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Corporate Culture

Let’s Talk About What’s Possible: Leading One Employee at a Time… Every Time
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Let’s Talk About What’s Possible: Leading One Employee at a Time… Every Time

At Best Buy, we believe if we lead for the mass, we will lose the soul of our company. Each and every employee is as unique as the personal story they have to tell. Our stories shape who we are, and the courage to share those stories allows us to bring our full selves to work. While most companies are following the policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) designed for uniformity and consistency, SOP means something different at Best Buy. It means Service Over Policy. Service to our customers and service to our employees. Hear from Kamy about how the…

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COVID-19: What Did We Do, What Have We Learned, and What Has Changed Forever?
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COVID-19: What Did We Do, What Have We Learned, and What Has Changed Forever?

Illustrating how HR professionals responded to the novel Corona virus outbreak to guide their organizations through a global pandemic Viewing the crisis as an opportunity to accelerate progress already underway to decentralize and diversify Twitter’s workforce How will the transition back to the office reflect short term and long term changes to how and where we work Is there a way HR leaders can take this experience and use it to continue innovating without the catalyst of a crisis? — Jennifer Christie VP, People and Chief Human Resources Officer Twitter Jennifer Christie is VP, People and Chief Human Resources Officer…

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Building a Resilient and Healthy Company and Colleagues
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Building a Resilient and Healthy Company and Colleagues

Focusing on colleague and organizational resiliency and well-being, which are critical during these unprecedented times, through a multipronged approach: Demonstrating commitment to agility as an organization in a time of crisis—and over the long-term—by responding quickly, maintaining rhythm and building new capabilities Taking a data-driven approach to understand the levers of well-being to prioritize our focus Enhancing our resiliency skills at individual, leader and organizational levels by making it relevant to these unique times, which includes encouraging leaders to develop themselves and strengthen their teams through learning and application of the five elements of resiliency — Padma Thiruvengadam Chief Human…

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The Role of Company Commitments to Giving Back in Attracting and Engaging Employees
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The Role of Company Commitments to Giving Back in Attracting and Engaging Employees

Value of corporate social responsibility to employees and prospective employees Incorporating philanthropy and sustainability into business strategy How Kellogg Company’s culture of giving back supports recruitment, retention and engagement Key learnings for companies on engaging employees by giving back — Melissa Howell Chief Human Resources Officer Kellogg’s Melissa Howell has been Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Kellogg Company, since June 2016. She is a member of Kellogg Company’s executive committee. Prior to joining Kellogg, Ms. Howell was Chief Human Resources Officer for Rockford, Michigan‐based Wolverine since 2014. Prior to Wolverine, Ms. Howell spent 24 years with General Motors…

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Remaining Resilient and Looking Forward: Driving Innovation in a Tightening Labor Market
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Remaining Resilient and Looking Forward: Driving Innovation in a Tightening Labor Market

Talent is leaving early – how to forge a new path Developing a shortened onboarding road map Generating higher engagement by accelerating career and personal development Motivations for the relocation to Atlanta Workforce: access to talent, cost of labor and living, workforce structure, age distribution Financial: business climate, real estate, construction, state of the art building, taxes Creating revenue within HR — Lars Minns Chief Human Resources Officer, NAFTA Mercedes Benz Lars N. Minns is the Chief Human Resources Officer of North America for Mercedes-Benz, with responsibility for the USA, Canada, and Mexico. He leads the organization in designing and…

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Sustainable Business is Good Business – A Conversation with Michael Dickstein of Coca-Cola HBC
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Sustainable Business is Good Business – A Conversation with Michael Dickstein of Coca-Cola HBC

At the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit earlier this month in Chicago we spoke with Michael Dickstein, the Group Director Sustainability and Community for the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company. Coca-Cola HBC is the winner of this year’s Sustainability Award at the EP Awards that took place at NASCES19. Michael shared some of his thoughts on the win, sustainability in general, and how other businesses can learn from Coca-Cola HBC’s experience. Michael invites anyone interested in picking his brain about sustainability to reach out to him via email or LinkedIn as mentioned in this video. Here also is his acceptance…

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Bringing Heart, Science and Ingenuity to Corporate Culture
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Bringing Heart, Science and Ingenuity to Corporate Culture

Years of research underpin the profound role that corporate purpose, identity and culture play in organizational performance and renewal, including business transformations, acquisitions, partnerships or new business models. Yet culture remains one of the least defined and explicitly managed assets across corporations. In this session, we will discuss: Framing the impact of culture on your corporate performance Engaging your C-Suite and Executive Teams in identity and culture discussions Creating linkages of culture impact to hard outcomes in the business Navigating the relationship between the evolving social/political landscape and the relationship to corporate culture – role of the CHRO in the…

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