Ingredients of the Secret Sauce: Lessons from People Leaders Driving Employee Experience at Top Workplaces
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What is the secret sauce for cultivating a top workplace culture? In this session you will gain valuable insights from a panel of Senior People Leaders from some of the top workplaces in the world. From championing inclusion to implementing wellness initiatives, discover the key elements that contribute to a successful workplace culture. You will leave with practical ideas for elevating your organization's employee experience.Learning Objectives:Understand the key elements that contribute to employee experience.Develop strategies to support employee wellness, culture, and experience.Explore best practices in inclusion & diversity and employee well-being.
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Bethany J. Adams
Bethany Adams has more than 15 years of experience in HR and education. She began her career working in learning & development and human resources in the restaurant and retail industries. She has experience in both small, privately-owned businesses and large, Fortune 500 organizations. Bethany holds a BA in Psychology, MA in Organizational Management, the SHRM-SCP certification, and is a Certified Genos International Emotional Intelligence Practitioner. She currently teaches at Villanova University in the Graduate Programs in HR Development. Bethany has spoken at a variety of conferences throughout the country and leads corporate training on topics including emotional intelligence, DEI, and strategic HR. Bethany hosts an HR podcast called HR Tea.
Anabel Pichler
Total Rewards & HR Leader | 30+ Years | Global Vision
Anabel brings over 30 years of experience in consulting and corporate HR/Total Rewards, designing and managing impactful compensation & benefits programs for diverse organizations like DuPont and AonHewitt. At GlobalFoundries, she leads global reward strategies, attracting, developing, and retaining top talent. Passionate about innovation, she crafts programs that resonate with employees and propel the company forward.
Active Industry Leader | Villanova Instructor
Anabel actively contributes to the field, serving on the Conference Board's Executive Compensation Council. She also shares her expertise by teaching Compensation in Villanova's HR Development program.
Todd Corley
Todd Corley is Carhartt’s SVP of Inclusion, Sustainability and Community. In this role, he leads the 135-year-old global workwear brand’s strategy on environmental and social impact.
His research on What Has (Hasn’t) Changed About Being A Chief Diversity Officer published by Harvard Business Review, traces the journey of more than 40 diversity officers.
A life-long learner, he has supported the next generation of inclusive leaders by co-creating two DE&I strategy graduate programs. His pioneering work as Abercrombie & Fitch’s chief diversity officer is the subject of the Netflix documentary, White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch.
Kyle Ali
Kyle Ali is an advocate for equal educational and workforce opportunities and has excelled as an identifier, cultivator and developer of diverse talent. Over nearly a decade at Google, Kyle has played a significant role in shaping team culture strategies and has collaborated with countless leaders on initiatives to improve the company’s racial and gender climate. As the Senior Lead Program Manager for Code Next, Kyle leads Google’s efforts to expand social capital for high school students from historically marginalized communities and provide them with unparalleled access to technology, engineering education and leadership development. Kyle began his career as a 10th grade teacher in Baltimore, Maryland and recently returned to his educator roots as an professor at Villanova University, where he teaches graduate courses on diversity, equity and inclusion.