Philadelphia SHRM Professional Development Series Wednesday, November 5, 2008
7:30am-11:30am
This program has been approved for 3.0 (Specified - Strategic) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute. Please be sure to note the program ID number on your recertification application form. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.
Join our two expert panels and keynote speaker as they engage you in discussions conducted on the professional capabilities and suite of skills required to progress to a HR leadership role within an organization. You will also walk away with more knowledge around the academic research being conducted around the delivery of Human Resource strategies for multiple functional HR areas as well as learn how firms are changing and applying performance management programs and systems within their organizations.
Keynote Session:
Career paths are never straight and narrow, and you need to be agile in order to respond to change and opportunity in today's challenging economy. But, you also can take steps to ensure you move in the right direction. Hear how the demand for HR talent and the global HR skill set is becoming more competitive, and, how you, as an HR leader can learn how to assess the career ladder of your current organization and act accordingly. The presented topic "Path to the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role" - a Korn Ferry Institute Executive Summary 2008, will discuss key findings including the necessary functional HR areas of expertise, experience in field HR roles vs. corporate/divisional HR roles as well as broader business acumen or a direct line assignment as part of their overall career progression. Findings will review which industries are more apt to promote HR leadership from within the organization vs. seeking an external candidate for the role. Lastly the session will also engage in conversation around the results from Korn/Ferry International’s completed research on Best in Class HR Profiles: Assessment Research for Operational and Strategic HR Leaders.
Emille Petrone, Senior Client Partner from the HR Practice Group at Korn/Ferry International, a leading global executive search organization, which also offers professional and advisory services in human capital competency based leadership development and succession planning, executive coaching and team effectiveness, compensation, strategic talent management planning and process services as well as ongoing thought leadership thru the Korn/Ferry Institute. Emille has worked across a broad spectrum of industries which include Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Medical Diagnostics and Consumer Healthcare managing senior level client and search relationships for executive leadership and general management functional roles in R&D, Commercial Operations and Human Resources over the last ten years. Prior to joining Korn/Ferry, she was a Manager with Andersen (Accenture) Consulting and holds a BA from Haverford College.
Panel Session #1:
Joining this session will be three faculty members from the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR) - David Lepak, Professor and Chair Human Resources Management, Charles Fay, Chair, Human Resources and Paula Caligiuri, Director - Center for Human Resources Strategy.
These experts will take us through the work being researched, taught and published across a variety of HR disciplines including strategic HR management, compensation including performance, rewards/recognition and international HR/Global HRM. These members of the core SMLR faculty are recognized for their knowledge of the HR field and dedication to educating the next generation of HR leaders. They also will share how they focus on workforce issues and contribute to the four degreed programs offered by Rutgers University, including a Doctoral program in Industrial Relations, Master's programs in HR Management and Labor and Employment Relations and Bachelor's in Labor Studies and Employment Relations.
David Lepak completed his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University, Human Resources Management with a focus on the strategic management of human capital as well as managing contingent labor for competitive advantage. He has published numerous articles on these topics in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and Human Resource Management among others. He also serves on multiple editorial boards of these organizations including the International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital.
Charles Fay completed his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Management and Organizational Behavior and conducts research focusing on areas of rewards systems, performance management and HRIS. In addition to his published articles in many scholarly and professional journals, he has written multiple books including Compensation Theory and Practice, The Compensation Sourcebook, The Performance Imperative, Rewarding Government Employees, and the Executive Handbook on Compensation. He has worked over the last five years as a consultant to the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the National Compensation Survey. He was a presidential appointee to the Federal Salary Commission. He served as chair of the Research Committee of the American Compensation Association. He has testified before a Pay Equity Tribunal in Ontario as an expert witness in the area of job evaluation and pay setting practices, before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce as an expert on variable pay and the Fair Labor Standards Act, and in other compensation-related cases.
Paula Caligiuri completed her Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University, industrial/organizational psychology and researches, publishes, and consults in three primary areas: strategic human resource management in multinational organizations, global leadership development, and global assignee management. Her research on these topics has appeared in the International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of World Business, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, and International Journal of Intercultural Relations. Paula is on numerous editorial boards for academic management journals and is an Associate Editor for Human Resource Management Journal.
