The 2013 Future Leaders Conference Building Leaders through Commitment and Community. communities within your organization to build future leaders

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1 The 2013 Future Leaders Conference Building Leaders through Commitment and Community November 13, 2013 PreConference Seminar November 14 15, 2013 Sofitel Chicago Water Tower Hear research on how to build commitment and develop a pipeline of talent in a changing workforce Learn practical, innovative approaches to develop employees and leverage communities within your organization to build future leaders Explore how mobile technology and social media develop a leader s ability to share information and connect with employees in meaningful ways Network with fellow thought leaders and build your personal learning community

2 Organizations face rapidly evolving challenges that require leaders to navigate through uncertain economic times, drive technologicallyenabled workforces, and deliver results in complex, global structures. Individuals who embrace the traditional hierarchal approach to leading, with centralized decisionmaking, will struggle to deliver in the rapidly changing environment. Connection, through networks, communities, and technology, will enable future leaders to manage complexity, build valueadded relationships, and drive innovation with a diverse, global workforce. This conference will challenge our traditional thinking and discuss: Role of mobile technology and social media in influencing how we connect with each other and the work that we do Innovative approaches that empower individuals to achieve worklife balance while building their careers Methods to interact with employees that help leaders drive the creation of strategy and delivery of results Practical ways to leverage employee networks to increase commitment and build community among future leaders Who should attend The conference is a must attend for Human Resources leaders, Leadership and Early Career Development professionals, Talent Management professionals, senior business leaders interested in developing high potential talent and those responsible for talent acquisition, learning and employee development, and succession planning. Take our insights with you! BEST OF THE CONFERENCE BOARD DVD SERIES $99 Featuring insights from our experts and top business leaders View the catalogue and order at (The Best of DVD series does not include footage from this conference)

3 PreConference Seminar Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Learning Agility: Accelerate Leader Development with Certainty registration and continental breakfast 8 9 am seminar 9 am 3 pm In a complex and uncertain market that leaves no room for gambling, be confident you are accurately identifying and developing your future leaders. Research shows that people with high Learning Agility are the most likely to succeed in firsttime, challenging roles and get the most out of their developmental experiences. In this highly interactive session, you will experience Learning Agility indepth: where it comes from, why it matters, and how it can be leveraged in your organization to ensure a sustainable talent pipeline that aligns with your business strategy and bottomline objectives. Participants will explore how Learning Agility can be used to: Accurately identify and develop key talent with the potential to lead into the future Accelerate readiness of individuals to take on broader leadership roles Determine an individual s best development path Apply a proven formula for development that emphasizes learning from stretch assignments In addition, participants will have an opportunity to experience viaedge, a selfassessment for Learning Agility, with a complimentary online assessment and feedback report. Vicki Swisher, Senior Director, Intellectual Property Development Korn/Ferry International Craig Sneltjes, Managing Principal, Leadership and Talent Consulting Korn/Ferry International For more information about this preconference seminar and updates please visit our website at Call Customer Service at

4 Thursday, November 14, 2013 registration and continental breakfast 8 8:45 am welcome and introductions 8:45 9 am Joanne M. Loce, Conference Program Director, The Conference Board a 9 10 am Future Leaders: Achieve Balance while Delivering Value How do you find your passion and calling? Once finding your purpose, how do you achieve health for yourself personally and professionally, while leading your team to do the same? Pamela Hawley will cover how rising leaders can overcome challenges and: Strike the right balance to contribute to a better life and to more productive work Lead communities, at work and outside of work Connect across the globe to build a stronger business model Create more positive impact for the world Pamela Hawley, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, UniversalGiving b am Building Future Leaders In the unpredictable marketplace, leaders need to prepare to take on a variety of business and leadership challenges. Leaders who can draw upon diverse skill sets and traits are more likely to be successful in the complex global business environment. In this session, we will share The Conference Board research findings as it relates to: Necessary capabilities to lead in a changing business environment Trends in leadership demands with a global perspective Strategies to accelerate development and close the leadership gap Amy Lui Abel, Ph.D., Director of Human Capital Research, The Conference Board Jim Reilly, Director of Talent Management, Walgreens networking refreshment break 11 11:30 am concurrent session c1 11:30 am 12:30 pm Creating Community: Future Leaders and the Millennial Voice session sponsor Your future leaders have potential to change the game with their creative, collaborative and connected approach. How may organizations need to evolve to engage millennials as leaders? In this session, you ll: Hear millennial perspectives on communication, mission, people and compensation Consider research on engaging generationally diverse employees, by understanding their social, mobile and community preferences Reframe approaches to leadership development, recruiting and talent Interact with new polling applications as part of our session Jim Spaeth, Chief Executive Officer, Media Behavior Institute Dana Kirchman, Managing Partner, Blue Star Partners Maude DiVittis, Vice President, Global People and Organizational Development, Coach Call Customer Service at

