Extraordinary Groups: How to Help Your Team Deliver Amazing Results
Session description: As a result of over three years of field research surrounding the experiences of people involved in sixty extraordinary groups, Geoff Bellman and his co-author, Kathleen Ryan, identified six human needs key to team effectiveness, eight performance indicators that differentiate extraordinary groups from the rest, four feelings at the core of transformative team experiences, and actions that lead toward creating the ideal team.
Noting this research, Geoff will offer an alternative to traditional team development, an approach that looks deeper than tools and techniques, and new possibilities.
In this session, you will explore:
- what allows some teams to perform in ways that exceed their own expectations
- how these teams differ from most others
- what you can do to increase the possibility that your next team will be extraordinary
Presenter: Geoff Bellman has been a consultant to organizations for forty years. He is the author of six books, including The Consultant’s Calling, Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge, and his new book, Extraordinary Groups.
Maintaining Employee Engagement
Session description: According to the Harvard Business Review, nearly “55% of employees are dissatisfied.” John Deere is not part of this percentile. In this session, we will discuss why it was that even during an economic downturn that they successfully retained employees who were highly committed, satisfied, and recognized for being high-potential leaders. Participants will hear a best practice case study from one of the highest ranking manufacturing companies around employee engagement.
In this session, you will learn:
- how John Deere retained a workforce that is satisfied and engaged
- what you need to create a LD system that supports employee engagement
- what the future may look like for manufacturing companies
Presenter: Dave Whan, Director of Talent Management Strategy and Policy Design for John Deere has governance oversight for talent management processes to ensure those processes result in meeting the needs of the business. Dave works with HR and other senior leadership to ensure that the HR process design and deployment is aligned with the enterprise Talent Management Strategy.
Leveraging Talent to Drive Business
Session description: To sustain a high level of business performance, organizations must continually refine and innovate. They must be in position to execute evolving business strategies and take advantage of market changes. While organizations cannot control the external factors impacting them, they can, to a reasonable extent, control the internal dynamics of their organization, culture, and talent. Because talent drives business, employee engagement and succession planning are some of the most powerful levers an organization can pull to impact organizational performance.
At Aviva, they have used the succession architect framework performance potential matrix, learning agility, 70/20/10 differentiated development talking talent sessions on 55,000 employees—their complete leadership pipeline to answer the following questions:
- What is “talent”?
- How do you differentiate talent using learning agility?
- How deep should you go?
Presenters: Jim Peters is a Senior Partner at Korn/Ferry where he is responsible for the development and implementation of talent management initiatives incorporating the intellectual property of Lominger International.
Arvinder Dhesi is the Group Talent Management Director at Aviva. He is responsible for the Aviva Leadership Academy and for shaping the overall talent strategy for Aviva.
Annette Reid is Senior Vice President, HR Center of Expertise, where she is responsible for talent, leadership, culture, and reward for Aviva North America.
The Best Defense is a Good Offense: Thriving in Troubled Times
Session description: A business strategy is worthless without having people and organizational capability to deliver on that strategy. McAfee’s Learning and Development Team has found that linking development initiatives to business results has made them an important business asset. By partnering with leaders in corporate strategy, marketing and business units, the learning team has assured that every McAfee employeeknows how their goals align with McAfee’s broader strategy. Their consultative approach to leadership team improvement (e.g., strategy team off-site facilitation, matrixed team interventions, leadership training including business simulation) has directly impacted the business in a positive way.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- engage senior leaders during tough economic teams
- facilitate off-site strategy meetings using a model of partnership
- design programs that add value despite the challenging conditions in the marketplace
Presenters: Kim Arnold is the Senior Director of Leadership and Employee Development for McAfee.
Tenice Wehmeyer is the Senior Talent Management Consultant of Leadership and OD for McAfee.
Mecca Robbins is a Senior Learning Consultant in the Leadership and Employee Development Team at McAfee.
Brian is the founder of CoachSource and the Alexcel Group. He is an expert in the design and management of executive coaching implementations.