Arizona Technology Council Lunch and Learn:
Workforce 2020: Strategic Imperative for Effective Workforce Management
How to plan ahead to manage the looming talent crisis


Date: Jan 27, 2015
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Cost: Free to attend if you register here
Location: ASU SkySong,1475 N Scottsdale Rd, Room 301 Ingenuity, Scottsdale, AZ 85257

Event Description:

Recent global survey information from significant sources has just been released.  They focus on the readiness levels of global and domestic corporations for the talent demands of Workforce 2020.   The trend is shifting from the war for talent to the war to develop talent.  What are the implications for your organization?   Workforce 2020 will be here before we know it.  Will your organization be ready?  What are the unique challenges of technology and its impact to today organizations?  Now is the time to start to consider the issues and plan a deliberate strategy.  Today, human capital planning is no longer an option but a strategic business imperative.  

What Will Be Covered:

  • Does your organization pass the organizational agility stress test?
  • Is your organization able to deploy talent, on demand, today and in the future?
  • What are the top issues that senior executives say keeps them up at night?
  • Leadership and Management Permafrost – is your organization affected by it?
  • What will the key challenges going to be in the next 5 years and beyond?
  • What are the corporate risks caused by an escalating talent deficit?
  • What are some myths that need to be debunked?
  • What are the basic steps and initiatives to ensure your IT workforce management strategy is well founded?
  • How do you identify critical gaps in your strategy execution processes and focus on the most important choices you must make?  
  • What are some of the reasons for IT not getting credit for getting things done?
  • Is your organization spending an enormous amount of time and energy on strategy development with little to show for your efforts?
  • How do you stay ahead of the pack and translate your organization's strategy into basic day-to-day initiatives?
  • Globally, what is the next big threat?

How do your preconceived ideas of the workforce compare with the recent data? Test your assumptions.  Put your organization through our stress test and see how you do.  


Who Should Attend:

  • Business Owners
  • C-Level Executives
  • Senior Human Resources Officers
  • Senior Operating Managers

 
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About the Presenters:

Joanne Flynn is the Managing Director of Phoenix Strategic Performance, a strategic human capital advisory firm.   She is a thought leader in the area of strategic organizational alignment, organizational agility and business resilience, human capital gap analysis, leadership challenges for the new workplace and change management.  She focuses on human capital relative to strategic initiatives, business growth, value creation and business development.  Previously, Joanne headed up the consulting practice of Phoenix Group International and was Vice President of Global Learning & Development for Goldman Sachs, Inc.
 

Fred Mapp, an advisor, strategist and author, is President of Quality Service Solutions.  He has over 40 years of corporate leadership experience in executive positions at IBM, American Express, Honeywell, AMD and other Fortune 500 companies. Fred has developed & refined business and growth processes and IT transformation.  He developed the Seven Initiative Framework© accelerating organizations to success by leveraging technology for growth, competitive advantage, innovation and market dominance. Fred is the author of ‘Mapping IT to Your Business” which describes the Seven Initiatives Framework in detail.
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