5 concurrent session c2 11:30 am 12:30 pm Playing to Win the Talent Game Many of our nation s most wellrespected companies invest millions in an attempt to craft market strategies, increase market share, and show profitability. Yet, only a select few are taking a strategic approach to building and developing diverse talent pipelines for the Csuite. Based on more than 10 years of data working with more than 50 of the nation s leading corporations and nonprofits, this session will: Discuss the current and evolving environment Outline challenges organizations face in developing diverse talent pipelines Recommend how to approach recruitment, development and retention of minority talent John Rice, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Management Leadership for Tomorrow networking luncheon 12:30 1:30 pm concurrent session d1 1:30 2:30 pm Experience Maps Accelerate Leader Development There s something for everyone to dislike about how companies develop talent today. Employers are frustrated that expensive learning investments yield questionable results. Managers are frustrated that complex development processes deliver little value. Typical competency approaches don t help managers to accelerate development or provide employees with a guide for managing their careers. A new approach called Experience Maps makes it far easier to develop employees and communicate career opportunities. In this session you ll learn: How to use Experience Maps to assess capabilities and accelerate talent growth How to realign your organization to extract the full power of experiences How to quickly build functional Experience Maps in your company Marc Effron, Coauthor, One Page Talent Management, and Founder New Talent Management Network Sherryl Stalinski, Senior Director, Talent Management and Organization Development Parsons concurrent session d2 1:30 2:30 pm Creating Communities to Continue Leader Development Formal development programs and events provide structured ways to build skills and align leadership teams. However, when programs end, organizations face the challenge of sustaining development and investment in high potential talent. Hear how Intel: Organizes communities to grow and maintain connections among high potential leaders Harnesses the interests and passions of leadership communities to tackle significant business issues and foster broader leadership development Drives leadership engagement and retention through sustained commitment to development Deb Bubb, Director of Executive Leadership Development, Intel Corporation Dani Napier Harrison, Leader Community Program Manager, Intel Corporation networking refreshment break 2:30 3 pm

6 e 3 4 pm Using Social Media to Guide Strategic Decisions Social media can provide a portal into the hearts and minds of an organization s employees and provide insight into how aligned they are to the strategy of the company. In this session, learn how ConAgra Foods: Facilitates organizationwide best sharing to increase efficiency Connects leaders directly with employees creating transparency and open dialogue on business strategy Leverages social media to gauge employee sentiment Erin Grotts, Communications and External Relations Manager, ConAgra Foods f 4 5 pm Mentoring: Bridging the Leadership Gap Organizations benefit from connecting future leaders with experienced resources to pass on knowledge and sustain organizational performance. In this panel discussion, hear how organizations: Design global mentorship programs that provide a positive return on investment Combine inperson and online interactions to build capability around critical skills Sustain culture through focused partnering of leaders and high potentials Susan Barrett Kelly, Faculty, Northwestern University and Principal, SBK & Associates, Inc. Renetta McCann, Chief Talent Officer, Leo Burnett, USA networking reception 5 6:30 pm Friday, November 15, 2013 registration and continental breakfast 8 8:45 am opening remarks 8:45 9 am Joanne M. Loce, Conference Program Director, The Conference Board g 9 10 am Attracting and Hiring Tomorrow s Leaders When do you first start to attract your future leaders? Through your products and brand? Your policies about social responsibility? Your current employees networks? Organizations need to consider capability and culture when they identify and invest in the talent that can develop into the leaders of tomorrow. Hear strategies to: Appeal to future leaders in creative ways Use innovate channels to find the right talent Use the interview and assessment processes to get the best of the best Rosemary Haefner, Global Vice President of Human Resources, CareerBuilder networking refreshment break 10 10:15 am concurrent session h1 10:15 11:15 am Millennials Community at Work How important is community to creating commitment for Millennials? Do Millennials and nonmillennials have different needs for community? Hear the research of how multiple organizations capture the forces at play that are influencing: Conference KeyNotes Registration includes this summary of conference highlights and a postconference interactive webcast

