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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

APPLICATION PANEL

3:45 - 5:45             Working Mother 100 Best Application Update

This is your chance to weigh in on the 2011 Best Companies application and also to find out more about how the editors select the winning companies each year. Whether your company has been on and wants to stay on the list, or would like to figure out how to "crack the code" and get on, you'll want to be here!

Join this favorite annual review of "What's Next" for the Working Mother 100 Best Companies application process. Each year our editors comb through the application to add, subtract and revise its questions, based on their own research and your input.

Moderator:
Carol Evans / President / Working Mother Media

100 Best Companies Team:
Jennifer Owens / Senior Director, Editorial Research & Initiatives / Working Mother Media
Michele Siegel / Manager, Corporate Research / Bonnier Corporation
Kristen Willoughby / Manager, Editorial Research & Initiatives / Working Mother Media

6:00 - 7:30             Welcome Cocktail Reception – Sponsored by GE and Virginia Commonwealth University Health System


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

6:45a - 7:30a        Walk Live with Heather Buyers

Walking just 15 minutes can change your life. Our Walk Live Program is designed for individuals interested in walking for health and wellness or weight loss. This is a fitness program that virtually anyone can do. Classes are conducted using the indoor walking techniques established and proven through the many years of success of Leslie Sansone's Walk At Home programs. This way of walking allows participants to walk miles indoors or outside in a group setting.

Program Components:
- 4 Basic Steps, in an Easy-to-Learn format. "You can't do it wrong!"
- Music Speed & Pace is designed to improve health and promote calorie burning.
- A proper warm-up and cool-down safely transitions the workout and intensity.
- Unique 'Steps to Miles' system converts to walk 1, 2, 3 or more miles without leaving the room.

7:45a - 8:45p        Registration – Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Capital One

7:00 - 8:45a           Continental Breakfast - Sponsored by KPMG

8:45 - 9:15             Signature Opening: "Rock Me Mama" Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects – Sponsored by American Electric Power, BP, EMC², Grant Thornton, Procter & Gamble

9:15 - 9:35             Welcome Remarks

Carol Evans / President / Working Mother Media

9:35 - 10:30          Opening Keynote & Conversation: The Top Technologies and Trends that are Changing the World and How to Leverage Them

Carlos Dominguez / Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman and CEO / Cisco

10:30 - 11:00        Networking Break

11:00a - 12:30p   Key Findings: "What Moms Think: The Working Mother Report" Research

What Moms Think: The Working Mother Report is a landmark analysis and call to arms on work/life and women's advancement by Working Mother and the 100 Best Companies. This four-part challenge focuses the nation's attention on the needs of women in the workplace and the tremendous contribution women are making to companies around the globe. Join us for a discussion of the study results and pick up your copy of the Executive Summaries.

Moderator:
Carol Evans / President / Working Mother Media

Panel:
Billie Williamson / Partner-Assurance Services, Americas Inclusiveness Officer / Ernst & Young LLP
Patricia Lewis / Vice President, Diversity & Employee Experience / IBM
Helen Tucker / Global Diversity & Inclusion Practice Leader  / Procter & Gamble

12:30 - 2:00          Keynote Luncheon:  Inspire A Desire - Sponsored by Morgan Stanley

Dr. Kathleen Hall / C.E.O. / The Stress Institute

2:15 - 3:45            ThinkFest Solutions: Learning Teams - Sponsored by American Express, Johnson & Johnson

Facilitated learning teams discuss critical productivity, wellness, diversity and other issues facing worklife professionals. Participants share their points of pain/points of pride around the topic and share solutions and action plans for next steps.

ThinkFest Workshops - Additional Material

Please click HERE for a list of additional materials.

1. Phased Retirement: What's So Complicated?
Click HERE for Phased Retirement Thinkfest Workshop Summary

Despite clear indicators that extending employment of older workers is a "win-win" for corporations and workers, we are short on best practices on Phased Retirement Programs. This Thinkfest discussion will include practical next steps for moving forward on Phased Retirement Programs at your corporation.

Deb Barrett / President / DH Barrett Solutions, LLC

2. Flexible Work Options - Finding Solutions to a Changing Work Environment
Click HERE for Flexible Work Options Thinkfest Workshop Summary

Retaining a talented, motivated and engaged workforce is critical to business success. Learn about the value of utilizing flexible work options and alternative work schedules to meet the varying needs of the business, its customers and your employees. Establish policies and guidelines for the effective practice of your flexible work options program.

