Karishma Patel Buford Patel Buford
vice president of Global Talent Management
Groupon
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Karishma Patel Buford is the Vice President of Global Talent Management for Groupon. In this role, she is responsible for leading a global team of talent acquisition, employment branding, and talent development leaders to deliver best-in-class programs that attract, select, develop, and retain great talent. In addition, she drives enterprise-wide culture transformation and employee engagement initiatives for Groupon. Her team’s mission is to make Groupon a great place to work. 
 
In her previous role at Groupon, Karishma also owned Diversity in addition to Talent Development where she was responsible for leading initiatives to build an inclusive culture and to promote workforce diversity. 
 
Prior to joining Groupon in January 2016, Karishma was Head of Talent Management for BAE Systems Inc. – a global defense firm with 35,000 employees. From 2007 to 2011, she was a Senior Consultant with PDI Ninth House, a leadership solutions consulting firm. And prior to 2007, she worked extensively with physician and academic faculty leaders in healthcare and educational settings as an executive coach. 
 
Karishma received her Bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Virginia and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. She completed her fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania Health System and mini-MBA certification from St. Thomas University, Opus College of Business, in Minnesota. 
 
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Wayne Connell
vice president of Human Resources
The Washington Post
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Wayne Connell is vice president of Human Resources for The Washington Post, where he leads the HR function in workforce planning, talent acquisition, total rewards, organizational development, retention and HR policy. He has more than 20 years of HR experience, spanning the hospitality, aviation and media industries.

Wayne has guided organizations – including The Post since 2005 – in creating long-term HR strategies that enable the most effective use of their talent. His areas of focus include performance management, succession planning, culture change, leadership development, coaching, employer branding, onboarding, recruiting and employee relations.

He earned his Professional in Human Resources certification in 2001. He also holds a BA from the University of South Florida and an MA in human resource development from the George Washington University. He served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s graduate program in HR studies for three years. He is published by the Academy of Human Resource Development on the topics of organizational learning and culture and speaks at leading HR conferences on topics of leadership, action learning, and other innovative HR topics.

Wayne lives in Washington, D.C.

 

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Vishal Jain
financial wellness officer
Prudential’s Workplace Solutions Group
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Vishal Jain is the Financial Wellness Officer for Prudential’s Workplace Solutions Group. He leads the development and delivery of financial wellness solutions for the Workplace Solutions Group’s institutional clients and their participants.

Prior to his current role, Vishal led strategy and financial wellness for Prudential’s Group Insurance business. Vishal joined Group Insurance from Prudential's Strategic Initiatives Group, where he helped lead Prudential's cross-business thought leadership and strategic review efforts from 2008 to 2011. Earlier in his career, he was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company, where he supported retirement providers, asset managers, and insurers on strategy and marketing issues.
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Amanda Carney
co-founder and president
Working Credit
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Amanda Carney is Co-Founder and President of Working Credit, a national nonprofit that offers a credit wellness program as an employee benefit. Working Credit’s unique mix of credit building education, counseling and products has strong proof of concept with 68% of participants improving their credit scores within six months and an increasing number using credit as a path to regular savings. As President, Amanda oversees strategic direction, business development, new partnerships, marketing and communications.
 
Amanda received an A.B. from Princeton University and a Masters in Management from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg School of Management.
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Denise Fenrick
Systems Analyst, HR Knowledge Center
SHRM
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Denise Fenrick is a Systems Analyst with over two decades of commitment to the HR Knowledge Center for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).   Denise analyzes, develops, and sustains a spectrum of technologies and resources pivotal to the team's organization and SHRM member support.

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Kelly Kirchman, SHRM-SCP
Talent Development manager
Cook & Boardman Group
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Kelly Kirchman, SHRM-SCP, SPHR is the Talent Development Manager for the Cook & Boardman Group.    A communications graduate from North Carolina State University, Kelly has over 20 years in the HR field and has developed and implemented programs across all HR disciplines.  Her current mission is to attract hidden/passive candidates to Cook & Boardman to ensure there is promotable internal talent along with a constantly renewing stream of external talent to fill future openings.

 

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Daniel Goleman
Psychologist and Author of Emotional Intelligence
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Psychologist and author of Emotional Intelligence and Focus, Daniel Goleman has transformed the way the world educates children, relates to family and friends, and conducts business. The Wall Street Journal ranked him as one of the 10 most influential business thinkers. His article “What Makes a Leader?” remains the most requested reprint in the history of Harvard Business Review. 

