The Basics of Succession Management

     22 March, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will include video clips and live discussion of a session delivered at The 2010 Succession Management Conference. Executives will explain the basics of succession management. This session is appropriate for managers new to the field or those from other fields who need to know the basics.

470. The Board’s Role in Ethics & Compliance

     25 April, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Gain insight on this timely topic and learn best practices when interacting with your board of directors so that a strong ethical culture can be set.

471. The CEO Challenge in Asia: Implications for Human Capital Professionals (Part 1)

     25 July, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     The first session will provide an overview of the results of The Conference Board’s study and how Asia CEOs compare with counterparts globally in their approach to human capital issues.

472. The CEO Challenge in Asia: Implications for Human Capital Professionals (Part 2)

     27 July, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     In the Part 2 of this series, Dr. Ray will lead a conversation with senior practitioners on how they are addressing key challenges

473. The Changing Face of Shareholder Activism (Part 1)

     29 April, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This KnowlEdge Series presents timely information from The Conference Board’s new set of resources on shareholder activism, including The Shareholder Activism Report and Resource Portal, which provide support to board members and investment managers seeking to assess, engage and respond to shareholder activism.

474. The Changing Face of Shareholder Activism (Part 2)

     06 May, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This KnowlEdge Series presents timely information from The Conference Board’s new set of resources on shareholder activism, including The Shareholder Activism Report and Resource Portal, which provide support to board members and investment managers seeking to assess, engage and respond to shareholder activism.

475. The Changing Face of Shareholder Activism (Part 3)

     13 May, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This KnowlEdge Series presents timely information from The Conference Board’s new set of resources on shareholder activism, including The Shareholder Activism Report and Resource Portal, which provide support to board members and investment managers seeking to assess, engage and respond to shareholder activism.

476. The Changing MO of the CMO: How the Convergence of Brand and Reputation is Affecting Marketers

     08 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     The traditional split between brand and corporate marketing has become irrelevant. Explore how the increasing merge of brand and reputation is disrupting the marketing function as never before, and how marketers are coping with the new reality.

477. The Changing MO of the CMO: How the Convergence of Brand and Reputation is Affecting Marketers

     10 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     In this webcast, hear from Bill Becker of Deere & Co. on how the traditional split between brand and corporate marketing has become irrelevant. Explore how the increasing merge of brand and reputation is disrupting the marketing function as never before.

478. The Changing Productivity Story: Trends in Productivity, Employment, and Growth

     25 March, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss the differences in productivity as we emerge from the recession.

479. The Comeback of European Labor Cost Competitiveness

     10 July, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast looks at the developments of labor costs and output per hour since the start of the recession in Europe. It gives an insight into which countries are the winners and losers and into the return of efficiency in European labor markets.

480. The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2011: A Conversation with Two Mid-Market CEOs

     16 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss: Challenges of Finding and Retaining the Best Talent Maintaining an Innovative Culture Dealing Creatively with a new world of government regulations The intersection of the challenges, perspectives, and needs of larger and smaller firms

481. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     09 August, 2011 | Economics Watch

     In the Economics Watch for August 2011, Jing Sima-Friedman joins Kathy Bostjancic to speak about China: Will China successfully slow down its economy without creating a hard landing in the near to medium-term? Long-term, what are the largest risks facing the Chinese economy?

482. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     14 September, 2011 | Economics Watch

483. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     12 October, 2011 | Economics Watch

     US/Global Monthly Series II

484. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     09 November, 2011 | Economics Watch

     Even though downward pressures on the U.S. economy seem to have eased somewhat, the odds of a near-term recession are still at an uncomfortable high level of 50 percent.

485. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     07 December, 2011 | Economics Watch

     The advanced western economies are mired in debt and deficits that threaten their future growth as well as global economic growth. Our discussion examines this dynamic and how these economies can emerge from their bad fiscal state and get back on track.

486. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     10 January, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Is the U.S. housing market finally turning the corner?

487. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     14 February, 2012 | Economics Watch

     The sources of inflation (or lack of it) in the United States and globally.

488. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     13 March, 2012 | Economics Watch

     How has the balance sheet of U.S. consumers changed?

489. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     10 April, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Shifts in global manufacturing competitiveness.

490. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     08 May, 2012 | Economics Watch

     What determines employment and wage developments in the U.S. labor market?

491. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     12 June, 2012 | Economics Watch

     A preview of the economic impact of upcoming elections and Washington policies.

492. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     10 July, 2012 | Economics Watch

     What key industries will drive growth in the U.S.?

493. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     14 August, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Impact of slowing Chinese economy on the U.S. – look at soft landing vs. hard landing scenarios and longer term outlook

494. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     11 September, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Regional assessment of the U.S. economy

495. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     09 October, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Are global imbalances becoming more balanced?

496. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     13 November, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Global Economic Outlook

497. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     11 December, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Business cycles in the global economy

498. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     08 January, 2013 | Economics Watch

     Economic perspective on CEO Challenge 2013

499. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     12 February, 2013 | Economics Watch

     How do work, income and consumption connect?

500. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     12 March, 2013 | Economics Watch

     In addition to our regular outlook on the U.S. and global economies this webcast will include an update on current budget wrangling and political stalemate in Washington.

501. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     09 April, 2013 | Economics Watch

     The U.S. energy revolution – what kind of game changer?

502. The Conference Board Economics Watch®

     14 May, 2013 | Economics Watch

     Escaping the sovereign debt-crisis: an update. Along with our usual global and U.S. economic outlook update, we will also reintroduce our framework that connects the management of the deficit and debt with the needed GDP growth targets of the economy.

503. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - Emerging Markets View

     16 April, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Bart van Ark will be joined by The Conference Board’s expert emerging market economists to review current outlook and discuss how emerging markets are impacted by global and domestic growth drivers and barriers.

504. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - Emerging Markets View

     17 July, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Bart van Ark will be joined by special guests to review the current forecast for China, the Asia-Pacific Region and India.

505. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - Emerging Markets View

     16 October, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Falling global commodity prices: winners and losers

506. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - Emerging Markets View

     15 January, 2013 | Economics Watch

     Understanding risks and rewards of investment in emerging markets

507. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - Emerging Markets View

     16 April, 2013 | Economics Watch

     The intra-emerging market relations are increasingly dynaminic in recent years. For businesses operating in a global environment, understanding the links between these emerging players is vital.

508. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - Emerging Markets View

     17 January, 2013 | Economics Watch

     Understanding risks and rewards of investment in emerging markets

509. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - Emerging Markets View (Asia Broadcast)

     19 April, 2012 | Economics Watch

     China Center Associate Economist Andrew Polk will host this quarterly Economics Watch® series specially tailored for the Asia-Pacific and Indian audience and concluding with a live Q&A that will enable participants to directly apply the analysis.

510. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - Emerging Markets View (Asia Broadcast)

     18 October, 2012 | Economics Watch

     China Center Economist Andrew Polk will host this quarterly Economics Watch® series specially tailored for the Asia-Pacific and Indian audience and concluding with a live Q&A that will enable participants to directly apply the analysis.

511. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - Emerging Markets View (Asia Broadcast)

     18 April, 2013 | Economics Watch

     China Center Economist Andrew Polk will host this quarterly Economics Watch® series specially tailored for the Asia-Pacific and Indian audience and concluding with a live Q&A that will enable participants to directly apply the analysis.

512. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     11 January, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Assessing the European financial crisis.

513. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     15 February, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Prospects for Europe‘s most troubled economies.

514. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     14 March, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Productivity, labor markets and competitiveness in the European economy.

515. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     11 April, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Previewing the French Presidential elections and economic consequences.

516. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     09 May, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Will Germany remain Europe’s economic locomotive?

517. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     13 June, 2012 | Economics Watch

     The impact of Europe’s austerity measures on economic growth.

518. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     11 July, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Sources of growth in Europe: what industries will be key to a sustainable recovery?

519. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     12 September, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Current condition of housing market in Europe and what it means for consumption and investment

520. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     10 October, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Highlighting key structural and regulatory differences between the UK economy and Euro Area economies

521. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     14 November, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Implications of the Global Economic Outlook for Europe

522. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     12 December, 2012 | Economics Watch

     A discussion of new Euro Area banking regulations and their implications for the economy

523. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     15 August, 2012 | Economics Watch

     Impact of slowing Chinese economy on Euro Area

524. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     09 January, 2013 | Economics Watch

     European economic perspective on CEO Challenge 2013

525. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     13 February, 2013 | Economics Watch

     Competitiveness, cost and productivity across Europe’s economies.

526. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     13 March, 2013 | Economics Watch

     The effect of changing demographics and labor market conditions on consumer behavior in major European economies

527. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     10 April, 2013 | Economics Watch

     Please join our special guest Péter Simon Vargha, the Chief Economist for Hungary at MOL Group, an international oil and natural gas company, for a discussion of how oil and natural gas supplies can affect the performance of European economies

528. The Conference Board Economics Watch® - European View

     15 May, 2013 | Economics Watch

     Do debt-laden European economies have a viable alternative to austerity? This month, please tune in for a discussion of the latest outlook for the Euro Area economy and to examine different scenarios for sovereign debt ratios in Spain and Germany.

529. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     14 January, 2010 | Economics Watch

530. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     09 February, 2010 | Economics Watch

531. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     09 March, 2010 | Economics Watch

532. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     13 April, 2010 | Economics Watch

533. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     11 May, 2010 | Economics Watch

534. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     13 June, 2010 | Economics Watch

535. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     13 July, 2010 | Economics Watch

536. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     10 August, 2010 | Economics Watch

537. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     14 September, 2010 | Economics Watch

538. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     13 October, 2010 | Economics Watch

539. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     10 November, 2010 | Economics Watch

540. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     08 December, 2010 | Economics Watch

541. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     11 January, 2011 | Economics Watch

     Tax Deal Will Boost U.S. GDP in 2011, but Will It Last?

542. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     09 February, 2011 | Economics Watch

     The Conference Board’s lead economists, Kathy Bostjancic and Gad Levanon will focus on the factors influencing workers' decision to delay retirement and the economic implications.

543. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     08 March, 2011 | Economics Watch

     Chief Economist, Bart van Ark, and Labor Economist, Kenneth Goldstein, will discuss the U.S. regional economic outlook including the impact of the state and local government budget problems.

544. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     12 April, 2011 | Economics Watch

     We will look at the increased dependence of the global economy on this part of the world, and also address the specific current concerns with regard to the economies of Japan and China, as well as the region as a whole.

545. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     10 May, 2011 | Economics Watch

     Headline inflation is rising across the globe, prompting consumers and investors to fear its impact. We will examine the impact of higher prices on different countries and regions’ economies.

546. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     14 June, 2011 | Economics Watch

     Two years after the official end of the Great Recession, we examine the current state of the U.S. consumer and the outlook for the next 18 months. How does the consumer fare among the cross hairs of a slowly improving labor market, a rebound in the stock market, still declining home prices, higher energy and food prices and expected fiscal tightening.

547. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     15 June, 2011 | Economics Watch

     Two years after the official end of the Great Recession, we examine the current state of the U.S. consumer and the outlook for the next 18 months. How does the consumer fare among the cross hairs of a slowly improving labor market, a rebound in the stock market, still declining home prices, higher energy and food prices and expected fiscal tightening.

548. The Conference Board Economics Watch™

     12 July, 2011 | Economics Watch

     In the July edition of Economics Watch, Jean-Claude Manini and Kathy Bostjancic will assess the ongoing European debt crisis highlighting the risks of contagion as well as the fundamental differences that exist across the countries.

549. The Conference Board’s 2009 Corporate Contributions Report –
     Pre-Release of Key Findings

     29 September, 2009 | Special Webcast

     The Conference Board’s annual Corporate Contributions Survey is the oldest and largest survey of charitable giving by major U.S.–based companies.

550. The Core Elements of a Successful Change Communications Plan

     11 September, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Communicating change takes more than sending a memo—it takes the ongoing engagement of all stakeholders. We’ll look at winning strategies to accomplish this and examples for communicating with all the people you need to engage.

551. The Corporation of the Future: Integrating Trust and Sustainability with Creating Shareowner Value

     07 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Tomorrow's Company, an important think tank in the U.K., has been for some time exploring the most appropriate corporate form for both business and society. This spring, it is hosting discussions on this subject by our webcast speaker, Prof. Colin Mayer.

552. The Courage to Ask

     05 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     In the current economy, most organisations are trying to do more with less resource. This entails making the most of everyone’s talent.

553. The Culture of Ethics

     02 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

     So you think you have established a solid culture of ethics within your organization but are now facing internal issues with your program. During this webcast, hear from experts on this hot-button issue and how to address these internal issues head on.

554. The Downshifting of American Jobs

     15 September, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Learn more about the labor trends across demographic groups, industries and occupations including wage growth of new hires versus “job stayers” and the increase in the average education level of new hires across industries and occupations.

555. The Dynamics of Waxman-Markey in the Senate this Fall: Will it Pass?

     20 October, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss the viability of the House’s bill (ACES) and a possible legislative timeline in the context of other major legislative initiatives.

