#811: Attracting and Retaining Talent in Manufacturing

SHRM 2015 Annual Conference
Workplace Application:

The manufacturing sector is key to long-term economic growth, but that growth is possible only if the sector can attract and retain top talent. In a varied and dynamic industry, successful recruitment and retention strategies cannot be a one size fits all approach. The sessions in this workshop will discuss how to design effective talent management practices that succeed throughout the life and career cycles. You will hear from organizational leaders representing small, medium and large manufacturing organizations from across the US. You will learn:

  • How to create and continuously develop a culture that values the well-being of employees and how this benefits the bottom line
  • Best practices for attracting and retaining talent for manufacturing
  • How to incorporate workplace flexibility among production line employees as part of organizational business strategies
  • How to create programs within your communities that teach potential employees the skills needed to create candidate pools for current and future job needs

Detailed Agenda:

7:30 a.m. – Noon

Welcome & Overview of Trends and Challenges Facing Manufacturing Industry
Presenters: Mike Aitken, Vice President, Government Affairs, SHRM, Alexandria, VA.; Deb Cohen, Senior Vice President, Knowledge Development, SHRM, Alexandria, VA., Anne Weisberg, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Families and Work Institute, New York, NY.; and Dr. Kenneth Matos, Senior Director of Research, Families and Work Institute, New York, NY.

A View from the Top: TURCK
Join Dave Lagerstrom the President and CEO of TURCK Inc., a developer and manufacturer of sensors, connectors and networks, as he discusses his strategy to create a culture that values the well-being of its employees and the impact of culture on business results.
Presenter: Dave Lagerstrom, President and CEO, TURCK Inc., Plymouth, MN.

Best Practices in Attracting and Retaining Talent for Manufacturing
The manufacturing sector is competing with all industries for top talent. This panel represents companies including Taco, Inc. which develops and manufactures hydronic-based components for use in heating and cooling applications), JM Eagle, a manufacturer of PVC and PE plastic pipe and Globe Manufacturing Company, LLC, a manufacturer of fire suits and other protective clothing. These experts will share their views on how to attract and retain the next generation of workers.
Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Matos, Senior Director of Research, Families and Work Institute, New York, NY.
Panelists: Kyle Adamonis, Senior Vice President, Taco, Inc., Cranston, RI.; Nooshin Nathan, AVP Human Resources, JM Eagle, Los Angeles, CA.; and Gayle Troy, Human Resources Manager, Globe Manufacturing Company, LLC ,Pittsfield, NH.

Can Flexibility Work in Manufacturing? Reports from the Frontline
Research has clearly shown that flexibility is both a recruitment and retention tool, across all generations. But traditional workflex options like telework don’t transfer well to a manufacturing environment.  So, what does flexibility mean in the manufacturing context? Is it possible to deliver workflex to employees on the assembly line and what’s the case for trying? This panel of experts will discuss living the lessons described in the When Work Works Manufacturing Guide, and discuss the case studies.
Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Matos, Senior Director of Research, Families and Work Institute, New York, NY.
Panelists: Michele “Shelly” Green  Senior Vice President, Human Resources Operations, Building Systems and L&W Supply and Senior Director, Human Resources for USG Corporation, Chicago, IL.; Craig Porter, President/Owner, PlastiCert, Lewiston, MN. & Bernadette T. Scarola, HR Business Partner, American Sensor Technologies, Inc. a TE Connectivity company, Mt. Olive, NJ.

Closing Keynote: Build Your Own Pipeline
Learn how to take a strategic approach to filling your talent needs by creating programs within your communities that teach potential employees the skills needed to create candidate pools for current and future job needs. 
Presenter: Stephen Tucker, Director of Industry Partnerships, Partners for a Competitive Workforce, Cincinnati, OH.