Robin Miller / Vice President, HR People Strategy / Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

3. Going Global: What It Looks Like?
Click HERE for Going Global Thinkfest Workshop Summary

Ever wonder how you can clone yourself or your team so you can work globally 24x7x365? Or perhaps you ponder how your competitors seem to have the inside track on keeping remote and global team members happy and charged up? Discover tips and tools on the "New Normal" for today's global company. Leaders from IBM will share strategies and techniques in an open and honest group dialogue about what works and doesn't work for our respective businesses. Share, learn and takeaway fresh ideas about the new global business model that never sleeps!

Jamila Petite / Manager, Diversity Center of Competency, Diversity Strategy Thought Leader  / IBM Corporation

4. Transforming Negative Emotions & Empowering Organizational Energy
Click HERE for Transforming Negative Emotions Thinkfest Summary

Learn to address the energy imbalances that contribute to depression in the workplace. Understand how to achieve mind-body integration and positive repatterning (psychological and behavior) in as little as three minutes. Walk away with powerful self-management tools for yourself and your team. Leave this session understanding how to activate the brain in order to shift from a state of depression to a state of balance, enabling positive outcomes.

Kelley Black / Founder & Managing Director / Balancing the Executive Life

5. How to De-stress Work? Focus on Self-knowledge and Self-care
Click HERE for How to De-Stress Work Thinkfest Summary

Self knowledge and self-care are vital worklife skills for women. Yet, a number of social and psychological barriers can prevent us from learning and cultivating these skills. Learn strategies for increasing our understanding as we overcome these roadblocks.

Lisa Whitten, Ph.D. / Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Director Office of Services for Students with Disabilities / State University of New York-College at Old Westbury
Linda Anderson, Ph.D. / Consulting Psychologist, Professor / Hostos Community College

6. How Do We Create WorkLife Champions?
Click HERE for How Do We Create WorkLife Champions Thinkfest Workshop Summary

Through collaborating with a wide range of internal business partners, you may identify synergies in strategic business objectives. These synergies can lead to development of aligned and integrated approaches to achieving Work/Life objectives. By gaining an understanding of other perspectives - including resistance - you can forge strong alliances and the creation of Work/Life Champions.

Wendy C. Breiterman / Director, Global Work-Life Strategies, Office of Global Diversity & Inclusion / Johnson & Johnson

7. Disability Initiatives - Sourcing Top Talent
Click HERE for Disability Initiatives Thinkfest Summary

Top talent can come from a variety of sources. One often overlooked source is people with disabilities. Now, the largest minority segment in the world, in the U.S., surpassing the Hispanic population by 5%, these individuals present with education, skills and a strong desire to work. In this Thinkfest session we will address the issues and best practices relative to successfully sourcing this untapped labor pool.

Shelley A. Kaplan / Manager, ADA Hotline & Corporate Training / Springboard Consulting, LLC 

8. WorkLife Basics for New Practitioners

There are many approaches that organizations can take to implement a successful work/life strategy. Discussion topics will include an overview on the concept, key elements of the strategy, a review of a dependent care road map and highlights on best practice do's and don'ts. Participants will share their experiences and engage in conversation that is informative and supportive.

Andrea Wicks Bowles / Senior Consultant / Bright Horizons Family Solutions

9. Stuck in the Middle Again: Getting Managers to Understand Flex
Click HERE for Stuck in the Middlge Again Thinkfest Summary

We know that managers are where the action is. What are the most pressing issues managers face in managing teams that work on different schedules and from different places, and what are the best new ideas for how to deal with these issues? How does your organization inspire, equip and celebrate managers' efforts to manage flexibility?

Sandy Burud / Chief Strategy Officer / FlexPaths LLC

10. The WorkLife/Diversity & Inclusion Connection

The complexity of today's economic climate demands unique business approaches that recognize the shifting demographics and increasing purchasing power of nontraditional consumer segments. Successful organizations understand that a diverse employee base is best equipped to create innovative business solutions that meet the needs of their customers. The discussion will explore how worklife policies can be a key differentiator in attracting and retaining high performance employee talent from all segments of the population.

Donna Alligood Johnson / Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer / MasterCard Worldwide
Tyronne Stoudemire / Global Director of Diversity and Inclusion / Hewitt & Associates

3:45 - 4:15             Networking Break – Sponsored by New York Life Insurance Company

4:15 - 5:45             CONCURRENT CASE STUDY SESSIONS - Round I

Learn from the "Best of the Best" in these informative drilled down examinations of worklife success stories. Learn first-hand the amount of preparation and work it takes to "make it look easy." Presenters provide conception-to-execution details plus ROI on their most successful and innovative solutions.

