Society for Human Resource Management and Harvard Business School Publishing Announce Events to Address Critical Human Resource Challenges

Business Wire,  March 21, 2007  

Tags: Harvard Business School, Human Resources, Society for Human Resource Management

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HR Thought Leaders will Share Strategies and Tactics for Strategic Talent Investment, Building Global Talent Pipelines, and Driving Innovation throughout Organizations

WASHINGTON -- Building global talent pipelines, creating more innovative organizations, meeting demands for greater accountability and return on investment in talent, leading large-scale change initiatives - these are some of the forces that are transforming HR practice in the 21st century.

The Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), the leading organization for HR professionals, and Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP), the premier source for management practices, programs, and content for leading organizations, are collaborating to produce a ground-breaking program to address the most critical challenges facing senior HR executives.

Called The Executive HR Network, the program will bring together select groups of forward-thinking HR leaders at events in Dallas (April 5), San Francisco (April 18), Boston (July 18), and Washington (September 20) during 2007. These programs will feature leading researchers from Harvard, Yale, USC's Marshall School of Business, London Business School, and other institutions as well as executives from top global companies for intensive, interactive discussions of emerging trends and best practices.

"The HR profession is more fast-paced than ever and is changing is unprecedented ways," said Barbara Sadek, SHRM's director of education. "We believe that this program will help senior HR leaders successfully navigate their new challenges successfully."

Eric McNulty, managing director for conferences at HBSP, commented, "We're gathering the thought leaders in talent management and human capital - Amy Edmondson and Julie Battilana of Harvard Business School, John Boudreau and Ed Lawler of the Marshall School at USC, Gareth Jones of London Business School and INSEAD, James Baron of Yale, and Warren Wilhelm of Thunderbird - to this program. The participants will be setting the agenda for HR in their organizations."

The Executive HR Network is open only to senior HR professionals. Applications and information for the program can be found at www.shrm.org/exechr.

About the Society for Human Resource Management

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 210,000 individual members, the Society's mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most essential and comprehensive resources available. As an influential voice, the Society's mission is also to advance the human resource profession to ensure that HR is recognized as an essential partner in developing and executing organizational strategy. Founded in 1948, SHRM currently has more than 550 affiliated chapters and members in more than 100 countries.

For more information, visit www.shrm.org.

About Harvard Business School Publishing

Harvard Business School Publishing is the richest source of ideas for improving the practice of management and the most trusted provider of content and services that enable professionals at all levels to lead and transform their organizations. Harvard Business School Publishing is widely regarded as an authoritative and influential force among thought leaders - publishing virtually all the pioneering thinkers of modern management. Harvard Business School Publishing's reputation for consistently identifying, nurturing, and disseminating those ideas and practices that will have a lasting impact on business distinguishes it as the best source for professionals who are looking to gain a powerful competitive advantage, whether by developing business foresight through insights that are ahead of the mainstream or by putting into practice what is tested and true.

For more information, visit www.harvardbusinessonline.org or www.corporatelearning.hbsp.org.

Keywords: human resources, human capital, talent management, organizational change, global leadership, leadership development, succession planning

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