Getting A Different Result: The Approach Needed for Talent
Everyone is feeling the impact of turnover and the need to find talent to fill positions. People are investing more of their time and treasure into these efforts yet for the most part, they are just doing the same thing they have always done and expecting a different result. Instead, SHRM Foundation speakers in this session propose you disrupt your practices completely and leverage untapped talent in your community.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to make the argument for your workplace for leveraging untapped talent.
- Overcome skepticism on why prior justice involved individuals and individuals with disabilities are a true talent solution.
- Move from intent to reality of hiring members of the military community.
Wendi Safstrom
Wendi Safstrom is a senior non-profit leader committed to serving the public through philanthropic program management, cultivating strategic partnerships and managing and developing high performing teams. She has both association and nonprofit management experience including; national program development and administration, membership strategy, marketing and product development, grant management, development and donor stewardship, and leading cross functional teams. Safstrom currently serves as President for the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation (SHRM Foundation), where she leads the development and implementation of SHRM Foundation's programmatic, development, and marketing and communication strategies in support of SHRM Foundation's new mission and vision, creating growth plans and ensuring alignment with SHRM goals.
Prior to assuming the role at SHRM Foundation, Safstrom served as Vice President at the National Restaurant Association and National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, where she led the development and implementation of their Foundation's most recent five-year strategic plan, and was responsible for all Foundation programming, including workforce development initiatives, scholarship and event management, community relations and engagement initiatives. The NRAEF's philanthropic programming supported a number of audiences including high school youth, veterans transitioning from service to civilian work and life, opportunity youth and incumbent workers. Of particular note, she led the implementation of the restaurant industry's premier high school career and technical education program, growing the program to over 2,000 public high schools, engaging over 150,000 students annually, nationwide. In 2016, she served as lead project director for the development of a $10 million contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor to develop the hospitality industry's first apprenticeship program, and was instrumental in the Foundation's reorganization and relocation of operations from Chicago, Illinois to Washington, D.C., transforming the staff and culture.
Safstrom has also held human resource management roles with the Leo Burnett Company and Hyatt Hotels Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. She has a BS in Business Administration from the Eli Broad School of Business at Michigan State University and was recognized as a member of the 2014 "Power 20" by Restaurant Business Magazine as a leader in philanthropy within the restaurant industry.
Andy Traub
Andy Traub serves as a Principal for Global Disability Inclusion. He most recently served as Vice President of Human Resources and created/ led Allied InclusionWorks at Allied One Source. Allied InclusionWorks is the first end-to-end solution, helping prepare employers to connect them to talented job seekers who face challenges to employment including veterans, individuals with disabilities and fair chance candidates. He is an internationally recognized leader in both disability and diversity employment with over 25 years of human resource management experience. Over the past two decades, Andy has developed and implemented talent acquisition/ management strategies for entities ranging from local and national government to domestic and international employers, including Google, Best Buy, Walgreens, Office Depot, Amazon, Starbucks, Sodexo, Kroger and several European based companies as well as consulting with government entities in Russia, Scotland and Germany. He was also lead consultant on the Workplace Initiative Team for the Poses Family Foundation to develop disability inclusion strategies for national employers receiving funding from the foundation. At AMC Entertainment, Inc., Andy led the company’s strategic recruitment initiatives as Director of Recruitment and created “AMC F.O.C.U.S.”, an award-winning program in which AMC broke new ground in hiring and retaining large numbers of individuals with disabilities. He has also served as the Managing Director for the National Organization on Disability where he created several innovative programs and products (including the Disability Employment Tracker) to help national employers develop sustainable programs designed to effectively attract, on-board, manage and retain individuals with disabilities. Andy has had the honor of being invited by two different administrations to the White House to present on best practices in disability employment. He was also invited by the US Embassy to provide multiple keynotes at an international disability employment conference in Moscow, Russia.
David Muir
