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Managing the Global Workforce – The Global 20©
This presentation provides managers with a comprehensive understanding of how workforce management changes as business expands overseas. The Global 20© provides a template approach to assessing workforce opportunities and challenges when moving outside the home country.
Virtually no business today is free from the impact of the global economy. Being able to outperform the competition means searching for ways to do more with less, increase productivity, reduce costs and improve operating efficiency.
Trying to be an expert on all things global is not the answer. Countries change their business environments, business strategy shifts and financial situations change. Using a template based approach ensures key issues are not overlooked, key steps are completed and costs are effectively identified resulting in a more accurate understanding of global human capital management.
A template of the 20 most important things that impact a company’s return on total capital when moving from domestic to global operations will be presented. This template is based on the result of twenty years of global HR management and experience directing more than 30 start-up businesses around the world
Janet Walsh is a senior professor at Keller Graduate School of Management, the second largest accredited MBA institution in the US, where she authored the national capstone course for Human Resource MBA candidates and their Global Human Resources Management Course. She provides expert leadership and advice to the HR community through regular speaking engagements at SHRM, ASTD, WAW and IHRIM and hosts Business TV Channel’s, “PeopleSkills” program, a weekly program offering advice on HR issues and highlighting best practices.
Janet is also the President of Birchtree-HR, Llc, an independent HR consulting firm focused on improving the financial performance of businesses using human resources programs. She and the Birchtree team work with a wide variety of businesses including Fortune 100, technology, finance manufacturing, finance and non-profits. Her experience in developing high performance , business focused HR activities has led her to work in more than 50 countries, including Australia.
Prior to joining Birchtree-HR Janet worked for Fortune 100 and large multinationals leading the human resources function in the US and elsewhere. Her focus was on designing, developing and implementing strategic HR solutions to complex business problems.
She holds a BA degree in Economics with a concentration in Japanese from Bucknell University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Loyola College.
Senior managers from J. M. Huber Corporation (a 3 billion USD global conglomerate with Australian businesses) will join Janet to discuss how they have used The Global 20© template.