CHRO Panel: The Intentional Culture

Crafting and Sustaining a Desired Culture is Hard Work!

Thursday, November 14, at 1:00 PM ET | 10:00 AM PT

Webinar Summary

Building and sustaining a thriving organizational culture is a complex endeavor that goes beyond the HR organization. Effective leadership, particularly from HR executives, is crucial in cultivating a culture that positively impacts organizational success, employee engagement, and talent retention. Our research shows strong cultural foundations are associated with higher productivity and performance.

In this panel discussion with a group of experienced Chief HR Officers, we will explore key strategies for shaping and maintaining an effective organizational culture, especially important in this era of hybrid, remote and distributed workforces. Essential for CHROs and HR practitioners, this discussion will offer insights into creating a healthy and productive workplace culture.

In this panel our senior HR executives will discuss:

Understand Cultural Dynamics: Gain an understanding of the elements that constitute organizational culture, how they are connected, and how culture can vary within and across different business units, departments, and even teams.
Strategic Culture Building: Learn effective strategies for intentionally crafting and nurturing a strong, cohesive culture that aligns with your organization's vision, mission, values, and business objectives.
Measure the Impact of Culture: Explore how a well-integrated organizational culture correlates with key performance metrics and consider how culture impacts productivity, efficiency, and employee engagement metrics.

Meet the panelists

Kila Sweeney

Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Ovation Healthcare

Kila Sweeney serves as Ovation Healthcare’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Kila brings 25 years of invaluable experience in HR with a significant focus on the healthcare sector. As the leader of Ovation Healthcare’s Human Resources, Kila is responsible for driving strategic initiatives across the organization. Kila is vital in developing, training, and equipping Ovation’s team members to further prepare and sustain growth.

George Cangiano

Vice President and CHRO, Bentley University

George (PHR, CEC) is passionate about helping leaders be better. He is an experienced C-level executive and has been trusted adviser to several CEO’s and Boards. George has been and is currently the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Bentley University. He is a consummate coach at all levels and deeply cares about the success and development of others. In addition to being a certified executive coach, he is also a certified mediator and a problem
resolution specialist. Many of George’s colleagues and clients will tell you that his in the moment coaching and counsel is always helpful and appreciated. George also has over 20 years in HR and business operations, aligning human capital management with organizational strategic goals and objectives. George is continuously driven to positive business outcomes, and inspiring others to be their best.

Mary Krick

Executive Director, Global Talent Management, BeiGene USA, Inc.

Panel Hosts

Cara Danielson

Executive Advisor, McLean & Company

Cara brings over 25 years of experience as an HR leader supporting HR strategy & culture, talent management, leadership and learning, team effectiveness, business operations, and HR technology to her role as executive advisor at McLean and Company. She also has experience in process optimization, solution selling, and customer experience.
Her leadership roles span both private and public sector in the telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, oil and gas, retail, financial/banking, and non-profit industries.
Cara is a strategic HR business partner with a proven ability to drive transformation and engagement enabling cross-functional team success in competitive markets. She is passionate about innovation, design thinking, and co-creation that align people strategies to enable performance and deliver measurable business outcomes.
Cara holds education credentials including an Associate of Arts in Music and Early Childhood Care and Development and has continued with deep professional development including Six Sigma, performance and executive coaching, instructional design, and adult education.

Sally Cornet

Executive Counselor, McLean & Company

Sally Cornet believes that at the core of a thriving, successful, inclusive workplace is a high-performing, data-driven, analytical HR team that is connected to the business, its leaders, and its employees.
Prior to joining McLean & Company Sally led Human Resources teams at iconic, high growth global retail, financial services, tech, and customer experience organizations known for world-class HR practices. Her empowered, strategic HR teams have been able to make significant contributions domestically and globally to business results by elevating leadership effectiveness, decreasing turnover, and increasing employee engagement. Sally led an HR structure, process, and technology transformation project at one company that provided support for a 75% headcount increase without adding HR headcount. A cultural transformation project at another company enabled a 39% reduction in employee turnover while boosting employee engagement and customer satisfaction results by 26%.
Sally holds an MBA from the University of Central Florida and a BSBA from the University of Wisconsin. She also holds a Senior Professional of HR certification and a Global Professional of HR certification.

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