- Hotel Russell, London
Having the right executive talent in place—ready to move to the top when needed—is critical for future business success. But how do you ensure a smooth shift to the next generation of leaders?
Robert Guest, Business Editor at The Economist chaired the Sixth Annual Talent Management Summit on June 14th 2012.
The summit gathered over 180 HR and talent leaders and influential thinkers. Discussions on the day were all-encompassing and looked at human capital management at a strategic level.
- How do you attract and retain enough employees at all levels to meet the needs of organic and inorganic growth? Is culture the absolute bed rock on which once can develop talent?
- How do you create a value proposition that appeals to multiple generations?
- How do you develop a robust leadership pipeline and transfer key knowledge and relationships?
- How do you achieve top-level buy-in and what is required by a CEO to get his team onside?
- How do you unlock women’s leadership potential and release the next generation’s brightest talent?
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Liane Hornsey, Vice-president, People Operations, |
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Doug Baillie, Chief Human Resources Officer, Unilever |
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Richard Evans, Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo UK, Ireland and South Africa |
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Burnet Tucker, Global Head of Staffing, Learning and Leadership Development, Bank of America |
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Budaraju Sudhakar, Chief Human Resources Officer, Tata Chemicals |
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Carole Jones, Director, Global Human Resource Strategy and organisational Development, Aviva |
Click here for an executive summary of discussions at last year's event.

| 08.15 | REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS |
| 08.50 | CHAIR'S OPENING REMARKS Robert Guest, Business Editor, The Economist |
| 09.00 | OPENING KEYNOTE: The secrets of successfully integrating talent management and corporate strategy Doug Baillie, Chief Human Resources Officer, Unilever |
| 09.30 | INTERVIEW: The critical role of the top executive in strategy-driven talent management Richard Evans, President, PepsiCo UK, Ireland and South Africa |
| 10.00 | PANEL: The new talent leaders - re-positioning HR Panellists: James Cullens, Group Human Resources Director, Hays; International Advisory Board Member, OUBS Khurshed Dehnugara, Partner, Relume Budaraju Sudhakar, Chief Human Resources Officer, Tata Chemicals Lesley Wilkinson, Head, Talent and Organisational Development, EMEA, Citi |
| 10:45 | Network Break |
| PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE LEADERSHIP: THE NEXT GENERATION PIPELINE |
| 11.15 | PANEL: New times/ new markets – leadership styles put to the test Panellists: Vinod Kumar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Tata Communications Carole Jones, Director, Global Human Resources Strategy and Organisational Development, Aviva Yih-Teen Lee, Professor of Managing People in Organisations, IESE Business School Stevens J Sainte-Rose, Group Human Resources Director, Eurasia Africa Group, The Coca- Cola Company |
| 12.00 | PANEL: Women – reshaping the corporate talent pool by unlocking female leadership |
| 12.45 | LUNCH |
| 13.45 | PANEL: The net generation – how to capitalise on unique characteristics Moderator: Jon Ingham, Human Resources and OD Consultant, Strategic HCM Speaker: Ryan Blair, Entrepreneur, Chief Executive Officer, ViSalus Sciences and Author, “Nothing to Lose” Panellist: Lucian Tarnowski, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BraveNewTalent.com |
| 14.25 | PANEL: Strategic workforce planning – how to build effective executive talent pipelines Moderator: Chris Webber, Senior Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit Speaker: Chris Benko, Vice-president, Global Talent Management, Merck Panellists: Sharron Gunn, Executive Director, Commercial Department, ICAEW Phillip Snalune, European Director, Monster Melanie Long, Head of Solutions Consulting, SHL |
| 15.10 | Networking Break |
BEST PRACTICE: INNOVATIVE TALENT AND LEADERSHIP MODELS |
| 15.30 | WORK GROUP: Engagement – does your Chief Executive Officer know what makes your organisation tick? Speaker: Andrew Kakabadse, Professor of International Management Development, Cranfield University School of Management Work group leaders Carole and Jason Miller, Partners, Tinder-Box |
| 16.25 | CLOSING KEYNOTE: Leadership reality – where will you take the next generation? Speaker: Liane Hornsey, Vice-president, People Operations - Sales and Business Development, Google |
| 16.55 | CHAIR’S SUMMATION AND CLOSE OF CONFERENCE Robert Guest, Business Editor, The Economist |
Robert Guest, Business Editor, The Economist
Liane Hornsey, Vice-president, People Operations, Sales and Business Development, Google
Doug Baillie, Chief Human Resources Officer, Unilever
Richard Evans, President, PepsiCo UK, Ireland and South Africa
James Cullens, Group Human Resources Director; International Advisory Board Member, Hays; OUBS
Budaraju Sudhakar, Chief Human Resources Officer, Tata Chemicals
Andrew Kakabadse, Professor of International Management Development, Cranfield University School of Management