Date(s) & Time(s): 
Sunday, June 28, 2015 - 7:30am to 12:00pm
Presenter: 

Michael P. Aitken

Michael P.
Aitken

Mike Aitken has worked at SHRM since 2003 and currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs. Prior to joining SHRM, he served for 14 years as associate director for Governmental and External Relations at the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Previously, Aitken worked on state public policy issues at Bonner & Associates, a public affairs firm in Washington, DC. Currently, he is based in Alexandria, VA.

 

Anne Weisberg

Anne
Weisberg

Anne Weisberg is the Senior Vice President for Strategy at Families and Work Institute. She is a recognized thought leader and executive who has designed innovative practices to build effective, inclusive work environments, including co-authoring the best selling Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace With Today’s Nontraditional Workforce (HBS, 2007). She directed the seminal research on women in the legal profession, Women in Law: Making the Case (Catalyst, 2001), and has authored numerous other pieces, including The Gender Dividend: Making the Business Case for Investing in Women (Deloitte, 2011), and Paths to Power: Advancing Women in Government (Deloitte, 2010), andEverything a Working Mother Needs to Know (Doubleday, 1994), a guide for women who have careers and are starting families and all the issues they face at work. She has appeared on the TODAY Show, is regularly quoted in the media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe, and is a sought after speaker, having presented at the Conference Board, The Best Places to Work, Working Mother, Princeton University, The Wharton School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.

Kenneth Matos

Kenneth
Matos

Kenneth Matos, Ph.D., is Senior Director of Research at Families and Work Institute and serves as a member of the senior leadership team. He conducts research on a wide range of workforce and workplace issues, including diversity, mentoring, work-life fit, and workplace effectiveness. His responsibilities include identifying emerging employment issues and trends, conducting analyses, writing reports and speaking on the findings from the Families and Work Institute’s ongoing nationally representative studies—the National Study of Employers and the National Study of the Changing Workforce. He also co-directs When Work Works, a project on workplace flexibility and effectiveness, in collaboration with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). When Work Works sponsors the Sloan Awards for Effective and Flexible Workplaces, which recognizes employers for providing workplaces that are beneficial to both employers and employees.

Kyle Adamonis

Kyle
Adamonis

Kyle A. Adamonis is Sr. Vice President of Human Resources & Legal at Taco, Inc., a manufacturer of HVAC products and systems.  She has been with Taco since early 1985, holding several different positions. Her present role encompasses human resources, environmental, health and safety, corporate legal matters, real estate and construction, acquisitions and support of the company Foundation.  

Kyle serves on The White Family Foundation Board and the Roger Williams University Alumni Board. She is a member of the Labor Relations Committee for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  She is a past President and Board member of the Rhode Island Business Group on Health and a past President and Vice President of the Human Resource Management Association of Rhode Island.  

Kyle received her BS in Paralegal Studies from Roger Williams University and her Masters in Business Administration from Johnson & Wales University.  She is certified as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR).

Nooshin Nathan

Nooshin
Nathan

Nooshin Nathan is the Chief Human Resources Officer at JM Eagle, where she manages a global HR staff for a $2.2 billion dollar manufacturer of plastic pipes. She is responsible for all aspects of human resources including talent acquisition and development, organization development, employee relations as well as compensation and benefits. Ms. Nathan chairs the retirement committee, co-manages twenty-two indirect reports at plants throughout the United States, Mexico and China. In 2011 Ms. Nathan was recognized and awarded as an employee that demonstrates exemplary leadership.  Ms. Nathan received her undergraduate Psychology degree from California State University Northridge and her Masters in Psychology degree from Pepperdine University.  She spent three years working as a Psychotherapist before joining Assessment Solutions in New York City where she delivered a broad array of assessment services used for performance improvement and talent acquisition processes in the telecommunication, financial, information technology and healthcare sectors. 

Ms. Nathan volunteered over fifteen hundred hours of community service through the Help Group and Jewish Vocational Services. As a board member of the Personnel Practices Committee of this organization she provides guidance and direction on HR best practices.  She has received commendations from the State of California and City of Los Angeles for her volunteer work in mentoring other human resource professionals and now served as the keynote speaker for this organization.   Ms. Nathan holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designation and is a member of HARRT at UCLA, a network of senior executives responsible for the design and execution of human resources strategy and policy in their organizations. 

