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Talent
Development and Culture Innovation
from the Best in the Business
Register Now
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Followed by Wine and Cheese Holiday Social
Columbia Tower Club
701 5th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
Ensuring a continual supply of capable leaders
and creating a culture that empowers employees is essential for
organizations that are growing organically or through acquisitions.
Michelle Clements of REI and Norm Tonina of Microsoft will share their
presentations from HRPS’s 2007 Fall Executive Forum and explain
their approaches, challenges and best practices deployed to create their
global supply of leaders, aligned with the strategic initiatives of the
organization.
Engagement, Retention and Corporate Culture at
REI
REI’s mission is to inspire, educate, and outfit
for a lifetime of outdoor adventure. What does it take to become one of
the country’s 100 Best Companies to Work For? Come discover how REI
(Recreational Equipment Inc.) motivates and inspires employees offering
a wide variety of unique benefits, and a culture that truly empowers
their employees to make a difference.
Michelle Clements is Vice President of Human
Resources Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) and has twenty-seven years
experience in the retail industry in both operations and senior HR
positions. She oversees REI’s company-wide human resources which
includes recruiting, training and development, employee relations,
compensation and benefits, diversity initiative, employee recognition
programs, and REI’s employee service center. She is responsible for
developing the long-term People Strategies for the organization. In
addition, she serves as an Executive Sponsor on REI’s strategic
Diversity Initiative.
Claiming Microsoft’s Future: Retaining What
Led to Success While Defining and Driving What Is Needed for Tomorrow
Microsoft’s culture transformation, talent
management, and leadership development journey began four years ago with
a cultural assessment to identify factors critical to both its business
success and remarkable employee value proposition. This assessment,
along with projected business and industry shifts, informed the
aspire-to culture, and leadership and talent management frameworks and
processes required to propel the company into the future. Microsoft will
share its journey, foundational frameworks, and integrated nature of the
solutions it has built, along with key learnings, as the company claims
its future.
Norm Tonina, 15 year Microsoft veteran, is a
Senior Director on Microsoft’s People and Organization Capability (POC)
and has been responsible for designing and executing key strategic
corporate-wide HR initiatives since 1999. Over the last four years, Norm
has worked as part of the POC Leadership Team focused on the company’s
culture, talent management, and leadership development agenda.
Currently, Norm leads POC’s Culture and Talent Transformation team. This
team is responsible for defining and executing an enterprise-wide change
plan and influence strategy to shape and evolve Microsoft’s culture
while documenting Microsoft’s overarching talent strategy while
expanding / updating critical talent enablement elements.
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