Conference Schedule
Organizational Best Practices Conference: Achieving Results Through Engaging Employees
7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. Welcome
Dr. Jamie Loftus, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Services, St. Ambrose University
8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Keynote Address
Edward Lawler, III,
a distinguished Professor of Business and Director of the Center for Effective Organizations in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, will speak on the performance of organizations and their dependence on their having a motivated and engaged workforce. It takes the right combination of leadership, organization design, and talent management to make this happen. The key management practices that create high performance organizations will be described and how they can be implemented will be discussed.
9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Break
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Concurrent Session I
Room 1 Keeping Teammates Engaged During Turbulent Times:
The Bridgestone Way
Dr. Michele Herlein, Director, Talent Management; Patti
James, Vice President, Human Resources and
Administration; Fran Jones, Vice President, BATO
Human Resources and Talent Management,
Bridgestone Americas
Room 2 Estes: A Journey to Engagement
Kent Pilcher, President
Estes Company
Room 3 Engaging Yourself
Dr. Thomas Bateman, Professor of Management and
Bank of American Scholar
McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. – 12: 15 p.m. Concurrent Session II
Room 1 Driving Employee Engagement: What you can do. A
Case Study on Employee Engagement at John Deere
Dr. Mindy Moye, Manager of Employee Engagement
Deere & Co.
Room 2 Employee Engagement - Changing a Culture
John Elmore, Head of Community Banking
US Bank
Room 3 Built for Talent
Dr. Edward Lawler III, Director of the Center for Effective
Organizations and Distinguished Professor of Business
The University of Southern California
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch
Ballroom Announcements
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Concurrent Session III
Room 1 What's Important to People on the Job
Paul Slaggert, Director of Non-degree Programs
Mendoza School of Business, University of Notre Dame
Room 2 Project Management: They System is Everything for
Engaging People
George Hollins, University Business Manager
The University of Iowa
Room 3 Engaged Problem Solving by Leaders and Followers
Dr. Thomas Bateman, Professor of Management and
Bank of American Scholar
McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Session IV
Room 1 Research Findings on Employee Engagement
Dr. Dave O'Connell, Interim Dean, College of Business
and Professor of Managerial Studies
St. Ambrose University
Panel of St. Ambrose University DBA alumni: Dr. Shelly
McCallum, Dr. Dave Seibert, Dr. Maxine Wade
Room 2 Achieving Organizational Success by Engaging Diverse
Employees
Madhu Sharma, President
Critical Link
Room 3 Linking Measured Behavior and Brain Dominance to
Development Specialist
Jenny Sharp, Organizational Development Specialist
Pella Corporation
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Concluding Discussion and Networking Social
Ballroom Sponsored by Sodexo
For More Information
Contact Allison Ambrose, 563/333-6155