| 2005 LEARNING EXECUTIVE SUMMIT PROGRAM SCHEDULE |
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| Program Schedule |
| Note: Summit participants also have full access to all Training Directors' Forum events. |
SUNDAY MAY 22
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| 4:30-5:30 pm |
Opening Reception and Welcome*
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MONDAY MAY 23
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| 6:15-7:00 am |
Netwalking*
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Get your brain and body moving by starting each day with a combination fitness walk and networking talk. Carolyn Balling, training manager at E-LOAN and author of Fit to Train: How to Succeed at Training Delivery (Without Really Tiring), will lead a colorful exploration of the area's natural terrain. Balling also coaches Team in Training, an endurance program for marathon walkers, which benefits The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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| 7:00-8:30 am Continental Breakfast and Discussion Groups |
8:30-9:30 am
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Understanding Human Potential and Motivation*
Tom Rath, Author, How Full is Your Bucket?
According to extensive Gallup research, 65% of workers received no positive recognition in the workplace last year, and the same research showed that the number one reason people leave their jobs is that they don't feel appreciated. Furthermore, the U.S. economy loses an estimated $300 billion a year because over 22 million workers are "actively disengaged." This presentation, rooted in solid research and full of practical advice, will discuss the power of positivity in changing organizational and personal success. According to N. Joyce Payne, Founder of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Tom Rath has "created simple, but powerful, strategies for transforming the business of work and finding the beauty in life." |
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9:30-9:45 am Coffee Break
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9:45-10:30 am Tom Rath Keynote Follow-up |
| 10:30-11:15 am |
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Training Magazine's Top 100 Best Practice Session: Building Blockbuster Leadership Talent at Pfizer
Robert Hathaway, Director, Leadership Ed. and Dev. Global Leadership Effectiveness, Pfizer, Inc.
Not just another "me too" leadership program: Join the discovery process and examine how Pfizer Inc reinvented its award-winning Leading Edge leadership development series to design a blockbuster leadership program adding significant value to the development of talent across the globe.
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| 11:15 am-12:00 pm |
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Training Magazine's Top 100 Best Practice Session: Reinventing Learning for the On-Demand Enterprise
Diana Bing, Director, Enterprise Learning, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, IBM
Without the ability to innovate and adapt on an ongoing basis, many enterprises will not succeed. At the heart of the capacity to innovate and adapt is the ability to learn. Just as enterprises have had to evolve as a result of dynamic market opportunities and economies, so too must the training function. The on-demand era requires an entirely new vision for learning; one where individuals and organizations fundamentally change the way they think and talk about learning. Join Diana in an exploration of how on-demand learning is creating seminal change in our profession and the way learning is valued by business. Learn about award-winning examples of work-based, personalized, integrated, and collaborative learning implementations.. |
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12:00-1:30 pm Working Lunch |
1:30-2:15 pm
Mars University - Learning as a Competitive Advantage
Arvi Dhesi, Global Learning Officer, Mars University, Mars, Inc.; Jon Shepherd, Chief Learning Officer, Mars University
Mars Incorporated will share the challenges and opportunities in creating a brand new corporate university which encompasses all functional and behavioral learning and development. Focus will be given to the development and execution of a world-class leadership pipeline and a globally integrated approach to talent management. |
| 2:30-3:15 pm |
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The Gifted Boss
Dale Dauten, Author The Gifted Boss: How to Find, Create and Keep Great Employees
In this economy, 'competitive wages' can't compete and 'excellent benefits' don't excel. Trying to 'buy' a great staff is just too expensive. Join Dale Dauten, author of The Gifted Boss for a group discussion on creating the Best Place for the Best People. You'll learn the secrets of spotting and hiring exceptional employees, the ones who can lift the performance of everyone around them - - including you! Corporate loyalty might be mortally wounded, but something finer has arisen in its place: the kinship of talent. A gifted boss and great employees ride together the spiral of talent, creating a lifelong alliance.
