Strategy and Leadership Webcasts

2. Reinventing Recycling with Extended Producer Responsibility

   14 June, 2013 02:00 PM EST [14:00] | Special Webcast

   In this session, NWNA Chairman and former CEO Kim Jeffery will discuss his work to drive a long-term solution to recycling in the United States through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

On Demand

1. 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.

2. 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?

3. Human Rights Risk (Part 2)

   02 May, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series | 1:57

   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.

4. The Culture of Ethics

   02 May, 2013 | Special Webcast | 5:37

   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.

5. Human Rights Risk (Part 1)

   30 April, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series | 2:05

   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.

6. Ask Your Corporate Monitor

   29 April, 2013 | Special Webcast | 1:45

   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.

7. 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.

8. What You Need to Know about Performance-aligned Compensation

   15 April, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes | 6:19

   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.

9. 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.

10. Onboarding that Yields Innovation

    05 February, 2013 | Special Webcast | 3:1

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

11. What I Learned by Doing Capitalism

    31 January, 2013 | Special Webcast | 05:07

    Bill Janeway, identified by Hyman Minsky as a theorist-practitioner of financial economics, will discuss his new book, Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy.

12. Whistleblower Payouts Under the New Provision

    04 January, 2013 | Special Webcast | 7:27

    Join a panel of legal experts as they discuss the SEC’s new whistleblower “bounty” program and its impact on securities law enforcement.

13. Your 2013 Must-Do List: Connecting with Millennials

    19 December, 2012 | Special Webcast | 2:01

    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.

14. Managing Ethical Conduct: Challenges for the Global Company

    18 December, 2012 | Special Webcast | 1:01

    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.

15. Strategically Accelerating Global Leadership Development (Part 2)

    06 December, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series | 1:55

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

16. Unethical Behavior and Financial Incentives

    04 December, 2012 | Special Webcast | 8:50

    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.

17. Strategically Accelerating Global Leadership Development (Part 1)

    29 November, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series | 1:55

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

18. The Negotiability of Facts in the Digital Age

    28 November, 2012 | Special Webcast | 02:12

    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.

19. Leadership Transitions: A Lifeline for Your Organization

    20 November, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes | 3:32

    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.

20. Next Generation Onboarding and Transition Acceleration

    10 October, 2012 | Special Webcast | 01:55

    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.

21. 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.

22. Growing Leaders to Grow the Business

    15 August, 2012 | Special Webcast | 2:28

    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.

23. Keynote Presentation: Leaders Make the Future

    19 July, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes | 02:32

    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.

24. The Comeback of European Labor Cost Competitiveness

    10 July, 2012 | Special Webcast | 00:55

    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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. Innovation: Keeping CEOs awake at night

    18 June, 2012 | Special Webcast | 03:52

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

28. Emerging Markets: The Quest for Global Expansion

    14 June, 2012 | Special Webcast | 02:37

    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?

29. Sustainability: A top concern for CEOs in Asia

    31 May, 2012 | Special Webcast | 04:07

    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?

30. 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.

31. What Do CEOs Think About Human Capital?

    25 May, 2012 | Special Webcast | 00:53

    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?

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

    23 May, 2012 | Special Webcast | 01:50

    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?

33. The Social Media Evolution

    17 May, 2012 | Special Webcast | 04:05

    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.

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

    10 May, 2012 | Special Webcast | 01:57

    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.

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. 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!

38. 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?

39. 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.

40. 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.

41. Winning Investors Over

    18 January, 2012 | Special Webcast | 02:00

    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.

42. 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.

43. 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.

44. 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.

45. 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.

46. 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.

47. 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.

48. 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....

49. 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.

50. 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.

51. 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.

52. 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.

53. 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.”

54. 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.

55. 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

56. 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.

57. 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.”

58. 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.

59. 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

60. 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.

61. 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.

62. 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.

63. 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.

64. 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

65. 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.