Inevitable: The Future of Work

Rob Biederman, Co-Founder and CEO of Catalant Technologies is leading the market in enabling companies to get mission critical work done faster. This all begins with recruiting and how your organization is thinking about talent and the composition of the workforce. Rob continually asks leaders the question, “how well do you know your employees?” In Rob’s work, he has found that━more often than not━companies are constantly hiring new people to fill open positions. What they should be considering though, is how the talent they already have can rise to the occasion.

Kathryn Tague, Assistant Vice President of Learning and Development at Guardian Life, has dedicated her time to helping entrepreneurs build their lifelong financial business. She shows them that in order to be successful you must be receptive to change and welcome lifelong learning. As a business, learning and development must be recognized as one of your most important investments. Investing in your people will help you recruit top talent, analyze areas of improvement, retain high performers, and build out strategies to drive productivity. “Change magic” as Kathryn calls it, has allowed her to build advocates within Guardian Life that help better the future success of the organization and their people.

Andrew Vesey, Former CEO of AGL Energy (Sydney, Australia) is an internationally recognized business leader and expert in transforming utilities into market innovators in highly competitive markets. Andy recognizes that digital adaptation and using data to develop your long-term business strategy is vital to an organization’s success and growth in the 21st century.

Zeno Pizzagela, Manager of Organizational Development at 14 West where he specializes in Organizational Assessment, Leadership Development, Coaching, Team Building, and Change Management. In this episode he will share how his organization looks at the talent space and their best practices to recruiting top talent that supports their long and short term business strategy. He'll share how they work to encourage their leaders to own their craft, recruit top talent, and remain innovative in their industry.

Debra Ruh, CEO of Ruh Global Communications has dedicated her life to creating a path of empowerment and inclusion for all people living with current and future disabilities. She notes that the biggest disability in today’s workforce is not physical or mental, it’s actually the inability to see human potential. As an active public figure, Debra was selected by the U.S. Department of State as an ambassador to visit foreign nations and spread her message about inclusion and disability issues.

Cassie Whitlock, Director of Human Resources at BambooHR, strives to humanize HR and create caring people-focused work cultures. Cassie helps organizations recognize that HR is an uphill climb in any industry, where leaders and teams have to work each day to perfect and alter their people processes in order to achieve business growth.

Louis Lessig, Partner at Brown & Connery, LLP, offers a new perspective on the future of work. His 20+ years experience in litigation has allowed him to see firsthand various organization’s position in regards to #metoo movement, harassment cases, hostile work environments, and wage/hour irregularities. Selected by the New Jersey Law Journal as one of the “Top 40 Attorneys Under 40”, Louis is no stranger to helping and educating organizations establish equality and create a positive work culture to advance their systems and modernize their mindsets.

Amy Spurling, CEO and Co-Founder of Compt, provides companies with a modern take on personalizing employee benefits programs. Named Boston’s “CFO of the Year” by Boston Business Journal, Amy is no stranger to helping organizations of all sizes identify which benefits in the marketplace are best suitable to fulfill employee needs and accommodate a diverse workforce.

William Schiemann, Ph.D. is no stranger to helping people operate at their full potential and unlocking what lights them up. In fact, his own organization, Metrus Group, maximizes organizational performance by identifying primary gaps and areas of opportunity. In his latest book, Fulfilled!, he illustrates tactics and methods to achieve professional and personal happiness, how to overcome setbacks, and how to be more self-engaged in life.

Dr. Pamela Meyer, leading Agile Innovation Catalyst and author of Agility Shift, says that her former career in theater influenced her to work with creative and collaborative business teams. In this rapidly changing and competitive work environment, Pamela shares how she helps leaders shift their mindset from away from settling for mediocrity and towards embracing forward-thinking. This approach empowers leaders to position their organizations to remain relevant in the marketplace and foster a culture where people bring their whole selves to work.