556. The Effects of the Current Financial Stress on the Real Economy

     16 November, 2011 | Special Webcast

     The financial system has been showing signs of instability. The European sovereign debt crisis is spilling over to the banking system and beyond as financial markets grow wary. This webcast will look at the crisis from the macroeconomic perspective and...

557. The Emergent Organization: Enabling Change and Growth Through Digital Media (Part 1)

     15 July, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will present a case study from a company that has transformed its core business model by empowering consumers through the innovative use of digital media.

558. The Emergent Organization: Enabling Change and Growth Through Digital Media (Part 2)

     22 July, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will discuss internal uses of digital media for large companies to remain agile enough to recognize and embrace new opportunities

559. The Emergent Organization: Enabling Change and Growth Through Digital Media (Part 3)

     29 July, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This final session will examine a company that used social media and other digital applications to create teams and integrate cultures after a major transition.

560. The Employee Healthcare Workshop

     09 June, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Employee Healthcare Pre-Conference Workshop, held in February and March, 2010. Video footage of the session will set context for live questions and answers with the presenters.

561. The Endless Search for Advantage: Supply Chain in Emerging Markets (Part 1)

     27 October, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This two-part KnowlEdge Series program will examine current issues related from the perspective of companies experiencing the pressures of expansion in emerging economies

562. The Endless Search for Advantage: Supply Chain in Emerging Markets (Part 2)

     03 November, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This two-part KnowlEdge Series program will examine current issues related from the perspective of companies experiencing the pressures of expansion in emerging economies.

563. The European Commission Joint Research Center - Europe 2020 Strategy

     07 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     The European Commission’s Joint Research Center Director General, Dominique Ristori, joins us to discuss the latest initiatives within Europe 2020 Strategy "A resource-efficient Europe".

564. The First Six Months Under the Dodd Frank Whistleblower Rules

     04 April, 2012 | Special Webcast

     With the first six months of operation under the new Dodd Frank whistleblower program now completed, key leaders from the enforcement, whistleblower advocate, and corporate defense communities join in this interactive executive briefing.

565. The Future Leader – Essentials for 2020 and Beyond

     24 February, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Today, as new generations begin to make their mark in the workplace, the notion of what a leader is, and needs to be, is being challenged. Our current leadership model is not sustainable.

566. The Future Leaders Conference KeyNotes Webcast

     30 November, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     Where is your next generation of leaders going to come from? Hear Quintiles’ approach to identifying, diagnosing and developing leaders who can coach their teams and who will become future mid- and senior-level leaders on a global scale.

567. The Future of Energy: The Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

     23 June, 2010 | Special Webcast

     As the public and private sectors begin to explore the transition to a low-carbon company, executives are wondering about the challenges and promises of such a transition. Join experts who understand the issues and have an incumbent’s point of view on the

568. The Future of Renewable Energy & Energy Finance

     23 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Energy innovation is essential for any large-scale business to become sustainable in the long-term. We will examine current state and outlook of developments in renewable energy innovation, delivery, and efficiency in mitigating the cost of energy.

569. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Future of Integrated Reporting

     07 June, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss why GRI is gaining ground, especially among mainstream financial institutions and how GRI helps companies manage and measure their sustainability strategies.

570. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Leadership and Narcissism

     25 March, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will provide guidelines through recent research and practical examples to identify and manage the danger signals of dark-side leadership.

571. The HR Challenge in Emerging Markets

     04 November, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     This two part webcast will examine key factors that concern global HR practitioners.

572. The Human and Economic Cost of Climate Change: Assets at Risk

     11 November, 2010 | Special Webcast

     Without further investments in adaptation, climate risks could cost some countries up to 19 percent of annual GDP by 2030, undoing years of development gains.

573. The Human Capital Implications of a Weak U.S. Labor Market

     11 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

     The state of the labor market has a profound impact on human capital professionals. Some of the implications of this current weak labor market are shared across most businesses. In this webcast we will discuss these implications.

574. The Impact of the Economic Downturn on Corporate Giving

     13 May, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss how 2009 plans for giving by U.S. companies have been impacted by the global economic crisis.

575. The Importance of Integrated Reporting Standards

     08 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Join Mike Krzus of Mike Krzus Consulting and Aleen Bayard of Footprint Partners as they explain the concept of integrated reporting and its benefits and challenges.

576. The Intangible Drivers of Future Performance and Value

     08 March, 2012 | Special Webcast

     The infrastructure driving shareholder and stakeholder value in today’s business is made up of intangible (rather than tangible) assets. Learn what’s behind this shift and how to measure, manage and monetize the intangibles behind your company’s success.

