Webcast:
This special webcast panel looks at the global workforce dynamics affecting today's US-based multi-national employers through the eyes of some of the leading talent management practitioners in the industry. Panelists from Pepsico, Informatica, Deloitte and The Herman Group will discuss what leading organizations are doing to address the unique challenges they face in an increasingly global environment including:
Presenters
Dr. Church is responsible for leading the enterprise wide talent management and people development agenda for PepsiCo. This includes responsibility for the People Planning process, high-potential identification programs, the Performance Management process, Organizational Health Surveys, and the 360-degree/Hogan feedback process. He joined PepsiCo in December 2000. Previously he spent nine years as an external OD consultant working for W. Warner Burke Associates. Allan also spent several years at IBM in the Communications Measurement and Research, and Corporate Personnel Research departments. On the side, he has served as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, a Visiting Faculty Scholar at Benedictine University, and a past Chair of the Mayflower Group. He has also served as former Editor of the Organization Development Journal, The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist and the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology's Professional Practice Book Series. An active writer, he has authored 4 books, 20 book chapters, and over 120 practitioner and scholarly articles. Allan received his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University. In 1999 he received the OD Consultant of the Year award from the Organization Development Institute. He is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science.
Certified Management Consultant and Certified Speaking Professional Joyce Gioia (joy-yah) has helped hundreds of clients create a more stable workforce, including companies like American Honda, MetLife, University HealthSystem Consortium, Procter and Gamble, and Bellcore. Using her guidance, one of her clients in the New York Metro Area reduced their turnover from over 300% to under 25% in less than 5 months! Joyce is a sought after speaker for corporate and association conferences and has spoken in 43 states and on six continents. Featured in Inc., Time, Business Week, Entrepreneur and numerous trade journals, Joyce is also a Strategic Business Futurist and co-author of five books, including the popular business book "Impending Crisis: Too Many Jobs, Too Few People" (Oakhill Press 2003) and the award-winning "How to Become an Employer of Choice" (Oakhill Press 2000).
Dr. Linda Pfeifer is Director of Global Learning and Performance at data integration software company Informatica Corporation. Dr. Pfeifer has worked in corporate education and human performance technology over two decades, including 16 years at Hewlett-Packard. She has developed and led global learning programs in India, Mainland China, Korea, Taiwan, US, and Japan. Dr. Pfeifer received her Masters in Instructional Technology from San Jose State University, her Doctorate in Learning and Instruction from the University of San Francisco, and is a Certified Performance Technologist with the International Society of Performance Improvement. Dr. Pfeifer's research focuses on the effects of executive tele-coaching on accelerated skill transfer and increased intrinsic motivation for management development, and has presented her research at several international conferences. She resides in Sausalito, California. She can be reached at: lpfeifer@informatica.com
With 15 years of technology consulting experience, Frank Wittenauer has spent the last twelve years leveraging technology to help organizations recruit more efficiently. Most recently, his work has focused on improving recruiting processes for Deloitte member firms worldwide. The result is higher quality candidates, increased retention, reduction in time to hire and reduced cost per hire.Led the design and development of Deloitte's first global career website, which is now used by more than 80 countries. This eliminated redundant websites and pooled each participating country's resources together, building a world-class career site that is consistent with our brand and localized to the individual practices. The site received more than four million unique visitors and 250,000 applications last year.
Susan A. Mohrman is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Her research is in the areas of organization design and effectiveness.She has published papers in professional journals and books on the topics of: Organization design for the knowledge economy; organization development, learning, and change; high technology organizations; the design of teams and other lateral approaches to organizing; innovative research and evaluation methodologies; the design of human resource functions; and employee involvement and total quality management.
