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"What CEOs Want From HR and How to Deliver"

The HR professional's familiar dilemma is this: How to gain maximum visibility, respect and legitimacy among senior operating executives as a broadly knowledgeable business-minded contributor...not just a niche specialist...the often-heard quest for a place at "the strategic table".

Steven Harrison and Kathy Carmean, of Lee Hecht Harrison will draw from their collective experience of over 34 years in HR, and over 29 years with leadership roles in a global company partners with companies on how to most effectively develop their talent.

Steve will dispel many of the myths around this issue citing legitimate research that should clear up many of the assumptions about operating leaders' mindset related to HR. As part of his highly interactive presentation with lots of giveaway prizes, he will provide actionable recommendations so that participants can be viewed as an indispensable "number one, number two!" As former GE CEO, Jack Welch recently said: "If there was ever a time to underscore the importance of HR, it has arrived."

The participants will:

1) Get greater clarity on the perception of the HR function among senior leaders from many industries

2) Obtain a perspective, and become conversant with the HR-relevant issues that are consuming CEO's

3) Take away a self-help "toolkit" to be seen as versatile, future-focused and value-added within the operational C-suite

Steve is Chairman of Lee Hecht Harrison, one of the world's largest and most respected global talent development companies. With over 200 offices worldwide, LHH specializes in connecting people to jobs and helping individuals improve performance. Most recently, Steve served as the Worldwide Chief Compliance and Human Resources Officer of Adecco, the world's largest HR solutions company and Lee Hecht Harrison's parent. He is also a past member of Adecco's Group Executive Management Committee.

He was President of Lee Hecht Harrison from 1982 to 2002, and CEO of Adecco's Career Services Division from 2002 to 2004. LHH is the flagship of Adecco Career Services. Steve provided the overall leadership and direction for the firm including its strategic development and international expansion.

Before joining Lee Hecht Harrison in 1982, Steve was a partner with the Center for Diagnostic Medicine in New York, which provided executive and occupational health services to major corporations. Prior to that he spent 14 years at Tenneco, a multi-national corporation where he specialized in labor relations and human resources management.

Steve is an active member of the Board of Directors of Jobs for America's Graduates, the nation's largest and most successful school-to-work program. He is a member of the Ethics Officers' Association (EOA), Association of Career Professionals International (ACP), a Charter Fellow of the Institute for Career Certification International (ICC), and is a frequent speaker on issues surrounding the world of work and careers, compliance and ethics. Steve holds an MBA with honors from the University of Cincinnati.

"A Page from the Highly Effective Senior HR Leaders Playbook: Critical Leadership Behaviors for Maximum Contribution"

Using validated research from LHH's alliance partner Management Research Group, Kathy will present a comparative study of the most effective middle HR leaders and the most effective Sr. HR leaders. Kathy will share the most critical of 22 leadership behaviors measured in the study for the top HR role. Participants will be able to determine areas most important for their won or their team's focused development to be viewed by executive management valuable contributors. CEOs today are looking for HR leaders to weigh in on not just the "people impact" on the business, but to provide wisdom and insight on strategies, demonstrating well rounded knowledge of the business and what if scenario planning. Participants might consider the data they receive from this presentation as additional tools in the toolkit Steve began building for them. One executive said it well: "I want my HR folks to be keen business people who happen to work in HR."

An avid student of leadership which began by watching and listening to her father at the breakfast table, Kathy Carmean is passionate about working with leaders and their teams. Having worked for both inspired and ineffective leaders and seen the impact both can have on bottom line results and people's lives, she delights in working with leaders to create environments that bring out the best performance in people. In her work with leaders at all levels, she helps them develop both business and people acumen for personal, organizational, and business success.

Kathy leads the talent development practice for Lee Hecht Harrisons' Mid-Atlantic and South-east region. A seasoned coach and organizational development consultant, Kathy partners with client organizations to co-create and deliver services that help individuals and teams improve performance through career and leadership development.

No stranger to the challenges leaders face, Kathy brings over 20 years of leadership experience within the financial services, commercial aviation, and health care sectors. Having held leadership positions with diverse, large staffs in both field operations and corporate HDQ settings, she is keenly aware of the dynamics and challenges that impact performance across business units. Prior to joining Lee Hecht Harrison in 2003, Kathy managed her own organizational development consultancy, working with Fortune 50 organizations providing both one on one executive coaching and large scale change projects. She earned her undergraduate degree from Tulane University, holds an MBA, and earned her certificate in organization development from Georgetown University.

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