Minneapolis CHRO Executive Summit

Exclusive to Governing Body members and select guests, this dinner is a can’t-miss opportunity to connect with your peers prior to tomorrow’s Executive Summit. Please join your colleagues for an evening of good food, wine, and lively networking.

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

As organizations address pandemic challenges, it’s also time to look forward to the future of HR. At the YMCA of the North, George McCrary is helping to transform organizational culture while developing team members and future leaders who value inclusion. Informed by his background in business (leadership positions at the Detroit Zoo and several Fortune 500 retail companies including Target, Walmart and Kmart), McCrary is implementing strategies to hold his organization accountable to its mission and core values while inspiring organizational and community diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Join McCrary for this keynote to:

• Be inspired to keep pushing for authentic diversity, equity and inclusion goals
• Identify leadership development techniques and strategies that will yield results during the pandemic and after
• Learn how McCrary’s team brings the Y’s core values – caring, equity, honesty, respect and responsibility – to life in their daily work in the community

Today’s organizations have had to adapt to a wide range of market challenges. The transformations CHROs tend to talk about most are the big, strategic initiatives. These include everything from mergers and acquisitions to new, often digital, business models. But more often than not, businesses need to transform on many levels, continuously, and especially with an operational focus on driving ever greater efficiencies. While transformation comes in ever-increasing waves of stop/start lurches from one ‘new normal’ to the next, this interactive session with orgvue’s CEO, Rupert Morrison will answer questions including:

• What is HR’s role in transformation and organizational design – how can they have a bigger role in the business?
• How can HR leaders evolve their approach to transformation & organizational design?
• What does data and technology bring to the table in delivering more effective change?

A movement continues after four million Americans set a record in April by quitting. Aaron Sojourner with Carlson School of Management at University of Minnesota, who served as senior economist for labor at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and was featured in The New York Times, will help HR leaders understand how the latest trends impact recruitment and retention strategies.

Join this interactive session with Sojourner to benchmark:

• Turnover trends across a spectrum of industries
• HR leader perceptions on employee turnover
• HR strategies to increase attraction and reduce attrition

You’ve played a critical role in supporting employees , leaders and the business during a very challenging time period. In what ways will you partner with leaders, and leverage your influence, to further enhance company culture and performance – now, and into the future?

• Listening for continued understanding
• Collaborating on priorities with the greatest impact
• Securing the support and advocacy of leadership

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

Major developments in the U.S. labor market have organizations gathering whatever data they can to retain and bring in talent. The pandemic, push for diversity and employee demands have changed the analytics game. CHROs are tasked with digging through piles of data to figure out how to best use it and what to prioritize, but how do you do that?

Join this interactive session to:

• Get the tools needed to navigate the sea of data
• Explain what to focus on without getting overwhelmed
• Feel confident in analyzing data to reach your organization’s goals

The push for social responsibility, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging has propelled leaders into the next phase of HR. Now it’s time to double-down on that impressive progress by ensuring company culture aligns with those goals of welcoming and engaging employees, but also using careful analyses of the market, equitable compensation and more.

Join this session as HR leaders discuss:

• Strategies to enable a cohesive and empowered workforce
• Forward thinking methods to increase diversity in the workplace
• Creating a culture blueprint for tracking metrics

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

The labor shortage has organizations searching for creative ways to elevate the employee experience to attract new talent and keep retainment high. But between budget constraints, bids for new and improved benefits, and vaccine mandates, how and when do you compromise? Strategize the future of your workforce by finding the delicate balance.

Join this session to discuss:

• New demands from employees and how to balance that with your organization’s goals
• How and when to compromise programs while facing demands from all directions
• The strategy of using employee experience to plan the future of your workforce

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

CHROs are looking for ways to invigorate culture, cultivate a fun business climate and boost employee engagement. WSJ and USA Today best-selling author, Dr. Daren Martin provides a blueprint for business leaders to architect a thriving culture and attract and retain top talent.

Join this opening keynote presentation to:

• Improve engagement to keep high level of talent
• Learn the ABCs of architecting your very own Company of Owners
• Find inspiration to rally employees about your organization