Mark Sullivan,

Ph.D., Vice President of Talent Management

 

Patricia Hardie,

M.A., Director of Learning and Development

 

 

Battelle University

 

 

What’s YOUR ‘Secret Sauce’ For Deploying A Successful Learning Strategy?

The Battelle University transformation story: Learn key strategic choices that made a difference in shifting the learning paradigm from training to performance in less than a year and how you can do the same!

 

Description: How do you deliver value in a way that makes a difference? Why are some Corporate Universities being cut while others are prospering? Everybody is racing against the clock to deliver something meaningful with limited money, staff, tools and technology. Talent development, like every other function, has constrained resources, big hairy goals and prickly customers. If people are the most important assets, then why aren’t companies investing in them like they invest in their products? Or are we missing something?

 

Hold it! Are there not increasing big capital investments being made in sales training, customer service, product launch support, ERP and Six Sigma training, among other initiatives? What are the common themes behind what gets funded and supported as genuine learning and development assets? How can we shape the agenda to further support ways our employer can make and save money through capability-building efforts. Yes, easier said than done…BUT, it is happening!

 

You will hear a story of how the world’s largest multi-billion dollar research-based government contractor, Battelle, has transformed its way of growing talent across large, diverse (commercial and government) workforces. With dizzying speed, University effort and courage, Battelle Unversity was reinvented by rebuilding the talent development team, stakeholder communities, funding sources, vision; roadmaps, delivery channels, analytics and governance.

 

Participate in our story by vetting and validating key actions to enhance the positioning of talent development for success, including:

• Do we have the right talent on the bus? What mix do we need to leverage a corporate university?
• How do we craft a business case that provokes action: shapes opportunity and insight, mobilizes resources, and generates commitment and involvement from the top?
• How to jump start: placing bets on the ‘vital few’. What is most visible, impactful, and foundational to our future?
• What is the best way to build, grow and optimize capability over a multi-year horizon?
• How do we deepen relationships, intelligence and support with multiple stakeholder communities?
• What is the best way to measure and manage value for impact and results?

Learning Objectives:

1. Demonstrate how to shape a value proposition for learning and development
2. Understand how to build and leverage core capability by utilizing key frameworks
3. Develop a strategy for cultivating stakeholders that champion your cause

Speaker Bios:

 

MARK J. SULLIVAN, Ph.D.

Mark has 25 years experience in executive education, talent management, sales development, and strategy execution. He is a seasoned executive practitioner in developing top-line, competitive workforce capability. Currently, he is Vice President of Talent Management at Battelle Memorial Institute. He is responsible for building the leadership bench and staff performance across all of Battelle’s National Laboratories and commercial businesses.

 

Previously, Mark ran Honeywell’s Strategy and Business Development Growth Lab for High Potentials; and served as Honeywell’s (interim) Chief Learning Officer overseeing Corporate Learning Centers in five countries for 120,000 employees.

 

Formerly, Mark was an Accenture and United Airlines executive co-leading their Organization & Human Performance practices. Additionally, he was the Founder-CEO of LifeTrek, the franchise business focused on peak performance.

 

He is married with three sons - all emerging weekend sailors and cyclists. 

 

PATT HARDIE, M.A.

Patt joined Battelle in May, 2010 as Director of Learning & Development. In this role, Patt has overall accountability for leading the strategy, development and deployment of the new Battelle University, integrating learning solutions to impact business performance. Her scope of responsibilities include delivering core learning curriculums and customized solutions for leaders, staff and teams; providing thought leadership for learning technologies and analytics; driving Battelle’s new hire orientation experience; and building strong stakeholder partnerships.

 

Patt has been a learning and performance/organizational effectiveness leader and consultant for 25 years. Prior to Battelle, Patt served in various senior leadership and principal consulting roles for Scotts MiracleGro, Ashland, Inc.; American Electric Power; OhioHealth Corporation, and Public Service Company of Oklahoma. Her practice has included learning portfolio strategy and deployment, transition and change, team performance, visionary leadership, organizational effectiveness, system design, coaching and powerful facilitation.

 

Patt and her fiancé John, enjoy spending time with her son Michael and their two labrador retrievers.

 

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