The events of 2020 have fueled a global awareness of the systemic inequities that persist in the U.S. and around the world. Increasingly, there is broad global public demand for greater transparency & accountability from corporations to address systemic racial and ethnic injustices. By striving to identify and eliminate barriers to success, companies around the world can enable a more equitable environment where everyone has what they need to reach their full potential. In order to move the needle toward a more equitable workplace, organizations must hold themselves accountable, both internally and externally, listen and respond to the needs of their employees and be transparent about their commitments to drive measurable change.

Culture is the single most important differentiating factor that any organization possesses. In spite of this reality, many leaders wind up with a culture by default rather than one by design, leaving the workforce disengaged and uninspired. The greatest resource that any leader has is the untapped, latent energy and passion of the people within the organization.

When leaders release this potential, innovation and productivity soar and a movement of good is spawned that leaves in its wake an energized and engaged workforce. As a craftsman of culture and a movement maven, Dr. Randy Ross will teach you how to craft a culture that gets uncommon results.

Please join the Vice President, People at Slack, Dawn Sharifan in this compelling Executive Interview where she will cover how the pandemic affected workforces, addressing social justice issues within your organization, and how to support your team for success now and in the future.

Benefit packages, now more than ever, are an important piece in attracting and retaining the best employees. However, many employers are left trying to balance offering a competitive package and protecting the company’s bottom line.

This presentation provides an overview and education on the different solutions available to employers to create cost savings and program efficiencies within their employee benefits program. During our presentation we peek into what is driving rising costs in the healthcare and prescription drug markets and educate on the tools and solutions available to employers to beat these trends.

In March 2020, the need was greater than ever for Edward Jones to live its purpose and care for its clients and communities as well as its own people. In a matter of days, the firm made an unprecedented decision to safeguard their clients, colleagues, and communities by closing its branch offices to public access. The firm’s two-person branch teams were able to continue working using virtual tools to provide uninterrupted service for clients, but this required immediate and innovative action from Edward Jones to ensure the health and wellness of its associates. The firm announced several expansions to its already robust wellness program, removing barriers to care, the burden of costs, and bolstering a healthy and inclusive workplace. Suzan McDaniel will share actionable insights designed to

• Best practices on how to fast-track the activation or expansion of an employee wellness program during crisis situations
• Strategies to tailor support for current employees and new hires, offering resources and tools to help them succeed
• How employers can create a space to discuss topics that are relevant and important to their employees, such as diversity, equity and inclusion, mental wellness, and more

Join us for an insightful and thought-provoking panel discussion on creating a true workplace culture of diversity, equity, & inclusion. You will discover how to lead with empathy for meaningful progress, how to identify areas of need and corresponding metrics to the HR strategy, and why making DE&I efforts a core part of business objectives is key to organizational success.

Please join the Executive Vice President, Learning & Development at Equity Prime Mortgage, Julian Sado in this Executive Interview where he will discuss developing company culture with intention and what HR leaders should consider moving forward.

Optimizing labor and attracting and retaining hourly employees is a challenge. Today’s hourly employees want schedule empowerment, modern communication tools, and earned wage access. Legion’s AI-powered workforce management (WFM) platform optimizes labor efficiency and enhances the employee experience simultaneously – at scale. Legion WFM delivers 13x ROI through schedule optimization, automated scheduling, reduced attrition, lower compliance risk, and increased productivity and efficiency. Legion delivers cutting-edge technology in an easy-to-use platform and mobile app that employees love.

Please join the CEO at Goldman Sachs Ayco Personal Financial Management, Larry Restieri in this thought-provoking Executive Interview where he will discuss retention trends triggered by the pandemic, and identify the main challenges in talent acquisition, retention, and management efforts that are impacting companies.

In this session, you will learn how knowledge graphs and NLP and graph data science algorithms can be used to enhance your people analytic capabilities and data-driven decisions. We will explore how to extract information from documents and map your workforce to skillsets to enrich your knowledge graph through graph data science methods providing insights on career planning, skill alignment, training paths, and more.

Please join the Associate Vice President, Employee Health and LifeWork Strategies at Adventist HealthCare, Nicole D’Uva in this insightful Executive Interview where she will discuss post-pandemic burnout and initiatives that can positively impact the mental health of your workforce.

Please join the Vice President, Human Resources, Heather Crovo, and D&I Business Partner Lead, Mel Montes from Clarion Events – North America, in this Executive Interview where they will discuss how the events of 2020 kickstarted the development of their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative, and share insightful advice to leaders who are just embarking on their DE&I journey.

Trust and empowerment will be central to the success of hybrid work models over the coming years and will help ensure company culture transcends the walls of the physical office. Companies should focus on providing stability to their people so they are better able to handle the decisions that come from working in hybrid environments. Leaders must balance between offering employees the flexibility they desire while promoting and empowering strong employee engagement. In this session, Scott will share best practices for establishing trust and stability to empower success in hybrid environments.

Please join the Director of Talent Acquisitions at Southwest Airlines, Greg Muccio in this Executive Interview where he will discuss his model work for talent acquisition at Southwest and the future of the Total Talent Acquisitions program.

As employees push for much-needed organizational change through and for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) in the workplace, organizations are finding themselves in an “us versus them” challenge with their own employees. A mind-shift is needed to effectively do DEIB work intentionally, impactfully, transparently, consistently, and collectively. In this session, you will learn about how you can work with your employees to create a culture of DEIB, lay out the change management pieces associated with such an endeavor, and provide feedback on how to bring everyone on the journey to effectively dismantle the “us vs. them” DEIB workplace mentality as a team.

Never before has there been such widespread focus on the built environment and how it contributes to both employee and company productivity. The size, location, and function of an organization’s workspaces are being re-evaluated to determine employee accessibility, space utilization, and well-being. Human Resources is on the front lines of navigating these decisions and managing epic workplace norms. Mary will outline three truths that are essential to managing successful re-entry ultimately, driving workplace change.

Please join the Senior Vice President of International Human Resources at Coforge, Ruchi Kulhari in this Executive Interview where she will discuss people analytics within HR and why HR leaders need to embrace new technologies to enhance business functions and support the future of work.

Businesses and large-scale organizations across the globe have a strong appetite for scalable solutions for training remote, distributed workforces. At the same time, companies are beginning to confront the areas in which they lack in DEI, and are searching for solutions, which include virtual reality, and strategies that can help them foster a more inclusive, equitable workplace. This session will cover strategic ways to plan for and create an inclusive environment, including how to cultivate a DEI strategy that encompasses the concerns of both employees and employers; how to evaluate and implement emerging HR solutions that efficiently serve an organization’s goals; and providing insights on ways in which diverse teams lead to better outputs and increased productivity.

A core competency program helps not only by getting the right people on the bus and in the right seats but performing at their best, in the right role. Pax8’s purpose-built program addresses the entire employee lifecycle, improving not only productivity but also employee self-awareness and satisfaction, paving the way for well-crafted career growth. Organizations that strategically select, assign, develop, and advance talent differentiate themselves from their competition and enjoy a significant advantage in talent acquisition, retention, and mobility rates.

For organizations to survive, and continue to thrive, during COVID-19, they need to remain true to their purpose, and simultaneously leverage their core strengths and capabilities, and also customize their approach and become a more agile organization. This presentation will review how organizations can use their purpose as an inspiration for their customers and employees, exploit their core competencies, and think out of the box to identify innovative and environmentally aligned interventions to effectively deploy successful talent management strategies.