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These HR speakers can cover such topics and trends as hiring and recruiting, retention, future of work, workplace culture, workplace wellness, quiet quitting, leadership, teamwork, management, talent management, reskilling and upskilling, flexible development, people analytics and automation, diversity and inclusion, remote work, hybrid work, communication, conflict,

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Patty McCord


Patty McCord is an American Human Resources professional and an expert in diversity, corporate culture, and human resources. She is presently working as the Principal of Patty McCord Consulting, which provides coaching for aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders.

She has worked at Netflix for 12 years as the Chief Talent Officer. She is popular as the author of the Netflix Culture Deck or the Netflix Manifesto, which was a slide presentation on the values and the basic principles of the corporation. It went on to become so popular among the online community and amassed more than 11 million views.

Regina Hartley


Regina Hartley is an accomplished HR speaker, a professional in Human Resources, and the chairperson of the Independent College Fund of New Jersey board of trustees. She is presently serving as the Vice President of the Global Talent Management department of UPS.

Before the present designation, she served in various administerial positions for more than two decades at UPS itself. As a public speaker, her TEDx Talk on the topic “Why the best hire might not have the best resume” fetched great public attention.

Christopher D. Lee


Christopher D. Lee is a human resources keynote speaker, author, lecturer, researcher, and business consultant. He is credited with the invention of the Performance Conversations Method in human resources, which is a form of appraisal much better than the traditional format.

He worked with internationally acclaimed institutes of human resources like the Human Resources Certification Institute. He has authored four books on HR-related topics and his popular title is ‘Search Committees: A Comprehensive Guide to Successful Faculty, Staff, and Administrative Searches’.

Ted Childs


Ted Childs is a human resources expert and the founder of Ted Childs’ LLC, which provides strategic diversity consultation to business owners. He spend 39 years of his career at IBM, as a distinguished member of their corporate HR team.

He was awarded multiple awards like the Diversity Awards in the year 2000 by the Working Mother Magazine.

As a HR keynote speaker, he has delivered keynote speeches on many significant platforms including the Danish Institute for Human Rights Award Ceremony and European Community Equality Summit conducted in Stockholm.

Rainer Strack


Rainer Strack is a celebrated HR personnel, thinker, business consultant, and senior partner of the Boston Consulting Group, which is one of the world’s largest management consulting firms in the world.

His expertise lies in areas like human resources management, strategic development, and process optimization. He was chosen as one of the 40 leading minds in human resources in Germany, by the Personal Magazine multiple times.

He is mostly known to the general public for the TEDx Talk that he delivered on the topic “The Workforce Crisis of 2030”, which crossed a million views online.

Erica Javellana


Erica Javellana is an expert in human resources, especially in industries like retail, hotel management, and food and beverage. She has been a crucial member of the HR department of Zappos.com since 2007.

Zappos.com is an American online retailer of clothing and shoes, and under her leadership, the HR team brought unconventional yet professional values into the corporation’s work culture.

Erica is an experienced HR speaker, who mostly talks about customer experiences, commitment, workplace culture, and employee engagement.

Francine Katsoudas


Francine Katsoudas is an entrepreneur, HR leader, speaker, and the Senior Vice President of Cisco, which is an American multinational corporation that develops networking equipment and high-technology products.

She is also serving as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Cisco. Her expertise is in talent recruitment, strategic planning, and organizational transformation.

She served various administerial positions in HR departments of many multinational companies before joining Cisco.

Michael Bergdahl


Michael Bergdahl is an author, human resources speaker, business leader, and former Walmart Executive. He has 25 years of experience in the HR field and is known as a turnaround specialist.

He is a certified senior professional in human resources and was featured on Bloomberg TV, CNN, CBS National Radio, and CNBC.

He is a regular contributor to publications like Progressive Grocer Magazine and Hardware Retailer Magazine.

His best-selling books include ‘The Sam Walton Way’ and ‘What I Learned from Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Walmart World’.

Morgana Bailey


A human resources activist, Morgana Bailey wants to see the diversity of society reflected in the workplace, and employees of all walks of life feel comfortable being open about who they are.

She leads the Global Human Resources Data Management Team at State Street, which is an American corporation offering financial and banking services.

At State Street, she directs the Global Human Resources data management team, which maintains data records for the company’s approximately 29,000 employees

She has delivered speeches on various celebrated platforms like TEDx Talk.

