8.30 Attract, Develop, Challenge And Retain Talents Through Structured HR Processes That Align With Business Strategy – Learn From Schibsted’s Strategies

• The importance of clear goals and direction, measurement and feedback – organisational level and individual level
• The role of planned and structured leadership reviews – team level and individual level
• Why more than 2 of 3 trainee alumni hold leadership position or other strategic key positions at Schibsted

Cathrine Foss Stene
Senior Vice President HR & Corporate Communications, Schibsted ASA
Norway

Cathrine Foss Stene was appointment HR Director at Schibsted in 2008 and is responsible for the company’s leadership and competence development, talent management, recruitment and internal and external communications.

8.30 Chairman’s Welcome And Opening Address

9.20 Employee Engagement As The Driver For Business Results

• Ensuring organisational effectiveness and employee engagement
• Retaining talents by developing managerial competence and ensuring employee satisfaction and motivation
• Employee engagement in a global perspective

Henrik D. Sørensen
Managing director, Ennova
Denmark

Henrik has been the managing director of Ennova since 2001. He is an advisor for several of the largest companies in Scandinavia and an experienced speaker at conferences in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

10.30 The World Has Changed - What About The Way We Lead And Manage? Adapting The HR Leading Style To The Business And The Current Global Market

• Challenging the myths -the problem with traditional management
• The Beyond Budgeting principles
• The Statoil model - Ambition to action
• Integrated performance management across Finance and HR
• Relative target setting
• Managing costs without budgets
• Holistic performance evaluation
• Implementation experiences

Bjarte Bogsnes
Vice President - Performance Management Development
Statoil

Bjarte has a long international career, both in Finance and HR and currently heads up Statoil’s Beyond Budgeting project. He is Chairman of the Beyond Budgeting Round Table in Europe (BBRT) and has just published the book “Implementing Beyond Budgeting - Unlocking the Performance Potential”. He writes about why traditional leadership and management practices no longer work in today’s competence organisations operating in a business environment more complex, dynamic and unpredictable than ever.

11.30 Ensuring Employee Retention And Effective Performance Management Through A Workforce Strategy That Aligns With A Global Business Culture And Core Values

• Structuring performance management strategy in a global business with strong culture and core values – possibilities and limitations
• Strengthen your methods for retention of high performers through competitive succession planning
• Engaging individuals in the development plan to secure an optimal match of need and competence
• Measuring ROI in recruiting and performance management initiatives to secure buy-in from the board
• Achieve great business results by engaging your employees and giving ownership, creating motivation and creativity

Jenny Evelius
Senior Vice President Human Resources
EF Education First

Jenny is based in London, UK and has held her position since January 2007. EF is the world’s largest private educational company with 29000 employees, offices in over 50 countries and a total of over 400 schools and offices across the globe. Prior to EF Jenny was responsible for leadership development for senior management at the Electrolux Group and before that she was a consultant with Heidrick & Struggles.

14.00 Creating Excellence In Leadership Development Through Powerful Strategies

During this presentation you’ll get an insight to McDonald’s leadership development strategies and learn effective methods for developing your own leaders

• Finding business leaders to promote agreed business value
• Engaging and developing leaders in line with business goals and values
• Strategies to discover and develop strong leaders for future challenges
• Creating quality in the leadership development programme to ensure committed leaders

Silvia Merretz
Head of Talent Management
McDonald’s Germany

Silvia Merretz is Head of Talent Management McDonald’s Germany which at the same time is the lead of the Western Division (besides Germany 9 other central European countries) within the European structure of McDonald’s.

14.40 Truly Aligning HR With Business Demands Through Leaders To Raise Productivity Without Increased Costs

• HR as a strategic asset for business development
• Engaging co-workers and partners to create value out of HR processes
• Strategies to improve business performance through structured leadership development programs

Johan Swärd
Vice President HSE, Posten Norge ASA
Norway

Erik Roth
Organisational & Development Vice President, Posten Norge ASA
Norway

15.40 Employee Engagement Through Connection With The Company Mission And Individualized Development Commitments

• Monitoring employee engagement – learn from Danone People Survey
• Connecting employees to company values and mission – gain knowledge of Danone Supporting Life
• Empowering people in their own development: leadership attitudes and development programs – case study from Danone Leadership Program and individual growth commitment

Marie de la Roche
Business support function HR Director, Danone
France

Before taking her current position Marie worked as Organizational Development Director, Resources Development Director and HRD at Danone

16.15 Improve And Measure The Impact Of Performance Management By Smart Data-Driven Investments In Human Capital To Achieve Business Goals

• Invest in performance management in order to attract and retain employees and increase productivity, competitiveness and profitability
• Linking individual goals to business goals and strategy to achieve bottom-line results
• Maximize the outcome of your people by securing the right human capital measurements
• Demonstrate return on investment in talent to ensure buy-in from the board on HR processes

16.55 Retaining And Attracting Talents Through Global Employer Branding Initiatives

• Employer branding efforts that build awareness, attract and retain talent
• Launching global initiatives to attract the right competences
• Adapting employer branding initiatives globally to meet local expectations
• Attracting and retaining key talents by offering global opportunities, constant challenges, training, bonuses and learning programmes
• Measuring employer branding initiatives to assess their return on investment

Birgitte Brix Andersen
Employer Branding Director
Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Birgitte has been responsible for global Employer Branding in Vestas since May 2009 and prior to that she worked as an employer branding consultant

17.35 Chairman’s Closing And End Of Day One