In 2014 Ms. Nathan received the Day One Retirement Innovator Award from Prudential Financial for the improvements implemented on their company retirement plans.

Gayle Troy

Gayle
Troy

Gayle Troy has been the HR Manager for Globe Firefighter Suits in Pittsfield, NH, since 1986, where her innovative ideas and creativity have helped shape the corporate culture of this fourth generation family-owned business. 

Prior to joining Globe, Gayle was employed by Digital Equipment Corporation and by Centronics Data Computer Corporation, in HR and support roles. 

Gayle has a BA from Miami University, and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and as SHRM-SCP (Society for Human Resource Management – Senior Certified Professional). 

Active in the HR community, Gayle is a member of SHRM, a local HR Chapter (HRA-Greater Concord), and the Business and Industry Association’s HR Committee.  Gayle served on the Board of the Concord Chapter for many years, including two terms as President and is currently on-call for projects related to Governance and similar areas. 

Gayle was appointed by NH’s Governor and Council to serve two five-year terms on the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights, including five years as Chair.  Gayle has also been continuously appointed to the NH DOL Wage & Hour Penalty Appeals Board since 1999.  She is actively engaged in legislative and regulatory issues, and has frequently appeared before NH legislators; and has also given testimony to a US Senate Committee regarding workplace flexibility. 

Gayle was recognized by her peers for her work within (and on behalf of) the HR profession when she was named the “Granite State HR Hero” in 2005 by the Granite State Human Resources Conference. 

Gayle and her husband, Dan, live in the Town of Dunbarton, NH, with their two dogs and four cats.  Gayle was recruited by the Town to assist with the formation of an Ethics Policy, and then served on the newly-formed Ethics Committee for six years. In her personal time, Gayle is a volunteer choir director for several organizations across the state.

 


 

Dave Lagerstrom

Dave
Lagerstrom

Dave Lagerstrom has been President and CEO of TURCK Inc. for over 7 years, and has spearheaded the company’s strategy to create a culture that values the well-being of its employees. Under his leadership, these efforts have succeeded in flat-lining health care costs, reducing turnover to <2%, compared to the industry average of 11% to 14%, and very high engagement, with 93% of employees saying they make their best effort every day. Dave has spent his entire career in high tech manufacturing, including five years as a division manager at SICK AG and seven years in various roles at Rockwell Automation. He is a graduate of Iowa State University.

Michele “Shelly” Green

Michelle "Shelly"
Green

Michele “Shelly” Green is senior vice president, human resources operations, Building Systems and L&W Supply and Senior Director, Human Resources for USG Corporation.Green joined USG in 1994 and her previous assignments include senior director, talent management and diversity, USG Corporation; director, Human Resources, USG Corporation; manager, Employee Relations, USG Corporation; manager, Employment and Recruiting, USG Corporation; human resources manager, Fremont, Calif., United States Gypsum Company; and human resources supervisor, Westlake, Ohio, USG Interiors. During her tenure with USG, Green has played an instrumental role in several critical initiatives to help strengthen the company. They include working with a core team to implement shared services in the human resources organization; spearheading the succession planning process for presentation to the Board of Directors; and directing the development of a Corporate-wide talent management program that focuses on the identification and development of high potential employees. In addition, Green she has directed the Corporate-wide diversity and inclusion initiatives, focusing on the Company’s efforts to increase representation of women and persons of color, community service and the creation of Employee Resource Groups. Green is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago (HRMAC) and the Society of Human Resource Professionals (SHRP). She also completed USG’s Emerging Leaders Program, the Leading Women Executives Program and holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources designation (SPHR). She is a member of the selection committee for the Buckeye Leadership Fellows Program at The Ohio State University. Outside of USG, Green sits on the advisory board of the DeVry Human Resources Program and is the Treasurer for the Owen Elementary PTA in Naperville, Ill. Green earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. She also holds a Master of Arts in organizational management from the University of Phoenix in Pleasanton, California. She and her husband reside in Aurora, Ill., with their two young children.

