805: Innovative Planning and Metrics for Talent Acquisition, Performance and Retention in a Globally Diverse Workforce

Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - 10:30am to 11:45am
Workplace Application: 

Use emerging global trend data to develop a workforce that prioritizes creative leadership, relevant collaboration and flexibility.

The 2010 “Capitalizing on Complexity” study (involving more than 1500 CEOs, general managers, and senior public sector leaders from different sized organizations in 60 countries and 33 industries) found that leaders doubt their ability to manage the rapid escalation of complexity in their business challenges. They identified creativity as the single most important leadership competency. Learn to identify and prioritize creativity, flexibility and speed to capitalize on growth opportunities in your workforce and new hires.

Presenter: 
Lorelei Carobolante, GPHR, President and CEO, G2nd Systems
Gerlinde Herrmann, GPHR, Founder and President, The Herrmann Group Limited

Lorelei Carobolante, GPHR, SCRP, SGMS, leads G2nd Systems, a strategic, language-based communications consultancy that enables corporations to enhance linguistic and intercultural communication skills for their managers, teams and organizations. Lorelei contributes her expertise to organizations that recognize the complexity of global competition, and serves as a SHRM Lead Global HR Subject Matter Expert, member of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group for the International Organization of Standardization Technical Committee 260 for Human Resource Management, and a voting member of the ANSI-SHRM Standards Diversity and Inclusion Programs Taskforce.

Gerlinde Herrmann, GPHR, CHRP, is the founder and president of The Herrmann Group Limited, which provides human capital management solutions through talent attraction and retention programs and services. As past chair of HRPA, Gerlinde held the portfolio of HRPA’s Chair of Strategic and Global Alliances for two years. She co-founded the HRCC (Human Resources and Compensation Committee) program of the Directors’ College. She also serves as vice chair of the CMA Complaints Committee and the SHRM Research Advisory Council.