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Nancy Ahlrichs
Vice President of Workforce Development and Diversity
United Way of Central Indiana
Ahlrichs is vice president of workforce development and diversity for United Way of Central Indiana. For over six years, she was president of EOC Strategies, LLC, an Indianapolis-based human resources consulting firm specializing in intergenerational communication and management, attracting and managing Gens X & Y, reigniting performance in longtime employees, and building the bottom line by becoming an employer of choice. She shares her research and experience in her speaking, consulting and writing. Ahlrichs has spoken to more than 450 audiences and management teams in utilities, insurance, healthcare, high tech, legal, banking, government, manufacturing and other fields. Her numerous articles and guest columns have appeared in print and online business and technical journals. In 2007, Ahlrichs was named "American Speaker of the Year" by TEC Canada, for her work with more than 20 CEO peer groups. The late Governor Frank O'Bannon named Ahlrichs a "Distinguished Hoosier" for her service to the State of Indiana, and she was named "Kiwanian of the Year 2001-02."
eocstrategies.com/bio.cfm
Read Ahlrich's article 'Igniting Performance' |
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Glen Burkhardt
Director of Global Talent Management
Eli Lilly and Company
In his 18 years with the company he has held a variety of human resource roles focusing on various aspects of recruiting, staffing and succession management. Burkhardt has an MBA from Indiana University and prior to joining Lilly practiced architecture for 12 years. |
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David Casey
Vice President, Workplace Culture and Chief Diversity Officer
WellPoint
Casey joined WellPoint in December 2001. Casey leads the development and execution of enterprise wide diversity management and organizational culture strategies to drive organizational change in alignment with business strategy. Casey leads a team of associates focused on employment branding, recruitment, retention, development and effective engagement of a diverse workforce; affirmative action and EEO programs; consultation with executive leadership teams on matters of multicultural markets, cultural competency and ethnic health status disparities; culture shaping methodologies that support corporate objectives. Prior to coming to WellPoint, Casey was the regional director of business development for Bernard Hodes Group. In this role, he consulted on matters of diversity management and employer branding with regional, national, and international clients including Eli Lilly & Company, Rolls-Royce North America, Thomson Multimedia, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Purdue University and American Family Insurance. |
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Andrea Cranfill
Vice President
FlashPoint
Cranfill has an extensive human resource background and experience working in and consulting with a variety of organizations and industries. Cranfill's human resource experience includes positions at Eli Lilly and Company, SM&P Utility Resources and Indianapolis Life Insurance Company. Previously, Cranfill worked in higher education at Marian College. Cranfill earned an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University, a master's degree in education from Indiana University, and a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from Hanover College. She is a former adjunct faculty member for the University of Indianapolis and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Cranfill is a board member of the Human Resource Association of Central Indiana, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and College Mentors for Kids; the chair of the FORTE Leadership Committee of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra; and a member of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis and Indiana Chamber's Employment Law Policy Committee. |
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Gale Crosley, CPA
Founder and Principal
Crosley + Company
Gale Crosley, CPA, consults with CPA firms, assisting managing partners, partners, marketing directors and staffs to efficiently and effectively increase their firm's revenues. She guides them through development of the best strategies and tactics to achieve aggressive revenue growth objectives. Crosley's 30 plus years of experience, feature a unique combination as a practicing CPA at Arthur Andersen, PWC and a local CPA firm. She has also held senior management roles in business development and marketing in the cutting edge technology environment with IBM, MCI and several start-up technology companies. Crosley's experience includes starting, growing and selling a technology consulting practice. Crosley was selected one of the 10 Most Recommended Consultants in the Inside Public Accounting Best of the Best for the fifth consecutive year, and one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting by Accounting Today for the third consecutive year.
crosleycompany.com |
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Jennifer J. Deal
Research Scientist
Center for Creative Leadership
Jennifer Deal is a senior research scientist at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) in San Diego, California. Her work focuses on global leadership and generational differences. She is the manager of CCL's World Leadership Survey and the Emerging Leaders research project. In 2002 Deal co-authored Success for the New Global Manager and has published articles on generational issues, executive selection, cultural adaptability, global management and women in management. Her second book Retiring the Generation Gap was published in 2007. An internationally recognized expert on generational differences, she has spoken on the topic in six continents. She holds a B.A. from Haverford College and a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from Ohio State University.
ccl.org
Read Deal's article 'Retiring the Generation Gap' |
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Lynne Goldberg
Master Certified Coach
Lynne Goldberg joined Deloitte in April 2005. Soon after joining the firm, she created the original “Coach Approach, Coaching 1.0," for the HR channel, which was soon reworked and is now delivered firm wide as the "Coach Approach." She also created training on emotional intelligence and her newest creation, "Thinking Your Way to a Better Career," is based on attraction principles. Goldberg is currently part of the team and career coaches, spending most of her time traveling and presenting the team catalogue as well as one on one coaching to our colleagues. Goldberg is passionate about sharing the message of coaching, and inspiring and motivating each person to be their personal best.
lynnegoldberg.com |
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Stan Slap
President
slap
Stan Slap is the president of the international consulting company called slap. He has a 20-year history as the CEO of companies with as many as 5,000 employees reporting to him. Slap now serves as a director of several companies with their CEO's reporting to him, which he prefers a whole lot more. He is credited with revolutionizing performance for some of the world's biggest, smartest and fastest companies — developing explosive growth strategies and the cultural willingness to implement them. He personally coaches CEOs and the executive teams of many of these companies. Slap also has developed a number of successful management training programs that have been implemented in more than 70 countries. Slap is a frequently requested keynote speaker in many of these same countries, in constant demand for major event presentations by Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies. His self-published “off-white papers" are widely circulated in many companies and are required reading in several university MBA programs.
slapworld.com
slapworld.com/video
Read Slap's article 'Crack the Code: Corporate Cultures' |
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W. Stanton Smith
National Director, Cross Generation Initiatives
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
W. Stanton Smith is currently national director, cross generation initiatives at Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. Smith joined Deloitte as a principal in 1998. Since then he has served in a number of senior HR roles. In 2001 Smith was asked by Deloitte's CEO to study generational differences then beginning to manifest in the workplace. With a strong commitment from Deloitte leadership, Smith has grown NGI into a key strategic initiative with tangible positive business impact over the past eight years. Smith has appeared on the Lehrer NewsHour on PBS as a generational issues expert. His views are sought out by major news magazines such as TIME, BusinessWeek and Forbes as well as newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal. In June, 2007 Smith was the recipient of the Work/Life Legacy Award sponsored by the Families & Work Institute. His book, “Decoding Generational Differences: Fact, Fiction…or Should We Just Get Back to Work" was released in February, 2008.
deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_Talent_DecodingGenerationalDifferences.pdf
Read Smith's article 'Millennials in the Workplace: Four Things That Won't Change Regardless of the Economy' | |