His 2014 bestseller, Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, argues that leadership that gets results demands a triple focus: on our ourselves; on others, for our relationships; and on the outer forces that shape organizations and society. Dr. Goleman's "The Focused Leader" won the 2013 HBR McKinsey Award, given each year for the best article in Harvard Business Review.

In his book, A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Our World, Dr. Goleman — who was personally selected by the Dalai Lama — combines the Dalai Lama’s key teachings, empirical evidence, and true accounts of people putting his lessons into practice, offering readers practical applications for making the world a better place.

Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times best sellers list for a year-and-a-half. Named one of the 25 "Most Influential Business Management Books" by TIME, it has been translated into 40 languages. HBR called emotional intelligence (EI) “a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea.” His follow-up, Working With Emotional Intelligence, outlined the importance of EI in professional settings. 

The groundbreaking Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, which Goleman co-wrote with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, unveiled scientific evidence proving that a leader’s emotional competencies have an enormous impact on an organization’s bottom line. His more recent books include Social Intelligence: The New Science of Social Relationships, Ecological Intelligence, and What Makes a Leader, a collection of articles from HBR, LinkedIn, and other business journals. 

Goleman’s 2017 book, Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body, co-written with Richard Davidson, explores how meditation and mindfulness can achieve real, positive, and lasting mental and behavioral change.

His work on the brain and behavioral science was nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize and recognized with the Washburn Award and Lifetime Career Award from the American Psychological Association. A former science journalist for The New York Times, he was named to the 2011 and 2013 Thinkers50 and a top business guru by Accenture Institute for Strategic Change.

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What Makes a Leader: Emotional Intelligence and the Keys to High Performance

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 2:15pm to 3:30pm
Emily Towery, MBA, SHRM-CP
vice president of Human Resources
The Cook & Boardman Group
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Emily Towery, MBA, SHRM-CP, PHR is the Vice President of Human Resources for The Cook & Boardman Group in Winston Salem, NC.  Emily obtained her MBA with a concentration in Human Resources from Liberty University and her BS in Business, with a concentration in Human Resources from Meredith College.  Emily has been working in Human Resources now for 11 years and her primary focus over the years has included improving the efficiency, effectiveness and best practices of her company's HR Department in all areas.  She has been highly involved in M&A activity with her current organization and is specifically focused on Cook & Boardman's long term strategic initiatives including, EBITDA Growth, Talent Expansion and Retention, Succession Planning, Internal Training Programs and Employee Engagement.

 

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Dan Goleman
author and psychologist
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Psychologist and author of Emotional Intelligence and Focus, Daniel Goleman has transformed the way the world educates children, relates to family and friends, and conducts business. The Wall Street Journal ranked him as one of the 10 most influential business thinkers. His article “What Makes a Leader?” remains the most requested reprint in the history of Harvard Business Review. 
 
His 2014 bestseller, Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, argues that leadership that gets results demands a triple focus: on our ourselves; on others, for our relationships; and on the outer forces that shape organizations and society. Dr. Goleman's "The Focused Leader" won the 2013 HBR McKinsey Award, given each year for the best article in Harvard Business Review.
 
In his book, A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Our World, Dr. Goleman — who was personally selected by the Dalai Lama — combines the Dalai Lama’s key teachings, empirical evidence, and true accounts of people putting his lessons into practice, offering readers practical applications for making the world a better place.
 
Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times best sellers list for a year-and-a-half. Named one of the 25 "Most Influential Business Management Books" by TIME, it has been translated into 40 languages. HBR called emotional intelligence (EI) “a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea.” His follow-up, Working With Emotional Intelligence, outlined the importance of EI in professional settings. 
 
The groundbreaking Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, which Goleman co-wrote with Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, unveiled scientific evidence proving that a leader’s emotional competencies have an enormous impact on an organization’s bottom line. His more recent books include Social Intelligence: The New Science of Social Relationships, Ecological Intelligence, and What Makes a Leader, a collection of articles from HBR, LinkedIn, and other business journals. 
 
Goleman’s 2017 book, Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body, co-written with Richard Davidson, explores how meditation and mindfulness can achieve real, positive, and lasting mental and behavioral change.
 
His work on the brain and behavioral science was nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize and recognized with the Washburn Award and Lifetime Career Award from the American Psychological Association. A former science journalist for The New York Times, he was named to the 2011 and 2013 Thinkers50 and a top business guru by Accenture Institute for Strategic Change.
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Bekah Thayer
associate program manager
LeanIn.org
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LeanIn.Org: Let's Change the Way We Work

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 10:05am to 10:23am