Making Agile Work: HR’s Role in Empowering Success
“Agile” is the important work process taking hold in IT groups and other areas across organizations, and HR plays a critical part in leading and supporting the initiative. Learn the key tenets of agile work to understand how HR can take a primary role in applying it to shape a positive, holistic work experience—with consideration for leadership, teams and individuals, and for work, workers and workplace. Gain the necessary information about agile work that enables you to make a powerful impact in your organization.
Learning Objectives:
- Increase your knowledge of what agile means and how to support your internal customers.
- Understand a new model for creating a holistic work experience in support of an agile workplace.
- Discover key leadership behaviors you can activate to be successful.
- Learn about the elements of team dynamics that are most critical to establishing an agile workplace.
- Empower the HR function to lead and support an agile workplace in new ways.
Tracy Brower
Dr. Brower is a sociologist and Principal with the Applied Research team of Steelcase. She is the author of Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work: A Guide for Leaders and Organizations. She has over 25 years of experience working with global clients, as well as healthcare and education clients. She specializes in human and social systems, organizational culture/effectiveness, and the changing nature of work. Dr. Brower is an executive advisor to Coda Societies, to the MSU Mathematics Master’s Program, and a board member for the FM Research & Benchmarking Institute. Tracy’s work has been featured in TEDx, The Wall Street Journal, Training Magazine, Fortune.com, Forbes.com, Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, and more.
Laurent Bernard
Laurent has been the company’s Human Resources leader since 2002, and expanded his role in 2009 when the Learning group began reporting to him.
His role now reflects the close connection of learning, development, recruitment, rewards and other disciplines that contribute to Steelcase having the best talent possible to help us achieve our strategic business goals. He has been one of the primary architects of the company’s cultural transformation.
Laurent joined Steelcase in 1998. He has degrees in Human Resources and Law from the University of Paris and an MBA ESCP Business School in Paris.