Track 1: MESSAGING WORKLIFE - Creating and Leveraging Employee Surveys and Focus Groups
Part 1 of PowerPoint
Part 2 of PowerPoint

Spherion's 2009 Emerging Workforce study reported that few employers plan to add work-life programs over the next few years, despite the fact that 90% of organizations say their work-life programs have improved worker satisfaction. Learn how two companies are leveraging the information they gather during employee surveys and focus groups to fortify existing work-life programs and create new strategies to attract, cultivate and retain talent. Find out how Scripps Health became a Top 10 Health System and Best Place to Work through innovative practices such as key employee groups, work-life messaging and two-way communication. McGladrey will also share examples of how they used employee data in a systemic way to integrate work-life messaging into their broader talent management efforts and how they leveraged those communications to drive a culture of work-life support across the organization.

Moderator:
Kathy Kacher / President / Career/Life Alliance Services

Panel:
Jane Hong / Director, Performance Management / Scripps Health
Cara Williams / Administrative Director, Human Resources / Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Teresa Hopke / Senior Director, Talent Management / McGladrey

Track 2: NEXT GENERATION OF WORKLIFE STRATEGIES - Working Mother's What Really Works Initiative: Lessons Learned from 25 Years of 100 Best Companies Research

Based on 25 years of the Working Mother 100 Best Companies list, this 2010 real-life research initiative examines findings and best practices from the Best Companies to give marching orders for the next 25 years. The research reports feature trends from the 100 Best Companies' work on women's representation and advancement, flexibility and company culture.

Moderator:
Jennifer Owens / Senior Director, Editorial Research & Initiatives / Working Mother Media

Panel:
Barbara Adachi / National Managing Principal, Women's Initiative / Deloitte
David Anderson / EVP Human Resources, Chief Compliance Officer / WellStar Health System
Karol Rose / Chief Knowledge Officer / FlexPaths

Track 3: NEW APPROACHES TO ENGAGEMENT - Talent Retention Strategies for Economic Recovery
Part 1 of PowerPoint
Part 2 of PowerPoint

Current research indicates that most employees leaving employment do so voluntarily and experts say the trend will only continue. According to Right Management, an HR consultant, at the end of 2009, 60% of workers planned to leave their jobs when the market got better while the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed the number of employees voluntarily quitting in February 2010 surpassed the number being fired or discharged for the first time since October 2008. Savvy employers anticipate such talent drains and implement proven measures to reduce possible turnover. Since November 2006 Bon Secours Richmond Health System has reduced its turnover rate from over 23% to 15% and is eager to share their best practices from a talent management model drawn from interviews with top performers to utilizing all work-life benefits such as flexible work schedules and environments. American Express has also developed a win-win method to retain high potential talent who are faced with child care and elder care challenges, by creating Project Resource Teams (PRT) that focus on high impact projects but work reduced hours to assist their work/life needs. Find out how the two "Best" companies developed and implemented retention strategies to engage and support top talent.

Moderator:
Jennifer Brown / CEO & Founder / Jennifer Brown Consulting

Panel:
Kim Coleman / Administrative Director, Talent Acquisition / Bon Secours Health System
Therese Valadez / VP Workforce Transformation / American Express
Penelope Wood-Kulko / Vice President / American Express OPEN

Track 4: Creating a Culture of Wellness – Building a Better Business Case For Wellness & The High Cost of Stress
Part 1 of PowerPoint
Part 2 of PowerPoint

Investing in the health of your employees is an investment in the overall health of your company. Organizations that implement a corporate wellness strategy gain valuable benefits through lowered healthcare costs, increased productivity, reduced absenteeism and improved morale. In this session representatives from AXP and Discovery Communications will discuss steps to establishing onsite wellness programs that return a strong ROI, primary factors that impact your medical costs and key components for an effective wellness strategy that impacts the bottom line. Bright Horizons will set the stage by revealing the impact of their recent research study findings on employee health and the associated costs to employers.

