Event Details

Join Tamara Erickson, McKinsey Award-winning co-author of Workforce Crisis, for breakfast and a presentation at Queens University of Charlotte will kick off the 2013 TWIST Conference for Women. The TWIST Conference is designed for women only; however everyone is encouraged to attend Tammy's presentation before the Conference kicks off in its official location in Ballantyne. The topics Tammy covers will be beneficial to both genders, as she exposes the assumptions that underpin so many of our practices, and shares solutions based on the new business realities we face.

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Agenda

7:00 am: Light Breakfast 
7:30-9:00 am: Program 

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Program Topic

Ten Assumptions That Are No Longer True...But Still Shape Our Organizations Today

Today's organizations are ripe for change. Over the next several decades, we'll see very different business entities evolve. Why? Because today's organizations were designed in response to conditions that no longer exist. Do you still think loyal behavior at work will lead to a lifetime of protection and care from the corporation? Of course not. But many of our cherished talent management practices, from pension plans to perquisites, like vacation, that are based on tenure, are holdovers from the days when this old assumption rang true.

There are many new business realities that we haven't yet translated into our management practices and organizational designs. It's time to question which practices still make sense and whether there are new options, better suited to today. In this provocative and interactive session based on a forthcoming book, Tammy will list ten assumptions that underpin organizations today. All have major implications for the way we manage talent and run organizations and yet none are true today. She'll leave participants looking at their organizations-and themselves-through a whole new lens.