Workplace Excellence Conference: WE-10
Speakers
Thomas Diamante
Dr. Diamante, an Industrial & Organizational Psychologist, brings 20 years of diversified business experience to his role as Senior Vice President, Human Capital Consulting at Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA). He is formerly of Merrill Lynch, Vice President, of Corporate Strategy & Development in Global Securities Research & Economics reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Tom was Senior Manager and Lead Change Consultant for KPMG Consulting. Earlier in his career, Tom was National Manager, Human Resources & Professional Development at Altria (Philip Morris Companies).
Tom’s organizational consulting experience reflects high-stakes, human-capital based, business risk and change management consultations. His research and practice emphasis is executive development. Tom leads consulting engagements for Fortune 500 firms requiring alignment of HR Strategy and business objectives.
Tom’s experience also includes screening candidates for leadership assignments (i.e., peacekeeping) in conflict laden territories around the world (e.g., Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, E. Timor), C-level assessments, employment discrimination litigation prevention and change management.
William H (Bill) Harper
William H. Harper is the Senior Director, Talent Development on the Human Resource Team at Standard & Poor’s. In this position, Bill develops and executes the learning and development strategy for Standard and Poor’s to support the growth/strategic objectives of the organization. He works in partnership with the broader HR team to lead talent management initiatives including leadership and management development, succession planning, performance management and high potential identification and development.
Bill has been with the McGraw-Hill Companies for a total of ten years. In his most recent role, Bill was the Vice President of Human Resources for the Business Information Group (BIG) in the Information and Media Segment. Bill led a team of 20 HR professionals responsible for attracting, developing, deploying, rewarding and retaining talent across several business groups. Prior to BIG, Bill served as Senior Director of Human Resources, responsible for providing tactical and strategic support to multiple senior leadership teams (BusinessWeek, Platts, Aviation Week and Healthcare information services). Bill’s prior experience includes HR leadership experience with American Express, Chase Manhattan Bank, Columbia University and the Hertz Corporation. Bill earned his BA in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and MA in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University.
Phyllis Weiss Haserot
Phyllis is the President and Founder of PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT COUNSEL, a business development and organizational effectiveness consulting and coaching firm established in 1983. Her primary focus is improving relations among the generations in the professional services workplace to achieve better productivity, retention, succession planning and business development results. She executes this through in-firm workshops, facilitating dialogues, forums and writing. A pioneer in marketing/business development for law and other professional service firms, she also works with firms on professional development coaching, retention and lateral integration, implementing flexibility, collaborative culture and workplace conflict resolution. Through her in-house programs, conference sessions, webcasts, blogging, *Cross-Generational Conversation* Forums, monthly e-Alerts and articles, she has established a reputation as the “go-to” person on workplace inter-generational issues.
Phyllis is also a sought after expert in the area of generational challenges and transitions in the workplace. She has developed the *Next Generation, Next Destination* program to achieve advance transitioning planning to benefit both senior partners and executives and the professional growth of younger partners as well as their firms overall.
A frequent speaker and facilitator, she is the author of THE RAINMAKING MACHINE and THE MARKETER’S HANDBOOK OF TIPS & CHECKLISTS (both West 2009). Phyllis has a book in progress titled “Cross-Generational Conversation.” She was co-founder of the New York Metro chapter of the Legal Marketing Association and founded the Optimists’ Tribe.
Phyllis received B.A. and M.R.P. degrees and a Certificate in Dispute Resolution all from Cornell University where she holds several alumni leadership positions and has additional credentials in marketing, workplace conflict resolution, coaching, real estate and law.
David R. Lipsky, Ph.D.
David has over 20 years of expertise in building organizational and leadership capabilities that contribute to sustainable business success. He has accomplished this by focusing on the diverse potential and possibilities of the people and businesses he has worked in and by utilizing his broad experience in strategic alignment, leadership development, and organizational transformation and sustainability.
David is currently a member of the Organization Development team at CA (Computer Associates). Previously, David has held the positions of Head of Leadership and Management Development at UNICEF and Director of Organizational Development at Sony. Other organizations that he has worked with include; Alpharma, Bank of America, KPMG, Merrill Lynch, Unilever and United Technologies.
David is an author and highly sought after speaker in the areas of building innovation capability, leadership and organizational development and sustainability. David bridges theory and practice and teaches as an Associate Professor at Manhattanville College and Fairleigh Dickinson University. His recent book The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook was featured as “Recommended Reading” for the Best of the Year Series in the CEO Refresher. This book provides best practices; cases and tools from leading organizations that can help improve key sustainability levers including strategy creation and execution, leadership practices and employee and customer engagement.
David earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in Human Ecology and a Ph.D. in Applied Psychology from Hofstra University, focusing on leadership effectiveness and success.
Andrew C. Marshall (Drew)
Drew is the Principal of Primed Associates, LLC. His primary focus is on helping his clients' innovation, product development and project management teams get unstuck so they can deliver value to their customers as quickly as possible. In working on the installation of innovation-focused performance systems, as an integrated part of his clients' strategy implementation efforts, Drew helps them rapidly improve the return on their innovation investment.
Drew has consulting and management experience in process consulting, project management, human resources management, rational thinking practices and product development methodologies; and he also possesses broad industry experience in software, retail, service, financial services, manufacturing, public sector and education. He has worked with such clients as: Visa International, Morgan Stanley, Port of Seattle, Unified Port District of San Diego, Cisco, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, HP, Boston Scientific and Bayer Ag among others.
Prior to founding PRimed Associates, Drew spent ten years with Princeton-based boutique consulting firm Kepner-Tregoe, where he rose to become a Partner and the Chief Innovation Officer. He also spent five years in the software industry with Adobe Systems, Inc., where he held a variety of management positions in global Support Services.
Drew received his Bachelor of Arts and Graduate Diploma of Education from the University of Western Sydney in Australia. He holds a Master of Arts in Whole Systems Design from Antioch University in Seattle, Washington, is a certified Project Management Professional and a member of SHRM and PDMA. He is past Chair of the Project management Institute's (PMI's) Consulting Specific Interest Group and Community of Practice. He is also the founder, host and producer of Ignite Princeton.
Beth Silver
Beth Silver’s experience in the field of Human Resources spans almost 20 years. Currently, she serves as the Senior Director of Human Resources for RSM McGladrey, the world’s fifth largest Audit, Tax and Business Consulting firm.
Beth has held leadership positions in top global firms including Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Grey Worldwide Advertising, American Express Company, Lucent Technologies and Lockheed Martin. Beth’s experience in these companies includes establishing and reorganizing Human Resources departments, creating high potential training programs, recruiting, team development, compensation and organizational effectiveness.
Beth has been an invited speaker for a Hunt-Scanlon Conference, The Corporate Relocation Council of America, Cornell University and The New York New Media Association. Beth holds an MBA in Marketing from Fordham University and a BS in Psychology from Cornell University.
Julia Sloan
Dr. Julia Sloan is principal of Sloan International, a New York-based executive development firm specializing in global executive development for corporations operating in emerging and existing markets of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Her client base consists of major companies representing industry sectors of finance, technology, manufacturing and consumer products, and international government agencies and organizations.
A leading authority on international strategic thinking, Julia is widely recognized for her pioneer work in the application of complex cognitive theory to everyday global strategy practice. She is the author of a definitive book, Learning to Think Strategically (Elsevier); contributing author to Democratic Practices as Learning Opportunities (Sense). As a result of her research on strategic thinking, Julia has twice been invited to speak on behalf of the late Nobel Prize economist, Milton Friedman.
Julia has addressed organizations including: MITI (Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry), Southeast Asian Investment Forum, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Conference, JETRO (Japan Export and Trade Organization), Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Ministry of Trade in Thailand and India and the China Committee on International Business Development. Additionally, she has presented at various conferences in Asia, Europe, Africa and the U.S. and has lectured at Columbia University, MIT and Harvard University (U.S.); Tsinghua University and Nanjing University (China), Tokyo University, Keio University (Japan) and India Institute of Management (India).
In addition to working with corporations, Julia also consults for the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces, the UN Secretariat, and The World Bank. She served as an advisor to the Afghan women delegates in the first Constitutional Convention, and has been instrumental in supporting the leadership efforts of rising business leaders in war-torn countries in Sudan, Congo, and Sierra Leone.
Currently residing in New York, Julia’s educational background includes a doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Columbia University; master’s study from Yale University and University of Alaska, and undergraduate studies from Kent State University.
Michael Lee Stallard
Michael Lee Stallard is a leading authority on leadership, employee engagement and teams. He is the president of E Pluribus Partners, a consulting firm that helps leaders create “Connection Cultures” to increase productivity and innovation. Michael is the primary author of the book Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity and Productivity.
He is a guest lecturer the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business, New York University’s Stern School of Business, the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, GE’s Crotonville Leadership Training Center and the Center for Creative Leadership. Prior to founding E Pluribus Partners, Michael was Chief Marketing Officer for the private wealth management businesses of Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab. Earlier in his career, Michael worked as an executive in investment banking, marketing and finance positions at Barclays, Van Kampen Investments and Texas Instruments.
