Tuesday January 23rd, 2007
Registration at 3:30
Program start 4:00
Networking reception 5:15 onward

Columbia Tower Club
Seattle, WA

R.J. Milnor
Senior Director
Corporate Leadership Council

As the world's organizations strive to improve business performance, Human Resources functions are asked to assume roles with increasing complexity, financial impact, and strategic relevance. In response, Chief Human Resources Officers have increasing made the skill levels of HR staff a top priority. But where and how should we focus scarce development resources? Drawn from a survey of Chief Human Resources Officers at nearly 200 organizations around the world, this session will address:

• How well have HR functions aligned their priorities against business needs?
• Which HR staff skills best build the function's effectiveness in its most important roles?
• What methods are most important for building critical skills?

The program will be followed by a networking reception.