Lynda Gratton


Lynda Gratton is a thinker, expert in HR strategy development, professor, and the founder of the Hot Spots Movement, which provides advice for business leaders to create a sustainable future for their employees.

She presently serves as a professor at the London Business School, where she runs the program named ‘Human Resource Strategy in Transforming Companies’, which is one of the crowd’s favorites.

She is a prolific writer with works like ‘Living Strategy’ and ‘The Democratic Enterprise’. Her books have been translated into almost 15 foreign languages since their publication.

Amy Cappellanti-Wolf


Amy Cappellanti-Wolf is an American executive coach, business analyst, and senior human resources professional. She presently works as the Chief Human Resources Officer at a firm named Cohesity, which aims at simplifying the data management process of organizations.

She has prior work experience with various Fortune 500 companies. Her client list includes Cisco, The Walt Disney Company, Symantec, and Sun Microsystems.

Her works are mostly centered around business transformation, diversity, inclusion, and many more. She is a board member of various HR-related companies.

Paul Falcone


Paul Falcone is an author, speaker, human resources personnel, and leading business trainer. He is a best-selling author with popular works like ‘The Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Series’.

He was cited as “the father of human resources” by the publishing house of Harper Collins, as he is the number one best-selling human resources writer in their publishing house.

He worked in the top positions at Paramount Pictures and various NBC Universal primetime shows. He also works as a faculty member at UCLA Extension’s School of Business and Management.

David Ulrich


David Ulrich is a professor, business consultant, author, editor, and successful speaker on human resources. He is a partner of the RBL Group, which is a business consulting firm. He teaches business at the University of Michigan.

He is the author of more than 30 books and the major titles are ‘Reinventing the Organization’, ‘Victory Through Organization’, and ‘The Rise of HR’.

He was cited by various publications as “the father of modern HR” owing to the immense contributions he has made to the field.

Willair St. Vil


Willair St. Vil is an American business coach, certified mediator, and speaker who is working at the District of Columbia Department of Human Resources as the Human Resources Specialist.

He has prior work experience of almost thirty years in the human resources field itself with institutions like Diploma Plus, United Way of New York City, and the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle.

He also served as a professor at Western Washington University. He speaks four languages and has traveled across the world as a keynote speaker.

John Sullivan


Dr. John Sullivan is an expert in the field of Human Resources, and he comes from the highly innovative area of the world, Silicon Valley. Dr. Sullivan has published over 1200 articles and ten whole books on different aspects of Talent Management.

He is an author, business advisor, analyst, educator, and human resources industry expert whose expertise lies in productivity, retention, and strategic management solutions.

He has delivered corporate speeches and workshops in almost 30 countries across six continents.

He was featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune Magazine, and Harvard Business Review.

He was interviewed by media platforms like CNN, CBS, and ABC Nightly News. He presently teaches management at San Francisco State

Tracy Keogh


Tracy Keogh is a leading business speaker and human resources executive, who presently works as the Chief Human Resources Officer at HP, an American multinational IT company.

At HP, she is entrusted with the responsibilities of strategic planning, employee communication, and workforce development.

She previously worked as the Senior Vice President of HR at Hewitt Associates, a globally acclaimed HR consultancy.

She was cited as one of the top 1p breakaway leaders in human resources, by Evanta in 2013. Human Resources Executive Magazine chose her as the HR executive of the year in 2015.

Justin J Grooms


Justin J Grooms is a corporate educator, HR professional, author, and business consultant based in the USA.

He is the founder and owner of Chariot Consulting, a business consultancy and is the flag-bearer of novel training techniques in HR like Harassment and Discrimination Prevention, Conflict Resolution, and Generational Awareness.

He is the author of the best-selling book titled ‘Wrapped in Skin’.

Kristen Robinson


Kristen Robinson is an HR expert who served as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Pandora from 2014 to 2019. She was responsible for evolving the company’s people strategy to transform Pandora into a diversified digital content company.

She previously served as SVP, Human Resources, at Yahoo from 2010 to 2013, where she led global HR centers of expertise and drove cultural transformation initiatives to reinvent Yahoo as a great place to work.

Prior to that, she held the top Human Resources role at Verigy, a spin-off of Agilent Technologies, serving as VP, Human Resources from 2006 to 2010.

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