Talent Development & Performance Track

Join SumTotal Director of HR, Richard Oyen, for an engaging discussion on how talent development strategies shift during tight economic times. At this session, you’ll learn how to prepare your organization for downturns and help validate your department’s value. You’ll also discover:

• Why pay-for-performance is more important than ever
• How best-practice organizations use talent development to recognize key positions and relative employee performance before making difficult downsizing decisions
• Why organizational development groups need to ensure they’re fully synced with company strategy and enterprise development needs

Join an expert panel of current SumTotal Performance users as they share their insights, challenges, best practices, and proven techniques in strategic performance management. This is your opportunity to sit at the table, learn from peer experiences, and exchange questions and ideas. If you’re looking for “how to” information on performance management process automation, goal-setting, or 360 feedback—or if you simply want the nitty-gritty on integrated talent development and succession planning—this session offers tremendous value for you.

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One of the advantages of a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent development solution is its ability to deliver frequent updates without the costs and downtime incurred by traditional upgrades to on-premise software. This informative session covers the latest enhancements to our OnDemand learning and performance solutions, with a sneak preview of exciting innovations in the pipeline.

With the global economy in flux, many businesses are beginning to rethink their talent development strategies—with good reason. Yet as we focus more intently on delivering knowledge and services, we also face a new challenge: How do we objectively recognize the skills and competencies that make our workers desirable? Are our old competency models even relevant anymore? In this valuable session, we’ll tackle crucial questions like these, so you can optimize the end-to-end management of your organization’s talent base—from performance assessments and goal achievement, to training and development, workforce planning, and recruiting. We’ll also discuss ways HR professionals can leverage a well-built competency plan to generate high-impact reports and analytics, better identify needed skills, and attract key employees.

In today’s fast-paced and recovering economy, quality leaders are at a premium—and the lack of strong leadership, particularly in a key position, can be seriously detrimental. But where do you find good leaders, and—once you have them—how do you ensure you have the right one in the right job? The answer lies in the relationship between your leadership development and succession planning functions. At this session, we’ll discuss the role of succession planning in delivering talent development results. We’ll also explore best practices for building strong leaders, and learn how to avoid problems while conducting critical assessments. You’ll also learn about the dynamics and scale of a leadership position, and investigate valuable solutions that can help you address your succession planning concerns. 

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We’ve all seen interesting—often counterproductive—workplace dynamics unfold when you team traditional workers with employees from the Baby Boomer, Generation X, and Gen Y eras. But how do you apply what you know about generational employees when crafting your talent development strategy? Join Matt Wilkinson as he compares and contrasts the ways in which today’s newest workforce generation is reshaping talent development into a more collaborative, engaging, and 360-degree practice. In addition, Matt will discuss technology’s role in this revolution and share useful strategies for bridging generation gaps in your respective talent management processes.

Explore the most compelling reasons for learning professionals to care about performance management. At this session, you’ll discover how a link between performance management and learning enables you to create development plans that align directly with your organization’s goals. You’ll also learn first-hand how a unified approach to learning and performance management can help you identify exact employee development needs, while clearly demonstrating the relationship between your training programs and organizational strategy. The convergence of learning and performance creates a valuable opportunity to diagnose critical talent development issues—and prescribe optimal ways to fix them. Whether you’re interested in leading the charge, or simply learning more about it, don’t miss this informative discussion.

While the intersection of learning and performance management is one of the most intuitive—and least utilized—areas of human capital, creating an effective performance management process is not a one-step endeavor. However, recent research from the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) reveals a number of key practices that, when used together, can greatly improve the effectiveness of a performance management program. Moreover, when coupled with learning initiatives, they can help create the foundation for successful talent development. Join Kevin Oakes, CEO of i4cp, for an interactive exploration of the top Nine Key Steps to Effective Performance Management—and how these steps lead to best practices in talent development.

Like any other oil company, PEMEX Exploration and Production (PEP) has an urgent need to train and effectively develop its team of highly technical exploration and production professionals. In addition, PEMEX must also manage a current leadership shortage and a new corporate strategy—and for PEMEX, the stakes are particularly high, as their earnings represent an astounding 30 percent of the Mexican national budget. Now, with more than half of its senior executives and technical staff slated to retire over the next 6 years, and with the discovery of a new deep-water oil reserve, PEMEX critically needs new employee skills and technologies to help fill key positions and tap valuable resources. Join this unique session as PEMEX professionals discuss the vital role succession planning plays in the company’s talent development strategy, along with best practices for consolidating the executive talent pool to identify next-generation leaders.

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