Breakfast Deep Dive

Pre-Conference Breakfast Deep Dive

HR Business Acumen Bootcamp

Thursday, August 7 | 7.00-9.00am

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Attend this breakfast bootcamp if you want to learn how to build business acumen.

Discover how to build a business case, understand the business structure and what they need from HR.

7:00 am Registration

7:30 am Discover: Coaching HR to Become Effective Business Partners

Synopsis

  • How can HR professionals can develop the skills to become true business partners?
  • Learn how to balance your strengths as an inclusive, collaborative leader with the company’s desire to be more authoritative and the voice of expertise
  • Uncover Acumen Pharma’s method for building business acumen in their HR team to ultimately get a seat at the table and establish HR priorities and the people agenda as embedded in the business strategy

7:50 am Discover: HR as a Strategic Business Partner: Challenging the Traditional Mindset

Synopsis

  • How can HR evolve beyond a compliance-focused function to become a strategic business partner?
  • Learn to build building authentic connections with leaders and enable managers to own the company’s culture and values, rather than HR policing or micromanaging
  • How Dewpoint challenge the traditional view of HR and explore how HR professionals can leverage data, analytics, and processes to drive strategic decisions and partnerships across the organization

8:10 am Develop: How Else Can We Create the Mindset Shift from HR Cop to Partner?

Synopsis

When HR is viewed as a partner, it can better understand and address employee needs, leading to higher engagement and retention rates. Engaged employees are more productive and less likely to leave the company.

8:30 am Action: How Are You Going to Use This Information in Your Day-to-Day?

Synopsis

  • How are you going to Leverage Data and Analytics to support decision making?
  • How are you going to immerse itself in the company’s broader strategic goals and participate in leadership meetings?
  • How are you going to enhance communication and transparency?

This is a roundtable discussion to put together an action plan to take back to your respective organization. 

8:50 am Panel: Coaching HR to Business Partner Panel

  • Crystal Zuckerman Vice President Human Resources, PMV Pharmaceuticals
  • Daryn Lewis Senior Vice President, Head of People & Culture, Wave Life Sciences
  • Victoria Vezina Chief Human Resources Officer, Advarra
  • Tiffany Doyle Global Senior Executive Talent Sourcing Partner & Americas Training Lead, Genentech
  • Rob Markovic Global Vice President - Workforce Planning & Talent Acquisition, PHC Holdings Corp

Synopsis

How can we:

  • Focus on developing HR teams as we develop the organization
  • Ensure HR leaders role model behaviors and practices they promote
  • Equip HR teams with business and financial acumen
  • Prepare HR professionals to be business leaders, comfortable with numbers and metrics
  • Address the existing gap in business and financial skills among HR professionals

9:30 am End of Session

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