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Strategic Leadership Forum and Strategic Capability Network
are proud to present

Learning Agility -
A Research Based Measure of Potential

Friday, June 18th, 2010
7:30am-9:30am

7:30am - 8:00am: Registration
8:00am - 9:30am: Session

The National Club
303 Bay Street
between King & Adelaide Streets

In the face of the demographic and leadership supply challenges facing most organizations today, it has become critically important to accurately identify, develop and deploy "high potential" talent. What separates the remarkable from the merely good is the ability to perform well under first-time, challenging conditions. These high potential people are what we call learning agile; they can take lessons from the past and fit them into new and different challenges they are facing. They are able to answer the question: What do you do when you dont know what to do? When it comes to talent and potential, learning agility separates the best from the rest.

To succeed in the long term, organizations need high potentials. Research shows the following characteristics differentiate high potentials from others in the organization:

• Easily learn new tasks and functions; enjoy and deal well with ambiguity and complexity
• Dont accept the status quo; are impatient
• Like to try new things, different approaches; tend to push the envelope
• Willing to take the heat when things fail.

With good intentions, organizations can handicap their talent when they inaccurately assess or overestimate their potential. The wrong development path for employees hurts them by stalling or derailing their career success. So how are truly learning agile high potential individuals identified, and what types of developmental opportunities do they need to gain over the course of their careers?

This session will combine research findings on high potentials and how to identify them using the concept of Learning Agility and how AVIVA has implemented a program to assess and develop high potentials with a disciplined talent review process.

Speaker Bio(s): 

Jim Peters
Mr. Peters brings a wealth of knowledge ot the Firm’s Leadership and Talent Consulting group. He joined Korn/Ferry in 2006 when the Firm acquired Lominger Limited and Lominger Consulting. He is responsible for the design, development and implementation of talent management initiatives incorporating the intellectual property of Lominger.

Previously, Mr. Peters was the Global Managing Director of Lominger Consulting, Inc. (LCI), and responsible for the overall practice leadership for LCI's global consulting engagements. His clientele has included Fortune 500 companies and many other diverse organizations. He has consulted with companies in over 25 countries.

Mr. Peters is considered an expert in the area of strategic human resource management, with a specific emphasis on strategic staffing, development and succession planning. He is the co-creator of Lominger’s proprietary Succession Architect® tool set and it’s Talking Talent™ process for enhancing executive talent reviews.

Previously, as the global practice director for human resource strategies and information technology at the Alexander Consulting Group, he served as a thought leader on the “rethinking” of the human resource service delivery model, has written numerous articles on the “future vision of human resources” and is a frequent speaker to companies and professional associations on the topic. His thinking and approach is featured in David Ulrich’s text, Tomorrow’s HR Management.

Mr. Peters is an adjunct staff member for the Center for Creative Leadership and is certified in Benchmarks™ and “Tools for Developing Successful People”. He is a Master Certifier in the Leadership Architect® Suite of Tools and was the editor/owner of HR Strategies and Tactics newsletter.

Professionally, he has been very active in the Human Resource Planning Society, where he served as the founding president of the Chicago Affiliate, chair of the Annual Conference (1987 and 1991), elected secretary, head of professional development and a long-term member of the board of directors. He was the first recipient of the President’s Award for his contribution to the profession.

Annette Reid
Reid joined Aviva Plc in 1987 and spent her first 10 years as a leader in the UK’s General Insurance business. In 1997 she turned her career focus to Human Resources where she held roles in change management, business partnering and strategic HR thought leadership, including 2 years as the UK’s Head of Talent. Annette moved with Aviva to Chicago in 2008 to take the role of Senior Vice President, HR Center of Expertise, where she is responsible for talent, leadership, culture and reward for Aviva North America.

For further information, please contact Aga Baranowska at (416) 481-7228 or events@slf-toronto.com 

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