You will receive your own autographed copy of The Gifted Boss on-site. |
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3:15-3:30 pm Coffee Break
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3:30-5:00 pm Discussion Groups
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5:00-6:00 pm Reception
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TUESDAY MAY 24
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| 6:15-7:00 |
Netwalking*
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Get your brain and body moving by starting each day with a combination fitness walk and networking talk. Carolyn Balling, training manager at E-LOAN and author of Fit to Train: How to Succeed at Training Delivery (Without Really Tiring), will lead a colorful exploration of the area's natural terrain. Balling also coaches Team in Training, an endurance program for marathon walkers, which benefits The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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| 7:00-8:30 am Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15-9:15 am |
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The CEO and the Monk: A Unique Relationship for Business Success*
Robert Catell, Chairman and CEO; Kenneth Moore, Corporate Ombudsmen, HR Director, KeySpan Energy Delivery, Co-authors The CEO and the Monk: One Company's Journey to Profit and Purpose
When the CEO of a New York City based Fortune 500 energy company teams up with a former Catholic monk, it makes for some often insightful, productive and Divinely funny experiences. This presentation strives to be light on theory and heavy on practical examples from the business world. Drawing on their many years of experience together, Bob Catrell, the Chairman and CEO at Keyspan, the largest distributor of natural gas in the Northeast, with 2.5 million gas customers, 1.1 million electricity customers, and 11,000 employees, will present on how to create a more sustainable corporate culture with Kenny Moore, Corporate Ombudsman and HR Director at KeySpan. Prior to his work in corporate America, Kenny spent 15 years in a monastic community as a Catholic priest doing a very similar kind of work, but getting paid a lot less. |
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9:15-9:30 am Coffee Break* |
| 9:30-10:30 am |
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Assumptions, Attitudes and World-Class Training*
William Strickland, CEO, Bidwell Training Center, MacArthur Genius Award Recipient
William Strickland has spent a lifetime changing assumptions. From a sleeping bag on the second floor of a dilapidated building, he built one of the most extraordinary organizations in America, employing and training thousands of at-risk youth, welfare moms and unemployed steel workers. Join this Grammy Award winner and MacArthur Genius Recipient for a profound message that will inspire you to change attitudes and assumptions in training and leadership. Learn how believing in people and creating a culture of innovation can result in an environment of productivity, collaboration and success.
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| 10:45-11:30 am |
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Training Magazine's Top 100 Best Practice Session: Strategic Development: Delivering Results
Kevin Wilde, VP, Chief Learning Officer, General Mills
Home of Wheaties, Yoplait and the Pillsbury Doughboy, General Mills is renowned for championship brand-building and talent development. The positive organizational climate is often recognized as one of the 'best in class' by publications such as Fortune, Business Ethics, Working Mother, Diversity Inc, Business Week and Hispanic Magazine. Underlying this success is a long-standing, fundamental strategy in building a development culture and an emphasis on a well-coordinated execution. Explore the three elements of the development strategy and the six specific tactics used to consistently deliver development results. Learn what works and how to make it all work well. |
| 11:30 am-12:15 pm |
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The Five Human Capital Indicators that Every CEO Should Track
Laurie Bassi, former VP Research, ASTD; CEO, McBassi & Company
Research has shown that there are 5 key "human capital metrics" that are proven predictors of business results: leadership and managerial practices, learning capacity, knowledge accessibility, workforce optimization, and employee engagement. If you're looking for "next generation measurement systems" that get you more mileage than the balanced scorecard or ROI, this is the place for you to be. Predictive, actionable, insightful, and credible!
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12:15-1:15 pm Working Lunch |
| 1:15-2:00 pm |
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Follow-up Discussion: The CEO and the Monk: A Unique Relationship for Business Success
Robert Catell, Chairman and CEO; Kenneth Moore, Corporate Ombudsmen, HR Director, KeySpan Energy Delivery, Co-authors The CEO and the Monk: One Company's Journey to Profit and Purpose |
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2:00-3:00 pm, Discussion Groups
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3:00-3:15 pm Coffee Break |
| 3:30 pm-4:30 pm |
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At Last! Proof that Training Works*
Laurie Bassi, former VP Research, ASTD; CEO, McBassi & Company
This is the holy grail evidence that you've been looking for - firms' investments in employee training are the single most powerful predictor of future financial performance. Come hear about the research that Lori and her colleagues have been doing for the past decade, and how they are using this research to run an investment company that invests in firms that invest in their people. This is definitely "news you can use!"
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* Indicates event is part of the larger Training Directors' Forum.
Note: Summit participants also have full access to all Training Directors' Forum events.
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