577. The Key to Everything: Getting CEO Pay Right

     19 October, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     How can you incentivize the behaviors that will achieve sustainable success and balance performance orientation and the need to attract and retain the right talent?

578. The Labor Market: What’s hot and what’s not

     06 November, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Jonathan Rothwell from the Brookings Institution and Michael Mandel from Progressive Policy Institute will present on their findings of what's working (and what's not) in the US Labor Market. Where do the real mismatches lie and what are the implications?

579. The Latest Health and Safety Considerations for Nanotechnology

     10 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will focus on the latest H&S risks facing companies that produce nano particles and structures, as well as those who use substances that contain nano particles and structures.

580. The Leader as Coach: Improving the Coaching and Collaboration Skills of Leaders in Asia

     17 March, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Learn from FedEx’s experience working with executives and managers to develop the important skills needed in a lean, fast moving and innovative organization in today’s Asia. A key insight and requirement for success is that the initiative must be top down, as role modeling is a necessary driver of success in these areas.

581. The Link Between Diversity & Inclusion and Organization Development Processes: A Benchmark Study

     05 December, 2011 | Special Webcast

     If organizations are to deliver on the promise of enhanced innovation and having a superior employment brand it is critical that they approach D&I from a culture change perspective; and that means applying and/or fully integrating the D&I agenda.

582. The Making of a CCO…Tips to the Top

     05 March, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     Few talk about the other side of the equation, the personal side if you will, of navigating your way to the top and staying there. A former SVP of Corporate Affairs & President of Kraft Foods Foundation will share the unvarnished truth.

583. The Materiality of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Performance

     12 August, 2010 | Special Webcast

     In this webcast we will have an in-depth discussion on the meaning of materiality, how it has evolved (and continues to evolve) in financial reporting and how this can, or cannot, apply effectively to materiality determination of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk

584. The Middle Matters: Leveraging Mid-Level Leaders to Drive Performance

     30 August, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     Kris Routch, Executive Consultant at DDI and Dr. William Shepherd, Senior Vice President at Huntington Bancshares Incorporated will discuss how mid level management is a key driver of performance.

585. The Naked Company: Engaging Employees in a Transparent World

     12 April, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     Employees can shape a company’s reputation in an instant.  Today, companies must proactively and authentically engage their employees. Cisco Systems and ROI Communications will share their best practices for doing that.

586. The Negotiability of Facts in the Digital Age

     28 November, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast discusses how corporate crises are affected by digital media. How can we distinguish fact from opinion? Harlan Loeb, Head of Crisis and Risk Management at Edelman, shares perspectives on shifting dynamics of stakeholder trust.

587. The Next Generation of Engagement

     06 February, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This is an opportunity to hear about a unique community of practice in the engagement space; one designed to provide not only peer support and cutting-edge research but also the ability to determine the business impact of engagement activities.

588. The Rapid Evolution of the Digital Function: Finding the Path to Value Creation (Part 1)

     29 November, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will discuss how to create an effective governance structure and build productive relationships with the Business Units. We will focus on employing Project Management for governance and managing the growing demand for new skills.

589. The Rapid Evolution of the Digital Function: Finding the Path to Value Creation (Part 2)

     06 December, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This session will explore the relationship between IT and Business Units including a discussion of who and what drives the funding of digital initiatives and the metrics used to measure results. We will also assess trends over the next 6-24 months.

590. The Role of The Board in Risk Oversight

     20 September, 2011 | Special Webcast

     If the 2008 financial crisis taught us anything, it is that board oversight of risk is critical to the health, or even the survival of a company.

591. The Social Media Evolution

     17 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Many nonprofit organizations have dipped their toes into the set-me-free world of social media, but too many still have trepidations about taking full advantage of the toolset.

592. The Supreme Court and Free Speech (Part 2)

     27 May, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     The business view on political issues is seldom monolithic. Will the opinion lead to costly spending wars between industries that are on different sides of a particular issue or who support rival candidates that represent these opposing issues?

593. The Supreme Court and Free Speech (Part 3)

     03 June, 2010 | KnowlEdge Series

     The recent Supreme Court case Citizens United vs. FEC has been denounced by some as a catastrophe for the democratic system of governance and praised by others as a vindication of free speech rights for corporations, labor unions and NGOs

594. The Triple Bottom Line: Not a Zero Sum Game

     19 October, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Drawing on empirical research insights, Prof. Bhattacharya points out how companies can maximize the value of their CR initiatives by fostering strong stakeholder relationships to develop, implement, and evaluate compelling CSR programs.