7 Commitment and feelings of community at work Attitudes of Millennial and nonmillennial staff and managers Communication expectations of Millennials Jennifer J. Deal, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Center for Creative Leadership concurrent session h2 10:15 11:15 am The Next Generation of Leadership Development Programs The only constant is change. This adage has never been more true. Technology, social media, education, generational differences, and globalization are all contributing to an ever changing world that makes the future difficult to predict and leaders actions instantaneously visible. Please join us as we address these questions: What will be required of our leaders and what competencies are the most important? How must our leadership development programs be enhanced to prepare our future leaders? What do companies need to do differently now to ensure they have the best leaders for tomorrow? Robert J. Bennett, Vice President, Human Resources and CLO, Global Organizational Learning Development and Services, FedEx Express networking refreshment break 11:15 11:30 am i 11:30 am 12:30 pm The New Learning Landscape: Building Your Network, Growing Your Community Connecting through global, digital networks and communities may enable future leaders to transform the way in which they learn, problemsolve and develop. But professional development in the digital wild requires more than technical skills: it requires a keen ability in selfguided learning. From our years of experience helping future leaders address this challenge, hear our lessons learned about: Using social technology to find your way in a world where you can connect with anyone, any time, on any topic Focusing on the right questions to guide learning and develop a personal learning network Ways leadership development professionals can support learning in a digital environment Insights from the preconference open learning event on developing personal learning networks and selfdirected learning Kimberly S. Scott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Director, Master s Program in Learning and Organizational Change, School of Education and Social Policy Northwestern University Jeff Merrell, Associate Director and Lecturer, Master s Program in Learning and Organizational Change, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University closing remarks 12:30 pm Joanne M. Loce, Conference Program Director, The Conference Board Marketing Sponsor Presentations Available online in advance of the conference

8 Registration Information Online Phone :30 am to 5:30 pm ET Monday through Friday The 2013 Future Leaders Conference Building Leaders through Commitment and Community Sofitel Chicago Water Tower Conference ( ) November 14 15, 2013 Associates $2,295 NonAssociate $2,895 PreConference Seminar (B420142) November 13, 2013 Associates $1,015 NonAssociate $1,215 Hotel Accommodations Fees do not include hotel accommodations. For discounted reservations, contact the hotel directly no later than the cutoff date and mention The Conference Board Future Leaders Conference. Sofitel Chicago Water Tower 20 East Chestnut Street Chicago, IL Tel Hotel reservations cutoff date Friday, October 18, 2013 Cancellation Policy Full refund until three weeks before the meeting. $500 administration fee up to two weeks before the meeting. No refund after two weeks before the meeting. Confirmed registrants who fail to attend and do not cancel prior to the meeting will be charged the entire registration fee. Team Discounts per person For a team of three or more registering from the same company at the same time, take $300 off each person s registration. One discount per registration. Multiple discounts may not be combined. Printed on New Leaf Insight (FSC ), which is made with 100 percent recycled fiber and 100 percent postconsumer waste, processed chlorine free, and designated Ancient Forest Friendly TM. Printed and bound by Sheridan Communications Inc., Alpha, NJ, an FSC certified printer. No films or filmprocessing chemicals were used in the printing The Conference Board, Inc. All rights reserved. The Conference Board and the torch logo are registered trademarks of The Conference Board, Inc. Program subject to change. September 2013

9 The 2013 Future Leaders Conference Building Leaders through Commitment and Community November 13, 2013 PreConference Seminar November 14 15, 2013 Sofitel Chicago Water Tower The Conference Board 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY Promotion Code