Seattle CHRO Executive Summit

In light of #MeToo, leaders have an urgent need to take a closer look at what can be done to create safe workplace environments, which promotes career growth for everyone, regardless of gender or ethnicity. Grace Killelea shows the benefits leadership development and skill-building have on talent, leadership and retention. 

In this session, she discusses:

• Why it’s critical to provide improved coaching and feedback to leaders and direct reports
• How to move beyond compliance to create alliance and develop a culture of repair, not retreat
• How to increase emotional intelligence and self-awareness in all leaders

In today's market, change is the only constant. The need to keep innovating has never been more paramount. Employee expectations have changed, especially when it comes to workplace technology, so it is essential that HR leaders show they are innovating on behalf of their workforce. Learn how eXp Reality, a Glassdoor Best Place to Work winner, is innovating at the edges and redefining what it means to be a digitally-enabled organization.

During this keynote, Mitch Robinson shares insights on:

• Using leading edge innovations like Virtual Reality to drive community across a distributed workforce

• Putting technology to work for your employees to drive productivity and collaboration

• Creating a positive and empowering employee experience contributes to business growth

At REI, Raquel Karls, the SVP of Human Resources, feels blessed to have a series of strong performance years. With ongoing momentum in the industry, employees were hungry to increase engagement, but REI needs to ensure that the culture aligns with their growth strategy. The company has long-tenured employees that are willing to continue the conversation about having a strong culture. Their growth agenda demands that they take away the magnifying glass. It is their job to create the co-op of the future. How will REI get there?

In this presentation, Raquel will discuss:

• How do you define culture?
• How do we learn from and improve on the past?
• How culture can deliver strategy?

 Top executives increasingly realize the impact that people analytics can have on their business. By anticipating leaders' key challenges and providing the information to solve them, the people function can drive organizational strategy.

Join this session to learn:

• Culture metrics that impact the bottom line
• Best practices for moving from data to insights
• Strategies for presenting insights that help drive strategy

Offering a superior employee experience can give companies a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent, improving customer engagement, increasing revenue and building a satisfied company culture.

In this boardroom you will:

• Learn how to assess workforce needs on a large scale
• Discuss the benefits of focused career pathing for your employees
• Explore how people-centric strategy contributes to business growth

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CHROs).

To reserve your seat, please contact:

Alec Christensen at 971-717-6693 or alec.christensen@evanta.com

Data drives today’s business decisions and HR leaders have more metrics at their disposal than ever before. But when it comes to talent analytics, how do you turn a mountain of data into actionable strategy? 

Join this session to:

• Hear best practices for data organization and implementation
• Explore the business case for expanding analytics capabilities within HR
• Learn how to turn data into decisions that drive the business forward

Enterprises have been talking about the war for talent for 20 years. Discover how leading businesses are moving beyond managing talent into maximum performance.

 In this session, learn:

• Insights that will get you from talent management to talent activation
• How to turn siloed programs into unified solutions that drive results
• The real-time data you need — and how to get it to the stakeholders who need it most

Many employees will experience a mental health challenge and will struggle in silence even though these conditions are common and treatable.

Join this conversation to explore:

• Setting the tone for a productive and mentally healthy workforce
• Creating awareness and encouraging acceptance around mental health care
• Structuring policies and providing benefits and coverage that lead to healthier outcomes

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CHROs).

To reserve your seat, please contact:

Alec Christensen at 971-717-6693 or alec.christensen@evanta.com

As a former human resources executive, Orlando Ashford knows something about shaping organizational culture and performance. Since joining Holland America Line as their president in 2014, the company has embraced a major shift toward authentic leadership and communication.

In this session, you’ll hear how this shift helped them:

• Break employee engagement records
• Deliver unprecedented revenue numbers
• Reach new heights with NPS scores