Panel Session #2:
This panel session will discuss how organizations are developing and utilizing performance management programs and systems to build on the measurement of their predetermined goals. Organizations need to ensure their goals are consistently being met in an effective and efficient manner. Performance management can focus on a variety of aspects of the business including the overall performance of the organization or a specific department, processes to build products or services, assessments for employees and so forth; therefore, we have filled this panel with three industry professionals who will share a strong spectrum of insightful perspectives from the consulting side, corporate side and the business process outsourcer leaders’ side.
Jim Bowers is a leader in Hay Group’s reward, executive compensation, and job evaluation practices. He also leads Hay Group’s chemical industry consulting. His consulting focus is to help clients achieve the highest possible return on human resources investment through programs that align employee interests with organizational interests and create a culture of engaged performance.
Jeoffrey Chorvat, Senior HR Generalist for Exelon Energy has oversight on the firm’s offices in Philadelphia, PA (PECO) and Kennett Square, PA Exelon Energy Power Generation Group as well as is also responsible for supporting their corporate group. Exelon Corporation is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities with more than $15 billion in annual revenues. It distributes electricity to approximately 5.2 million customers in Illinois and Pennsylvania, and gas to 480,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Jeoffrey is based in Chicago which is their headquarters. Jeoffrey holds at BA from Providence College, MBA from Villanova University and his PHR designation.
Christopher Johnson is currently a Global Learning & Development Manager within DuPont's Global Talent Management Center of Expertise and has held this role since March, 2007. Prior roles at DuPont have included global learning for their Asia Pacific group from 2004 to 2007 and leadership roles within their Business Consulting, Finance, in their Australian, UK and U.S. offices since joining the organization in 1990. Prior roles were with Vickers Plc. which was a DuPont acquisition. Chris holds and MBA in management and Chartered Management Accountant designation form the Institute of Operations Management, UK.
Paulette Gabriel is President of Key Leadership Initiatives. She has significant experience consulting to executives and organizations, has a successful executive coaching practice, and has helped organizations and individuals accelerate their capacity for development, self renewal and continuous learning. Additionally, she has a strong background leading strategic and tactical human resources initiatives at the executive and managerial level. Her challenges cross a broad number of industries including pharmaceuticals & chemicals, financial services, transportation, consumer products, consulting services and retail. Entrepreneurial roots have contributed to Paulette’s practical and value conscious approach to achieving results. Currently, in addition to her role at Key Leadership Initiatives, Paulette is completing her doctoral dissertation on the subject of personal transformative experiences as they relate to transformational leadership.
Across her career, Paulette has worked as either a consultant or an HR executive in:
Catalyzing change from the most senior levels to the individual contributor level in order to insure the viability of the business, business team and/or the individual.
Positioning the human resources of the organization for growth within emerging markets and emerging cultures.
Leading teams and campaigns to breakthrough results in support of business goals.
Taking charge of multifaceted and sometimes uncharted challenges and developing expertise as well as delivering results.
Creating credible and responsive human resource services groups that reflect a benchmark business standard.
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A graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Broadcast Journalism, Jennifer’s life mission to “empower, educate, equip and encourage” has become a way of life in her roles as wife and mother of four. After turning her love for feature reporting into a radio show that would make a difference, Jennifer and her husband Tony (both media veterans) launched T.J. Communications Inc. a media consulting and communications company.
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Partial Client List
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Professionals Trained: Executive Leadership, Research, Child Life Assistants, Administrative Assistants, Human Resources, Marketing, Middle Level, Front Line Management and High Potential Leaders.
Cox Enterprises, WALR-FM Radio Station
Professionals Trained: Sales Manager(s) and Account Executives.
University of Minnesota
Pan-African Conference/Trained: College men and women: Freshmen – Graduate, Community Leaders, Education Professionals, and Business and Civic Leaders.
Kutztown University
Trained: College Freshmen-Senior Women
Countless Keynote Addresses, Conferences, Workshops and Seminars
Location: Loews Philadelphia Hotel
1200 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