595. The Turnaround: Driving and Sustaining True Change

     16 January, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     This case study shares insights on the approach and tactics used to help drive and sustain true change, and ultimately turn the tide of growth and success.

596. The Uneven Recovery: A Regional Economic Outlook with Focus on Labor Markets

     02 February, 2011 | Special Webcast

     The Conference Board economists will use proprietary data as well as other sources to present an economic outlook for the U.S. and its various regions. The webcast will focus in particular on labor market conditions.

597. The Votes Are In: Now What?

     07 November, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Will the November 6 elections fix our ‘broken’ government? Will the U.S. economy drive off the fiscal cliff? What do the post-elections results mean for tax, spending and overall economic policies?

598. Think Global, Act Local: Strategies for Success (Part 1)

     30 May, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     Leaders in every sector, every function, every size of organization are increasingly trying to “fix” what they see as problems of consistency between local teams and those at Headquarters.

599. Think Global, Act Local: Strategies for Success (Part 2)

     21 June, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     Leaders in every sector, every function, every size of organization are increasingly trying to “fix” what they see as problems of consistency between local teams and those at Headquarters.

600. Total Reward to Improve Employee Engagement

     27 October, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Recent research by The Conference Board has confirmed that there is a clear link between employee engagement and business performance. But worryingly there is evidence that globally employee engagement dropped significantly last year.

601. Total Reward: Compensation, Benefits and Beyond (Part 1)

     11 January, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Companies are talking about Total Reward as a program to retain and motivate employees but what does it actually mean and how are companies using it?

602. Total Reward: Compensation, Benefits and Beyond (Part 2)

     18 January, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     Companies are talking about Total Reward as a program to retain and motivate employees but what does it actually mean and how are companies using it?

603. Total Rewards in Asia: Building an Integrated Strategy for Attracting and Retaining Talent (Part 2)

     15 March, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     This webcast will include case studies on effective Total Rewards from companies with experience researching, developing and managing total rewards programs.

604. Total Rewards in Asia: Building an Integrated Strategy for Attracting and Retaining Talent (Part 1)

     01 March, 2011 | KnowlEdge Series

     The first session will provide an overview of Total Rewards and current thinking on best practices

605. Total Workforce Management

     28 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Companies are making increasing use of contingent workers (CW) ? that is, the non-employees who perform work as temporary staff, independent contractors, or employees of another organization that is delivering a statement of work project plan.

606. TouchPoints: Creating Energy and Direction Around Things That Matter

     19 September, 2011 | Special Webcast

     Doug Conant joins The Conference Board’s CEO Jon Spector to show how a leader’s impact and legacy are in fact built through hundreds, even thousands, of interactive moments in time.

607. Treasury - Looking to the Future

     21 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     2013/14 will be an exciting but critical period for international treasurers in terms of regulation and technological advances. With Basel III implementation looming and less than a year to go before legacy euro payments systems will be replaced ...

608. Trends in U.S. Consumer Spending

     30 October, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Consumption in the U.S has experienced major changes since the great recession. We will describe these changes and their causes, with a particular focus on the impact of the housing market, and discuss the outlook for consumption in the coming year.

609. Trust in Business

     08 May, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Trust in business after the Financial Crisis of 2007/08 is again a challenge for the business community. On this webcast, Jon Spector, president and CEO of The Conference Board will discuss the challenges and solutions with two though leaders in the area.

610. U.S. Climate Change Strategies without a Clear Legislative Signal

     02 December, 2009 | Special Webcast

     This webcast includes an overview of the EPA’s Endangerment Finding for GHG emissions, an update of vehicle emissions regulation and standard development, and a discussion of regional cap and trade programs without a federally mandated scheme.

611. U.S. Health Care Reform Update: What’s Certain, What’s Not?

     27 June, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     This session will give you an update on the legal, regulatory, and judicial landscape surrounding U.S. Health Care reform with up-to-the-minute information that clearly delineates what we do (and don’t) know.

612. U.S. Jobs and the Future of Work

     14 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will examine new research on the future of US jobs including the challenges for job creation over the next 10 years, the changing nature of work, and the types of policies that will be needed to reach full employment.

613. Unclaimed Property and the States: Stepped up Enforcement and Corporate Liability

     09 June, 2011 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will build upon a survey and whitepaper published by The Conference Board Governance Center titled: Expanded Liability in Unclaimed Property.

