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2014 Diversity & Inclusion Conference
Workplace Application: Discuss lessons learned while working cross borders and cross cultures from the perspective of an HR expatriate.
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Cultural differences are subtle and dramatic, anticipated and shocking, joyous and painful; and operational and Human Resource leaders are challenged to work effectively with diverse employees, customers, suppliers and bosses. Learn from a personal journey of crossing borders, leading strategy, building teams, changing culture, managing up, and developing alliances, and return with ideas to improve your own effectiveness.

 
Date(s) & Time(s): 
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 8:00am to 9:15am
Presenter: 
Karen Rylander-Davis
President
Madyl Consulting
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Karen Rylander-Davis is an accomplished senior human resource executive with over 35 years of international experience. She specializes in transforming organizations, developing talent, and supporting culture change to achieve business strategies. Her work in management development includes project leadership, instructional design, development and delivery of training programs.

Karen’s consulting focuses on offering strategic organization and leadership development solutions to a wide variety of firms in diverse industries.  Her approach to clients is customized to each situation, culture and team dynamic. She motivates, facilitates, and challenges people to rethink what is possible for themselves and the organization. Recognizing that the organization is a system, she considers potential impacts and contingencies in her work to ensure that recommendations and deliverables are practical, actionable and value-adding.

Of note is Karen’s development of a comprehensive leadership curriculum for a global French wire and cable manufacturer, built on management and functional competency models and company values.   A global course for high potential senior leaders involved building the design around corporate values and competencies, incorporating appropriate action learning, and ensuring strong partnership between internal and external resources.  A course for Plant Managers required integration of design by multiple internal subject matter experts and preparation for delivery by internally trained facilitators. A short-course targeted transversal leaders whose virtual teams did not report directly to them and were located around the world.

Other instructional design and delivery projects include:

  • Comprehensive instructional design curriculum, including a variety of training modules, materials and video, to support process transformation in a multinational family-owned food products company
  • Redesign of a senior leadership development program for a chemical manufacturing company
  • Diversity awareness training for all employees of a regional newspaper
  • Local customer team development curriculum for sales and service staffs of a medical imaging equipment manufacturer 

Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Karen held human resource positions of increasing responsibility with Knight Ridder, General Electric Medical Systems, Ryder System, Inc. and Goodyear Aerospace Corporation. Most recently, as Corporate Vice President, Training and Career Management for Nexans, worldwide leader in cables and cabling systems, headquartered in Paris, she engaged senior leadership worldwide in creating and implementing Nexans’ Management Competency Model, followed by the development and delivery of an expanded leadership development curriculum.

Experienced in working effectively in multiple regions and cultures, including North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Karen has lived and worked in the US,  Canada, and France and is fluent in English and French. She holds dual US and Canadian citizenship.

Karen holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Counselor Education, an M.Ed. in Counseling in Higher Education from Kent State University, and a B.A. in French, with honors, from the College of Wooster.

SESSIONS:
Location: 
Nottoway (4th Floor)
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
•Global Credit
Session Type: 
Concurrent Session
Competency: 
Relationship Management
Communication
Global & Cultural Effectiveness
Intended Audience: 
Executive-level
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