Organization design and renewal topic of meeting 9/29-9/30 in NYC

In an era of non-stop business and organization change, designing and renewing organizations has emerged as a critical skill set for leaders in many industries. The Conference Board’s 2005 Organization Design and Renewal Conference will be held September 29-30 at the Westin New York at Times Square.

More and more companies believe that designing, refining, and renewing organizations represents a critical skill that executives must possess to win in the competitive marketplace. Designing organizations includes changing structures but goes much further to include business processes and the alignment of variables such as people and rewards required to fully implement a strategy.

This meeting, intended for executives charged with leading or supporting organization design initiatives will include the following sessions:
“Organization Design: The Transformation of Home Depot” will be addressed by Dennis M. Donovan, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, The Home Depot, Inc.
“Globalization and Organization Design” will be examined by Coleen A. Smith, Vice President, Global People Development and Staffing Education and Training, Employee Relations and Best Place to Work, Colgate-Palmolive Company.
“Organization Design and Mergers and Acquisitions” will be addressed by Jack Leary, Vice President, Employee Relations and Chief Learning Officer, United Technologies Corporation.
“Aligning the Organization to Achieve A Global Growth Strategy” will be explored by Ann R. Henry, Vice President, Global Operations, HP Financial Services; Madeline Rosenberg, Director, Global Workforce Development and Organization Effectiveness, HP Financial Services; Alan Checketts, Organization Design and Effectiveness Consultant.
“Building Internal Organization Design Capability” will be examined by Bridie Fanning, Vice President, Human Resources, GE Consumer Finance; and Kreig Smith, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Consulting, Aligna Solutions.
“Creating a Customer-Centric Organization” will be discussed by Shari Ballard, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Best Buy Co., Inc.
“Organization Design and Culture” will be presented by Andy Esparza, Vice President, Global Human Resource Services, Dell Inc.
“Enterprise-Wide Organization Design” will be addressed by Eric Hansen, Director of Organization Development, Staffing & Planning, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
“Linking Organization Design and Business Strategy at The Cleveland Clinic” will be presented by Bob Llamas, Chief Human Resources Officer, Cleveland Clinic Health System.
“Leadership and Organization Design” will be presented by Jim Shanley, Staffing, Learning, Leadership Development Executive, Bank of America; John Beeson, Principal, Beeson Consulting, Inc.
“Introducing Organization Change,” a panel discussion moderated by John Fulkerson, Fulkerson & Associates, will also feature Eric Hansen, Director, Organization Development, Staffing and Planning, Hallmark Cards, Inc.; Ann R. Henry, Vice President, Global Operations, HP Financial Services, Howard Levine, Vice President, Human Resources, Merck Research Laboratories; and Jim Shanley, Staffing, Learning, Leadership Development Executive, Bank of America.

To register, please call (212) 339-0233, or e-mail y.burnside@conference-board.org.