Human Resources: Human Capital Management Summit Highlights Strategic Talent Mgmnt that Drives Business Execution

BOSTON, MA – January 20, 2009 – Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), has partnered with eLearning, Global Retail Management (GRM), and the Southeast Chapter of IHRIM to bring together HR and human capital leaders to discuss their challenges, share their strategic thinking, and offer candid advice to chief HR officers, chief learning officers, and senior HR, recruiting, organizational development, and talent management executives from across multiple industry sectors, including senior-level (non-HR) business executives who seek to maximize their organization’s productivity and competitive position.

The annual Human Capital Management (HCM) Summit will be held March 24-25, 2009 in Atlanta, GA. This one-of-its-kind, two-day strategic executive event will provide attendees with the unique opportunity to:

•       Gain Best-in-Class insights to overcome the top talent-related hurdles of 2009
•       Learn actionable talent-related strategies to help their business address short-term needs as well as execute longer-term strategies
•       Come away with action plans that help HR improve operational efficiencies and performance metrics, as well as become more of a strategic business partner
•       Build an environment that engages employees at all stages in the employment lifecycle
•       Learn how to identify, recruit, develop, and retain the talent that’s “best-fit” for their specific organization
•       Network and collaborate with leading industry practitioners and Aberdeen’s HCM analysts
•       Leverage their organization’s intellectual capital via knowledge capture and transfer
•       Collect actionable strategies and blueprints based on Best-in-Class HCM research from 8000+ organizations and practical experiences

“Human capital management is not an HR responsibility, it’s an organizational responsibility, however, it is incumbent upon HR to enable the business to drive strategy execution,” said Kevin Martin, vice president and principal analyst, human capital management at Aberdeen Group. “Our research shows that the current state of the economy will increase the strategic importance of HCM at the vast majority of organizations. Our HCM Summit will showcase been-there, done-that executives who challenge the status quo of HR and enable their organizations to achieve and maintain a competitive edge.”

Speakers at Aberdeen’s HCM Summit include:
•       Mary Rose Becker, Chief of Staff of Learning and Readiness, SMSG Readiness, Microsoft
•       Lou Manzi, VP, Global Talent Solutions, GlaxoSmithKline
•       Kim Nowell, SVP of HR, Direct General Insurance
•       Kathy Betts, VP of HR, Novell
•       Terrie Rollins, Former Chief Knowledge Officer, Unisys
•       Jack Fulbright, VP of HR, Northeast Georgia Health System
•       Bob Kelleher, Chief Human Capital Officer, AECOM

Featured topics include:
• Increasing employee engagement throughout the organization
• Capturing and transferring organizational intellectual capital
• Integrating business strategy into HR practice
• Building a sustainable leadership pipeline
• Identifying high-potential talent both inside and outside your organization
• Addressing short-term business needs while maintaining long-term strategic focus

For additional information on the summit, visit http://summits.aberdeen.com/index.php/HCM.html

Technology vendors can sponsor the HCM Summit and showcase their products and services to HR and operations decision makers. For summit sponsorship opportunities, visit: http://summits.aberdeen.com/index.php/Human-Capital-Management-Summit/the-hcm-summit-sponsors.html

For access to additional complimentary research from Aberdeen’s HCM Research practice, please visit http://research.aberdeen.com/index.php/-human-capital-management

About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company
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