SESSIONS
Opening Keynote | Revamping Your Company Culture Post-COVID-19
Speaker: Mike "Batman" Cohen, Founder, Wayne Technologies, Inc.
Time: 11:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST
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For many of us, COVID-19 has drastically changed the way we work, but that doesn’t mean your company culture should suffer as a result. In this session, you’ll learn the common pitfalls of remote work as individuals and teams, how to keep the “Social” in “Social Distancing”, and how to evolve to match the new cultural norms.
How COVID-19 Has Accelerated the Use of Talent Acquisition Technology
Speakers:
- Anna Botten, Global Talent Acquisition Consultant, Strategy & Technologies, Siemens Mobility Limited
- Jin Hian Lee, CEO, Evie
- Diane Circo VP, US Talent Acquisition, Siemens
Sponsored by: Evie
Time: 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST
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Since March 2020 the coronavirus pandemic has not only accelerated the need and pace of transformation, but added multiple new dimensions to the challenges Talent Acquisitions (TA) teams face. Join our speakers as they discuss how the field has changed and where they see these changes taking hold for the remainder of the pandemic and beyond.
How an Essential Business is Keeping up With Hiring
Sponsored by: HireVue
Time: 1:00 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST
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Organizations have been grappling with how to add hiring to business continuity plans during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Newsflash: bootstrapped virtual interviewing, like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, won’t work forever. Join our fireside chat webinar to see how talent leaders at CenturyLink maintained their hiring process during COVID-19, increased efficiency, quality of hire, and even provided recruiters and hiring managers greater flexibility.
Panel Discussion | Strategies for Creating a Diverse Culture in a Remote Setting
Panelists include:
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Brian Fink, Senior Sourcing Recruiter, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Jason Treu, Chief People Officer, Unstoppable Workplaces
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Valerie M. Grubb, VIRTUAL Trainer & Executive Coach, Val Grub & Associates
Time: 2:00 PM EST - 3:30 PM EST
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Has your corporate culture been shredded by the pandemic? If so, you aren’t alone! Now is the time to revamp your corporate culture to be more diverse and inclusive. In this engaging panel discussion, experts will come together to discuss how to create a culture that is inclusive to all types of workers. Whether your workforce is partially or fully remote, their expert tips will help you improve your remote culture and unify your workers.
Employee Well-Being and Support During the Pandemic
Speaker: Camille Drachman, Director of Clinical Education and Specialty Programs, Sierra Tuscon
Time: 3:30 PM EST - 4:30 PM EST
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Employee wellness has never been more important than it is now, and given the stress from the pandemic, your workforce needs all the help it can get. In this session, an expert will showcase top strategies to help support your employees’ physical and emotional well-being during these times of uncertainty.
Closing Keynote | Leading in Times of Crisis
Speaker: Jason Treu, Chief People Officer, Unstoppable Workplaces
Time: 4:30 PM EST - 5:30 PM EST
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During these times of uncertainty, employees will seek out leaders to put their minds at ease and help them stay engaged. What does it take to be a leader in times of crisis? Our engaging opening keynote speaker will offer tips and strategies for being the most effective leader you can be and more!
About Keynote Speakers:
Lisa Rueth:
Lisa Rueth is CEO of Cultivate Leadership a consulting firm dedicated to Leadership Science, Executive Coaching and Social Change. With over 20 years of experience, Lisa left her role as an Executive in Telecom and Manufacturing to dedicate her career to helping organizations with the mechanics of leadership, human performance and systems of collaboration during uncertain and complex times. Cultivate Leadership specializes in helping leadership teams through accurate diagnosis, transition and change managment, leadership development, team building, change management, executive coaching and strategic planning. Lisa studied Applied Leadership and Organizational Psychology at the Ken Blanchard School of Business and holds a Masters of Social Change from UC Berkeley. She also holds many professional certifications such as Certified Customer Experience Engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt, Kaizen Facilitator and Certified Workplace Wellness Coach.
Bill Schiemann:
Bill Schiemann is the Principal of Metrus Group, specializing in employee engagement/fulfillment, strategic performance measurement and organizational alignment. Dr. Schiemann and his firm are known for their pioneering work in the creation of the People Equity (ACE) talent optimization framework, strategic performance metrics and balanced scorecards. He has consulted extensively with corporations on the development and implementation of business and people strategies; HR measurement; and creating high performance cultures. He also founded the Metrus Institute, which supports research and publications in the human capital arena.
Bill is a thought leader in the human resources field, having authored scores of articles and multiple books on talent management and employee engagement/fulfillment. Bill’s books include Fulfilled! Critical Choices: Work, Home, Life (Secant 2016), The Rise of HR, co-edited with Dave Ulrich and Libby Sartain (HRCI 2015); The ACE Advantage: How Smart Companies Unleash Talent for Optimal Performance (SHRM 2012); and Bullseye! Hitting Your Strategic Targets Through High-Impact Measurement (The Free Press 1999). His most recent article, entitled “Fulfillment and Workforce Planning—A New Paradigm” was published in Fall 2019 in People + Strategy, the HRPS Journal.
Bill has served on the Board of Directors of the HR Certification Institute and the SHRM Foundation, including as Chairman of the Foundation (2010). He is a Fellow and Scholar of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Bill received a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois, an MBA from the Stuart School at Illinois Institute of Technology, and a BS in Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology.
Jerry Seibert:
Jerry Seibert, MA, is an Executive Consultant at OrgVitality. He has 30 years of experience working with organizations to measure and improve customer, employee and other stakeholder perceptions. In addition to leading a wide range of client engagements, Mr. Seibert has also led research in internal customer service and its connection to business outcomes. He has designed and implemented employee surveys for hu7ndreds of organizations, ranging in scope from global entities to small privately held firms. He is the co-author of Hidden Drivers of Success: Leveraging Employee Insights for Strategic Advantage, published by SHRM in 2013, and has more than 20 publications to his credit in a variety of peer reviewed and professional journals. Prior to OV, he was a partner with Metrus Group (NJ), CEO of the software company Radicalogic Technologies (Toronto), and President of the global research and consulting firm Parkside Associates (Chicago). Mr. Seibert received his M.A. degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. He has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Delaware.
