Human Resources to Shaping the Future
“HR: Shaping the Future” was the theme of the recently concluded World HRD Congress held in Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India last February 5 to 7.
There were 81 speakers including keynote speakers Tad Waddington, director for Performance Measure of Accenture, president and principal Lynne Morton of Performance Improvement (PI) Solutions, Inc., and Deepak Malkani, Talent and Organization Performance partner of Accenture India in the three plenary sessions.
Prof. Noel Tichy ran the workshop “Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls and its Impact on HR in one day. Some of the key topics were “The Return on Investment in Talent Development,” “Tough Times for Talent,” “Getting it Right! Using the Power of Data and Analytics to Boost your Return on Talent Investment,” “Managing Talent to Build the Leadership Brand,” and “Managing Talent in a Difficult Economy.” The event had six master classes and 17 concurrent sessions.
Aside from the sessions, three awards were presented at the night of each event date—Recruiting and Staffing Best in Class Awards (RASBIC) (February 5), Global HR Excellence Awards (February 6), and Employer Branding Awards (February 7).