Keynote Presentations
Keynote presentations are an integral part of the Kenexa World Conference. Our featured keynote speakers deliver inspiring presentations that examine big issues affecting employees and organizations today. From corporate responsibility and ethical business practices to global movements and trends that connect us all, keynote presentations stimulate new thought, personal reflection and application in the changing global environment.
Best-Selling Author Malcolm Gladwell to Keynote Kenexa World Conference
This year we are excited to welcome Malcolm Gladwell, Best-Selling Author, as a keynote presenter. Based on his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Mr. Gladwell will explore the importance of both the individual and the environment in explaining extraordinary success.
About Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer with The New Yorker magazine since 1996. He is the author of What the Dog Saw, Outliers, Blink and The Tipping Point. Gladwell has an incomparable gift for interpreting new ideas in the social sciences and making them understandable, practical and valuable to business and general audiences alike. In 2005, Time Magazine named him one of its 100 Most Influential People.
His book Outliers: The Story of Success debuted as a #1 bestseller for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, Barnes & Noble and Publisher’s Weekly. He is the author of two other New York Times #1 bestsellers, The Tipping Point and Blink.
Addtional Keynote Speakers Include:
Transforming Recruiting Command
Major General Donald M. Campbell, Jr., Commanding General of the United States Army Recruiting Command
This presentation will provide a brief insider’s look at the United States Army Recruiting Command and how it is currently performing. Major General Campbell will share how the command is transforming its individual-based achievement system to a team-based system through the pinnacle recruiting center concept, a new recruiting plan of operation.
Aligning the Strategy and Operations of Business and HR in a Dynamic Global Economy
Sam Fouad, Global Managing Partner–People, Ernst & Young
This presentation will explain the importance of knowing and understanding a company’s true business imperatives while creating a people culture that is special to the organization and its clients. Exploring how to improve, nurture and prove the people culture to employees, Fouad also will share how Ernst & Young has successfully built a consistent culture around the world.
Leveraging your Employer Promise to Attract, Engage and Retain Talent
Peter Goerke, Group Head Human Resources, Zurich Insurance Company, Ltd
The recent global financial crisis and its aftermath have reinforced the importance of an engaged employee population as the ultimate value driver for the business and therefore our shareholders, customers and employees during such a crisis. At Zurich, this has meant clearly articulating our employer promise and delivering on this to our existing staff and future employees. Zurich’s approach to employee engagement has been enhanced through an integrated talent management platform, living our core values, actively managing our employer brand and a focusing on global development opportunities. This has enabled us to deliver a compelling ‘’life at work’’ promise to identify, attract, develop, optimize and retain the right people and create the rightenvironment for long-term success. We measure our progress not just by revenue growth, market share, earnings or customer satisfaction but also through our global employee engagement survey.