Executive Summit

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

What makes employees feel truly satisfied? Uncovering the answer takes effort, but it doesn’t have to break the budget. At Neiman Marcus, they uncovered ‘one size does not fit all.’ Now with newfound initiatives and options for customization, they’re delivering on the requests of their workforce.

Join this session as their chief people officer explores:

• Taking a play from consumer marketing to drive employee engagement and retention
• Driving belief in your company from a communications and branding perspective
• Revitalizing your workforce with few financial resources

In today's rapidly changing tech landscape, CHROs must play a role in the development and adoption of powerful AI integration, while promoting its alignment with organizational culture and purpose. In this panel, experienced CHROs will discuss principles for responsible use and optimization of AI in organizations.

Join this panel discussion to hear:

• Necessary governance to prevent misuse and risk
• Policies to meet regulatory and corporate demands
• Best practices and frameworks for Gen AI usage

Most organizations have expanded benefits in both volume and scope, but many employees are frustrated with information overload and overall employee experience. How can CHROs build meaningful connections between the workforce and their benefits while navigating an ever-expanding technology ecosystem?

Attend this session to learn:

• Strategies for connecting employee insights to actions to power stronger engagement
• Ways to integrate employee experiences to increase adoption
• How organizations can leverage personalization and AI to help people feel seen and cared for

As the nature of work continues to evolve, so do methods to evaluate employee performance. How can HR leaders rethink performance management to better develop effective teams within distributed work environments?

Join this session as HR leaders discuss:

• Empowering managers to adjust to performance management strategies

• Mitigating bias within performance management

• Developing strategies to enable high-performing, hybrid teams

Despite a massive spend, Gartner research shows learning & development managers feel only one in three employees can quickly apply the skills they've learn in training. By changing behaviors and rethinking growth to focus on filling enterprise gaps, CHROs can be crucial in reshaping organizational success.

Joins this boardroom to discuss:

• Thinking beyond personal and individual transformation
• Focusing on development for practical application
• Creating out of the box strategies for upskilling

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

To lead resilient organizations, CHROs must support transformation while communicating with various stakeholders across the c-suite. Rapid changes make collaborating across departments even more essential to operating a successful business. 

Join this interactive session with CHROs to debate and collaborate on influence with various scenarios including:

• Building emotional connections with key stakeholders through stories
• Overcoming resistance by seeking to understand and acknowledge 
• Earning a seat at the table by recognizing politics within the c-suite

More than 75% of top HR leaders worry that failing to adopt and implement artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the next two years will jeopardize organizational success. CHROs must anticipate AI's effects by evaluating the strategic placement of AI within the organization.

Join this session to discuss:

• Understanding AI’s capabilities to plan accordingly
• Preparing functionally and culturally for adoption
• Understanding how AI affects workforce skills and employee experience

Amid relentless internal and external disruptions, succession plans become even more essential but more vulnerable to becoming outdated. How can CHROs monitor and strengthen their bench, ensuring the right leaders will be ready at the right time?

Join this session to discuss:

• Rebuilding and diversifying depleted leadership pipelines
• Creating adaptable succession plans in a changing environment
• Aligning successors to future organizational needs

Organizations are constantly facing change in all areas, from technology to talent & programing, to culture – even acquisition. How can HR Leaders accurately plan for and implement change initiatives to ensure resilience in an ambiguous future?

Join this session to explore how CoreMark is:

• Implementing planned enterprise change initiatives successfully
• Partnering with key stakeholders to ensure sustainability of change
• Enabling leaders to communicate change in a way that helps build resilience