614. Unconscious Bias in Talent Decisions

     19 February, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     This session will look at innovative ways on how to mitigate unconscious bias in talent decisions by providing targeted intervention to talent management decision makers.

615. Understanding Financial Conditions and Financial Instability

     01 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will discuss the relationship between categories of economic and financial indicators and, to the extent that some regularities exist, how their analysis can provide insights for business professionals.

616. Understanding the SEC Climate Change Guidance

     04 May, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will explore the implications of SEC guidance for corporate measurement and reporting on climate change risks and how this can improve corporate investor relations.

617. Unethical Behavior and Financial Incentives

     04 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Why do ethical people sometimes behave unethically, even despite an organization's best efforts to implement a strong ethics and compliance program? This webcast explores research and the impact of ethical decision-making and financial incentives.

618. Unleashing the Power of Social Media Within Your Organization

     28 March, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     APCO Worldwide and Gagen MacDonald have teamed up to commission a groundbreaking research study to survey employees on the use of social media in the workplace and its impact on employee engagement and internal communications.

619. Using Employee Engagement to Drive Global Growth–One Location at a Time (Part 1)

     15 March, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     How much does an engaged workforce pay off for your business? This 2-part series explores how global companies are using engagement data to retain key people, build a global workforce of high performers, and improve business results around the world.

620. Using Employee Engagement to Drive Global Growth–One Location at a Time (Part 2)

     20 March, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     How much does an engaged workforce pay off for your business? This 2-part series explores how global companies are using engagement data to retain key people, build a global workforce of high performers, and improve business results around the world.

621. Using Social Media to Drive Operational Excellence

     21 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Social media is enabling transformation in some important parts of the value chain, especially marketing and communications. It’s time to learn and apply these game-changing technologies to the core of business: operations.

622. Using the Arts to Promote Diversity and Inclusion

     19 June, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Hear examples from businesses that are engaging with the arts to address diversity in the workplace.

623. Video Cast–The Purpose of Coaching in Leadership

     19 May, 2009 | Special Webcast

624. Videocast-Succession: Are You Ready? The Leader, the Successor and the Process

     28 April, 2009 | Special Webcast

     We will take you beyond what was presented at the "Executive Coaching Seminars: Learning from Legends and Thought Leaders" for a deep dive into the key issues and take away points of this timely presentation.

625. Videocast-The Neuroscience of Leadership: A New Science for Improving Human Performance

     01 April, 2009 | Special Webcast

     We will take you beyond what was presented at The Conference Board's 2008 "Leadership Development Conference" for a deep dive into the key issues and take away points of the presentation.

626. What Do CEOs Think About Human Capital?

     25 May, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Human Capital is not just about workers, their hours and their pay. It’s about what people bring to the organization. What do CEOs think about Human Capital issues? How do these concerns vary globally?

627. What I Learned by Doing Capitalism

     31 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Bill Janeway, identified by Hyman Minsky as a theorist-practitioner of financial economics, will discuss his new book, Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy.

628. What You Need to Know about Performance-aligned Compensation

     15 April, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

     Experts from the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, University of Delaware and Farient Advisors discuss what Directors and senior executives need to know about performance-aligned compensation.

629. Whistleblower Payouts Under the New Provision

     04 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Join a panel of legal experts as they discuss the SEC’s new whistleblower “bounty” program and its impact on securities law enforcement.

630. Who Can Lead Strategic Workforce Planning?

     27 February, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Companies struggle to find the right person to lead strategic workforce planning (SWP). Since it’s a new capability, they can’t find experienced people and they may not be sure what to look for.

631. Why Executive Pay Is Important to Investors

     03 December, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Increasingly, investors insist on appropriate sharing of business risks and rewards between shareholders and management. An investor discusses how compensation committees should utilize detailed and reliable analyses and metrics to connect the dots.

632. Will Slow Productivity Kill the Global Recovery?

     19 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     With the exception of the 2008–9 recession, 2012 saw the slowest global productivity growth in a decade with little improvement in sight for 2013. What prevents the global economy from recovering faster? How do we counter this downward trend?

633. Will The Greening Economy Require Different Skills From Workers?

     27 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     The greening of the economy is creating different jobs that require different skill needs. This webcast discusses a report by The Conference Board that assesses the green jobs in the European economy and the skills required to adequately fill them.

634. Winning Investors Over

     18 January, 2012 | Special Webcast

     In this webcast Professor Baruch Lev will critically examine managers’ beliefs and chart a coherent, practicable set of policies and actions to regain and maintain investors' support.

