Tag

Leadership

Addressing the Top 4 COO Challenges for 2024
MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

Addressing the Top 4 COO Challenges for 2024

April 22, 2024

Chris Poole serves as the Director of Client Development for PSbyM. Chris has a 25 year track record of engaging global clients in supporting the delivery of tailored, high-quality excellence programs with special focus on supply chain excellence, operational excellence and safety excellence delivering sustainable transformational results. He’s an expert in all aspects of policy deployment, leadership development, organizational alignment, cultural excellence and focused problem-solving methodologies.

Shawn Smith serves as the Business Leader for the North American Region. Shawn has 20 years of experience in fast paced cost-conscious manufacturing environments. After leading operations for multiple years Shawn joined Performance Solutions by Milliken traveling the globe delivering performance results at more than 30 clients. He is an expert in management systems, leadership development, coaching, and problem solving.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
People-Centric Manufacturing Transformation
MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

People-Centric Manufacturing Transformation

April 22, 2024

Becky Crane has 20 years’ experience at General Mills working across the company’s end-to-end supply chain, in multiple U.S. and international locations. Highlights include plant manager at one of our largest facilities (Hannibal, Mo.), as well as standing up a global procurement organization in Switzerland as an expat. She’s known for leveraging her breadth of experience to build bold strategies and highly effective cross-functional teams to solve problems and create long-term advantage for our businesses. Crane leads manufacturing, engineering and global safety teams with accountability for over 9,000 employees (approximately 30% of the company’s employee base). This includes responsibility over $1B in capital across the enterprise, standardizing processes and establishing strong business partnerships to enable advantaged agility and accelerate innovation.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Process Intelligence (PQ): The Key to Building High Functioning Leaders
MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

Process Intelligence (PQ): The Key to Building High Functioning Leaders

April 23, 2024

Shane A. Yount is a nationally recognized thought leader, author, and President of Competitive Solutions, Inc., an international Business Transformation consulting firm which pioneered the acclaimed organizational development system known as Process Based Leadership® – A business transformation methodology designed to create a sustainable culture of clarity, connectivity, and consistency through the use of Non-Negotiable Business Processes.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Leading for Sustainability: Effective Strategies for Transformative Leadership
Sustainability, SUSTAINABILITY, VIDEO

Leading for Sustainability: Effective Strategies for Transformative Leadership

April 2, 2024

Heather Daniels is the Vice President of Environment, Safety, Health and Sustainability for Lockheed Martin Corporation. She leads the organization responsible for setting policy and developing programs that support the corporation’s commitments to provide a safe and healthful working environment, to operate in a manner that conserves natural resources, and to provide for the long-term stewardship of our environmental, social and financial capital.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Charting a New Automotive Course with Both Familiar Practices and Fresh Ideas
FINANCE, FINANCE, VIDEO

Charting a New Automotive Course with Both Familiar Practices and Fresh Ideas

February 12, 2024

Chris Condon is the Chief Financial Officer for Scout Motors Inc.  Scout is a new brand backed by the Volkswagen Group, reviving a beloved rugged American brand for an all-electric future.  Its lineup of rugged SUVs and pick-up trucks will begin in 2026.

Serving Scout since company founding in 2022, Chris serves on the Board of Directors and is responsible for business and financial planning, accounting, investor relations, tax, treasury, and other ancillary departments.  As Scout is built from the ground up, he is responsible for the design, implementation, and professional execution for all the above.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Navigating the Culture Journey: From Winding Roads to Construction Detours and Way Points
HUMAN RESOURCES, VIDEO, HUMAN RESOURCES

Navigating the Culture Journey: From Winding Roads to Construction Detours and Way Points

December 18, 2023

As Chief People & Organization (P&O) Officer of Novartis, Rob Kowalski leads the company’s strategy to unleash the power of its people and ensure it has the diverse talent, skills and organizational capabilities to deliver on its long-term priorities and purpose as a focused medicines company.

Rob is passionate about fostering an Inspired, Curious and Unbossed culture that drives innovation and performance, and ultimately impacts how Novartis reimagines medicine for patients. Since taking his current position in 2021, he has played an instrumental role in implementing a new structure and operating model designed to support the company’s next phase of innovation and growth.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Join the Movement! Future Ready Leadership: Tapping into Enterprise Intelligence
HUMAN RESOURCES, VIDEO, HUMAN RESOURCES

Join the Movement! Future Ready Leadership: Tapping into Enterprise Intelligence

December 18, 2023

Suzanne brings almost 20 years of HR experience in business partnering, talent acquisition, performance and talent management, operations, compensation, and enterprise transformation initiatives, having held HR leadership roles in the technology and asset management sectors.  She is energized by the opportunities at HP to apply her interests, passion, and experience to unleash the potential of our employees to realize HP’s vision and mission.

Suzanne has a master’s degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and was recognized by the National Academy of Human Resources for her work on performance management.  Outside of work, Suzanne is a doting aunt to her nephew and three nieces and enjoys applying a growth mindset to her tennis game.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Evolving the LEGO® Leadership Playground
HUMAN RESOURCES, VIDEO, HUMAN RESOURCES

Evolving the LEGO® Leadership Playground

December 18, 2023

Pat has been with the LEGO Group since 2012 and is currently the Head of Partnering & Operations for the Americas. In this capacity he serves as the People Operations lead for the LEGO Group’s Americas Hub in Enfield, CT, and as the Strategic People Partner for the Americas Market Group. Prior to his current role, Pat served as the People Partner for Latin America and LEGO Brand Retail, North America.

