Kevin Cox, the Executive Vice President of Human Resources for American Express, presented in a Fall 2011 graduate course on leadership at the ILR school, appropriately named View From the Top. The presentation began by focusing on how American Express utilizes pioneering technologies to continuously innovate within the business and shape the direction of the company. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Human Resources Perspective from the C-Suite: American Express
In Executive Lectures on December 22, 2011 at 3:58 pmAdvancing Student Achievement Through Labor-Management Collaboration
In Executive Lectures on November 17, 2011 at 7:21 pmOne of the most contentious issues unfolding in the political landscape of the United States is public education optimization and reform. While the United States represents the world’s largest and most diverse economy, it ranks “average” at best when it comes to public school education as a whole, and markedly worse in the math and science disciplines. Read the rest of this entry »
Driving Innovation During Times of Growth
In Executive Lectures on October 21, 2011 at 10:07 pmAs the official coverage provider, the Cornell HR Review covered the keynote and panel discussions at the Human Capital Association’s (HCA) 9th Annual Symposium. Read the rest of this entry »
M&A Considerations for HR
In Executive Lectures on November 29, 2010 at 1:57 pmChris Altizer, SVP of HR for Pfizer Diversified Businesses, visited Cornell earlier this month to discuss the important role HR can play in corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Altizer discussed what M&A means for a company’s culture and how HR needs to think about organizational design, talent management, and the art of due diligence when proceeding through such complex deals. Read the rest of this entry »
Leading During Uncertain Times
In Executive Lectures on November 1, 2010 at 7:51 amL. Kevin Cox, Chief HR Officer of American Express, recently delivered the keynote address at the 8th Annual Human Capital Association Symposium. The theme of the event was “Leading with Flexibility: Adapting to Uncertain Times.” Cox spent the majority of his speech revealing to the audience how the 2008 economic collapse impacted American Express and the financial services industry, and how he lead his employees through such times of disaster and despair. Read the rest of this entry »
Talent Management in a Turbulent World
In Executive Lectures on September 23, 2010 at 2:46 pmHow does an HR practitioner manage a company’s talent pipeline through a period of social, economic, and environmental volatility? Last week, Hugh Mitchell, Chief Human Resources & Corporate Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc, discussed this issue with students and faculty at Cornell University’s ILR School as part of the CAHRS Executive Guest Lecture Series. Read the rest of this entry »
A Heroic Profession
In Executive Lectures on September 6, 2010 at 9:11 pm“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Chances are if you ask this question to any group of high school seniors, “HR professional” will not make the list. But ask any such group if any of its members aspire to be a leader, an influencer, even a hero, and many will respond in the affirmative. Read the rest of this entry »
When Gender, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Domestic Violence Come to Work
In Executive Lectures on May 4, 2010 at 7:29 pmGender discrimination and sexual harassment are still prevalent in the American workplace even though laws against such behaviors have been in place for decades. Read the rest of this entry »
Building a Green Collar Movement
In Executive Lectures on April 15, 2010 at 9:16 amEnvironmental sustainability is a widely debated topic—one that the labor movement has tightly embraced and one that more and more HR practitioners are required to confront with regards to personnel policy, training, and CSR. Read the rest of this entry »
Single-System Expatriate Compensation
In Executive Lectures on April 7, 2010 at 4:36 pmPaying for expatriate support is a necessary cost of doing business. And that cost becomes more and more difficult to control as expatriate assignments increase in number and geographic diversity. Read the rest of this entry »
