ONE MEETING YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS

Mars Inc. to Speak About Solving Business Problems While Building Leaders at the Global Leadership Congress

One month into the new year, it is clear that learning leaders need to engage one another quickly and determine which talent development programs can have an immediate, positive impact on a company’s bottom line.

We’re on it at CorpU.

As the leading network for global learning, CorpU is hosting an executive education and networking session of unprecedented importance. On February 25-27, 2009, join us at the Global Leadership Congress to learn from renowned Penn and Wharton faculty who have engaged with companies for decades, providing expertise and insight through the boom and bust times. You will also have the opportunity to meet respected CLOs from across the corporate spectrum, including:

• Mars Inc.
• CSC
• CIGNA
• Shell
• Raytheon
• JetBlue
• Farmers Insurance
• Wipro
• Plastipak Packaging
• And others.

This is your chance to roll up your sleeves and tackle the tough issues with other CLOs, as well as network with the Wharton and Penn faculty. Their research, tools, and experience will all be available to you during this three-day executive education program.

The current economic situation affects us all. This meeting is your chance to learn what it takes to use learning as an engine of recovery, and even growth, in difficult times.

CorpU has gathered a select group of senior business leaders to provide you with new methods, tools and approaches to deliver improved leadership programs that fit today’s budget.

 

Meet Speaker André Martin of Mars Inc.

André Martin, Global Leadership Development Director at Mars Inc., understands your challenges. As Global Leadership Development Director, André Martin is responsible for the learning and development needs of the top 500 leaders within Mars Incorporated; a leading consumer goods product company with over 60,000 associates worldwide. In his role, Andre has been challenged to use cutting-edge leadership development strategies and innovative development initiatives to drive organizational transformation across Mars Incorporated.

As a designated “Bright Mind” at the Global Leadership Congress, Andre is one of many talented speakers at the event. His session, Mars Inc. Builds Leadership Development Into Business Problem-solving, is an opportunity to learn from his experience and implement valuable lessons into your corporate learning program. Read Andre’s bio.

 

To learn more about the initiatives which helped launch the Mars Inc. corporate university, watch this exclusive CorpU TV interview. Members can find more research on the Mars, Inc learning program here.

Lynn Davis, Mars University Effectiveness Manager on the launch of Mars University

 

 

ENHANCED SPEAKER SESSIONS

Corporate University Xchange and the University of Pennsylvania have enhanced the agenda and several activities planned for the Global Leadership Congress. Presentations, activities and deliverables have been reshaped to potentially replace planned consulting or new design work that might have been cut from your 2009 plan due to budget reductions.

These three sessions will offer practical ideas for teaching leaders how to lead in a crisis, and will describe program activities you can deliver at low or no cost. Sessions will feature award-winning practices at CIGNA, Mars, Inc., and Satyam:

• CIGNA Programs Prepare Leaders To Take Position As Industry Leader
  Presented by: Karen Kocher, Chief Learning Officer
• Mars, Inc. Builds Leadership Development Into Business Problem-solving
  Presented by: Andre Martin, Director, Leadership Development
• Satyam’s Rich Leadership Development Programs Incorporate Cost-Saving Technologies
  Presented by: Ed Cohen, Chief Learning Officer, and Author, “Leadership Without Borders”

 

TOOLS YOU CAN USE

Attendees Receive a FREE Copy of Scholars, Authors, Leaders & Thinkers (SALT) Directory

Tool Saves Significant Time in Leadership Development Program Design

Salt is ubiquitous and useful in all sorts of ways, but now CorpU is giving it a whole new meaning. CorpU is building a SALT Directory to enhance your leadership development programs and key initiatives. The SALT Directory - Scholars, Authors, Leaders & Thinkers - presents a map of critical business issues and the corresponding relationship of leadership development topics.

For example, a node on globalization will connect to topics like leading global teams, the importance of global social networks, and the implications of globalization on the speed of business change. Each topic is then connected to a list of scholars, authors, leaders and thinkers (SALT members) who are recognized experts on the topic by the business community or by their peers.

Profiles on each SALT Directory member will provide the following:

• Contact information
• A list of reference companies they’ve advised or presented to
• Teaching methods and approaches they’ve used to teach leaders
• Research they’ve done or would like to do in partnership with an organization
• Conferences where they’ve presented
• Links to their books, articles and presentations that you can incorporate in your leadership programs or use as pre-reading materials

The Directory also will present fees and contract terms for engagements and presentations at a corporate site. An initial copy of the Directory is being compiled and will be presented to all conference participants.

 

Join the dialogue as we work together to find solutions and overcome some of the difficult challenges facing the learning industry.

 

Register today for the Global Leadership Congress February 25 - 27, 2009