635. Winning with a Culture of Recognition: Strategies at the World's Most Admired Companies

     18 April, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Join Derek Irvine to get key insights from his book, "Winning with a Culture of Recognition: Recognition Strategies at the World’s Most Admired Companies."

636. Women and Leadership (Part 1)

     20 March, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     Dr. Valerie Young, leading expert on women and the impostor syndrome and the author of “The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women” will outline the key reasons why women are more susceptible to fraud fears, and how it hurts women and their organizations.

637. Women and Leadership (Part 2)

     25 April, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series

     What's keeping women under the glass ceiling? High-performing women simply don't have the sponsorship they need to reach the top!

638. Women’s Leadership Design

     30 June, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Women’s Leadership Design Conference (April, 2010). Video footage of the conference will set context for live questions and answers with the presenter.

639. Work Life: Leading in the “New Normal” Economy

     13 September, 2010 | Conference KeyNotes

     This Conference KeyNotes Webcast will provide highlights of The 2010 Work Life Conference (March, 2010).

640. Work, Income, and Consumption (Part 1)

     14 March, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     Gad Levanon and Bert Colijn will discuss the main trends in global labor markets and their impact on the ability of household to consume.

641. Work, Income, and Consumption (Part 2)

     26 March, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     Bart van Ark and David Autor will discuss new trends in income inequality, their causes and impact on consumer spending.

642. Work, Income, and Consumption (Part 3)

     28 March, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series

     Gad Levanon and Kathy Bostjancic will discuss how the different trends discussed in parts 1 and 2 will impact consumer spending.

643. Working at the Intersection of Human Resources, Ethics and Compliance – The Need for Collaboration

     18 January, 2012 | Special Webcast

     An ethical culture that is based on more than legal compliance is likely to enhance performance. According to research by The Conference Board, “ethics and social responsibility” are among the top 10 skills employers find important among new employees.

644. Working Through the Downturn: Human Capital Policies that Focus on the Long Term in Hard Times

     10 May, 2010 | Special Webcast

     This webcast will examine two companies that have taken a long term approach to managing their workforce.

645. You Unstuck: Creating a Culture of Risk-Taking and Innovation

     09 June, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

     This is a two part Conference KeyNotes Webcast series to include video clips and live discussion of sessions delivered at The 2011 Women’s Leadership Conference.

646. Your 2013 "Must-Do" List: Burning Platforms for Brand and Marketing Practitioners

     04 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Hear from Brand and Marketing Leaders on how they plan to expand their contribution in 2013 and gain insights and ideas for your own “must-do” list.

647. Your 2013 Must-Do List: Burning Platforms for Communicators

     06 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Leaders in communications management are anticipating future challenges and identifying that "short list" of actions they must take to help their organizations succeed. Join this webcast for a rare glimpse into their priorities and help shape your own.

648. Your 2013 Must-Do List: Change Management Professionals

     17 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     When expectations for performance grow and resources are tight, choosing the right priorities is critical. This webcast gives a rare glimpse into what Change Management leaders are selecting for their 2013 "Must-Do" list.

649. Your 2013 Must-Do List: Competitive Intelligence Professionals

     18 March, 2013 | Special Webcast

     What are recognized leaders in the field of competitive intelligence seeing as their biggest challenges this year—and what “critical few” actions will they take?

650. Your 2013 Must-Do List: Connecting with Millennials

     19 December, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Discover what measures corporate leaders are taking to ensure strong and positive connections with the next generation from a generational strategy expert. Build your own 2013 "must-do" list for engaging millennials in the workforce.

651. Your 2013 Must-Do List: Information Research & Management Leaders

     29 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Discover the "short list" of what information research and management professionals are planning to do for their companies in 2013.

652. Your 2013 Must-Do List: Social Media Practitioners

     24 January, 2013 | Special Webcast

     Which Social Media challenges and opportunities are so compelling that they've landed on leaders’ 2013 "must-do" lists? Tune in to this webcast to hear from social media leaders, ask your burning questions, and create your own list for 2013.

653. Your 2013 Must-Do List: Supplier Diversity Professionals

     13 February, 2013 | Special Webcast

     This webcast covers the "short list" of what supplier diversity professionals are planning to do for their companies in 2013.

654. Your High-Potential Leaders: Tell or Don't Tell?

     16 August, 2012 | Special Webcast

     Do you tell individuals at your organization that they are designated as high-potential leaders? Hear the research behind the recommended approach.