Care@Work 2011 Talks
-
Sheila Marcelo, Care.com
"How has technology affected how we live—and how we work?" asks Sheila Marcelo, Founder and CEO of Care.com, as she kicks off the 2011 Care@Work conference. As a mother, entrepreneur, and chronic multi–tasker, Marcelo sets the tone for the conference, which attempts to rediscover focus in this age of distraction.
-
Carmen Wong Ulrich, CNBC
Carmen Wong Ulrich, Personal Finance Expert at CNBC, and the host of Care@Work, opens the conference by sharing her own struggle to maintain work life balance, starting with "Blackberry boundaries" at home.
-
Jake Barton, Local Projects
As humans, we are all storytellers. Technology has provided us with the ability to transmit these stories to a larger audience. But how can organizations utilize this approach to advance their own missions? Jake Barton, Principal and Founder of Local Projects, shares his own experiences integrating personal storytelling into institutions.
-
Cathy Benko, Deloitte
Cathy Benko, Chief Talent Officer at Deloitte, charts this changing landscape of the workplace, from the 1970’s up to the present–day. She posits that successful, modern companies are shifting from a ladder, or hierarchy–focused structure, towards a lattice model, in which employees move either up or across depending on their needs and desires.
-
Rafiq Kalam Id–Din II, TFA
How do companies attract and keep talent in a competitive corporate world? They give autonomy; they challenge; they respect; and they pay well. Rafiq Kalam Id– Din II, Founder and Managing Partner at Teaching Firms of America, argues that schools need to grant teachers these basic corporate rights in order to employ the most intelligent and committed minds.
-
Melinda Wolfe & Sylvia Hewlett
How do great organizations keep employees committed and focused? Melinda Wolfe, Head of Professional Development at Bloomberg, and Sylvia Hewlett, Founder and President of the Center for Work–Life Policy draw upon data and personal experience to answer questions from the audience about corporate ‘stickiness,’ employee satisfaction, burnout, and workplace flexibility.
-
Tory Johnson, Women for Hire
A few years ago, successful female professionals started turning to Tory Johnson, founder and CEO of Women for Hire, for help launching entrepreneurial careers. Why were these women leaving good corporate careers? In this presentation, Johnson explores what drives employee motivation—outlining strategies for companies looking to retain employees looking for more.
-
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Gilt Groupe
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Co–founder of Gilt Groupe, discusses her inspiration for Gilt, shares the company’s methods of attracting and keeping talent, and explores the challenges of balancing a busy life as entrepreneur, wife, fashion icon, and mother with Sheila Lirio Marcelo, CEO of Care.com.
-
Bill Taylor, Fast Company
How can you distinguish your company from a bevy of competitors? According to Bill Taylor, entrepreneur and author, "The only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something special." By mapping the successful reinventions of several middle of the road businesses, Taylor inspires us to construct big change by examining the smallest details.
-
Annie Perrin, The Energy Project
Time may be finite, but energy is renewable. How we allocate our energy affects our happiness, our health, and also our success in life and work. Annie Perrin, Senior Vice President of The Energy Project, urges us to reevaluate our habits and modify them in order to optimize our energy—and improve our lives.
-
Jay Mulki, Northeastern University
While working at home in your pajamas might allow you to snooze a few more times each morning, the habit is neither healthy nor sustainable, according to Jay Mulki, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Northeastern. As the remote workforce expands, the need for a boundary between home and work life has become more evident. Mulki explores how managers can help employees create and maintain this separation—and their sanity.
-
Nadira Hira, Gen Y Expert
"When you talk to a lot of young people...nobody is saying, ‘I want to come to work and be number one.’" So if young people don’t want to be CEO’s, what do they want? As the leading voice of Gen Y, writer and speaker Nadira Hira explores what motivates her generation in the workplace.