Moderator: 
Andrea Wicks Bowles / Senior Consultant / Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Panel:
Wayne N. Burton, MD / Global Corporate Medical Director / American Express Company
Adria Alpert-Romm / Senior EVP, Global HR / Discovery Communications
Thomas A. Sondergeld / Director of Health & Clinics / Hewitt Associates, LLC


Thursday, October 28, 2010

6:45a - 7:30a        Walk Live with Heather Buyers

Walking just 15 minutes can change your life. Our Walk Live Program is designed for individuals interested in walking for health and wellness or weight loss. This is a fitness program that virtually anyone can do. Classes are conducted using the indoor walking techniques established and proven through the many years of success of Leslie Sansone's Walk At Home programs. This way of walking allows participants to walk miles indoors or outside in a group setting.

Program Components:
- 4 Basic Steps, in an Easy-to-Learn format. "You can't do it wrong!"
- Music Speed & Pace is designed to improve health and promote calorie burning.
- A proper warm-up and cool-down safely transitions the workout and intensity.
- Unique 'Steps to Miles' system converts to walk 1, 2, 3 or more miles without leaving the room.

7:45 - 8:45           Continental Breakfast – Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers

8:45 - 9:00             Day Two Remarks

Joan Sheridan LaBarge / Vice President, Group Publisher / Working Mother Media

9:00 – 9:30            Keynote - Choose. Empower. Succeed.

LaVerne H. Council / Corporate Vice President & Chief Information Officer / Johnson & Johnson

9:30 – 10:30         25th Anniversary Instant Polling - Sponsored by SC Johnson

Kelly Semrau / Vice President, Global Public Affairs and Communication / SC Johnson

10:30 – 11:00       Networking Break - Sponsored by Kraft Foods

11:00a – 12:30p Concurrent Case Study Sessions - Round II

Track 1: Messaging WorkLife – Integrating Technology Tools into Learning Programs

Technology is a key enabler to promote connectivity and collaboration among employees, leaders and teams, in addition to saving time and increasing productivity. To promote greater connectivity and encourage flexibility in an organization, common tools and processes can create a community or network that can be leveraged by employees - while supporting the ability to share information and collaborate with one another. The end results are the potential for increased innovation, productivity and bottom line business results. What organization wouldn't want that?  This session will focus on ways to successfully leverage technology by creating the environment for greater learning, connectivity, collaboration, productivity and internal social networking to drive positive results.

Moderator: 
Robin Roschke / COO / FlexPaths  

Panel:
Therese Valadez / VP Workforce Transformation / American Express
Wendy C. Breiterman / Director, Global Work-Life Strategies, Office of Global Diversity & Inclusion / Johnson & Johnson
Sharon Klun / Director Work-Life Initiatives / Accenture

Track 2: Next Generation of WorkLife Strategies – Aligning and Leveraging Corporate Initiatives

Several organizational initiatives impact and influence each others’ success, including WorkLife, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate Social Responsibility, Women’s Advancement, and Wellness. Organizations realize that leveraging the power of all these initiatives collectively conveys a cohesive and comprehensive message about their values and work environment. Prudential recently moved its work/life function fully to its health and wellness organization as part of an initiative to leverage work/life, health and wellness and employee benefits for a seemless employee experience around health and an increase in accountability for creating a culture of health at the company. Abbott has created true culture change by taking an integrated approach for employee wellness, managing worklife and corporate social responsibility in The Netherlands. KPMG has similarly aligned its work with citizenship, diversity (including worklife), ethics and the environment by supporting diversity and youth and education in their communities. Discussion will include management support as a critical success factor, employee engagement and retention opportunities via community involvement, and why responsible corporate citizenship means more than good business.

Moderator:
Helen Jonsen / Director of Digital Media / Working Mother Media

Panel:
Maureen Corcoran / Vice President - Health, Life & Inclusion / Prudential Financial   
Ellis Minnesma / Compensation & Benefits Manager / Abbott Laboratories
Barbara Wankoff / Director, Workplace Solutions / KPMG LLP

Track 3: New Approaches to Engagement – Refreshing Flex for What’s Real and What’s Next
Part 1 of PowerPoint
Part 2 of PowerPoint
Part 3 of PowerPoint

Global competition and tough economic conditions are making it more difficult for organizations to achieve growth, profitability, sustainability, diversity and maintain employee engagement. Flexible work arrangements have gained significant momentum to achieve these goals. Dell has developed an innovative, Web-based flexible work arrangements modeler to calculate the multiple avenues to benefit from the use of flex. Even though General Mills has been providing flexibility programs for over a decade, they have launched a number of initiatives to raise awareness of flex options and build skills to ensure successful utilization. This discussion will include what strategy components were the most critical to successful buy-in from leadership and have the greatest impact as well as how to develop a tool and quantifiable “menu” of flexible options to begin a massive workplace transformation effort.

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