Carole Jones, Director, Global Human Resources Strategy and Organisational Development, Aviva
Sue Swanborough, Human Resource Director UK & Ireland, General Mills
Lisa Calvert, Senior Vice-president, Human Resources, Getty Images
Emily Lawson, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Chris Benko, Vice-president, Global Talent Management, Merck
Stevens J Sainte-Rose, Group Human Resource Director, Eurasia Africa Group, The Coca-Cola Company
Yih-Teen Lee, Professor of Managing People in Organisations, IESE Business School
Jason Miller, Partner, Tinder-Box
Vinod Kumar, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Tata Communications
Carole Miller, Partner, Tinder-box
Sharron Gunn, Executive Director, ICAEW
Jon Ingham, Human Resources and OD Consultant, Strategic Human Capital Management
Melanie Long, Managing Consultant, SHL
Lucian Tarnowski, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Brave New Talent
Chris Webber, Senior Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit
Barbara Beck, Special Reports Editor, The Economist
Lesley Wilkinson, Head, Talent and Organisational Behaviour, EMEA, Citi
Khurshed Dehnugara, Partner; Author, Relume
Phillip Snalune, European Director, Monster
Companies in attendance at past events included: • Talent Manager, A.P. Moller-Maersk Group • Strategic Resourcing, Group Function Human Resources, ABB |
| Merck Moorhouse Consulting MorphoSys AG Mundipharma International Ltd National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Nycomed Pfizer Pharmafocus RAND Europe Roche Diagnostics RSA sanofi-aventis Sanofi-Aventis Scrip Intelligence Shire HGT Siren Interactive Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Tessella The Daily Telegraph The Guardian The University of Liverpool The Wall Street Journal Thomson Reuters ViiV Healthcare Vitesse Media WCI Consulting Wockhardt UK Ltd Zambon Company |
Gold sponsors:
IESE Business School, the graduate school of management of the University of Navarra, is consistently ranked among the world's leading business schools. Highly international, the school is committed to the education and development of responsible business leaders worldwide. It offers high calibre degree and executive education programmes, and conducts rigorous research initiatives that are global in scope. In addition to world class campuses in Barcelona and Madrid, the school has a centre in New York City and offices in Munich and Sao Paulo. It also delivers programmes at numerous other locations, including Miami, Dubai and Shanghai. IESE launched Europe's first two-year MBA programme in 1964 under the guidance of Harvard Business School and it also pioneered the concept of executive education for business leaders in Europe. For more information please visit www.iese.edu |
The Open University Business School is the leader in flexible learning and pioneers programmes that enable organisations and individuals to immediately implement their learning into their work. Part of a select group of triple-accredited Schools (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS), they are the only School that specialises in flexible learning. For more information please visit www.openuniversity/business-school |
Silver sponsors:
Cranfield has been at the forefront of executive education for over 40 years and is one of Europe’s leading business schools. We are dedicated to improving business performance whilst inspiring the next generation of business leaders. Our partnerships with industry drive the development of our activities, ensuring that the 7,000 managers who come to Cranfield every year are prepared for the very latest challenges facing global business today. |
| ICAEW is a professional membership organisation, supporting over 138,000 chartered accountants around the world. ICAEW is committed to developing the next generation of business leaders. Our suite of leadership programmes targeted at key career stages, from newly qualified through to the boardroom, support finance professionals in talent management strategies and ensure that finance teams are well equipped and high performing. Because of us, people can do business with confidence. Visit us at www.icaew.com/leadership |
For further information visit www.monster.co.uk |
SHL is the leader in talent measurement solutions, driving better business results for clients through superior people intelligence and decisions – from hiring and recruiting, to employee development and succession planning. With a presence in over 50 countries, SHL delivers more than 25 million assessments annually in over 30 languages. For further information please visit www.shl.com |
Exhibitors:
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Offering excellence in executive education Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, empowers and supports organisations and individuals to create opportunities, meet new challenges and drive business impact. We blend the best of the old and the new, a young, vibrant and innovative business school, embedded in an 800-year-old university. We provide innovative programme design and delivery. For further information visit www.sbs.oxford.edu/execed |
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Audience research sponsor:
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