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The Speaker Roundtable from NAHRES25 — A Conversation About HR Issues and Ideas
HUMAN RESOURCES, VIDEO, HUMAN RESOURCES, PODCAST, ROUNDTABLES

The Speaker Roundtable from NAHRES25 — A Conversation About HR Issues and Ideas

For this special episode of Executive Platforms’ bluEPrint Podcast series we sat down with two of the top speakers from the 2025 edition of the long-running North American HR Executive Summit series for a wide-ranging discussion about the issues, ideas, challenges, and opportunities that are top of mind for human resources leaders today, as suggested by the attendees of the event. Give it a listen!

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Sustaining an Agile and Future-Proof Corporate Strategy
FINANCE, VIDEO, FINANCE

Sustaining an Agile and Future-Proof Corporate Strategy

Mike Lenz is Executive Vice President and CFO of FedEx Corporation. Lenz is responsible for all aspects of the corporation’s global financial functions, including financial planning, treasury, tax, accounting and controls, internal audit, investor relations, and corporate development. He is also a member of the five-person Executive Committee, which plans and executes the corporation’s strategic business activities.

Lenz’s extensive experience in the transportation industry and finance spans more than three decades, including his over 15 years at FedEx. Lenz joined FedEx in 2005 as vice president of finance at FedEx Office. He became staff vice president of strategic finance at FedEx Corporation in 2010, followed by a promotion to corporate vice president and treasurer in 2012. Prior to joining FedEx, Lenz worked at American Airlines, where he held positions in several finance and commercial areas including investor relations, financial planning and analysis, international planning and fleet planning. Before working at American, Lenz was an avionics engineer at Boeing.

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Driving Innovation, Not Just Mitigation
VIDEO, Sustainability, SUSTAINABILITY

Driving Innovation, Not Just Mitigation

Methods for embedding sustainability across diverse areas of an organization Avoiding “pinball leadership” to stay focused on achieving long-term objectives Setting a goal is not a strategy: why reporting information is only a step on the path towards progress, not progress itself Leading with responsibility to influence and optimize culture Exploring the FedEx goal to electrify its pickup and delivery fleet globally, and how the company approached setting an ambitious overall goal of carbon neutral global operations by 2040 — Mitch Jackson Chief Sustainability Officer FedEx As Vice President, Environmental Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer for FedEx Corporation, Mitch Jackson…

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