September 10, 2008
Built for Talent
Edward Lawler discusses strategies for organizations to derive the best results for the implementation of talent management.
June 4, 2008
The Case for Strategic Flexibility
Michael Raynor examines strategic decisions associated with firm
success and failure and offers suggestions for improving the strategic
planning process.
April 2, 2008
Building Dynamic Capabilities through Mergers, Acquisitions, and Strategic Alliances
Professors George Geis and David Lewin examine blending cultures and workforce integration.
December 5, 2007
Diversity 2007: Aligning Strategy and Values to Enhance Inclusion and Performance
Professor Miguel Unzueta and a panel of executives from Microsoft,
Ernst & Young, and Sempra Energy will share best practices from
workforce diversity and discern what factors may set leading firms
apart from others.
May 16, 2007
Inside Talent Attraction and Engagement: Insights to Increase Fit and
Performance in the Workplace
Tamara J. Erickson will share results from her recent study on how
companies can improve selection “fit” and engagement
through a deeper understanding of employee preferences and values and
what is distinctive about the work experience at their company.
March 15, 2007
Managerial Misclassification: Issues and Implications
Professor David Lewin
will trace the factors underlying the recent increase in class action law suits
related to “management misclassification” and overtime pay affecting the
retail, food, insurance, financial services, and rental equipment business
sectors.
December 13, 2006
Taking Leadership to the Next Level
Marshall Goldsmith, Ph.D., shared his approach to leadership development, which is
grounded in knowledge from the behavioral sciences and the processes of
learning and change.
May 17, 2006
Managing Risks and Opportunity in a Changing Workplace
Professor Katherine V.W.
Stone, UCLA Professor of Law, discussed the opportunities, risks, and
challenges related to the transformation of organizations in the Information Economy.
March , 1, 2006
Designing the Customer-Centric Organization: Managing Strategy, Structure and Process. Jay
R. Galbraith led a progressive discussion comparing companies with
product -centric strategy and those with customer-centric strategy. He
discussed ways in which different organizations can enhance their
organizational capabilities and performance depending on their business
and customer relationship strategies.
November 30, 2005
Managing in the Information Economy: The Challenges of Managing Information, People and
Changing Organizational Boundaries. Professor Uday S. Karmarkar shared his current research on the
"services revolution," and ways in which organizations can
strategically respond through organization and job design to the shift
to a service economy.
May 25, 2005
The Learning Organization: Using Information, Technology and Collaboration
for Learning and Innovation. Professor Andrew Hargadon, Associate Professor of Technology Management
at UC Davis, provided a network perspective on innovation through
examining how social networks create ideas and foster innovation within
organizations.
March 9, 2005
Leadership Succession Planning: Building Bench
Strength Through Integrative Talent Management. Professor
Barbara Lawrence led an interactive discussion of best practices and
lesson learned in developing leadership succession and development
programs.
December 8, 2004
Workforce Planning: Designing a Workforce Action Plan to Address Skill Gaps and Achieve Performance Objectives.
Frederick J. Grigsby, Jr., Vice President of Human Resources at Edison
International presents a living case for developing a comprehensive workforce
planning strategy in response to changing forces and trends. Marlene Dennis, Vice
President, Human Resources at The Aerospace Corporation and Carroll Lachnit, Executive
Editor, Workforce Management share best practices to stimulate dialogue for group
discussions examining the organizational issues, obstacles and strategies for enhancing
skills and institutional knowledge.
May 19, 2004
Transformational Leadership and Coaching. Kevin Cashman, author and CEO of
Leader Source led an interactive discussion and experiential learning session linking leadership
theory with practice. HARRT members examined their approach to leadership by discussing principles
of leadership and various competency models to redefine leadership based on contribution versus role
with emphasis placed on connecting capacity to grow as a whole person to ability to grow sustaining
organizations. This Round Table explored the implications personally and organizationally of leading
by coping versus leading through character and learning the three core skills of practicing transformative
coaching: Building Awareness, Building Commitment and Building Practice.
February 25, 2004
Managing Diversity: Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness. David Porter, Director of
Graduate Programs and Assistant Professor of Management at the Howard University School of
Business, led the discussion on Managing Diversity. Several paradigms for understanding diversity
were examined in the context of how diversity can be effectively leveraged to increase profitability,
learning, creativity, and organizational flexibility in adapting to internal and market changes, and
individual and company growth.
December 3, 2003
Nurturing and Engaging Talent: A Shared Responsibility. Tom Davenport, Principal and
head of Towers Perrin's Organization and Employee Research practice, presented a macro
perspective on workforce trends and business, as well as strategic implications for HR
policies related to talent retention and engagement. Beverly Kaye, author and CEO of Career
Systems International, provided guidelines on how managers and employees can take charge to
enhance the skills and knowledge of employees. Discussions were moderated by Professor Bill
Yost of the UCLA Anderson School whose teaching and scholarship focuses on operational strategy,
changing organizations, and entrepreneurial managed companies.
