Human Resources
Annual Senior HR Officers' Conference: Managing Human Capital for Innovation and Growth
Submitted by marykate.parrish on Tue, 01/04/2011 - 12:03Event Date:
Thu, 05/12/2011 (All day)
Location:
Ritz Carlton Resort 2121 McKinney Avenue Dallas, TX 75201 United States
Event Details
Thursday, May 12
8:00 AM -3:00 PM
This year’s conference will feature a mixture of presentations and discussions led by guest speakers and your fellow members on leading-edge efforts in the following areas:
Leadership Development: GE’s Immelt Reflects on the Company’s HR Structures
Submitted by Lindsay Herod on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 23:00The global financial crisis which shook General Electric (GE) and almost destroyed its financial services unit triggered CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt to reevaluate how the conglomerate should shape and measure its leaders. Immelt discusses in detail how he intends to spend the year exploring new ideas, such as “soliciting management suggestions from a broad range of organizations – from Google to China’s Communist Party”. But as far as Immelt is concerned, the main issue is GE’s approach to human capital.
HR Leaders’ Meeting, New York
Event Date:
Thu, 11/11/2010 - 08:30 - 14:30
Location:
The Penn Club, New York City
Registration Link:
Senior HR Officers’ Meeting, Chicago
Event Date:
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 08:30 - 16:00
Location:
Chicago
ORC’s Conference of Senior HR Leaders will take place in Chicago, on July 27, 2010
Agenda is coming soon.
The conference is a great opportunity to network with your peers in our confidential roundtable format while hearing from Washington insiders about the most critical public policy issues facing HR leaders today. This year’s conference will feature “in the know” guest speakers who will discuss the impact of an assortment of legislative initiatives in health care, corporate governance, executive compensation, labor and compliance.
Senior HR Officers' Network Conference
.ORC's Annual Conference of Senior HR Leaders - Washington D.C.
Event Date:
Tue, 04/27/2010 - 09:00 - 16:00
Location:
JW Marriott Hotel Washington, DC
Registration Link:
ORC’s Conference of Senior HR Leaders will take place in Washington DC, on April 27, 2010
Recruiting and Retaining Female Scientists and Engineers
Submitted by Eleanor Shemesh on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 17:42Last year, a study led by economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett found that in many companies the atmosphere for women in the sciences has not changed much since the seventies. As a result, more than half of women scientists and engineers are dropping out by the time they reach their late thirties. Long hours, old boys’ networks, and a macho, “lab coat” culture are blamed.