Prior to joining the LEGO Group, Pat worked at The Hartford Financial Services Group for 10 years. He worked in a variety of functions including Group Benefits, Corporate Relations and Human Resources, where his highlight was managing The Hartford’s scholarships and internships for students from the city of Hartford.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Fireside Chat: Navigating HR Challenges and Innovations Through JCPenney’s Employee-Centric Approach
HUMAN RESOURCES, VIDEO, HUMAN RESOURCES

Fireside Chat: Navigating HR Challenges and Innovations Through JCPenney’s Employee-Centric Approach

December 19, 2023

Andre Joyner is the senior vice president, chief human resources officer at JCPenney. Andre is responsible for the development and execution of strategic human capital decisions and leads the Company’s human resources functions.

Andre brings more than 20 years of innovative human resources and management experience in retail, health care, and consumer packaged goods industries. Most recently, Andre served as the senior vice president, head of human resources at Victoria’s Secret where he led the brand through its most significant organizational transformation. Earlier in his career, he held HR leadership roles at Merck & Co. and Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Preserving and Evolving New Balance’s Culture
HUMAN RESOURCES, VIDEO, HUMAN RESOURCES

Preserving and Evolving New Balance’s Culture

December 18, 2023

Joan McGrail is a proven Human Resources executive with extensive experience in all facets of the department. She assumed her current role, Chief Human Resource Officer for New Balance Athletics, Inc., in May of 2020 and currently oversees all global HR operations for the company’s more than 9,000 worldwide employees.

Joan is responsible for leading her team’s strategic HR planning and execution, with particular focus on diversity and inclusion; organizational effectiveness; talent development; culture enrichment, and HR operation data and analytics. She promotes agility and innovation, striving to unlock new ways of working that will transform the organization. Additionally, she is a member of New Balance’s senior leadership team, which is responsible for the creation and implementation of a corporate strategy for more than $5 billion business.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Process Intelligence (PQ): The Key to Building High Functioning Leaders
HUMAN RESOURCES, VIDEO, HUMAN RESOURCES

Process Intelligence (PQ): The Key to Building High Functioning Leaders

December 18, 2023

Shane A. Yount is a nationally recognized thought leader, author, and President of Competitive Solutions, Inc. (CSI), an international Business Transformation consulting firm which pioneered the acclaimed organizational development system known as Process Based Leadership®. Since 1991 he has led the offices of CSI in becoming one of the nation’s most recognized Business Transformation consulting firms, personally working with such organizations as The Department of Defense, 3M, Colgate Palmolive, Bristol Meyers Squibb, and many others.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Whac-A-Mole: Proactive and Personalized Solutions to HR’s Biggest Challenges
HUMAN RESOURCES, VIDEO, HUMAN RESOURCES

Whac-A-Mole: Proactive and Personalized Solutions to HR’s Biggest Challenges

December 14, 2023

Being an HR leader often feels like a giant game of Whac-A-Mole. You solve one problem, then another one pops up, then another…then another.

Faced with ever-evolving employee expectations, HR leaders need to innovate in 2024 and beyond to meet the diverse needs of their workforce. If you can craft a people strategy which offers employees a high degree of personalization and flexibility, you don’t just get ahead of the game – you win it.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Which HR Leader Are You? Exploring HR Personas and Their Approach to Evolving Workforce and Benefit Priorities in 2024
HUMAN RESOURCES, VIDEO, HUMAN RESOURCES

Which HR Leader Are You? Exploring HR Personas and Their Approach to Evolving Workforce and Benefit Priorities in 2024

December 18, 2023

Wes was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Care.com in April 2023.  As CHRO, he oversees the Company’s global human resources function, including people operations (talent acquisition, compensation, performance management and benefits), workforce strategy, and culture and engagement, among other areas.

An accomplished and seasoned executive, Wes brings 20 years of experience to Care having most recently served as Head of Human Resources for GameStop since October 2020.  Earlier in 2020, he was CHRO for Accent Food Services after having spent six years as Vice President of People & Culture at Alchemy Systems. Before that Wes held various leadership roles at Target and Floor & Décor.

Wes received his B.B.A. from Sam Houston State University in Texas and serves on the Board of Directors for Goodwill Central Texas. He is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.

Continue reading
Leave a comment
Our Journey in Next Generation Manufacturing: What We Can Achieve Together
LIFE SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, VIDEO

Our Journey in Next Generation Manufacturing: What We Can Achieve Together

November 22, 2023

As Senior Vice President of Global Technology & Engineering group in Pfizer Global Supply, Roberto leads a group of highly capable Subject Matter Experts and is responsible for capital projects, implementation Integrated Facility Management and Global Reliability programs, technical support for major investigations, Phase III clinical supply sites, technology transfers, implementation of process development and disruptive technology supporting over 35 Pfizer sites and 200 Contract Manufactures globally.

Continue reading
Leave a comment

  • NASCES

  • NAFS

  • NAFMS

  • EUSCES

  • BMWS

  • NAFES

  • NASRS

  • NAMES

  • PMWS

  • NAISS

  • NAHRES