-- Microsoft, Mary Rose Becker, Chief of Staff of Learning and Readiness,
SMSG Readiness
-- Novell, Kathy Betts, Vice President of Human Resources
-- GlaxoSmithKline, Lou Manzi, Vice President of Global Talent Solutions
-- Northeast Georgia Health System, Jack Fulbright, Vice President of
Human Resources
-- AECOM, Bob Kelleher, Chief Human Capital Officer
-- Denver Nuggets, Dean Oliver, Director of Quantitative Analytics
-- GameStop, Barbara Zimmerman, Divisional VP of Talent and
Organizational Development
-- Avnet, Steve Church, Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources
Development Officer
-- UMB Financial, Pat Cassady, Senior Vice President of Talent
Acquisition & Careers
-- Home Depot, Leslie Joyce, Former Vice President & Chief Learning
Officer
-- UPS, Michael L. Eskew, Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
-- Extra Space Storage, Bruce Boucher, Senior Vice President of Human
Resources
-- Environmental Systems Design, Michael Kern, Vice President of Human
Resources
"Thanks to Aberdeen and the presenters, we hit the target at this event!
The conference was superb and the speakers were aligned and right on the
money!" - Lou Manzi, VP Global Talent Solutions, GlaxoSmithKline
Another summit participant had this to add about the event: "This summit
has set the standard and raised the bar for best-in-class conferences!
Truly impressive, well organized, and outstanding in every way. The
presenters were phenomenal and left us with a great deal of information and
recommendations to take back to our organizations for enhanced operational
development." - Greg Mason, COO, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority
2009 Aberdeen Achievement Awards:
During the proceedings, Aberdeen presented five industry achievement awards
for excellence in Human Capital Management. The winners were drawn from a
research pool of thousands of enterprises over the past twelve months. The
winners are:
(1) GameStop - Engagement Innovation Award -- Granted to the enterprise
that has maximized innovative solutions to improve employee engagement and
positively impact company performance. "GameStop is very grateful for this
recognition of its ongoing efforts to engage our large team of talented
associates. Our success begins on the sales floor of every GameStop store
when our associates create great customer relationships. I am particularly
grateful to our senior management team and our field executives for their
leadership and support as the entire GameStop organization seeks to
leverage the talent and enthusiasm of every associate." - Barbara
Zimmermann, Divisional VP of Talent and Organizational Development
(2) Cox Communications - HR Transformation Award -- Granted to the
enterprise that has demonstrated Human Capital Management excellence by
overcoming tremendous obstacles through the transformation of HR technology
and process to support business growth. "We have been on an exciting
journey over the past eight years to bring together our employee life cycle
processes and data in order to gain efficiencies. We're thrilled to be
recognized for our efforts by Aberdeen with an industry achievement award,
and we look forward to the opportunities ahead to continue to find
improvements in how we deliver HR Services and critical info in order to
meet our strategic business challenges." - Erin Govednik, SPHR, Executive
Director, HR Technology
(3) Astra-Zeneca - Innovation in Recruiting Award -- Granted to the
enterprise that has demonstrated leadership in the field of recruiting by
implementing innovative recruiting practices to attract and hire the best
fit talent to support the organization's business goals and respond to
changing business conditions. "After nine years of close collaboration
between our sales force and HR organizations, it is great to be recognized
among our peers with an industry achievement award for Recruitment
Innovation. We appreciate Aberdeen for this recognition and look forward to
resetting the bar at AstraZeneca and achieving the next level of
recruitment transformation."
- Kimberly A. Wipf, Executive Director, Global Recruitment
(4) Starwood Hotels & Resorts - Succession Planning & Leadership
Development -- Granted to the Enterprise that has shown creativity and
ingenuity in developing their next generation of leaders to address
evolving business requirements and priorities. "We very much appreciate
receiving the Achievement Award from Aberdeen. It is great to be
recognized among our peers with an industry achievement award of such
importance." - Ingrid Eras, VP People Development & Staffing
(5) TELUS - Performance Management & Learning Award -- Granted to the
enterprise that has demonstrated deep understanding of the elements of
performance and harnessed the power of learning and performance management
technology and processes to achieve business performance excellence. "We
are investing in our internal capabilities as a strategic initiative.
Starting in 2000, led by HR, the company would begin to optimize its
learning strategy by developing systems linking individual performance
objectives with corporate goals. We appreciate the award because it
recognizes our continued efforts to invest in our team members. We are
fortunate to have had the benefit of such a supportive leadership team
through the challenges and rewards of our endeavors." - Benny Ramos, Sr.
Career Development Consultant, TELUS
HR-Performance Culture
Congratulations to all of the 2009 HCM Industry Achievement Award Winners!
Post HCM Summit Webinar:
Research findings and Valuable Information Shared at the 2009 HCM Summit
A summary of the HCM Summit proceedings, which will include the key
findings from the onsite research conducted at the conference will be
presented on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 10am PDT/ 1pm EDT. To register for
this free Webinar, please visit:
https://e-meetings.verizonbusiness.com/emeet/rsvp/index.jsp?Conference_ID =3038818&passcode=9440229 Conference number: 3038818 Passcode: 9440229 To register for this event: 1. Go to the URL listed above and choose Web RSVP under Join Events. 2. Enter the conference number and passcode. 3. Provide your information for the event leader and then click submit.Summit Sponsors Aberdeen acknowledges and appreciates the support of the 2009 HCM Summit sponsoring companies: Platinum Sponsors: SilkRoad technology, inc., and Taleo; and Gold Sponsors: First Advantage, iCIMS, PreVisor, and Vangent. HCM Summit Site - http://summits.aberdeen.com/index.php/HCM.html HCM Research Practice - http://research.aberdeen.com/index.php/-human-capital-management About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen™ for insights that drive decisions. http://www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890.
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