7:45am - 8:45am

Breakfast

8:45am – 8:50am

Argyle Executive Forum Opening Remarks

8:50am – 9:20am

"Leadership Philosophy"

Susan Peters
Vice President, Executive Development and Chief Learning Officer
General Electric Company

*This session is off the record 

9:25am – 10:05am 

Panel Discussion

"Rock The Boat But Don't Get Thrown Off: Lessons in Authentic Leadership"

Session topics include, but are not limited to:

• Leaders must be unreasonable for they must challenge the status quo and develop change through new ideas and tactics, but how can leaders push the envelope without leaving their associates behind?
• Leaders must know how to deal with emotions and have high emotional intelligence in order to lead in today’s complex environment. What role does emotional intelligence play in successful leadership?
• How can leaders live in alignment with their own values and flex to meet the needs of their organization?
• How does a successful leader us self-knowledge and use that as a leadership best practice?
• Collective leadership behavior shapes organizational culture. What are the key leadership behaviors that drive success? 

Moderator:
Don Johnson
Business Development Director
Insights Learning & Development 

Panelists: 
Tanya Clemons
Senior Vice President & Chief Talent Officer
Pfizer Inc. 

Ted Nouryan
SVP Organizational Development & Chief Learning Officer
TD Bank

Arturo Poire
Global Head of Talent Management
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

*This session is off the record

10:05am - 10:25am 

Coffee Break 

10:25am - 11:05am 

Panel Discussion 

"The New Blended Learning: Integrating Innovations with Current Best Practices"  

Today’s businesses face many talent management challenges, not least of which is the increasing need to more effectively develop their talent. But today’s learners are often not engaged by traditional learning programs that still primarily rely on instructor-led classroom training, traditional e-Learning approaches, or even the first wave of “blended learning.” A new vision of blended learning has emerged in the past several years, one that involves the appropriate use of formal, informal, and social learning, alongside coaching and mentoring, action learning, and performance support. As we are about to enter the year 2012, what are the latest innovations in blended learning? What is working, what best practices are emerging, and what lessons have been learned?  

Session topics include, but are not limited to: 

• The evolution of blended learning beyond classroom and e-Learning
• The role of informal and social learning in blended learning programs
• The importance of supporting increasingly mobile workers through blended learning
• Increasing employee engagement through blended learning innovations
• Lessons learned and best practices in architecting and executing modern blended learning initiatives 
• Learning and development in 2012 and beyond 

Moderator:
Thomas Stone
Senior Research Analyst
Taleo 

Panelists:
Ben Brooks
VP, Human Capital Performance
Marsh, Inc.

Liviu Dedes
Vice President Organizational Effectiveness & Development
ARAMARK Corporation

Bror Saxberg
Chief Learning Officer
Kaplan Inc. 

11:10am - 11:50am 

Panel Discussion

"Coaching Redefined - Fueling Motivation by Meeting Intrinsic Needs"

Behind every disaffected employee is a leadership challenge to be solved.  Many leaders see motivation as a game of rewards and punishment.  A focus on extrinsic motivators like money or fear won’t sustain performance. To engage today’s workforce, leaders are well advised to seek the heart of what moves people: their intrinsic psychological needs, including the need to relate to others, the need to have their competence recognized, and the need to exercise autonomy.  This panel discussion will begin to explore the latest thinking and research about motivation, its application in corporate learning, and its potential benefits for leaders today. 

Moderator:
Tess Kristensen
Head of Institutional L&D
TD AMERITRADE

Panelists:
Stuart Crabb
Head of Learning & Development
Facebook Inc.
 
Sharon Daniels
President and CEO
AchieveGlobal 

Cheryl Lazzaro
Senior Vice President, Human Resources - North America Group
AECOM Technology Corporation

Melissa Wallace
SVP of Talent
Under Armour 

11:55am - 12:25pm

"Transforming to a centralized learning organization: The good and the bad"

Comcast transformed its learning and development function from a very decentralized organization, to one that is centralized with the goal of delivering a consistent learner and customer experience.  In this 30-minute presentation, you’ll learn the elements of the value proposition that won executive support for transformation, and the lessons learned since January 2010.  You’ll also hear how the centralized organization drives easier access to ROI/impact stories.

Martha Soehren
Chief Learning Officer & Senior Vice President
Comcast Corporation

*This session is off the record

12:25pm - 12:30pm

Argyle Executive Forum Closing Remarks

12:30pm - 1:30pm 

Lunch

*Agenda is subject to change