Human Capital Summit - Human Capital Institute

HCI EventsTuesday, March 6, 2012Summit Day Two10:45–11:45 Transforming the Way We Work: The Science of Sustainable High PerformanceThe way we’re working isn’t working. Demand in our lives is increasing relentlessly, but our capacityisn’t keeping pace. Far too many organizations expect their employees to operate in the same waythat our computers do: continuously, at high speeds, for long periods of time, running multipleprograms at the same time.It’s a prescription for exhaustion, failure and burnout. Human beings are designed to pulse. We’re at ourbest when we move between periods of expending and intermittently renewing our four key sourcesof energy: physical (quantity) emotional (quality) mental (focus) and spiritual (purpose). The betterorganizations help employees meet these needs, the more engaged, focused, creative and productivethey become.What participants will take away:A scientifically-based approach to building capacity across the four key dimensions of your life:physical, emotional, mental and spiritualAn understanding of how intermittently renewing personal energy fuels sustainable high performanceWhy the most fundamental role of a leader is to serve as the Chief Energy OfficerHow cultivating singularly absorbed attention — vs. multitasking — leads to higher quality outcomesThe keys to building rituals — highly specific behaviors that address one’s key energy needs andbecome automatic at times.”Keynote Presenter:Tony Schwartz, Founder and CEO of The Energy Project and New York Times Best-Selling Author11:45–12:45 From Inspiration to Innovation: The Soles4Souls StoryWayne Elsey was a shoe industry executive in 2004 when TV coverage of the Asian tsunami disaster movedhim to try to make a difference in the world. Upon seeing the image of a single shoe washing up on abeach half way around the globe, Wayne quickly galvanized colleagues to route a quarter-million pairs ofshoes to Southeast Asia. He repeated the effort less than a year later when Hurricane Katrina slammed theU.S. gulf coast region — collecting and distributing 750,000 pairs of shoes to areas hardest hit.Within a year, Wayne left his executive post and formally incorporated Soles4Souls. In just five years, thecharity distributed more than 16 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes to people in 127 countries.Maintaining an unbelievable growth rate throughout the economic downturn, Soles4Souls now hasannual revenues of $77 million and is one of the fastest-growing charities in the country.This session will explore the Soles4Souls story and discuss how innovative thinking and strongleadership led to the creation of an organization that is now changing lives around the globe — onepair at a time.40