Craig Porter

Craig
Porter

Craig Porter is the President/Owner of PlastiCert, Inc. Lewiston, MN. PlastiCert is full service provider of mold design, plastic injection molding, decoration, and assembly services.

Craig has a BSEET (Electronic Engineering Technology) from Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, MN and Certificate in Finance from Concordia University in St. Paul, MN.

Craig’s experiences include senior management/plant operations, business unit management, sales management and quality management. He has past engineering responsibilities in quality, manufacturing and reliability engineering on both existing products and product development teams. He has held positions in sales management and account management within the Electronic Manufacturing Services industry. Craig has been associated with a diverse array of company structures ranging in size from start-up and early stage medical device/high technology companies to multi-facility international corporations. He also has done consulting for early stage companies on design for manufacturability, early prototype development and manufacturing preparation for medical devices and electronic equipment. Product markets/industries that Craig has experienced include a concentration in medical devices, including electronic, mechanical and biological; additional experiences include computer equipment & peripherals, industrial controls, aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, test equipment, consumer, construction and agricultural electronics.

Craig is a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the Winona State University Composites Engineering Program. Craig also sits on the Executive Board for the Winona Area Composites Consortium, an industry group associated with the plastics and composites companies throughout SE MN and SW WI. In 2010 Craig was named to the Winona Workforce Investment Board, a statewide program out of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development initiated by the Governor and coordinated regionally out of the SE Minnesota Workforce Center. He was the meeting moderator and a Steering Committee member for the Winona Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club. Craig was named to the Winona City Planning Commission in 2002 and is still actively serving as its Past-Chairman. He is a past Board Director and Executive Board Member for the Winona Area Chamber of Commerce, is still active on a number of their Committees and events, including the Business and Education Committee. He has presented the Chamber of Commerce “CEO in the Classroom” program to numerous local 8th through 12th grade classes. He is the past President and still a board member for the Lewiston Area Chamber of Commerce. Craig is on the Advisory Board for the Project Lead the Way STEM Program at Lewiston Area High School and a frequent judge at the Winona Regional Science Fair as well as the MN State Science Fair. He is on the Winona Swim Club Executive board as their Past-President and a member of the Winona YMCA Aquatic Steering Committee. Craig volunteers as a swimming official/referee for the Winona YMCA Winfins and the USA/MN Swimming Winona Water Wizards swim clubs. He holds a National Certification level for officiating USA Swimming regional and national events over National and Olympic Team swimmers. He is certified to officiate swimming and diving for the Minnesota State High School League and the NCAA. The Minnesota State High School League selected him as Head Deck Referee for the 2012 and Starter for the 2014 Minnesota High School Boys Class AA Swimming & Diving Championships. He was selected to officiate at the 2013 & 2014 NCAA Division II Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Swimming & Diving Championships and been on deck for the 2012 Big 10 Conference Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships as well as the 2012 NCAA Div I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships. Craig works for the Winona City Park & Rec Dept. on summer evenings teaching Springboard Diving. He also enjoys riding his road bicycle logging numerous 20 to 50 mile rides each season. A PADI certified scuba diver since college; he enjoys swimming and has participated in two Trinona Triathlons in Winona.

Craig is originally from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. After visiting SE MN repeatedly for business, Craig was recruited and relocated in Winona 20 years ago. He has four children ranging from 33 to 18 (the two oldest also have Electrical Engineering degrees) and has a grandson and a granddaughter.

Bernadette T. Scarola

Bernadette T.
Scarola

Since 2008, Bernadette has been the HR Business Partner for American Sensor Technologies, Inc. a TE Connectivity company.  Born and raised in Europe, her bi-cultural background and success in diverse culture development and flexible work schedule initiatives contributed to American Sensor Technologies winning a 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility.  Bernadette received her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Saint Peters University in Jersey City, NJ and her PHR certificate in 2006. Bernadette is a native of Wroclaw, Poland and currently resides in Northern New Jersey. 

