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Meet our Keynote Speaker: David Horsager

David Horsager is bestselling author of The Trust Edge and CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute. With clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to professional sports teams and global governments, David has taken the platform across the United States and on 6 continents. He invented The Enterprise Trust Index™ and leads the charge in the nation’s foremost trust study—The Trust Outlook™.

Get ready for a fun and interactive 90 minutes! Trust is a fundamental, bottom line issue. Without it, leaders lose teams, salespeople lose sales, and organizations lose reputation, retention of good people, relationships and revenue. But with trust, individuals and organizations enjoy greater creativity, productivity, freedom and results. Through David’s industry leading research The Trust Outlook™ and firsthand experience working with the world’s highest performing organizations, David reveals how top leaders and organizations drive business results to become the most trusted in their industry.

Lightning Talks

Brigette McInnis-Day

COO, SAP Successfactors

Currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of SAP SuccessFactors, Brigette McInnis-Day defines and implements business strategies needed to achieve sustainable growth. Over her 20+ years working in HR, Brigette has managed board level HR strategies, repaired sub-performing initiatives and consulted senior level executives. Her passion is leading large scale global teams while building cultures that promote women and early talents in leadership, diversity and inclusion, pay equality and digital transformation. By leading with motivation and transparency, it is her purpose to help individuals succeed through innovation.

Anne Ryan

Vice President, Brand Strategy at Brownstein Group

The Future of Philadelphia Relies on this Room.

In 1776, The Founding Fathers gathered to declare Independence from Great Britain in pursuit of a democratic government where all men were created equal and free to explore life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Today in Philadelphia, many of us sit in rooms in declaration of...what? What is it our jobs - our roles that are created by the people, for the people - truly empower us to do on behalf of this awesome city in which we live?

Well, I’ll tell you. In the case of HR Leaders, you are responsible for the economic growth of our region. And so far, you’ve done a pretty damn good job.

Philadelphia has enjoyed the fastest growing rate of Millennials amongst big cities across the country. This means that our HR community is getting really good at attracting - and keeping – talent.

This matters because in order to get businesses to move to the region, like Amazon (OK, maybe not Amazon), we need to show that we have a dynamic talent pool to offer. If we can do both, grow our talent pool and attract business, then we can grow our cities economy...which will enable the pot holes to be addressed.

We’ll explore this further in the lightning talk, along with a deeper look at the Philadelphia talent pool and the risks within, as well as how to use Philadelphia in your sales and marketing pitch in all things talent.

In the meantime, feel free to change your title to “CHRO, Economic Development Strategist, Greater Philadelphia”.

Carol Mann

CEO, Mann solutions Group

Business growth requires inspiration and execution.

Carol Mann specializes in accelerating business growth during crisis, transition or stagnation. With over 30 years experience, Carol has engineered numerous profitable turnarounds ranging from innovative startup ventures to struggling multi-national corporations. An angel investor’s dream, Carol has the ability to see the vision, anticipate market demand and focus the operations to maximize profitability.

A turnaround executive, Carol runs CEO Triage™, Inc. which delivers senior executive coaching, and “interim CEO” services. Her leadership savvy began at the age of 22-years-old, when she ran HMI, her family electronics manufacturing business. After studying Business Administration at Philadelphia University, Carol went on to instruct a Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and then taught a Business Acceleration class at Wharton Business School covering the “Top 10 Startup Mistakes That Can Be Deadly.”

In 1985, Carol was a pioneer of the “turn-around” industry, often serving as interim CEO to provide the catalyst needed for a profitable change. Carol also helped form the restructuring divisions at KPMG and at BDO Seidman LLP, two of the most prominent “Big 5” accounting and business consulting firms in the world. A sought-after speaker and panelist, she has contributed to business textbooks, articles in Fortune Magazine, and US News & World Report, and was voted as one of the Top 15 People to Watch in the Turnarounds and Workouts Newsletter. In 2005, Carol was honored with the Women of Distinction Award, and Congressional and Senatorial Commendations for her work.

As a sought-after speaker and panelist, Carol is also featured in Enterprising Women: Lessons from the 100 of the Greatest Entrepreneurs of Our Day, and The Turnaround Survival Guide: Strategies for the Company in Crisis, two books by noted author David A. Silver.