Leaders from Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For To Share Insights at For All Summit May 7-9
April 23 2024 - 10:10AM
Top executives from award-winning companies like Hilton, Marriott
International, Synchrony, Thrive Global and UKG will be sharing
their wisdom and perspective at the Great Place To Work® For All
Summit™ May 7- 9 in New Orleans.
This annual event, now in its 19th season, brings together
1,500+ senior executives, thought leaders, industry analysts, and
passionate workplace culture advocates from over 500 companies.
Participants learn strategies and solutions for creating equitable
and empowering experiences for employees that lead to stronger
business performance.
Unmatched access to new research
This year’s event will highlight the findings from The Great
Transformation, a three-year research initiative to build a
blueprint for the future of work that Great Place To Work has been
leading together with Accenture, Cadence Design Systems, Cisco, DHL
Express, Dow, Encore, Hilton, KPMG, Synchrony, UKG, and World Wide
Technology.
These companies have worked on a range of transformative ideas
and pilot initiatives, including how to unlock advocacy throughout
organizations by utilizing employee resource groups (ERGs) so they
become engines for innovation, talent development, and revenue
growth.
Attendees will hear from CEOs and HR leaders at these
award-winning companies about their experimental efforts to improve
the workplace, including lessons learned and opportunities for
future growth.
Headliners & Keynotes
Here are some of the speakers joining the mainstage:
- Mindy Kaling, award-winning writer, actor, and producer
will speak about her career and breaking down barriers as a
trailblazer in Hollywood.
- Angela Duckworth, bestselling author and speaker, will
discuss her research into “grit” and how workplace leaders can help
employees find resilience.
- Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global,
will explain why well-being is the ultimate productivity multiplier
and share how a focus on employee health across five key daily
behaviors — sleep, food, movement, stress management, and
connection –— can help companies achieve better business
outcomes.
- Allie K. Miller, AI entrepreneur, advisor, and investor
will explore the impact of generative AI on business growth and the
implications for talent and equity across industries.
- John O’Leary, bestselling author and speaker, will share
his extraordinary story of survival, resilience and the power of
leadership in service of others.
- Daniel Wendler, speaker, bestselling author, and
co-author of the newly released, “Neurodiversity and the Myth of
Normal,” will show us how executives can effectively lead
neurodiverse organizations, and how AI can help neurodivergent
employees (and leaders) unlock their full potential.
Top executives from the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work
For® List will also share insights on the mainstage and in focus
sessions over two days of programming:
- Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s chief technology and
innovation officer, and Ellyn Shook, chief leadership and
human resources officer at Accenture, join our mainstage to discuss
how to create a workplace for all, specifically how to harness
diverse perspectives and ensure that all people have the
opportunity to thrive and unlock their full potential in the age of
generative AI.
- Ben Erwin, president and CEO of Encore, will share the
story of a first-time CEO’s commitment to workplace culture at an
existential moment for an events company bruised by the pandemic.
Learn how investing in people can serve as a rally cry to innovate
around talent and propel a company forward.
- Chris Nassetta, president and CEO of Hilton, joins our
mainstage to explore how the global hotel brand bounced back from
pandemic lows to become the No. 1 workplace in the world. Laura
Fuentes, CHRO of Hilton, will share insights from Hilton’s
efforts to cultivate trust, resilience, and inclusivity in its
hotels around the world.
- Anthony Capuano, president and CEO of Marriott
International, will join Ty Breland, CHRO of Marriott
International, to share how the world’s largest hospitality
company’s historic investments in frontline associates, lessons
learned, and insights for companies with a large frontline
workforce.
- DJ Casto, CHRO at Synchrony, will share how the
financial services company asks leaders to prioritize well-being,
and the efforts that are moving the needle for its workforce in
conversation with Arianna Huffington moderated by
Ellen McGirt.
- Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work, will share
how leaders at the Best Workplaces™ are transforming, and the
behaviors and strategies that create real value for
businesses.
The first-ever ERGX experience
This year’s summit will also host the first-ever ERGX
experience, a gathering of leaders and members of employee resource
groups (ERGs) from companies that participated in The Great
Transformation research initiative.
ERGX sessions are not open to the public, but press passes are
available for the opening session, which will explore new research
and insights on how ERGs can be catalysts for change and crucial
engines of innovation.
Hear from industry experts
Attendees won’t want to miss these focus sessions with tactical
expertise from operational leaders at the 100 Best
Companies:
- How To Get Leaders To Adopt New Mindsets. Claudine
Hoverson, chief talent officer of Synchrony, and George Anderson,
chief learning officer of Synchrony, will share how the finance
leader enrolled 300 of its executives in a program to align
expectations and behaviors across the business to meet the needs of
a changing, hybrid workforce.
- How To Engage Frontline Workers With Employee Resource
Groups. Gretchen Stroud, SVP human resources consulting and DEI
at Hilton, and DeShaun N. Wise Porter, global head of diversity,
equity, inclusion, and recognition at Hilton, will share how the
hotel chain adapted its ERGs for its frontline
workforce.
- How To Build a Better Workplace for Women. Tina Jones,
SVP of global human resources, and Nita Espinosa, VP of global
strategic sourcing at Cadence, will share how the tech firm has
innovated and created programs to help women thrive in the
traditionally male-dominated tech industry.
Summit sponsors include Accenture, Cadence, Cisco, DHL, Dow,
Encore, Hilton, KPMG, Marriott International, Synchrony, UKG, World
Wide Technology, Abbvie, Camden, Edward Jones, Nationwide, PwC,
CarMax, Comcast NBCUniversal, Delta, Penn Mutual, Thrive Global,
Plante Moran, Braindate, Custom Ink, Four Moon Productions, hiro,
Loma Marketing Agency, and Mosaic Consulting Group.
Purchase tickets here: For All Summit 2024 | Great Place
To Work®
For press passes, please contact:
Kim Peters: 415-844-2574, kpeters@greatplacetowork.com
About Great Place To Work®
As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To
Work brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help
every place become a great place to work for all. Its proprietary
platform and For All™ Model help companies evaluate the experience
of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place
To Work Certified™ or receiving recognition on a coveted Best
Workplaces List.
Kim Peters
Great Place To Work
(415) 844-2574
kpeters@greatplacetowork.com