Stephen Tucker

Stephen
Tucker

Stephen Tucker is the Director of Industry Partnerships with Partners for a Competitive Workforce in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Tucker leads Industry Partnerships in Construction and Advanced Manufacturing engaging key stakeholders including employers, educators, community based organizations and the workforce investment system to address the skills gap of the local labor pool and to provide businesses with a qualified workforce. His main objectives are aligning education with industry, developing industry career pathways and utilizing industry intelligence to develop talent supply chains. 

Mr. Tucker is leading a multi generation design project to uncover ways to increase the number of women participating in advanced manufacturing careers while simultaneously engaging their children in STEM activities. He is also a member of the national Dream It Do It manufacturing marketing campaign and serves on numerous regional and local boards and committees.  

Mr. Tucker has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Wilberforce University. He is a 2008 graduate of the Urban League’s African American Leadership Development Program, the 2009 recipient of the State of Ohio Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Economic Opportunity, a 2010 YMCA Black & Latino Achiever, and a graduate of National Urban League’s Emerging Leaders Program. Mr. Tucker is a Certified Global Career Development Facilitator Instructor and a Murano Fellow as graduate of Aspen Institute’s Sector Skills Academy.

Dr. Deb Cohen

Deb
Cohen

Dr. Debra Cohen is the Senior Vice President, Knowledge Development for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and is responsible for the Society's Knowledge Development Division which includes the SHRM Knowledge Center (including the Society Library), the Research Department, Academic Initiatives, HR Standards and HR Competencies. Dr. Cohen joined SHRM in May of 2000 as the Director of Research. Cohen is a results-oriented, visionary leader with a strong track record of performance in knowledge and content development in higher education and association management. She has more than 25 years of HR management and leadership positions in the profit and non-profit sectors as well as public and private universities. She serves on the Executive Leadership Team of a $100 million, 400 employee organization, representing more than 260 thousand members around the world. The Leadership Team ensures the financial health of the Society and oversees the successful implementation of a strategic plan. Prior to joining SHRM, Dr. Cohen spent 15 years as an academician teaching HRM at George Washington University (10 years) and George Mason University (5 years). Dr. Cohen has published over 40 articles and book chapters and has been published in such journals as Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Journal of Management, Human Resource Management, Journal of Small Business Strategy, Journal of Business and Psychology, Training and Development Journal, Journal of Management Education and the Journal of Business Ethics. Dr. Cohen remains professionally active and has served on the Executive Board of the HRM Division of the Academy of Management, and formerly on the Board of the Academic Partnership Network of the American Compensation Association (now WorldatWork). She recently served as the chair of the Professional Practice Committee for SIOP, the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology and was the co-chair of their 2010 Leading Edge Consortium. She is currently an Advisory Editor for Human Resource Management journal, serves on the editorial review boards of Human Resource Management Review, The Journal of Management, and the Academy of Management Learning and Education journal and does ad hoc reviewing for Human Resource Development Quarterly. Dr. Cohen also oversees the Michael R. Losey HR Research Award – an award for $50,000 given out annually to a premier researcher in the field of HR. She has also served as a judge for AARP's 50 Best Places to work for workers over 50 since 2006. Dr. Cohen received her Ph.D. in Management and Human Resources in 1987 and her Master's Degree in Labor and Human Resources (MLHR) in 1982, both from The Ohio State University. She received her Bachelor of Science (in Communications) from Ohio University. She is a frequent presenter at both national and regional conferences and has spoken to a wide variety of audiences. Prior to her academic career, she was a practicing Human Resources Manager (in Training and Development).

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Amount of Credit: 
4.50
Credit Type: 
SHRM PDCs
HR Credit
Session Type: 
Preconference Workshop
Competency: 
Relationship Management
HR Expertise
Consultation
Intended Audience: 
Senior-Level
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