2011 Annual Sr. Executive Retreat

4 Seasons Resort 1260 Channel Dr, Santa Barbara, CA

How Neuroscience and Globalization are Transforming HR Featured Speakers: Dr. Robert Bilder Tennenbaum Family Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehaviroal Sciences and Psychology, Director, Tennenbaum Center for the Biology of Creativity Semel Institute, UCLA Tamara Erickson Managing Director, McKinsey Award-winning author Moxie Insight, Inc. Featured Panelists: David Goodrich Vice President of Talent Management Parsons Corporation David […]

Senior Round Table: “Developing Brand Ideals to Inspire and Motivate Employees”

UCLA Los Angeles, CA

Featured Speaker: Sanjay Sood Associate Professor of Marketing UCLA Anderson School of Management Summary: Professor of Marketing Sanjay Sood will conduct an interactive session on how business depends on meeting market demands, understanding the customer and meeting their needs for business success. Professor Sood will specifically focus on brand ideals to inspire and motivate employees. […]

Senior Round Table: “The Role of HR Leaders in Organizational Change”

UCLA Los Angeles, CA

Featured Speakers: Patrick Wright Ph.D. Richard Antoine David Lewin   Summary: The May 23 Round Table brings academic and practitioner thought leaders together to discuss the issues surrounding the role of HR leaders in organizational change.  Featuring Dr. Patrick Wright from Cornell will report the results of interviews with a number of CHRO officers regarding […]

Senior Round Table: “Rethinking the Performance Appraisal Process”

UCLA Los Angeles, CA

Featured Speaker: Wayne Cascio Robert H. Reynolds Distinguished Chair in Global Leadership Univ. of Colorado.   Summary: Performance Management is a topic of importance as more emphasis is being placed on growth and competitiveness. A poll of 700 business leaders in 2009 revealed that 92 percent recognize that superior talent provides a competitive advantage.  Yet, […]

2012 Annual Sr. Executive Retreat

The Lodge Resort 11480 N Torrey Pines RD, La Jolla, CA

Leveraging Social Media to Foster Engagement and Impact in the Age of Connectivity Featured Speakers: Dr. Karie Willyerd, The 2020 Workplace Panel of Practitioners: Donna Morris SVP HR Adobe Systems Inc. David Parsons Corporate VP Global Alliances & CMO CSC Patricia Romeo Talent Innovation, D Street Leader Deloitte Strategic Social Media Discussion: David Parsons Donna Morris […]

Senior Round Table: “Strategic Thinking as a Leadership Differentiator for Managers”

UCLA Los Angeles, CA

Featured Speaker: Phillip Leslie Associate Professor UCLA Anderson School of Management Summary: Phillip Leslie, Associate Professor of Strategy at the Anderson School, will conduct a session on translating strategy into action to enhance value and organizational performance as well as discuss the implications for capabilities that are needed for managers and leaders to be effective. […]

Senior Round Table: “Critical Issues for Business and HR in 2013”

UCLA Los Angeles, CA

Featured Speaker: Rebecca L. Ray Senior Vice President, Human Resources The Conference Board Featured Panelists: Julia Gouw President, Chief Operating Officer East West Bank Avi Steinlauf Chief Executive Officer Edmunds.com Philip de Toledo President Capital Group Summary: The HARRT Round Table discussion will focus on “Critical Issues for Business and HR in 2013”. Rebecca L. […]

Senior Round Table: “Motivation and Unethical Behavior”

UCLA Los Angeles, CA

Featured Speaker: Scott Wiltermuth Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations and Psychology University of Southern California Summary: Scott Wiltermuth, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations and Psychology at the USC Marshall School of Business, will demonstrates how tactics that are designed to boost motivation and effort in the workplace may also boost the incidence of […]

2013 Annual Sr. Executive Retreat

4 Seasons Resort 1260 Channel Dr, Santa Barbara, CA

HR Agility: Are You Ready for What's Next? Presentations: Shifting the Talent Trajectory: What's Next? John Bremen Expressing Employee Value Proposition Through the Employee Experience Scott Sherman EVP, HR Allergan Amy Stern VP, HR Timberland Leading in a Changing World – Do Nothing Keith Murnighan Harold H. Hines Jr. Distinguished Professor of Risk Management Kellogg […]

Senior Round Table: “Big Data: HR Analytics”

UCLA Los Angeles, CA

Featured Speakers Phillip Leslie Associate Professor UCLA Anderson School of Management Ian Larkin Visiting Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School & UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management Rob Witoff Data Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary: How data analytics is being applied to human resources. We first review the data analytics landscape—what are the different […]

Senior Round Table: “Acting Decisively” and “The Psychology of Savings”

UCLA Los Angeles, CA

Featured Speakers: Craig Fox Ho-Su Wu Term Chair in Management UCLA Anderson School of Management Shlomo Benartzi Professor and Co-Chair of the Behavioral Decision Making Group UCLA Anderson School of Management Summary: "Acting Decisively” Making choices is a core function of leadership. In our first session led by Dr. Craig Fox, we’ll take a critical […]

Associate Round Table: “Bringing Marketing Strategies to HR: Tools for Building Employee Engagement”

UCLA Los Angeles, CA

Featured Speaker Suzanne Shu Assistant Professor of Marketing UCLA Anderson School Summary: Offering a strong value proposition is a key component of both consumer and employee communications. In this session, we will apply ideas from consumer marketing – such as segmentation, targeting, positioning, and branding – to the question of how to better communicate with […]