Day One: Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Citizens Financial Group had already launched plans for a massive business transformation when COVID-19 arose and impacted the company in ways nobody could have possibly predicted. This session will examine how Citizens rapidly adapted its strategies and transformation in the face of unprecedented disruption.

During this presentation you will hear how Citizens Financial Group:

• Quickly assessed the potential impact of the pandemic
• Engaged leaders to assess possible outcomes and options
• Pivoted transformation efforts in anticipation of a post pandemic workforce

Jeff Hood

Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Citizens Financial Group

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Companies today face the challenge of engaging their employees in meaningful dialogue - whether it be due to geography, power dynamics, organizational dysfunction or the new normal of social distancing and remote work. Even with the talk of “returning to work” many organizations want to have a robust remote offering for all of their once-live employee touch points. Learning leaders are being asked to find ways to adapt everything to our #SuddenlyRemote world, from on-boarding, to company town halls/offsites and traditional face to face training. What should we prioritize? How can we maintain the culture and connection when we are not able to be in the same room?

Learning objectives—In this session we will learn:

• How technology can humanize the employee experience
• The power of allowing all voices to be heard
• How to adapt learning to a virtual world
• The value of gathering ideas and solutions from a broader, more diverse population
• How to simplify cross functional collaboration and innovation through high quality,
• Frequent conversations  

Dessalen Wood

Chief People Officer
Thoughtexchange

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As the world’s largest fully remote company, Toptal is in the unique position to offer expert guidance for both companies and workers who have suddenly found themselves remote, harnessing all the lessons learned over the last decade operating as a fully remote company, Toptal has published a comprehensive playbook to serve as roadmap for successfully managing a remote workforce. The lessons learned—about technology, productivity, culture, and simply making it work when there is no office at all—provides tangible value in these unprecedented times.

Join Staffing.com’s Editor-in-chief Paul Estes for an in-depth interview with Michelle Labbe, Toptal’s VP of People, about the key insights and takeaways from this playbook. 

Paul Estes

Editor-in-chief
Staffing.com

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Michelle Labbe

Vice President of People
Toptal

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The Coronavirus is proving to be the biggest accelerator of business transformation and it is an opportunity for Talent Leaders to deliver tremendous value along the way. Companies that survive the coming months will do so with epic contributions their HR partners.

This panel will discuss how Talent Leaders are:

• Delivering the training and development required to drastically reshape their workforce
• Developing wellness and support strategies to retain top talent Leveraging new work at home policies to increase long term productivity
• Establishing strategies to recruit the best, newly available talent 

Girish Ganesan

Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion and Head of Talent
AMCB, TD Bank Group

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Brenda Victoria

Global Vice President of Talent
World Fuel Services

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Corey Shaw

Associate Vice President, Talent Acquisition
Canada Life

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imagine the world as it is today. In a matter of weeks, our work and lifestyles have been disrupted beyond recognition: flights grounded, people housebound, rationing of food and supplies, and rocketing unemployment. It’s no surprise that this time has been described as “a human crisis unlike any we have experienced.” While we take a moment to recognize the devastating impact of COVID-19 on human lives, we need to think about what it means for the future of talent management.

In this interactive session, you will:

• Explore the impact this crisis will have on business owners, our employees, and the unemployed
• Discover the skills gaps this situation has exposed
• Discuss emergency planning with a strategic focus
• Investigate what a post-COVID-19 marketplace will look like
• Talk through the long-term impacts that businesses need to be prepared for
• Take away practical tips you can implement immediately

Lisa-Anne Ferris

Director of Client Services, Enterprise Learning Solutions
Wiley

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While other things slow, there is a consensus that Covid-19 is accelerating Digital Transformation across industries and companies. Digital Transformation is as much a talent problem, as it is a technology problem. IDC says enterprises will not just be consumers of software, most will have to become producers of software to survive and thrive in the new digital economy.

In this session you will learn:

• Why you need to go beyond LinkedIn to find critical talent
• Why talent analytics are a critical resource for the modern recruiter
• How to build diverse candidate slates and reduce unconscious bias
• Why the right partner is crucial to recruiting in the new reality

Join SeekOut CEO, Anoop Gupta, as he highlights how to get a competitive-edge in hiring key talent for your company’s Digital Transformation and acceleration.

Anoop Gupta

Chief Executive Officer
SeekOut

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While Talent Leaders continue to react to a quickly changing workforce and environment, they must also be making plans to deal with a landscape that is difficult to even imagine at this point. With so many variables and unknowns, how are you preparing for the post pandemic world?

This session will include discussion on:

• Safety and mental health of employees returning to the workforce Rebuilding morale and trust after unprecedented layoffs and pay reductions
• Strategies to retain top talent when the competition begins to rebuild

Sean Armstrong

Vice President Talent Insights
Standard Industries

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Dominic Mailloux

Director, Human Resources, Global Programs and Toronto site
Bombardier Aviation

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Diana Parks

Director of Learning
St. John Ambulance

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Take this opportunity to mingle in virtual networking rooms to discuss current events with your peers.