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 and Remix Therapeutics’ 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?
  • Leveraging authentic connections with individuals, leaders, and managers to empower and enable them to own the company’s culture and values, rather than using HR to police and micromanage
  • How Dewpoint is challenging the traditional approach to human resources and explore how People Partners can leverage HR (data, analytics, and processes) to drive strategic decisions and partnerships that are scalable and fit-for-purpose 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
  • Robert 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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