May 21, 2003
Leadership and HR Strategy in
Uncertain Times. David Goodrich, VP, Human Resources at Parsons - Joyce Rowland,
SVP, Human Resources at Sempra Energy - & Steve Milovich, SVP, Corporate HR from
The Walt Disney Company led the discussion of HR Strategy in Uncertain Times. Issues that were addressed
were: leadership skills needed when facing reduced budgets and economic uncertainty, as well as, the impact
of uncertainty on employment and talent management. HARRT members also discussed possible alternatives that
would adjust compensation and retirement.
February 5, 2003
How HR Intangibles Drive Business
Performance. Pam Kalafut will present a framework of
twelve measures that impact strategy and decision making related
to achieving and sustaining competitive advantage. Professor
Eric Flamholtz will provide insights from his research on strategic
organization development, the ROI of corporate culture and management
development, and HR accounting, including his recent work on
the Balanced Scorecard. Professor Samuel Culbert will direct
his comments toward discussion of the “soft” side
of improving company performance.
December 4, 2002
The Health Care Crisis: Issues
and Strategies for Employers. Professors E. Richard
Brown and Arleen Leibowitz presented insights on the macroeconomics
and public policy issues related to the health care crisis from
their research. James Frey, President of PacifiCare California
and Linda Bergthold, senior consultant at Watson Wyatt Worldwide
discussed cost and quality drivers and long and short-term strategies
for controlling costs through education, restructuring, cost
and incentive sharing, and balancing health and risk management.
May 6, 2002
Developing Leadership Talent:
the HRM Perspective. Professor Morgan McCall provided
insights on leadership in the workplace using data from a study
including 101 executives in 34 cities and spanning 3 continents.
Jim Garman, Vice President of Human Resources for TRW, and Fredrick
Vollrath, Vice President of Human Resources of CSC shared living
case information from their companies. David Lewin, Professor,
UCLA Anderson School of Management, traced the evolution of
academic research and teaching of leadership.
February 28, 2002
Employee Engagement: Navigating
the High Road in Uncertain Times. Edward E. Lawler,
III presented findings from his latest research of Fortune 1000
companies on shifts in the employer-employee contract and what
companies can do to improve and reward employee performance.
Judy Ehrenreich, SVP, HR at PacifiCare, Diane Shapiro, Director
of HR, Boeing and Raman Raj, former AGM at LADWP shared insights
from research and strategies that enhanced employee engagement.
December 11, 2001
Managing Organizational and
Personal Uncertainty in the Work Place. David Goodrich,
VP of HR at Parsons, Patty Pogemiller, Director of HR at Andersen,
and Richard Stafford presented issues and lessons learned
from the events of September 11 and their aftermath. Professors
Susan Ettner, Jorja Prover and James Greenwood led a UCLA
panel discussion to comment on the psychological and safety
impact of these events and the opportunities for strengthening
employee-employer ties and emergency response systems going
forward.
June 26, 2001
Retaining Key Employees: When
the Ground Rules Have Changed. Raman Raj, Fred Vollrath
Dan Mitchell and John Cotter led a panel discussion to explore
monetary and non-monetary strategies for retaining talented
employees. Issues presented focused on the reconfiguration
of compensation and reward systems, job design, and work-life
balance issues.
April 17, 2001
Knowledge Management: A New
Imperative for the HR Executive. Barry Leskin, CLO,
Chevron Corporation, Suzanne Biegel, CLO of Quisic, and Ann
Majchrzak, Professor of Information Systems at USC, led a
panel discussion on implementing knowledge management within
organizations, arguing that KM needs to be adapted to the
socio-technical systems and cultures in which they exist.
November 30, 2000
Clicks and Mortar: Passion Driven Growth in an Internet
Driven World. Terry Pearce, author of Clicks and Mortar
and Professor at Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley discussed
how leading organizations can purposefully use values and
culture to motivate employees in a technologically transformed
business environment.
October 28, 1999
Education, Technology, and Workforce Preparation in Southern
California for the Economy of 2000. William Ouchi, Professor,
UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management; Ronnie Rubin,
director, Entertainment Studies & Performing Arts, UCLA
Extension; Joyce Thompsen, executive consultant, AchieveGlobal
discussed how to cause and implement change in educational
and corporate institutions.
April 30 - May 3, 1999
Human Capital in the Knowledge Economy: Harnessing People
Power. Christine Borgman, Professor, UCLA Graduate School
of Education & Information Studies and William Crist,
President, California Public Employee Retirement System, discussed
using the employee base for increasing human capital and knowledge.
January 28, 1999
The Work Force Divide: Managing Future Recruitment and
Retention. David Lewin, UCLA Professor at the Anderson
School of Management, and Steve Vernon, Vice President of
Watson Wyatt Worldwide, discussed the variables influencing
future demands - and limitations -for employees in a volatile,
internet-based economy.
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